Claire Duncan is Featured in Turtle Bay’s West Coast Biennial

Located along the Sacramento River in Redding, California, Turtle Bay Exploration Park’s sixth West Coast Biennial will feature one of Claire Duncan’s paintings along with other media from emerging and established artists along the West Coast. The event will take place online from Friday, January 29, to Sunday, April 11. 

Claire Duncan’s paintings emerge from a deep exploration into the nature of human dialog with the visual world. Her artwork evokes questions and relationships while addressing the colliding ideas of internal/external, viewer/maker, object/space, and engagement/withdrawal. In addition, her paintings are informed by a love of the natural world that are coupled with the formal concerns of design and color. With this, she is interested in evoking the solitary experience of beauty. 

A People’s Choice Award will be rewarded, so cast a vote for Claire and support her ongoing effort to educate viewers about the amazing and wonderful world that we live in. 

https://www.turtlebay.org/biennial

Wataru Sugiyama on Oregon Art Beat

Wataru Sugiyama is a ceramic artist from Japan who live now in Ashland, OR. Oregon Art Beat has produced this beautiful portrait of Wataru and his work. You can see Wataru’s work in the gallery and online.

Please click on the image to view the video.

Korey Gulbrandson

Born and raised in Portland, Oregon, Korey Gulbrandson is a self-taught artist that combines painting with sculpture to create something that is truly unique. First being recognized for his artistic talents when awarded a seven-foot toy stuffed stocking from a local drawing contest, he later discovered a small collection of oil paints that led him to where he is today. 

Each piece begins with a hand-crafted wood canvas that evolves into layers upon layers of manipulated wax and acrylic or oil paint. Using a torch and various carving tools, Gulbrandson scribes and removes layers to create a diverse and often times unexpected surface of texture and color. With this process, he is constantly working to emphasize contrasting elements, such as space and form. Continually being informed by each of his paintings as he is creating, the result is a signature and self-taught style that is absolutely striking upon viewing.