Subjectively Portland
Yesterday, Becca and I celebrated Subjective with an artist talk and a reception!
photo by David
We were all ready to talk about our past work with the help of slides…
photo by David
...but, faced with a technical hiccup, we had to improvise.
photo by David
Happily, we had twenty of our favorite paintings to back us up!
photo by David
Many of our family members were brave enough to attend the talk and the party afterwards.
photo by David
My mother was there—though without her baby dog!
photo by my mother
And my brother, who is in graduate school out east, happened to be in town too.
photo by David
It’s always comforting to have family at openings, but it’s especially nice when they’re so intimately involved in the show!
photo by David
Becca’s parents were able to attend as well.
photo by David
It was the first time that Bob had seen either of his portraits. In his own words, the take-away lesson from mine is “be careful what you say to Gwenn during the photoshoot!”
photo by David
Here, my mother seems to be plotting with the Bernsteins about something. Becca and I have asked a lot of our families with Subjective and I can only think they’ll find a way to get even one of these days!
photo by David
All in all the show looked great…
photo by David
...and that has a lot to do with Vicki, who curates the North View Gallery and who is seen here dueling cameras with David.
I managed to get just one picture of my sweetheart.
photo by David
He documents all of my openings and, in that way, avoids being in most of the photos!
photo by David
To see Subjective, visit the North View Gallery by 5 February!
Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM
North View Gallery
Portland Community College Sylvania Campus
12000 SW 49th Avenue, Portland, OR 97219
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(3) Comments / Commentaires: Subjectively Portland
—I really enjoy that last photo showing the differences in your heights! It serves a little as metaphor also, for the differences in your work..I hope this doesn’t sound overly sentimental, but you are both very beautiful people inside and out.. and that translates so clearly into your paintings.
Oh Gwenn! What a wonderful event! I would have loved to be there! I was thinking of you in the days running up to the opening, and I’m so glad it went well—of course I knew it would. 
It’s great to see these photos of you, and Becca, and several subjects with the paintings you both did of them! Thanks David for photojournaling the event, and thanks Gwenn for posting it online!
Kristina...
Congratulations!! I will be checking this out the next time I’m in Portland and spreading the word to family and friends
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