Roberta Lampert will exhibit her stoneware and porcelain ceramic work, titled “Deep and Shallow Waters.” Lampert’s work centers appreciation of and experience in nature, especially coastal themes of wildlife, geology, and impressions of water and sea life. In 2020, Lampert established propane service at her studio, and built a soda kiln. The effects of wood firing—flame, ash, and wind—complement the process, forms, and texture that she now explores. Her hand-built pieces and thrown forms embody themes derived from experience in nature and observation of geological features. Work might be impressionistic or representational, but always focused on the rhythms and patterns of the natural world. Lampert will teach a workshop at the Hoffman Clay Studio on August 12-13, titled “What Do I Do Now?” will help artists with clay experience take their work to the next level.
David Dickinson’s show, “Awake in the Woods; Cascadian Forest Landscapes,” is a series of plein air paintings that explore wild forests and their impacts on those who experience them. The paintings start with forest visits, mostly in coastal forests of Oregon and Washington, where plein air panels, drawings and photos are collected as studies. Dickinson seeks a way of making marks and expressing the forest that isn’t too specific, exacting or illustrative, but also not so simplified as to lose the chaos, punctuated by rhythms that relay the explosively generative, complex variety of flora that make the forest so compelling.
We invite you to view art August 3rd through26, Thursdays through Sundays from 12-5 pm. An artists’ reception will be held 3-5 pm on August 5th during which the artists will speak about their work and answer questions. The not-for-profit Hoffman Center for the Arts is located at 594 Laneda Avenue, Manzanita, Oregon.