Featured Artist of the Month
Call for Artists
Show your art at the Friends Library Store. Exhibits may include:
- 4-10 framed pieces
- small matted wrapped work and cards to fill a 16 face card fixture
Learn more: Email or call 503-988-5911
Friends of the Multnomah County Library supports local artists. Each month, we feature a local artist with an exhibit in the Friends Library Store.
Featured Artist
Previous Artists
Mary O’Shea
Although working with glass is a very technically challenging process, Mary has found that it is the single best medium to express her unique take on life.
Robin Urton
Whatever media is employed, my paintings are an invitation into imaginative realms.
Dayna Collins
I am currently exploring being more fearless in my work, using layers, mark-making, scritching, building up surfaces and tearing away to reveal deeper truths, mystery beyond the obvious.
Sue Girard
As an artist, Sue is drawn to bright colors, which inspire creativity and imagination.
Gilbert Dickerson
I have always had a passion for bringing the people I draw to life through my drawing.
Gloria Sowell
Today my work reflects those sentiments of lightness and transparency, with images that are collaged and drawn upon, cut apart and reassembled.
Lenall Siebenaler
Besides watercolor, I enjoy mixed media, collage, acrylics, pastels, encaustic, and monotype. I am totally attracted to and live with a plethora of color.
Anita Lehmann
The pencil is my natural tool. I find economy, honesty, and ‘flow’ in articulating a space, evoking character and meaning through line.
Alice Wanke Stephens
Her mission is to promote awareness of the beauty that surrounds us, and to inspire conservation of our world.
Tonia McConnell
Tonia is an Oregon native, teacher, photographer and writer. She likes to tell stories using words and images.
Aaron Voronoff Trotter
My drawings are documentary artifacts that capture a visual record of the city. Without the aid of a photograph, I draw on location, sketching the composition.
Cynthia Mooney
She also has a keen interest in watercolor journaling and has been teaching journal making classes at various locations for the past 5 years.
Suzanne Reynolds
My artistic pursuits include fiber arts, especially embroidery, sewing, and crochet; painting, collage, jewelry design, and book binding.
Sharon Freeman
Sharon's ability to capture light and transparency sets her work apart from other watercolorists.
Paula McNamee
Paula McNamee is the one who creates art, dreams, travels and reads with a curious soul.
Robin Olsen
Most of my fiber pieces incorporate recycled fabric and hand dyed vintage linens.
Patty Barker
Patty is a Portland Artist who is a watercolor painter and a lover of pen and ink.
Jennifer Campbell
I always start with a theme and sometimes a sketch, but the piece I envision is not necessarily the assemblage art or jewelry piece that I end up with.
Suzanne Koelker
I started a line of wallets from kitchen contact paper, air mattresses, and discarded classroom wallmaps.
Tory Brokenshire
She loves working with power tools, rusty things, wood and found old treasures and uses them in her work regularly.
Emma Aichleithner
Emma is a watercolor painter and teacher. Her art style can be both serious or whimsical in nature.
Susan Hook
Susan is inspired by her love of flowers and color and she is also a Master Gardener.
Carol Putnam
My favorite subjects are the same ones I spent years nurturing in my garden and photographing in nature.
