“Adaptation”
A Creative gallery show in the time of Covid
Land Gallery, Portland, OR | July 2020
Alyssa Alarcón Santo's custom-built shadowbox is filled with tiny, hand-painted balsa wood models of real Portland, OR houses.
Cat Johnston’s “Flower Beast” is illustrated with fine liners and colored pencils.
Chamisa Kellogg's moody shadowbox "Reconciliation" is made up of layered cut paper, painted with india ink.
Cortney Benvenuto has embroidered her “Landscape” with a bright palette of earthy threads.
Elizabeth Goss applies her papercutting skills to a new medium with her woodcut illustration, “Florabunda.”
Erika Schnatz’s brightly colored cross stitch features the many heads of the Greek myth, “Cerberus.”
Hanna Carter captures a moody Portland night with ink and colored pencil in her illustration, “Mississippi Ave - 11pm on Saturday.”
This woolen needlefelted “Pony Pal” by Jenna Lechner can be a pin, ornament, or art piece, complete with illustrated packaging.
Karen Hansen captures the coziness of home with her cut-paper shadowbox, “Slice of Paperville.”
A sweet, stylistic gouache fox lives in a canvas shadowbox for Laura Mark’s “Plain Sight.”
Mel Christy’s fluid ink lines on linen paper and wood form pleasing patterns in the double-sided “Interwoven.”
Morgan Braaten’s whimsical black and white lineart shines in her pen-and-ink illustration, “Sole-Mate.”
Sheryl Murray demonstrates her color and shading skills with pencil illustration, “Rainbow.”
“Adaptation” is a creative gallery show in the time of Quarantine, displaying a collection of 5x5” works in the windows of Land Gallery, PDX.