New Landscapism
New Landscapism A look at the interdependency of Nature, Culture, and Technology. This month we are taking a look at four artist who each have a unique vision of how these 3 forces are interwoven.
Time & Location
May 04, 2025, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Gallery & Lobby, 215 Cascade Ave, Hood River, OR 97031, USA
About
DAVID BRANDT
David Brandt is an animator, illustrator and painter. Originally from Minnesota, he received a BFA from the University of Wisconsin. He later lived many years in Seattle, then San Fransisco working for the film industry. Finally he moved to Oregon where he continues to freelance as artist.
His work is large oil paintings and mixed media drawings. His imagery ranges from landscapes to human technological artifacts. Usually the work contains juxtaposition of both, as satire of our culture. “I believe that people, technology, and culture are inseparably intertwined, to the degree that they have become an organism with a mind of its own, with a purpose beyond our control or understanding. While I consider this as a serious issue, I prefer to present it in a lighthearted, entertaining way. Humor allows us to be more resilient.”
LINDSEY FOX
Lindsey Fox is an artist working in Portland, OR. She grew up in Northern Michigan, a place that nurtured her love of the natural world and the land. She received her BFA in Fine Art at The University of Michigan. Her hiking adventures among the mountains and valleys of the Pacific Northwest continues to inspire her work and fill the pages of her sketchbook.
My current body of work uses patterns inspired by nature, balancing abstraction with traditional rendering of the landscape en plein aire. I love to explore wild places, and bring to the viewer an experience of the awe and wonder that I experience in the backcountry. Painting outside is important to my practice; it serves as a way for me to remember the textures, unique colors and incredible compositions of the world around me. I then bring my outdoor studies into the studio to finalize and create abstract interpretations. One of my goals is to make the viewer experience what I feel when I am out in nature; I want you to feel like you are on a hike with me. I want you to notice the wild patterns, the textures, the perspective, and the color relationships that can never be captured in photographs. I’m communicating what I both feel and see.
LAUREN CARRERA
Carrera is a west coast artist and independent curator working in installation, mixed-media and painting. Trained at Rutgers University, Carrera furthered her education at the Atlin Centre for the Arts in British Columbia, and was mentored by Philadelphia artist Dan Wittels, a protégé of Grace Hartigan. Carrera left the East Coast to pursue a Ph.D. in behavioral medicine in San Diego. In 2002 Carrera changed careers to pursue visual art professionally. Carrera was the recipient of a fellowship at the Atlin Centre for the Arts in British Columbia and nominated for the San Diego Art Prize as one of the “New Contemporaries” after she mounted a 4,000-square foot art installation, Museo du Profundo Mundo: Specimens and Renderings from the Carrera Expedition, exploring the world of museum collections, cabinets of curiosity and the role of the scientist/artist. Additional installations include the San Diego Museum of Art, Oceanside Museum of Art, Mesa College, , Grossmont College, The Monterey Museum, Portland’s Bldg 5, and the Newport Visual Arts Center, hosts for a mid-career retrospective supported by grants from the Ford Family Foundation and the Oregon Coast Council for the Arts.
Carrera’s installations and paintings often explore the nexus between science and art and humanity’s complex interactions with the natural world. Carrera currently resides and has a studio in Portland’s Northwest Marine ArtWorks.
SUSAN HARRINGTON
I make art about humanity’s relationship with the natural environment, expressed through various oil painting series. As a fourth-generation Oregonian, my current work focuses on endangered and native plants threatened by urban expansion, agriculture, wildfire, and climate change.
Often overlooked in the context of endangered species, plants are critical to ecosystems, providing food and habitat for countless species. I paint “plant portraits” that highlight their importance and the consequences of their loss. I paint in an aesthetic inspired by 17th–19th century botanical artists who documented new species “in situ,” and like the conceptual resonance of using a similar style to depict those now facing extinction.
My work is held in the collections of Oregon Health & Science University, Willamette Valley Vineyards, and private collectors. I hold a B.F.A. from California College of the Arts and an M.A. from San Francisco State University, and I work full-time from my studio at NWMAW.
I exhibit at Waterstone Gallery in Portland.