I have big news to announce (well, big for me) that is forcing a huge change in my business. I have to discontinue many of my Portland art prints, etchings, notecards, postcards, coasters, tote bags, and towels. The City of Portland has trademarked the White Stag Portland, Oregon sign (and all the multiple historic versions of it). This was their way to raise money for the electricity and upkeep of the sign. This means I have to pay The City to use the image of the sign. I had a license for 3 years, but this year they changed pricing to a complex fee structure and a requirement to report every-single-usage of the sign. I used the sign so much (70+ SKUs) that I can’t afford to keep the license. Also, I license my images to other publishers and I earned royalties on the sales, but The City royalties cost the same, so I’d lose money on a huge part of my business and The City would actually earn more than me in these cases. To add insult to injury, the workload of keeping track of every sale is impossible for my one-person business as well. I realized I just can’t afford to do any more Portland work with this beloved sign. So…I am taking this as “a sign” that I needed to change my business and branch out and do different work of other cities and expand my brand new work I did last year (that isn’t city specific). The good news is, I am allowed to sell the work I have in stock from when I had the original license. So, check out the Store link in my bio and check out what I have available. About 80% of my Portland pieces will be discontinued as they sell out. My newsletter subscribers had first dibs, but there are still a number of things in stock. So, please check out my Online Store (link in bio) and get the last of this work (and maybe think of the gifts you have to get soon ☺️) I’d love the support as I transition my work. Thank you! #portlandoregon #trademark #portlandtrademark #portlandart #portlandartist #pdx #pdxart #cityscape #trademarkcity (at Portland, Oregon) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck9jzhCvlia/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Fifteen After Nine, 2020. 24x18in, acrylic and charcoal on heavy paper. The title Fifteen After Nine comes from the time on the clock as I worked on the painting. 2 days in a row when I looked at the time, it happened to be 9:15. I didn’t think much of it until I noticed the horizontal could be seen as hands on a clock in the 9:15 position. For more info on this painting, please DM, thank you. 🔷 #fineart #portlandart #seattleart #losangelesart #chicagoart #nycart #robertmotherwell #franzkline #dekooning #rothko #paulklee #hanzhoffman #helenfrankenthaler #williambaziotes #contemporaryartwork #modernartist #callforart #contemporaryfineart #artcollecting #artsgodz #artprocess #painting #wscranmore #americanartist (at Milwaukie, Oregon) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck6OyF7vsa7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

I was so excited to paint this little garage down the street from me. The first version was truly awful, like I’d forgotten how to paint. In frustration I painted over the whole thing with a dark blue that turned to a sad muddy grey, but then I decided to give it another go, so I painted on top of that mess, and this one is not exactly what I’d hoped for but not bad, either, for a second try at a ruined painting. . . . #gouache #gouachepainting #gouachepaint #gouacheillustration #pdxlife #portlandoregon #cityscape #cityscapepainting #nocturne #nocturnepainting #urbansketchers #urbansketching #pdxusk #portlandart #portlandartist #portlandartists #pdxartist #pdxartists #nwpdx #pdxart (at Portland, Oregon) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cki1uqSpO3n/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Hey Everyone! I just want to say a quick shout out to an amazing friend and outstanding actress, Mahogany Taylore! I promise you, her one woman show last year, blew me away! I was very impressed! So if you're in Portland, OR between March 17 to April 9. Do check out the show, Seven Guitars! You will love it! #portland #portlandoregon #portlandia #portlandtheatre #actor #actress #sevenguitars #passinart #passinarttheatrecompany #theater #theaterlife #portlandfood #portlandphotographer #portlandartist #portlandart #portlandfoodies #portlandtrailblazers #portlandme #portlandtimbers #portlandeats #portlandarts #portlandartscene #portlandtodo #portlandlife #portlandrealestate #portlandmusic #portlandblogger (at PassinArt: A Theatre Company) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpRkVcAOL5b/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#portlandart #pdx (at Alberta Arts District) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnx3AZ9pGnF/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

