“Adaptation”

Adaptation
Written By Alyssa Alarcon Santo

A creative gallery show in the time of quarantine

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“Adaptation” is a collection of 5x5” works displayed in the windows of Land Gallery, currently closed to the public due to COVID-19.

Each piece offers a little window into the soul of the maker, a snapshot of what artists have been creating during the pandemic while their usual resources are unavailable.

“We hope, to one day soon, display our larger works in Land Gallery’s upstairs, but for now we wanted to bring the art to the windows to remind you that artists are still here and making things, and that you as the audience are still so important to us.”

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“Adaptation: Houses of Portland”
“Adaptation: Houses of Portland”

Alyssa Alarcón Santo's custom-built shadowbox is filled with tiny, hand-painted balsa wood models of real Portland, OR houses.

“Adaptation: Flower Beast”
“Adaptation: Flower Beast”

Cat Johnston’s “Flower Beast” is illustrated with fine liners and colored pencils.

“Adaptation: Reconciliation”
“Adaptation: Reconciliation”

Chamisa Kellogg's moody shadowbox "Reconciliation" is made up of layered cut paper, painted with india ink.

“Adaptation: Landscape”
“Adaptation: Landscape”

Cortney Benvenuto has embroidered her “Landscape” with a bright palette of earthy threads.

“Adaptation: Florabunda”
“Adaptation: Florabunda”

Elizabeth Goss applies her papercutting skills to a new medium with her woodcut illustration, “Florabunda.”

“Adaptation: Cerberus”
“Adaptation: Cerberus”

Erika Schnatz’s brightly colored cross stitch features the many heads of the Greek myth, “Cerberus.”

“Adaptation: Mississippi Ave – 11pm on Saturday”
“Adaptation: Mississippi Ave – 11pm on Saturday”

Hanna Carter captures a moody Portland night with ink and colored pencil in her illustration, “Mississippi Ave - 11pm on Saturday.”

“Adaptation: Bloom”
“Adaptation: Bloom”

Heidi Aubrey’s highlights the sweetness of nature with her watercolor, “Bloom.”

“Adaptation: Pony Pal”
“Adaptation: Pony Pal”

This woolen needlefelted “Pony Pal” by Jenna Lechner can be a pin, ornament, or art piece, complete with illustrated packaging.

“Adaptation: Slice of Paperville”
“Adaptation: Slice of Paperville”

Karen Hansen captures the coziness of home with her cut-paper shadowbox, “Slice of Paperville.”

Alyssa Alarcon Santo www.alyssalarcondesign.com
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