Manzanita hosts arts trio

In July, Manzanita’s Hoffman Center for the Arts will feature ceramic works by Randy McClelland, paintings by Phyllis Trowbridge and monotypes by Nanette Wallace.

An artists’ reception will be held from 3 to 5 pm this Saturday, July 6.

McClelland’s show, “Hafu Potter” features his wood-fired ceramic work. Born to a Japanese mother and an American father, McClelland honors both sides of his identity and culture through his work with clay and local materials. He is inspired by his ancestors and his feeling that their spirits are always with him as he traverses the natural world.

Trowbridge’s show, “Observations: Recent Paintings” exhibits her watercolor and oil paintings. When she works outside on her landscape pieces, she is taken with both a sense of timelessness and timeliness. She has painted on the Oregon Coast for more than three decades and her work illustrates her compassion for the natural world and the stress she feels when confronted with the impact of climate issues. Painting offers Trowbridge both an escape from these worries and an opportunity to engage with them face-to-face.

In her show, “Interludes,” Wallace creates gestural monotypes as an emotional response to the world around her. She lets experimentation and intuition guide her artwork using crude tools like Q-tips, her fingertips wrapped in cotton cloth and brayers, to add and remove ink from a plexiglass plate. The printing process yields only one unique singular print. She creates her monotypes and paintings from her home studio located in Portland. Her career also includes working as a graphic artist, illustrator and letterpress printer.

The show will run through July 27 at the Hoffman Gallery, located at 594 Laneda Avenue in Manzanita, open Thursday through Sunday from noon to 5 pm. For more information go to hoffmanarts.org or call 503-368-3846.