Author Archives: Chantel Greene
Portland Open Studios
As many of you already know I’ve been accepted into the Portland Open Studios tour for 2012! For those of you that aren’t familiar with the POS tours, it’s where participating artists open their studios to the public during the … Continue reading
First Thursday Street Gallery
I’m excited to announce that I just reserved my spot in the upcoming First Thursday Street Galleries! For those of you that don’t know, First Thursday happens on the first Thursday of the month and is when the galleries of … Continue reading
For the Love of Portland
I’m currently working on a piece for this upcoming show about the love of Portland. This should be a great show in which artists show how much they love our wonderfully weird city. Details below: Peoples Art of Portland Gallery … Continue reading
Artist Update
Hi folks! A lot has been going on around here which hasn’t left me much time to blog. This year seems to be the year of change, opportunities, and sales. First the change. I am leaving my long term gallery, … Continue reading
Holocaust Center Online Auction
The Oregon Holocaust Resource Center is having an online auction which I’m excited to be participating in as a donating artist. “The auction will run from February 6, 2012 to February 19, 2012, with proceeds going to Oregon Holocaust Resource … Continue reading
New Year’s Resolution
I don’t always make New Year’s resolutions, but when I do I try to think outside the box and go beyond the common “eat well and exercise” (which really I should be doing anyway). I try to think of something … Continue reading
Come to Your Senses
I’m very excited to announce that I’m in an encaustic art show that will be held at the Portland Center for the Performing Arts, where I will be showing three pieces from my Clearwings Series. This is will be one … Continue reading
4th Annual Big 200 Show
I’m excited to say that this is the first year I’m participating in the Big 200 (previously Big 100) art show! It’s actually more than 200 artists now, so the show should be huge! Each artist creates amazing work using … Continue reading
Making medium, and a mess…
Before I start into my blog post I thought I’d give some description about what encaustic medium is and what I use it for. Encaustic medium is just the beeswax mixed with damar resin, so it’s clear or slightly yellow … Continue reading
Bee Thinking
I’m excited to announce that a small series of my work is in a new venue, a bee keeping shop! The store is called Bee Thinking and it turns out that it’s actually owned and run by a guy I … Continue reading