Artist Bio Alli Bratt is a mixed media artist, whose mediums include painting, drawing, and collage incorporating reclaimed materials. Originally from California, Alli received her BFA from Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Georgia. She has lived and made art in Portland, Oregon, for eleven years. Alli’s work has been shown, both individually…
Dangerous Amusements: conversations about Elvis Costello We are so thrilled to announce that one of our Artists on Rotation, W.S.Cranmore, has officially joined the gallery crew! Since W.S Cranmore (you can call him SKot) joined the rotation program in March, he made it very clear to us that his dream to be the owner of…
Artist Bio Sarah Brandle is an artist inspired by the natural world around her. She takes inspiration from outdoor adventures, flowers, trees, beaches and sunsets but also her urban home life in Portland, Oregon. Her artwork is one of a kind and stirs an emotional response. Collectors often comment that her work, “Brings them peace.”…
Artist Bio Dianne owned a graphic design and marketing business for twenty-five years in Silicon Valley. She and husband Patrick Wilson moved to Jacksonville, OR in 2001, and Portland in 2012. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Studio Art from Southern Oregon University in Ashland. An award-winning artist, Dianne won third…
Artist Bio Scott Fenton was born in Portland, Oregon. He became interested in photography as a teenager and has been taking photos ever since. His father, also a shutterbug, helped Scott set up his own darkroom in the basement of their Southwest Portland home where he learned how to develop and print in black and…
Bio I was born and raised in the south and raised by a beatnik mother and a stern military father. We lived all over the south and sometimes we were lucky to land in exotic places, which I am sure gave me my wanderlust. After I raised a son and got divorced, I headed to…
Surprise! Come and join us for our 4th rotation of ‘Artists on Rotation’ Live and in person! Help us in the pursuit of bringing this great City of Portland back to life! Image: Vivid Skies by Eryn Tehan With our permanent fixture of “Artists on Rotation” we have committed the entire Ford Gallery, year round,…
I was born and spent my childhood, on Catalina Island, off of the coast of Southern California. Living on an island promotes a sense of isolation from the rest of the world, providing a rich medium for growing an artist and maker. I now live in Portland, Oregon. I am primarily a painter, but have…
Well here we go again, no, I’m not talking about the new Covid restrictions that have just been implemented here in Portland, I’m talking about another rotation! For the past week and a half each one of our artists has stopped in at the gallery to deliver their new pieces for this, our third rotation,…
I consider myself a process artist. I experiment directly on the surface, discovering a relationship with the paint and what the images that emerge are trying to tell me. The process is intuitive and exploratory. It takes many sessions to wrestle with the piece to make it my own. I find the layers of painting history…