The Garden
Poppy Dully’s artistic practices span painting, printmaking, and artist books. Her recent work features copper etched botanical prints created over the past two years. She is attracted to plants and flowers that she finds in gardens and forests around Portland. Working from drawings, she … read more.
Sam’s images capture the essence of the raw Elements of Japanese Garden design, such as rock, water, plant, sand, bamboo, cedar, and the seasons. Enjoy Sam’s photographs in Fuller Hall in the months of September and October.
All six committee members are showing their work this summer. Clockwise from the top left, water media by Matt Shiewe, watercolor by Joan Morris, etching by Leslie Pohl-Kosbau, watercolors by Tupper Malone and by Connie Cleaton, and an assemblage by Julie Forbes.
The Quilts of Love group was started in 2011 by Holly North as a way to combine her new-found interest in quilting and her passion for helping the families experiencing homelessness that are being day sheltered here at First Unitarian Church Portland under the organizations … read more.
My love affair with clouds began early as I flopped on the grass next to my best friend and watched the clouds float by. Many years ago I spent 3 days camped alone on the Alford Desert. The canvas of the sky began with brilliant … read more.
Like many people, I am anxious about climate change and its existential threat. As an antidote to the hopelessness that can feel overwhelming, I have made it my practice to cherish the beauty of nature as if is right now, in this very moment. I … read more.
Living in this time and place provides all that is needed to give me abundant information from which I make art. My thinking about how language and visual art interface continues to motivate me. They complement, explain, clarify, connect with, and can only be understood … read more.
Marilynne Eichinger, former OMSI president, author, and artist, presents A Walk in the Woods. The thirty pieces in the collection were started during the COVID years while walking in the Arboretum and Tryon Creek State Park. Since the paths were narrow, looking up at the canopy above … read more.
It’s always exciting to see how talented the members of our congregation are. This year we have paintings in several media, assemblage, mixed media, etching, photography, and tapestry as well as the two pastels pictured here: Marie Jamieson’s “A Little Smile” and Jean Longwill’s “Determination.”
Through large diameter telescopes, Dave Kovich opens up the night sky to reveal the mysterious wonders of the universe. The complex use of filters and multiple exposures reveals galaxies, nebulae, and other formations from light years away and eons ago. Brent Schauer, on the other … read more.
