Raina Verhey paints landscapes of the soul Utilizing thick oil paint and textured impasto-style brushstrokes, Raina Verhey unearths and explores meaningful and complex emotions in her art. “My work is […]
Kinetic energy is the energy possessed by an object in motion, the energy that exists within the flow of a dance or the beat of a drum. While artist Miguel […]
Artist Clara Smith Adds Fresh Style to Western and Equine Themes Clara Smith is an artist of many talents, including: graphic design, drawing, painting and digital art. Though, the variety […]
On his first visit to Bend in 2008, Erik Hoogen walked through the Silver Moon Brewing alley and envisioned painting a mural along the brick wall. He spoke with the […]
For Evan Namkung, the pandemic ignited a passion that had been simmering in the background of his life. As a kid, he painted to have something to hang on the […]
Just a few years ago, Anna Amejko Peterson was loving life as a swimwear designer in sunny Southern California. A graduate of the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising—FIDM—she was […]
When Ashley Cascade Paggi graduated in 2006 with a graphic design and communications degree from California State University, Chico, she landed in-house graphic design positions with Pottery Barn and Weather […]
Bend native Valerie Winterholler brings the atmosphere of the high desert to life in acrylics.
“Quintessentially Central Oregon” is just one way to describe Outdoor Ukulele—a local company making stringed instruments that can weather any kind of wild.
The founder and original artist behind Bend’s Hikerbooty, an artist duo specializing in illustrations of public lands, wasn’t always drawing maps and art of trail systems.
To capitalize on and create a career that isn’t exclusively relegated to a computer screen, Bork and Ramp founded VIVI DESIGN CO. in 2018.
Nate Decker’s fascination with beautiful wood and the stories behind it started in Hawaii, when he was growing up on Maui and later living on Kauai.
“I’ve been folding origami since I was 3 years old. I was given packs of paper to occupy myself while the adults adulted, and what was a hobby eventually turned into much more,” Morimoto said.
Ken Marunowski likes the power of large canvases. On a big surface, he can immerse himself in an abstract expressionist (or AbEx) mode of painting, focused on mark-making and intuition.
“My first rule of songwriting is to always have the experience to back up the story,” said Olivia Harms.
She sketches feverishly when inspiration strikes and draws layer upon layer until the paper is saturated in color, resulting in work that resembles a textured painting.
Growing up 56 miles east of Prineville on a cattle ranch along Beaver Creek, artist Greg Congleton learned to never throw anything away.
It’s a brave new world for Bend artist Kristine Cooper, who quit jobs in retail management and the building industry to support herself as a full-time artist.
The 2007 Summit High School graduate headed to Montana State University planning to major in art, but disliked the art school and switched instead to a business and marketing degree.
After more than a decade glazing tile, it’s still a mystery to Bend tile artisan Justyn Livingston. But to her, that’s part of the art.
When Karen Eland is not sipping her espresso, she’s dipping her paintbrush in it. This fascination began in 1998, when she sat inside a coffee shop in her hometown of […]
Chris Cole’s kinetic art transforms discarded metal and bike parts into wondrous moving creatures. Ripley’s Believe It or Not! and the luxury department store, Barneys New York, wouldn’t seem to […]
