Media: Oil paint
Artist’s Statement: My Unseen Hearts series depicts animals based on the myths of our first peoples. These stories summarize thousands of years of earned wisdom about how to live. As much as possible I gather my own reference photos from my adventures. When creating the painting, I see the animal as made up of hundreds of smaller shapes. Often these shapes are hearts, hidden in the fur or the scales. I accentuate the hearts I see in different ways to anthropomorphize the animals slightly, nudging viewers towards connection with wildness. I create multiple works concurrently at my home studio in Portland, Oregon. The paintings have bespoke frames, often built with materials that deepen our connection to the myths depicted.
Address: 14485 sw 164th Ave., Tigard Show in Google Maps
♿ This studio is accessible.
Directions: From hwy 217 go west on SW Scholls Ferry Rd. After about 3 miles, turn Left on Roy Rogers rd. for about 1 mile and turn Left on Bull Mountain rd. Studio is about 1000ft up, the second left after the roundabout. On the corner of Bull Mountain and SW164th Ave.
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