The ECA Blog

Written by Kathleen Caprario I make my way through the precisely drawn foliage, visually pushing deeper into the repeated organic shapes that fill the silhouetted subject’s form. The compulsive quality of the…

Written by Stacey Ray I always find myself drawn to the most detailed piece in a room, searching for rivers through which my eyes can run, prairies where they can sprint over…

Written by Timothy Wilson-Haley “St. Rhododendron” is an appropriation and re-imagination of Russian — and previously Byzantine — techniques for painting religious icons. Instead of traditional objects of religious idolatry, the rhododendron,…

Written by Tricia LaFrance When I encounter the assemblage online, “Wool Bin” seems, well – a bit wooly. Photos make it difficult to notice all the textures, shapes, and colors of brown.…

Written by Sunny Selby In the gallery, I am struggling to see. The Mayor’s Art show is packed. The space surges and collapses as people shuffle through. The scene has all the…

Written by W. Adam Orth Writing about art isn’t something I do. I work with my hands, as do most of the people I spend most of my time with, both on…

Written by Leah Wilson Springfield artist Kathleen Caprario’s mixed media painting at the 2019 Eugene Mayor’s Art Show is a subtle and beautiful manifestation of the examination of her position of privilege…

Written by Robin Seloover Nabokov wrote something like: “There is no reading, there is only re-reading.” Artists Marilyn Perry and Paige Van Doren approach the forms of the human body in a…

Written by Vicki Amorose Given the choice of 50 artworks in the 2019 Mayor’s Art Show, never did I predict I’d choose to write about a work depicting our 45th president. Thousands…