If you want gorgeous….
I love to see something I’ve never seen before and I saw it yesterday at Whitney Art Works at 492 Congress St. in Portland. And it’s gorgeous stuff.
Geoffrey Leven scans actual flowers (in a darkened space) and prints them on metallic paper. You have to take the time put your face right up to the works and ponder the effect. But that’s not because they are small. The images I’m talking about are very big. Some are multiple image panels like the one here:
Stealing Beauty ©2007 Geoffrey Leven
Then you step back and your senses get socked. These images are not a one-time look. You’ll want to wander around the rest of the show and start with Leven’s metallic prints all over again. Don’t miss it.
Joining him are Portland artist Shoshanna White with an impressive array of mulit-media flora closeups. White takes a photograph and then applies several layers of a combo of beeswax, resin and oil paint. I particularly like two small works: Dandelion Puff and Apple Blossom. Once glance at her bio page tells you this photographer gets around -including four major recent Percent for Art commissions. She is committed and working hard, no doubt about it.
Robert Diamante, a well-known and highly successful commercial artist has presented a thoughtful view of Bali’s myriad spiritual offerings. There are three custom-bound books available as well as a few individual prints and it’s creatively presented by both the photographer and the gallery.
