ELAINE GREEN: “PALIMPSESTS: THE LAYERS OF TIME”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 18th, 2007
Clatsop Community College
Art Center Gallery
1653 Jerome Avenue
Astoria, OR 97103
Contact: Teri Sund 338-2478
ELAINE GREEN: “PALIMPSESTS: THE LAYERS OF TIME”
The Art Center Gallery at Clatsop Community College in Astoria will begin
its exhibition season with the work of artist Elaine Green of Moscow,
Idaho. There will be an opening reception held Tuesday, October 2nd at
6:00 pm
at the Art Center Gallery.
As the first place winner of CCC’s international juried exhibition “Au
Naturel: The Nude in the 21st Century”, Green was offered a solo
exhibition. She will bring to the Art Center Gallery Palimpsests: The Layers
of Time a collection of charcoal drawings, ceramic sculpture and print
work. Green is recognized for her large and expressive drawings; primarily
her subject matter has been the human form. This exhibition will also include
a more recent series that explores and connects the relationship between
our physical selves and our dwellings; specifically home. Green states, “Both
are highly individualized, extremely personal, and seemingly exposed in
the presentation of their public faces. Ultimately both houses and bodies
are private spaces, semi-permeable containers that protect us, hide us,
and sometimes give us away.”
House #20 © Elaine Green
Working primarily in charcoal, Green utilizes
the medium to help convey an understanding of her chosen subject matter.
A strong sense of richness,
depth and vulnerability is evoked by the contrast of dark to light. The
play of light and shadow is a crucial element in Green’s work, evoking
a sense of intimacy and the sharing of that which is sacred.
Green received her Master’s of Fine Arts degree from the University
of Idaho where she currently teaches within the art department. She has
exhibited her work extensively throughout the Northwest, including the
Boise Art Museum where her work was reviewed by Artweek. The Art Spirit
Gallery in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, currently represents her.
House #5 © Elaine Green
The Idaho Commission on the Arts recently awarded Green a support grant,
which is specific to her exhibition at CCC. This project is supported in
part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Idaho
Commission on the Arts.
Elaine Green’s work will be on exhibit at the Clatsop Community College
Art Center Gallery October 2nd through November 2nd, 2007. There will be
an artist’s reception Tuesday, October 2nd at 6:00 pm in the Art
Center Gallery. This event is free and open to the public. For more information
please contact Teri Sund at (503) 338-2478.
Literature Ritual © Elaine
Green