Exhibits

Margaret Coe

Light, Woods, and River Flow October 23 - November 30, 2024 Karin Clarke Gallery is pleased to present Light, Woods, and River Flow, powerful new works by venerable Eugene painter Margaret Coe. This series of large and medium-sized oils on canvas, mostly created within the last two years, focuses on her experience and interpretation of the woods behind her home in... Read more

Rick Bartow

Crow's Fear September 11 - October 19, 2024 Karin Clarke Gallery is pleased to present Rick Bartow: Crow’s Fear, a richly diverse selection of works from the Bartow Trust Collection. Included are large pastels, hand-colored lithographs, and small drawings, while Bartow’s characteristic bird imagery (crows, hawks, owls, eagles) features prominently in monotypes, mixed media works on handmade Japanese... Read more

Bets Cole: Rugged Land and Rocky Shores

Paintings from Oregon, Maine and Ireland August 7 - September 7, 2024 Karin Clarke Gallery is pleased to present Rugged Land and Rocky Shores , showcasing long time local painter Bets Cole’s new collection of works. This large series of small- to medium sized plein air paintings on panel or paper stands out for the breadth of its geographical scope. It explores... Read more

Robert Schlegel

Rural Sightings June 26 - August 3, 2024 Karin Clarke Gallery is pleased to present a large retrospective exhibit of smaller works by the late and much beloved Oregon artist Robert Schlegel (1947-2021). The majority of these pieces are later works, exhibited for the first time and freshly framed. This selection of very desirable works will not disappoint... Read more

Florae Animalia

New work by Claire Burbridge, Matthew Dennison, Marjorie Taylor, and Olga Volchkova May 1 - June 22, 2024 Karin Clarke Gallery is pleased to present an invitational exhibit featuring four outstanding artists living in Oregon, whose work is inspired by the Northwest flora and fauna. While diverging widely in terms of medium, technique, and approach, they share keen observational skills, an utmost attention to detail combined with imagination... Read more

The Northwest Landscape

January 31 - April 27, 2024 The Northwest Landscape features work by Mark Clarke (1935-2016), Margaret Coe, Bets Cole, Carl Hall (1921-1996), Hart James, David McCosh (1903-1981), and Erik Sandgren. Karin Clarke Gallery is pleased to present a large invitational exhibit featuring some of the Pacific Northwest’s most dynamic contemporary and historical landscape painters. Each artist’s... Read more