Hanson Howard Gallery

11/15/2023

Currently on Display :: End of an Era Gallery Artists Salon

There are three days left to stop by the gallery and enjoy our current exhibition featuring all of our very incredible artists. If there is an artist that you have always enjoyed, or a piece that you can't stop thinking about, let us help you make it happen before all work is sent home. We can still offer payment plans and we may be able to negotiate on pricing. Our hours are Wednesday through Saturday from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Stop by and don't miss out!

Image One: End of an Era Gallery Artists Salon

11/13/2023

Last Chance :: Millie Whipplesmith Plank

Celebrating biodiversity and the preservation of open spaces, rich colors, simple shapes, and the nostalgia of traditional woodblock printmaking can be seen in Millie's work. Informed by her cattle ranching heritage, she always finds herself becoming involved in a conversation between the wood and her imagery, resulting in unique textures and very spontaneous lines.

To learn more about Millie or to purchase one of her prints, please visit www.hansonhowardgallery.com.

Image One: Millie Whipplesmith Plank, Am I Real?, woodcut print, $750
Image Two: Millie Whipplesmith Plank, Paws for Reflection, woodcut print, $1150
Image Three: Millie Whipplesmith Plank, Where the River Flows, woodcut print, $850
Image Four: Millie Whipplesmith Plank, Hidden Railway, woodcut print, $475
Image Five: Millie Whipplesmith Plank, The Trail, woodcut print, $650

11/11/2023

Last Chance :: Elizabeth Arzani

As an interdisciplinary assembler, Elizabeth constructs narratives from moments of curiosity, absurdity, and potential humor in happenstance. Her impulse to collect and her desire to recycle is a search for connection and an attempt to collaborate with the unknown. As a result, stories are told in the cracks and creases, stains and rust of physical objects, layered with her own mark making.

To learn more about Elizabeth or to purchase one of her collages, please visit www.hansonhowardgallery.com.

Image One: Elizabeth Arzani, How Nature Organizes Space, collage, $1250
Image Two: Elizabeth Arzani, Asking Questions Without Expecting Answers, collage, $1250

11/08/2023

Currently on Display :: End of an Era Gallery Artists Salon

There are ten days left to stop by the gallery and enjoy our current exhibition featuring all of our very talented artists. If there is an artist that you have been interested in for a while, or a piece that you can't decide on, let us help you make it happen before all work is sent home. We can still offer payment plans and we may be able to negotiate on pricing. Our hours are Wednesday through Saturday from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Don't miss out!

Image One: End of an Era Gallery Artists Salon

11/06/2023

Last Chance to View :: Jon Jay Cruson

Beginning in the 1970s as a lithographer, Jon shifted to painting and has never looked back. His stylized shapes, patterns, and colors are the result of much time spent studying the landscapes of the Pacific Northwest. While remaining representational, Jon’s paintings tend toward the abstract, a double pull that is one source of the creative tension in his work. Planes and perspectives shift in impossible ways, while colors and patterns add a playful layer of complexity.

To learn more about Jon or to purchase one of his paintings, please visit www.hansonhowardgallery.com.

Image One: Jon Jay Cruson, Contemplation #15, acrylic on canvas, $1600
Image Two: Jon Jay Cruson, Contemplation #19, acrylic on canvas, $1600
Image Three: Jon Jay Cruson, Winding Road, acrylic on canvas, $2600

11/03/2023

Tonight :: Farewell First Friday Art Walk!

Just us tonight from 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. for a Farewell First Friday Art Walk and to celebrate four and a half amazing decades, our talented artists, and you, our wonderful and supportive community. Currently on display is our Gallery Artists Salon, featuring a variety of work with a little bit of everything for everyone to enjoy.

We can't wait to visit with all of you soon!

Image One: Gallery Artists Salon

11/01/2023

Final Exhibition :: End of an Era Gallery Artists Salon

Please join us for our Farewell First Friday Art Walk! As many of you know, we will be closing at the end of November. So, let's celebrate four and a half decades. Let's celebrate our artists, and let's celebrate you, our wonderful community. Is there a piece that you've been pining over? Maybe one that you've been eyeing for a gift? Let us help you make it happen before we send work home to artists. We can still offer payment plans and we may be able to negotiate on pricing.

We appreciate your continued support and look forward to seeing you soon!

Image One: Tanner Lind, Outburst, acrylic and ink, $1800
Image Two: Christian Burchard, Disk #13, madrone burl, $2900
Image Three: Emily Somoskey, Territories, mixed media, $350
Image Four: Elizabeth Arzani, Et Cetera II, stoneware, $700
Image Five: Laurel Bustamante, One Morning, gouache, $855
Image Six: Ondrea Levey, Infinite Braid, paper pulp, $250
Image Seven: Elizabeth Magee, Overdue Wonder, acrylic, $250
Image Eight: Aggie Zed, Box Costume Man, ceramic, $150
Image Nine: Alison O’Donoghue, Night Bird, acrylic, $450

10/30/2023

Artist Spotlight :: Stacey Dressen McQueen

Stacey Dressen McQueen's very small and intricate acrylic paintings are a meditative practice of mark making and color that approach the overlapping, separating, and tangled patterns of relating. In addition to creating paintings, she also illustrates a variety of picture books. To see more of her latest work, please take a look at our website at www.hansonhowardgallery.com.

Happy Monday!

Image One: Stacey Dressen McQueen, Possible, acrylic on paper
Image Two: Stacey Dressen McQueen, Habit, acrylic on paper
Image Three: Stacey Dressen McQueen, Grand, acrylic on paper

10/27/2023

Prints Available :: Olga Volchkova

Olga is so kind and she generously sent us a few more prints of Saint Foxglove. If you weren't able to get your hands on one during First Friday Art Walk, now is your chance. We have limited prints available of all of her paintings and each are $100.00.

Don't miss out!

Image One: Olga Volchkova, Saint Foxglove, acrylic on wood

10/25/2023

New Work :: Karen Staal

Specializing in a contemporary style of the human figure, Karen's main purpose in painting is to achieve a spatial harmony that is satisfying to view. Rather than depicting people exactly as they are, instead, she interprets them by creating new harmonies with line, shape, and color. More recently, Karen has been experimenting with abstraction and loose brush strokes while continuing to incorporate the human figure.

To see up close, stop by the gallery this week. We're open Wednesday through Saturday from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Image One: Karen Staal, Being There, Acrylic on Canvas

10/23/2023

Oregon Art Beat :: Olga Volchkova

In Olga's paintings, she modernizes traditional icons by paying homage to her passion for both botanicals and plants. Growing up in Russia, she was one of eight lucky artists to attend the first school of Traditional Icon Painting. Discovering that each step in the painting process must look balanced and harmonious, she now uses this knowledge to create visual narratives that explore the mythologies that humans have crafted while expertly rendering her subject's forms.

To learn more, please visit the link below.

https://www.pbs.org/video/oregon-art-beat-icon-painter-olga-volchkova/

Olga Volchkova paints traditional Russian religious icons with a twist.