Anna Magruder

Hello Television!

admin — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:10:35 +0000

You can watch my Oregon Art Beat feature online here!

That’s right folks – I am honored and excited to be one of the featured artists on OPB’s Oregon Art Beat this season! We filmed back in July, and the episode aired February 2, 2012.

Learn more about who I am as an artist. Observe as I mix colors, paint and transport my art to shows.

Love-themed Art

admin — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:03:46 +0000

It is February! And I have new art being showcased in various Valentine-themed shows around town. That’s right – whether you adore or despise Valentine’s Day, prepare to be bombarded with art that celebrates LOVE:
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Detail of "Retrospect"

The Love Show
Launchpad’s annual Love Show brings together a wonderful variety of love-themed art by local artists each year. This year they have scaled down to fit their gallery space, but it will not be any less impressive. The theme this year is “Hindsight is 20/20. Love in retrospect.” Since many of my images are inspired by retro images and often incude couples or people and their relationship to each other, it was easy to create within this theme.

Launchpad Gallery, 534 SE Oak, Portland
Opening reception: February 10, 7pm – 12am
Show dates: Feb. 10-25, 2012
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The Pink Show
Splendorporium’s annual Pink Show celebrates pink, red, hearts and love. Their opening receptions are wonderfully over-the-top, and this one is no exception. The pink Voodoo Donut truck will offer tasty treats while Rojo the therapy llama will share the love.

Splendorporium, 3421 SE 21st Ave, Portland
Opening reception: Friday, February 3, 7-9pm
Show dates: Feb. 3-24
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JAM
Stop by Jam on Hawthorne for a tasty brunch and to view a group show of art on the theme of — you guessed it — LOVE!

Jam on Hawthorne, 2239 SE Hawthorne, Portland
During the month of February

100 Artists: Art of Communication

admin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:31:37 +0000

I had fun creating artwork for this show. Last August the Mary Lou Zeek Gallery invited 100 artists to participate in the Art of Communication show. Artists partnered with artists, each sent a letter to the other. Most of these people didn’t know each other. When the artists received their letter, they were then asked to create a piece that responded to what their partnered artist wrote.

All pieces will be available through a silent bidding throughout the month. www.zeekgallery.com

Click here to view the artwork (scroll down the page to the bottom).

Where: Mary Lou Zeek Gallery, 335 State St, Salem, Oregon
Artist reception: February 1, 5-7pm
Show dates: Feb. 1 – Mar. 3

People of Peoples Gallery Show

admin — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:32:05 +0000

Since opening in November 2010, Peoples Art of Portland Gallery has shown over 1000 local and national artists. I enjoyed my time volunteering there on Sundays until a few months ago. The Gallery itself was a vacant toy store when the Peoples crew took over, using the remaining architectural structure as a backdrop for art instead of toys. Being inside of an actual mall, this gallery is a welcome place amongst high-end retailers and consistent retail fare. The gallery has always operated as a place for artists, run by artists, volunteers and a curatorial team of artists.

For their 15th consecutive exhibition, they wanted to celebrate this notion, in essence to celebrate the volunteer artists and staff that make the gallery what it is. This show exemplifies their connection to the community and how the gallery works: artists showing artists, working together.

The People of Peoples Gallery show consists of art work from the following artists: Ali Schlicting, Anna Magruder, Brin Levinson, Chris Haberman, Chuck Blooom, Dan Pillers, Heidi Elise Wirz, Jen Berry, Jesse Reno, Joel Barber, Kendra Binney, Kyle Gossman, Larry Christensen, Matt Schlosky, Melissa Dow, Sam Arneson, Roger, Wellie Glenn

I will be showing work from this past year as well as 2 brand new ones!

Always All Ages.
Refreshments provided by Ninkasi Brewing.
Show Info: www.peoplesartofportland.com

Artist Reception: Saturday, Jan. 21; 5-9pm
Peoples Art of Portland Gallery
700 SW Fifth (3rd floor)
Pioneer Square Mall, downtown Portland

Watch me on Oregon Art Beat!

admin — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:27:24 +0000

You can watch my Oregon Art Beat feature online here!

I am honored and excited to be one of the featured artists on OPB’s Oregon Art Beat this season! We filmed back in July and it aired on February 2

You get to observe as I mix colors, paint and transport my art to shows.

Big 200 Photos

admin — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:41:08 +0000

The Big 200 event was fantastic! I arrived early, along with a slew of other folks, and am very pleased with my art purchases. I can’t wait to hang the beautiful new art in my home.

I promised I would upload the pieces I did for the show, so here they are! I focused on children as my theme this year. Many of these I worked on during this year’s Portland Open Studios event. So if you stopped by in October you may recognize a few of these…

Simon Mace Gallery

admin — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:07:16 +0000

I am pleased to be a participant in a brand new gallery in Port Townsend, Washington. Simon Mace Gallery‘s grand opening is Dec. 3: “A Tasting Menu” is the first of many shows to come and is a group show of some of the art and artists that will be seen here. Artwork is on display December 3-January 2.

Net proceeds from this show benefit the Max and Sherry Grover Fund for Artists (a fund of Jefferson County Community Foundation).

www.simonmacegallery.com

236 Taylor Street
Port Townsend, WA 98368

Family Fables

admin — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 18:13:05 +0000

For many of us, the moments captured in a favorite photograph can evoke a time in our lives that feels like a fairytale. Or they may represent someone from our family who we never met, but we feel like we know either through close study of their face or family legends. In this show Family Fables, I used an illustrative style to draw out the emotions, sentiments or personality traits that had the strongest impact on me in a way that a straight forward portrait might not. The result is a whimsical blend of the familiar that tells an old and a new story.

Where: Mary Lou Zeek Gallery, 335 State Street, Salem, OR 97301
When: Opening Artist reception: Wednesday, December 7, 5-7pm
Artwork will be on display through the month of December.

BIG 200

admin — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 18:08:38 +0000

I am pleased to be a participating artist in the fourth annual Big 200 (previously Big 100). This one is HUGE. 250 artists creating 10 artworks each! Over 2000 artworks will be shown.

All work is only $40, cash/credit/carry. All art is original and 8″x8″.

When: Opening reception Saturday, December 10, 2pm-10pm.
Where: Peoples and Settlement Galleries in the Pioneer Mall, 3rd floor; downtown Portland

All ages welcome, all day long, music, cocktail and coffee bar.

This is a benefit for Oregon Food Bank, so bring canned and nonperishable fooditems!

Art at Urban Grind

admin — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:59:45 +0000

I have all my past year’s worth of work as well as older work hanging at Urban Grind coffeehouse in the Pearl district for the month of November!

Join me for a closing artist reception on Saturday, November 26, 3-5pm.

Urban Grind: 911 Northwest 14th Avenue, Portland