Spring Renewal Art Exhibition – Artists In Action
Susan Appleby
Big Bird Looking Along the Shore Acrylic and Mixed Media. 21 x18…$325
Coneflowers for the Bees- Acrylic and Mixed Media. 22 x18…$350
Quiet Titmouse. Just Waiting- Acrylic and Mixed Media. 30 x 24…$450
Judith Baer
Douglas-fir- Watercolor on Hot press paper 24 x 18…$900
Lisa Borja
Spring Light- Mixed media: paint, paper, pen 16 x12…$500
Spring Mix- Mixed media: paint, paper, pen 12 x 16…$500
Spring Sunset- Mixed media: paint, paper, pen 16 x12…$500
Susan Grace Branch
Abundant Profusion- Acrylic 12 x 16…$495
Wild Poppy- Acrylic 16 x 20…$850
Greeting the Day- Acrylic / Mixed media 12 x 16…$495
Junghee Chang
“A Symphony of Spring: Welcoming New Life” Acrylic 20 x 20…NFS
Out of Rain, Rush to spring Acrylic 24 x 18…NFS
Cameron Covey
Spring Maddness- Fabric Art 77 x 7…$200
Anna Davis
Tulips I- Digital Photography 11 x 17…$100
Tulips II- Digital Photography 11 x 17…$100
Topography of Spring- Digital Drawing 10 x 10…$100
John Eells
Joryville Park- Traditional Oil Painting 16 x 20…$300
Spring in the Great Basin of Nevada- Oil On Canvas 10 x 8…$40
Spring Renewal- Acrylic 4 1/2 x 6 1/2…$60
Shirley Giesbrecht
Spring Dance- Acrylic on Canvas 20 x 20…$550
Meri’s Garden- Collage,mixed media, acrylic paint on paper 12 x 15…NFS
Spring Views- Acrylic painting on canvas 20 x 20…$550
Leland Gilsen
Entangled: seasons- Ink with powdered pigments 19 x 24 S900
Dee Hendrix
Live Life and Be Happy- Watercolor and pen & ink 16 x 20…NFS
Becki Hesedahl
Trilliums in Spring Woods- Watercolor on Saunders paper. 14 x 11…$400
Samuel Hoskins
Hope- Oil on Linen 24 x 26…NFS
Marnie Jeffers
Spring Floral- Acrylic and collage on panel 10 x 10…$160
Baskett Slough Butterflies- Watercolor on map and Arches 14 x 10…$300
Carolyn Johnson-Bell
Jewels in the Snow- Colored Pencil on Black Paper 21 x 21…$575
Mother’s Day- Acrylic on Canvas 20x 20…$450
Jennifer Lamb
Spring 2024 Fashion Renewal- Acrylic Paint and Pens 8 x 10…NFS
Jean Lea
Return of the Butterfly- Mixed Watermedia 16 x 20…$125
Spring Bulb Show- Acrylic & Watercolor 8 x 10…$50
Spring Garden Visitor- Mixed Watermedia 16 x 20…$125
John McFadden
Snowdrops Acrylic on Canvas 24 x 30…$550
Allyson Flagg-Miller
Cougar and Spring, the Trophic Cascades- Chalk Oil 22 x 25…NFS
Ann Moore
Primavera- Oil on Canvas board 13 x 11…$275
Spring Tide- Oil & Cold Wax 8 x 4…$80
Spring in Tuscany- Oil & Cold Wax 15 x 13…$275
Michelle Myers
The Black Butterfly Transparent Watercolor 19 1/2 x 13 1/2…$325
The Spring Cottage Watercolor 7 x 10 1/2..$150
Abel Poton
Flowers, Acrylic on Canvas 11 x14…$150
Roses Acrylic on Canvas 11 x 14…$325
Trillium Lake at Mt. Hood Acrylic on Canvas…16x 20…$250
The Spring Renewal Exhibit is juried show. Awards are presented for:
- Essence of Spring Best of Show
- Best Representation of Spring (Concept)
- Best Representation of Renewal (Concept)
- Best Botanical Composition
- Best Spring Landscape
- Best Still Life
- Best Abstract Art
- Best Use of Unconventional Materials
- Honorable Mention
- Elsinore Gallery Award
- People’s Choice (after exhibit)
This year’s adjudicator is nationally-recognized artist Susan Bourdet. Scroll to the bottom of the page to learn more about Susan. Help us by voting for Peoples’ Choice during the month of April.
