In the 811 Block...
While Stumptown has Swallow, the Grass Hut has Drifters. These drifters are not just any drifters. No, they are Dawn Riddle, Driftwould and The Reverend Benny Bob. Riddle makes drawing style paintings, only a little rough and folky, themed on sea creatures. Driftwould-Matthew Feyld lives in Canada where he creates clean cartoony figures. The Rev lives out in the woodsy woods and for this show paints wildlife on wood. The Grass Hut
Moshi-moshi shows Synthetic Down Comforter, paintings by Sean Christiansen and Stefan Salto. The flier shows a super odd watercolor-y portrait of two people and a teddy bear asleep. Moshi Moshi
Redux shows wall pieces by Faryn Davis. Davis is a painter, constructs mixed media wall pieces and makes jewelery. Redux
All 811 E Burnside
The New American Art Union mounts an artists' book show. 922 SE Ankeny
The Office hosts the 511 show, a group of studiomates - Forgash, British Sarah, Neir, Scotty, Emily, Coyle, Dan, Shelby and maybe some other gravity hounds, that have toiled all gray winter and are now busting out with "photos, carcasses, paint, found art, print media, rock music, and social awkwardness". OK. Massive bike arrival encouraged. At Office Skate and Snow 2136 East Burnside
Sarah Boss shows abstract photographs of familiar surfaces in macro. The fusion of our touch and visual experiences, perhaps even as babies, informs our sense of textural pleasure, for a lifetime. (Spoiler: many of the photos in this show are of Play-Doh shapes.) Photographer Boss and her partner are the masterminds of the max-awesome Artists' Audition Project. At Brian Marki 2236 NE Broadway
Newspace shows "Defining Identities: Three Young Adults with Cancer" - portraits and "Columbia River Portfolio" - landscapes. http://www.newspacephoto.org/gallery/ 1632 SE 10th
Small A shows art by SF collaborators Bob Linder and Will Rogan - photos, drawing and video inspired by Murakami's Hear the Wind Sing. Rogan speaks Monday at the PSU lecture series. http://smallaprojects.com/ 1430 SE 3rd
The cozyultra Press Club shows artist Rebecca Haack 2621 SE Clinton St til 10
For completeness, but without editorial review, other possibilities include, Center Space 420 SE 6th; Tiny's coffee 12th and Hawthorne (often quite good shows) - maybe something too at their MLK spot; the Night Light 2100 SE Clinton (last time I was in they had some fairy fantasy paintings, so you are on your own there); 12x16 gallery in Sellwood (Zeb Andrews - Pinscapes); Moxie - George Perrou casual tiki style paintings; and the Mark Woolley Gallery 128 NE Russell; possibly some Mississippi Street spots.
