New York Girl (above)
24" x 30" Oil on Board

Gabriel Mark’s frozen moments in time communicate the ineffable. Saturated in beauty, the mundane is transformed into the fantastic. His subjects are of the people and architecture he encounters on his travels. They are of the lonely cobblestone streets of Prague, the romantic architecture of Venice, and the hills of his home in Ashland, Oregon. He has painted the calloused fishermen in Greece, the mischievous girls of Tokyo and our American hipsters. In a culture obsessed with youth, Gabriel Mark’s art examines the charm and beauty of the elderly. His work celebrates the timeless antiquity of the world.

Gabriel Mark is showing in Portland through July 31st at FINE ART INSIDE OUT, from 6-9pm at 32 NW 5th Ave. in Portland, Oregon.


Aletta
18" x 24" Oil on Board

Monia
20" x 24" Oil on Canvas

Paul Gauguin, Vue d'un jardin, Rouen, 1884, Oil on canvas, Gift of Melvin "Pete" Mark in honor of Mary Kridel Mark, 2009.
Portland Art Museum debuts Gauguin Painting
The Portland Art Museum announced its latest acquisition, an 1884 canvas, Vue d’un jardin, Rouen (Garden View, Rouen) by Paul Gauguin (French, 1848-1903). The painting is from Gauguin’s Impressionist period and depicts the corner of a walled garden in early spring.
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Julian Beever has made pavement drawings for over ten years. He has worked all over the world. His anamorphic illusions drawn in a special distortion create an impression of three dimensions when seen from one particular viewpoint.
To see more of Julian's work, go here.

Feeding the Fish
This Make Poverty History drawing was requested by Live8 to support the pressure campaign on the G8 in Edinburgh. It was done in Edinburgh City Centre.
Here we see the same Make Poverty History drawing from the side. it was 13m (40 feet) long. One of several self-portraits drawn in situ on High Street in Brussels.


Maryhill Museum of Art Re-Opens for the Season
March 15 – July 8
The Hudson River School, comprising two generations of artists inspired and influenced by the awesome beauty of America’s unspoiled wild areas, came to prominence during the 19th and early 20th century. Working primarily in the Hudson River Valley, as well as in the Catskill, Berkshire and White Mountains, and in the newly opened West between 1825 and 1915, the Hudson River School firmly established the first American landscape painting tradition. Their beautifully composed pastoral paintings are filled with dramatically lit mountains, waterfalls and old growth forests, which evoke an idealized and romantic landscape where humans and nature co-existed peacefully.

Drawn from the collection of Dr. Michel Hersen and Mrs. Victoria Hersen, Hudson River School Sojourn showcases 34 works by Hudson River School artists Jasper Francis Cropsey, Asher Brown Durand, William Hart, David Johnson, and Jervis McEntee, among others.

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