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BRUSHES? We don’t need no stinkin’ BRUSHES!!

June 10, 2017

This post contributed by Andie DeLuca.

Donna Graham, Red Light, Colored Pencil
Donna Graham, Red Light, Colored Pencil

Apologies to John Huston and “Treasure of the Sierra Madre” for appropriation in our title. But it seemed a good fit.

I’d guess that most people when they think of “Art,”  imagine oil paintings hung on gallery walls.  Oh, there are sculptures, of course, and I’ve included a couple of those here, but this gallery is jam-packed with other art that is not made with paint and brush.  There’s charcoal, wood and glass, wire mesh, fabric, and photography, to name just a few of the media our creative artists use.  How about that steel wire mesh, all bent by hand with a few modeling tools; or the intricate use of a sewing machine to add fine detail to a quilted work?  You’ll find these and others here.

Eric Boyer, Seated Torso, Steel Wire Mesh
Eric Boyer, Seated Torso, Steel Wire Mesh
Anita Kaplan, Point of Attraction, Fiber
Anita Kaplan, Point of Attraction, Fiber
Katherine McDowell, Lake Monotype 297, Monotype
Katherine McDowell, Lake Monotype 297, Monotype
April Coppini, Tree Bumble Bee, Charcoal
April Coppini, Tree Bumble Bee, Charcoal
Jan Fowler, Eventide, Woodcut
Jan Fowler, Eventide, Woodcut
M J Anderson, L'Aquila, Marble
M J Anderson, L’Aquila, Marble
Kevin Farrell, Fremont Bridge #2, Ink
Kevin Farrell, Fremont Bridge #2, Ink
Earth Energy, Leslie Ebert, Photography
Leslie Ebert, Earth Energy, Photography
Peggy Harkins, Ruffled Thundergod Box, Wood
Peggy Harkins, Ruffled Thundergod Box, Wood
Sue Allen, Winter Solstice - Goju-no-to, Screenprint
Sue Allen, Winter Solstice – Goju-no-to, Screenprint
Robert Elan, Inner Cube II, Glass and Wood
Robert Elan, Inner Cube II, Glass and Wood
J Swofford, Venus in Capricorn, Archival Inkjet Print
J Swofford, Venus in Capricorn, Archival Inkjet Print
Doug Adair, Primary School, Color Photo
Doug Adair, Primary School, Color Photo
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These include the Willamette Tumwater, Clackamas, Kathlemet, Molalla, Multnomah and Watlala Chinook Peoples and the Tualatin Kalapuya who today are part of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, and many other Native communities who made their homes along the Columbia River.

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