Shawn Demarest
Portland, Oregon
Shawn Demarest is an oil painter getting to know St Johns, Portland.
Message2012/2016 Playa Summer Lake
Paintings from residencies at Playa Summer Lake 2012 (4 weeks) and 2016 (2 weeks). In 2012 my goal for the residency was to move my work in a more abstract or intuitive direction. To explore painting the landscape in ways other than through representation. Notably, it resulted in a series of stripe paintings. Painting wet into wet oil to develop the colors I viewed in the landscape was a breakthrough - and continues to this day.
2012/2013 Portland
Includes paintings supported by a RACC project grant for an exhibit 'You Are Here' shown at the Architectural Heritage Center, Portland.
2010 Portland
Some of the first paintings from photo reference. I began using acrylic in the studio and then switched to back to oil. I am still plein air painting - but for the first time I begin using photo references to capture wet, reflective streets. Additionally, my work begins to scale up.
2008-2009 Portland
Plein air paintings. I began setting up my easel by the Willamette River and along streets.
Manzanita and Nehalem Spit
Painted from 2013-2018. Plein air. The Stripe paintings from my 2012 Playa Residency directly informed my approach to these paintings.
Etchings
from 2006-2014 I focused on printmaking in Portland. These are from Bite Studio and a workshop at Crown Point Press.