2 days❗️ come on down to @wacom.experience.pdx for a free @copic_official_us demo this Sat 11:30a-1:30p! Register in my bi0! :) see y’all soon! • @copic_official_jp @copic_official @wacom #artistsoninstagram #comicart #copicart #copicwithus #wacom #wacomexperiencecenter #portlandart #portlandartscene #manga #mech #traditionalart #copic #markerdemo (at Wacom Experience PDX) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl5dt0xuYAN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Qué pelirroja!!🤩 Guerrera, fuerte, independiente, trabajadora, protectora, osada, incansable, soñadora, amable, cariñosa, risueña e increible. No sabría decir si vino en un barco de escudera o decidió explorar saliendo de un portal de los elfos. 🤔Bueno ustedes también pueden presumir a su pelirroja en los comentarios👇👇 Admito que me tomé unas libertades creativas pero @midandelion es que eres pelirroja por dentro😜🤷🏻‍♀️🤭. . What a redhair!!🤩 Warrior, strong, independent, hardworking, protective, daring, tireless, dreamer, kind, affectionate, smiling and incredible. I couldn't tell if she came on a shieldmaiden ship or decided to explore by coming out of an elven portal. 🤔Well you can show off your redhair in the comments too👇👇 I admit I took some creative liberties but @midandelion you're a redhead on the inside😜🤷🏻‍♀️🤭. . . . #illustration #cartoonart #caricatures #instaartwork #vintageart #ireland #red #redhair #elven #paintingpractice #childrensillustratorsart #artoftheday #showoff #bff #children_illustration #smile #redhead #celtic #portlandart #pdxart (en Miramar, Havana) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cil_HAIN9s1/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Facing The Crowd-Sculptures

Portland Oregon is a city full of public art displaying sculptures and murals

Providence Park-Portland Oregon Displayed outside the front gates of Providence Park sit two bronze sculptures. One portrays a man, and one a young boy. Greeting the visitors are the two six-foot tall sculptures depicting a glimpse of a profile of the smiling crowd. Providence Park_Portland Oregon Artist: Michael Stutz Smiling boy bronze sculpture at Portland Oregon Providence Park Have a…

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I gave up trying to edit this in a realistic way. It looks wonky and it is what it is. 15 minute life drawing warm up Blue mechanical pencil, 2021 . . . . . #mechanicalpencilsketch#bluedrawing#lifedrawing#nudeart#figuredrawing#traditionalart#drawing#lifedrawingclass#sketch#portlandart#pdxartist#humanform#feetdrawing#fullbodydrawing#pencilart#bluemechanicalpencil#buartworks#bethanyumbarger#blueart (at Portland, Oregon) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmfGDJbPjK7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

“Away From The Numbers” (2017). This painting on paper was influenced by and created to the song of the same name by The Jam. The composition could be seen as a series of doors which can isolate. Either willingly or otherwise. What do you see? 🔷 #portlandgallery #artgallery #modernartgallery #gallerist #artcollecting #artsale #fineartpainting #paintingsonpaper #portlandart #abstractartists #emergentmagazine #TheJam #geometricabstraction #artinteriors #artblog #originalartworks #artworkarchive #wscranmore (at Milwaukie, Oregon) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkTehtoJorZ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Another gouache nocturne….The romance of an old apartment building with a pizza joint downstairs…every time I walk past this building and see the lights on in the rooms upstairs I feel nostalgic for a life I never had, when I lived in a funky old apartment building with a pizza joint downstairs, or maybe a Thai restaurant or a tailor…maybe I lived I. A place like this in a previous life…these old buildings have certainly had lots of lives before mine. . . . #gouache #gouachepainting #gouachepaint #gouacheart #gouacheillustration #cityscape #cityscapepainting #urbansketchers #urbansketching #pdxusk #portlandoregon #portlandartist #portlandart #portlandartists #pdxart #pdxartist #pdxartists #pdxlife #downtownportland #thisisportland #portlandia #sketchbook #sketchbookart (at Portland, Oregon) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ckbc0j9PbaM/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Life for this Elf Maiden is quite peaceful

original art by @warbwarts

🍒🤖🌟🌠Jamesland space expedition ready for launch🌠🌟🤖🍒 . Design: @mountain.dandelion . #CherryRobot #Toymancer #TheToymancer #Create #JamesFarmer #Jamesland #Toy #Toys #Toyetic #ToyMad #Trend #Design #GraphicDesign #Artist #Artists #BeavertonArtist #BeavertonOregon #PortlandArt #PortlandOregon #thatsCherry #ToyMaker #ToySplicer #ToysThatDecay #CyborgPrincess #TheTwilightGoddess #TheNext #Passion #MoreArt #ShredDeadRedemption #OregonArtist (at Beaverton, Oregon) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgU5bU-PXMr/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=