Pendleton Art and Frame is honored to exhibit and share the following artists with our Clients. We often display some or all of their work in our shop and we have exhibits to help feature some of their amazing work. Select each artist’s name below to see more about them.
Karen learned needlecraft from her mother starting at a very young age. Around 2018, Karen began focusing more exclusively on creating her own original embroidery designs rather than working from patterns created by others. Her work blends the traditional female art form of embroidery with modern motifs and themes.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
I believe all art is a response to the numinous—that whatever it is which compels me to be who I am and to do what I do. My aim is always to be true to that inspiration. Working with my brush and paint—making meaningful decisions about what is essential, what is superfluous, what is cleaner, lighter, more spare—is certainly what I’m addicted to in the painting process; and it is certainly the means by which I hope to give pleasure to anyone who sees my work. While each painting I complete is a study of line and color for their own sake, I recognize in them the influence of my longtime surroundings: the unfolding landscape—big sky, field and scrub, rocky creek bed—windswept from the crumbling Blues across to the monumental Columbia River basalt. Each, then, is a depiction of what I carry in my soul and of the country I love the most, the plateau of Eastern Oregon.
My works of pastel paintings are representational of the landscape of the western US. My goal is to create a piece that draws viewers into the landscape; letting them enjoy the season, the color — the astounding beauty of the area.
Pastel is my favorite medium because of the rich, pure pigment that allows me to represent the texture, color and light that I personally love so well. I select and focus on a particular scene because of its contrast, e.g., a patch of aspen trees nestled up to the denseness of firs, shrubs and brush, an arroyo weaving through the desert, a field harvested. I also look for the variety of texture and the way it all interacts with the light of the moment. I like to “push” color and texture as far as I can and yet not lose the sense of the subject.
Art has always been an important part of my life; from a child growing up in central Montana, the child of artistic parents. Always encouraged, my own style grew through the experimenting with different mediums, settling on mostly pastel and oil as favorites. These mediums allow me to express my impressions in a representational, yet impressionistic manner.
Enjoy the work…step into that painting, get lost in it for a moment, let it be your story. If you do that, then my work was a success…
“I have always relished those awe-inspiring moments when nature takes my breath away. It was the desire to capture those moments and share them with others that led me to the art of photography. Now that I’ve retired from my first career, I have the opportunity to travel the world and immerse myself in nature’s wondrous diversity. I have become increasingly aware of the interdependency of all things, which expands my ability to more fully appreciate “the story” of each awe-inspiring moment and use that as the inspiration of each image.”
“Generally, I work from photographs and, more recently, plein air paintings, produced on my road trips and hikes. I do my drawings on Sunday afternoons to the sounds of American Routes. Although they are finished pieces unto themselves, my drawings are working sketches and studies for my studio paintings.” ~ Jerry
I create work using watercolor and fluid acrylics. My kinship with the natural world began early in life. I would spend countless hours on the banks of our farm creek, mesmerized by the complexity found in nature. This special connection with water continues to this day. Streams and riparian wildlife are favorite painting subjects, in addition to a fondness for all animals.
