Clatsop Community College
For Immediate Release: APRIL 20TH, 2006
Contact: Teri Sund at (503) 338-2478.
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CCC Art Gallery Exhibits Storm Tharp: “DO, DON’T”

Storm Speaking at the opening reception.

The Art Center Gallery at Clatsop Community College in Astoria will be exhibiting the work of artist Storm Tharp May 1st – May 19th, 2006. An opening reception for the artist will be held Tuesday, May 2nd at 6:30 pm at the Art Center Gallery. This event is free and open to the public. Tharp will also be the guest juror for the annual Clatsop Community College Student Art Exhibition, which will open May 23rd.

Storm Tharp of Portland, Oregon, brings to the Art Center Gallery a collection of sculpture, drawings and paintings. He is an artist inspired by concept and idea rather then the use of specific materials. Known for his exquisite skills as a draftsman, Tharp uses this talent to create both figurative and abstract works, be they on paper, canvas or sculptural. Utilizing clay, tissue, latex paint, along with other more traditional mediums, Tharp develops imagery that is strong and evocative. His work, always invoking a direct sense of emotion can portray irony, humility and humor. There are elements that reflect a classical approach, a trait exhibited as a result of his skills. Tharp is as adept in the three dimensional realm as he is with a pencil in hand, expressing thought and idea at once with color, texture and dimensionality.

© Storm Tharp

Tharp has been exhibiting his work throughout the Northwest since 1992 and is represented in private collections nationwide. He will be included in the 2006 Portland Art Museum’s Oregon Biennial, and has been an award recipient of the same exhibition in both 1997 and 1999. He participated in the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, Vermont residency program in 2002, as well as the Oregon College of Art and Craft residency in 2005. Tharp’s work has been featured in the art publications ArtWeek and ArtNews. He has also been the recipient of an Individual Fellowship awarded by the Oregon Arts Commission in 2005. Tharp is currently represented by PDX Gallery in Portland, Oregon.

For more information please contact Bill Ittmann or Teri Sund at (503) 338-2478.
Attached image: “Not Titled”

© Storm Tharp