Doll Gardner Art Gallery


For over 40 years, the Doll (Delores) Gardner Gallery (www.dgardnergallery.com) in SW Portland has exhibited work of a wide range of artists, from the celebrated to the emerging.

The gallery is open to the public and is located in the sanctuary of the West Hills Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in a beautiful forested setting at 8470 S.W. Oleson Road, Portland, OR 97223. On the first Sunday of each month, WHUUF hosts an opening reception for the artist, and the public is invited to join us in celebrating the artist(s) and their work.

Gallery hours are Sundays 12:30-2, and Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 9:00am-noon, Wednesday and Friday 1 - 2:30pm, or by appointment.

If you would like to purchase work from the current show, please contact the gallery at 503/246-3351. If you are an artist interested in showing in our gallery, please contact the Director at dollgardnergallery@yahoo.com


For a sneak peek at some of the art on exhibit this month, click on the link or image in the Art Gallery block on the right side of the page.

Selected images of artwork are also available for upcoming and previous shows:



MAY 2012
In the Garden
05/01/2012

TO VIEW IMAGES, PLEASE CLICK ON SHOW DATE

 

Like people, each garden – and the plants found within it – are diverse, and each has it’s own personality. Within their environs we slow down, discover new views and things we never saw before, and if we’re lucky, we go away with a better knowledge of ourselves and the world for being there.

 

For the most part, elements in the garden seem to get along with each other.  In this sense they present themselves as metaphors for peace and express the principles of right relations with the world around us and the circle of life of which we are but a part. There are stories in gardens: stories of loss, of love, of history and of partings.  Perhaps that is why gardens are the quiet priests of our lives that hear our confessions and keep our secrets.

 

What is a garden to you?  What stories do you have of gardens and what stories have gardens whispered to you?  What would your dream garden look like?

 

Taking the path today through the garden of our gallery this month; see if you come away with new insights.

 

The public is welcome to an artists' reception Sun. May 6th from 12:30-2pm.

04/01/12
"The Wonderful World of Women" - Honoring the Feminine
04/01/2012

"The World of Women" –  Honoring the Feminine Women – everyone knows one; wars have been fought over them, brushstrokes have made masterpieces of them, and epic poems have sung their praises. Goddesses, myths, daughters, mothers, celebrities, heroines, songstresses, cowgirls, saints and sinners - women captivate and hold our attention. This month’s show features works that express the feminine form. Please join us for an artists’ reception on Sunday, April 1st  from 12:30-2PM in the Sanctuary.

March 2012
" Sacred Circles" - a Celebration of Mandala Art
03/04/2012

Traditionally associated with Hindu and Buddhist art through the century into our current age, mandala have brought us in touch with ourselves and our place in the world. Tools for healing and meditation, these pieces encourage us to join the cylindrical nature of life. Mandala are all around us: in the center of a sunflower, a bird’s nest, the web of a spider, the cycle of the moon. They are in our buildings and brighten our days. These sacred circles bring us into connection with the wider circle of life, and their beauty and balance shine out from cultures throughout the world like silent prayers. This month’s show features twelve artists who use mandala in a variety of forms. Please join us for an artists’ reception on Sunday, March 4th from 12:30-2pm.

February 2012
"Let There Be Light" - a Special Showing of Artful Lighting
02/01/2012

Wendy Dunder

Lam Quong/Kestrel Gates

Stephen White

Winter: a time of reflection and contemplation when the earth slows.  In ancient times February was a time of uncertainty in the darkness, yet with hope that the light would return again to warm and bring life.  It was felt that it was a time when the seeds of hope lay in the earth's womb, waiting to unfurl. Rituals were employed and candles were lit to entreat the sun to return again, and new life was not yet apparent - but was stirring.
 
In this time of uncertainty for the planet, our communities and our faith congregations -- we all need the hope that change will be for the positive.  As we formulate that change, our hearts could all use a little light.
 
This month the gallery is pleased to bring forth a show that has been 3 years in the making: to showcase artists who gladden our spaces and homes with the gift of light.  Artists featured are Wendy Dunder, Stephen White, Lam Quang and Dan Daniels.  The public is welcome to join us in celebrating the artists and their work at an opening reception Sunday, Feb. 5th from 12:30 - 2pm.  For more information contact the Director at 503/246-3351. Ext. 4.