Stephanie Reitmajer
Tramononta Rosa Soft Pastel 11 x 11…$260
Lincoln City Spring Oil on Canvas 24 x 18…$750
Dreamscape Oil on Prepared Cradled Board 12 x 12 …$249
Jim Richards
Orange and Brown Butterfly Oil on Gesso Board 4 x 4…$75
Black and White Butterfly Oil on Gesso Board 4 x 4…$75
Spotted Black Crow Butterfly Oil on Gesso Board 4 x 4…$75
Debbie Robinson
Wildflowers in Spring Pastel 17 x 14…$295
The Brightness of Gratitude Pastel 17x 14…$295
Country Sundance Pastel 17 x 14…$295
Sherree Rodriguez
I Promise Watercolor 18 x 14…$375
Cathy Sparks
Tulip Frenzy Prismacolor Pencil on Paper 16 x 20…$325
Rejuvenescence #1 Mixed-media Collage on Panel 12 x 15…$250
Olga Walmisley-Santiago
From Behind the Waterfall Acrylic on Canvas 9 x 12…$250
Cascade Head Trail-Spring Acrylic and Collage 14 x 11…$250
Oceanside-Blue Skies Acrylic on Canvas 11 x 14…$250
Deanna White
Home Sweet Home Acrylic 12 x 12…$250
Blooming Water-Media mixed 20 x 18…$250
Baskett Slough Acrylic 16 x 12…$275
CC Willow
Dozen Watercolor 10 x 14…$250
Open Ranunculus Watercolor 14 x 10…$295
The Voting for this event ends on April 28th.
Our Adjudicator- Susan Bourdet
Susan Bourdet’s luminous watercolors combine realistically detailed birds and animals with soft, impressionistic backgrounds, a technique that has evolved through her many years of painting. Watercolor is ideally suited for nature paintings because it works well for detail, but it is the spontaneous, fluid aspect of watercolor that Susan finds most expressive.
Much of her work is created with the watercolor paper soaking wet, allowing the pigments to blend and flow without edges. While the realistic parts of the painting accurately describe the subject, the free-flowing backgrounds are all about color and intensity which imply rather than describe background shapes. The viewer’s imagination is then involved in discerning the image.
For many years, through college and beyond, Susan struggled to combine her two great loves – art and biology. When her two children were small, she began to do ink illustrations for the Portland zoo newsletter, then learned to incorporate watercolor and full backgrounds. Her paintings were discovered in a Portland gallery by Wild Wings, which has published her limited editions for twenty years. Her work is also internationally presented in three calendar titles published annually by Lang. Her original paintings can be found in collections worldwide and have been featured in shows and exhibitions all over the country, including the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum’s Birds in Art and the Society of Animal Artists’ Art and the Animal.
Susan enjoys sharing her unique methods and insights in workshops. She has authored two Northlight instructional books on watercolor, Painting the Allure of Nature and Capturing the Magic of Light. She has also been featured in two Creative Catalyst instructional videos – Bold and Beautiful and Capturing Backyard Wildlife in Watercolor.
Susan’s travels to favorite wild places fuel her imagination, but her work most often reflects the vibrant beauty and abundant bird life of the Pacific Northwest. Avid gardeners, she and her husband have created a backyard oasis for migratory songbirds, complete with a waterfall, pond and lush woodland. Each season brings new perspective and different birds to offer never-ending inspiration. “Capturing” birds, which are never still for long, requires many hours in the field with the camera and telephoto lens. The resulting photos rarely catch the subject in focus or in a good setting, but may catch the pose and the light that is the basis for a painting. The next challenge is to create a believable environment for the subject. Often Susan places the bird among garden flowers or realistically rendered wild plants, and she loves to find the weathered textures of rock, old wood and bark to contrast with the softness of feathers and petals.
In these watercolors you will find a reflection of Susan’s love of life, and an effort to capture a fleeting moment of sunlight and shadow in the natural world.
