artists

  • Eric discovered traditional printmaking while studying graphic design. Though painting is now his main medium, his print studies often take on lives of their own.

    Working with acrylic paint, graphite, and a gelatin printing plate, he transfers images onto paper layer by layer—building the textures, ghostly figures, and vivid colors you see here.

    These works draw on Eric’s experience living in Chinatown during the pandemic and witnessing the human toll of the opioid crisis. Influences range from Wilfred Owen’s poetry to Buddhist imagery and the allegory of the Vinegar Tasters, opening questions about suffering, mortality, and how we interpret the world around us.

    Come take a closer look. Spend some time with the work. Bring home something that stays with you.

    Original prints: $45

    Matted and framed: $75

  • My name is Victoria Hammond and I am an artist who has always been intrigued by the creative ways you can recycle other people’s ‘junk’ to make something totally new and wonderful.

    I love old photos of women!

    By using old photos of women who have gone before us, I feel I’m bringing them back to life in a way, and honoring an existence that has probable been forgotten.

    I love broken things!

    I find beauty and interest in ordinary things, many times broken things that most people might just toss away. To me the imperfections make it that much more interesting & unique. There is a story there.

    I love rust!

    Rust doesn’t necessarily mean old & decaying. It can also mean resilient & strong.

    I love fiddling around!

    I consider myself a “Master Fiddler” when it comes to my creative process. I love scrounging through my findings, playing with what pieces I might want to put together, then fiddling until I get that “AHA!” moment when everything comes together, many times not in the way I would have envisioned in the beginning. I love that surprise!

  • After 25 years in Panama, George Rene returned to his hometown of Portland, OR and began transforming thousands of photographs in collage-based pop art and show posters.

    His collages draw primarily on his own photographs, alongside images made by his mother, photographer Barbara Stross. Together, these personal archives provide the source material for his layered compositions.

    The three works on display were created entirely from two of his mother’s photographs: a 3×5” black-and-white snapshot of a movie advertisement on a Tokyo street in 1968, and a photograph from the same period of a girl on a playground.

    Beyond his poster art, George has spent the past year and a half creating an expansive, evolving collage around a phone pole at SE 50th Ave and Division. His “Phone Pole Art Garden Collage” has it’s own Instagram page.

    @georgeartfarmer

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  • Peter Archer is a painter and musician from Portland, OR. He was a state licensed tattooist, tattoo school director, and owner of Temple Tattoo during his over 20-year career.

    He is the founder of EXIST, a 440-acre reserve in the Ecuadorian Amazon where he lives off-grid, focusing on forest preservation, regeneration, stewardship, sustainable cultivation, and survivalism.

    His life’s work is to engage in a mutually beneficial symbiotic relationship with reality.

    The trapezoidal panels are from the seats of a diesel school bus the artist converted to waste vegetable oil.

    The hexagon, part of an interlocking series, represents the interconnected nature of life.

    100% of Peter’s proceeds will be cheerfully donated to Old Town residents in the form of water, nutrition, and/or hygiene kits.

  • I am Carl Arden Hinds, a Portland-based visual artist, musician, and founder of OTO Arts & Music in Old Town.

    My paintings bring together layered color, scraped surfaces, and geometric marks. Dense passages sit beside quieter spaces; hard lines interrupt loose textures. I build on the texture already in a painting, keeping earlier layers present as the work changes. There’s room to follow a line, notice what’s underneath, or find a different connection each time you look.

    Alongside painting, I’ve spent decades writing, performing, and producing music, from Dandelion’s Columbia Records releases to my work with The Exploding Whales and Masters of Karate. I’ve also composed for theater and community projects, helped develop School of Rock’s music curriculum, and founded Hammersmith Rock Institute.

    Today, I lead OTO Arts & Music, creating space for artists, musicians, and makers to make, connect, perform, and share their work. My paintings are part of that life here; making things, putting them out into the world, and bringing people together around them.