Author: Chris Landtiser

Exhibition at Caplan Art Designs in Portland in June June 6th – July 15, 2024 First Thursday Opening Reception: 6-8 pm, June 6th, 2024 – Caplan Art Designs, Portland, OR   My recent work explores awakening to the divine presence in life, the buoyancy and resilience that arises through connecting with what has sacred meaning, and the role of daily spiritual practice in mental and emotional well being. The oil paintings reveal inner worlds as vibrant landscapes, exploring how our inner…

Essay by art critic Richard Speer  The imagery in Tamara English’s new series, Verdancy Within, is lushly botanical:  blanketflower and ninebark, jasmine and mock orange, calla lily and sage twisting, branching, reaching, subtly stylized from northern Indian and Middle Eastern tiles and textiles or wholly abstracted from the artist’s fertile imagination.  The soil from which the vegetation springs appears to be visible too, and beneath it, rendered in outline as though transparent, the vines and leaves soon to sprout; but…

Two Person Exhibition Featuring The Work Of Tamara English And Kendra Larson Location: Art Gallery at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, OR September 25 – October 25, 2023 Monday – Friday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m   More info here   About the exhibition: Wilds Within is an exhibition of landscapes about the experience of inner life, the interior of our beings, by Tamara English and Kendra Larson. Themes explored in these paintings include the nourishing aspects of Beauty and Awe,…

June 1st – June 30th, 2023 First Thursday Opening Reception: 6-8 pm, June 1st, 2023 Caplan Art Designs, Portland, OR We live in a time of an unprecedented mental health crisis among people of all ages. Rates of depression tripled amount US adults during the first year of the pandemic. In 2021, US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued a public health advisory regarding the current epidemic of the diseases of despair, such as addiction, depression and suicide, and mental fragility…

November 2nd – December 26th, 2021 First Thursday Opening Reception: 6-8 pm, November 4th, 2021   Caplan Art Designs, Portland, OR   The oil paintings that comprise this body of work, titled The Great Uplift, explore moving through our inner landscapes with the buoyancy found in connecting with the presence of the sacred. These artworks offer an invitation to choose upliftment, compassion and generosity in these unusual times we are living in. Each work becomes a portal to cultivate individual and collective well…

During the current COVID-19 pandemic, Hyperallergic has been asking artists to share their experiences of their studios during times of quarantine, in their ongoing series “A View From The Easel,” which features artists’ studios all over the world.    Click here to see the post featuring my studio   About Hyperallergic:    Hyperallergic is a leading voice in contemporary perspectives on art, culture, and more. The online publication was founded by the husband-and-husband team, Veken Gueyikian and Hrag Vartanian, in…

October 2020 With works by more than 80 alumni artists from across the decades and mediums, you are invited to UNLIMITED 2020, the 4th annual PNCA alumni salon show, opening online, in the PNCA virtual gallery, Thursday, October 1st – 31st, 2020. VIEW Exhibition Unlimited Artist Panel Discussions Please join us for a series of Fridays in October at noon for Unlimited Artist Discussions where participating artists will be sharing stories of their journeys, inspirations and challenges. Dates for Unlimited…