Art In The Pearl: Celebrate Art in Portland's Pearl District

"I WOULD LIKE TO BRING YOU LOVE"
For me to become as an artist was pretty easy. Colours, brushes, canvasses followed me all way round since early childhood as I’m coming from Latvian artist family in several generations.
 

Petra Gruiters holds dual citizenship of the Netherlands and Belgium. Born in the Netherlands, she now calls the vibrant city of Antwerp in Belgium her home.

Born in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1968, Richard Martin is an award-winning painter, photographer and graphic artist who reflects the richness of his diverse cultural backgrounds in his work.

Patricia Benisti Abramovich reignited her passion for painting in 1996, sparking a sort of obsession. She fell for watercolors, aquarelles, and the stories they told on paper.

The main purpose of my art is to show the observer a world different from what they see with their own eyes, essentially to show them my world. If through my art I managed to touch the observer's soul, evoke pleasant memories, bring tears of sadness or happiness, then I have indeed achieved my goal.

Oto Macek is a contemporary Czech artist. Macek's paintings form the cornerstone of his artistic expression, and what sets them apart is the innovative use of cement as the foundational medium.

He has shown his work in group exhibitions in several countries such as Germany, Netherlands, India, USA, Germany, Ireland, Rumanía, France, Portugal, Taiwan, México, Argentina, Japan, Italy, Korea and numerous solo and group exhibitions in Spain.

Lifshitz's dynamic transition from lyrical abstraction to a more figurative style in the 1960s marked him as a pioneering figure in Israeli postmodernist art.

I started painting towards the end of my military service as a fighter, I served in a special commando unit for several years, before that I had never painted, I fell in love with art, I found my peace and tranquility there

Marisa Macklin is a Contemporary Figurative Painter born in 1989 in Washington D.C.