A work by Kim McKenna from "True Nature." For this month's group show at Beppu Wiarda Gallery, "True Nature," Portland artist Victor Maldonado seems to have grand ambitions. "What is the true nature of contemporary fine art today?" Maldonado asks...

met gail Beppu at the PAM contemporary art council event in march 08

Charles A. Hartman is the latest gallery inclusion for PADA The Portland Art Dealers Association is welcoming two new members: Beppu Wiarda Gallery and Charles A. Hartman Fine Art. The marketing agency for the city's most powerful coterie of galleries,...

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And I'll make a shameless plug for my pieces in City Hall this Thursday. They'll be up in Sam Adams office all month. Shameless, and proud of it.

From the Portland Tribune:

In art, maybe 80 is the new 21
If you've ever asked yourself, "What kind of art will I make when I'm 80?" Robert A. Nelson's show at Beppu Wiarda Gallery this month has the answer: whatever you flaming well want.

The former teacher at the Art Institute of Chicago is clearly having fun at 82. His new works are narrative pitched just this side of total surrealism, based on history as well as fairy tales.

For instance, in "The Burger King Surrenders London to the Romans" a bunch of Caesar's flabby officers accept the surrender of some diminutive cheeseburgers. The architecture in the background dissolves into blueprints, while numerous tiny details keep your eyes working as you dip in and out of the composition and the possible story.

Read about the shows at Beppu Wiarda Gallery, Blue Sky Gallery, and Augen Gallery here...

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On a warm Friday morning at the Beppu Wiarda Gallery in Portland's Pearl District, Arvie Smith is waxing nostalgic about the moment he knew he was an artist. Read entire profile...

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