May 19. 2004
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Talisman Gallery Presents Local Color
The M ay Show for the T al
isman G allery will be present
artists Fran Hepp and Joseph
Blanchette. The show will open
on M ay 27th on Last T hurs
day at 1476 N.E. A lberta St.
The show will run through June
20th. A rtists reception will be
from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. on May
27th.
A rtist Fran H epp said “Art
is a w onderful form o f expres
sion and 1 use it to convey the
pow er and strength w ithin
w om en that is so often m isun
derstood. W hen I study a fig
ure fora painting, I look for and
try to feel the inner person. It
is fun.”
“ I w ish to rea ffirm the ‘Mt. Tam M ystery Version 2 , ’ b y J o s e p h B la n c h e tte
Plus-sized Painter
Portland is getting a peek into the world o f elephant art as
an O regon Z oo pachyderm creates colorful m asterpieces.
Ram a, the resident elephant artist at the zoo, has a full
collection o f w orks ready for exhibition at the Pearl D istrict’s
M ark W oolley G allery M ay 22 through 24.
The 21 -year-old male A sian elephant, isn ’t the first paint
ing pachyderm . Elephants in A sia have gone to painting
school, but Ram a appears to be a natural. He is the w orld’s
first elephant to com bine artistic m ethods, creating paint
ings that are rem iniscent o f P ollock’s paint splatters and
M iro’s subconscious imagery.
R am a’s artistic technique involves collecting non-toxic
paint in his trunk, and spraying it across a canvas creating
colorful backdrops. He then uses a brush to add graceful
R am a, th e artistic e le p h a n t
strokes.
m eaning o f beauty. M y work
is a m in im alistic rep rese n ta
tio n , co m m u n icatin g the re
la tio n sh ip betw een the tra n
scen d en tal and the o rdinary
not av ailab le in the various
d o g m a s o f a b stra c tio n or
c o n v e n tio n a l
r e a lis t
sty le s...,” said artist Joseph
B lanchette.
Talism an G allery is an art
ist ow ned cooperative in the
A lberta art area. T alism an has
betw een one and tw o Group
Show s annually androtates
tw o person shows.
G allery H ours are T h u rs
day and Friday from l-6 p .m .;
S atu rd ay 11-5; S un d ay 1-4
p.m.
‘Roll 'm ," oil on ca n va s, b y Fran H epp
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