Art Department: Faculty
Jan Shield
Professor
503 352-2263
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Mr. Shield has been painting and sculpting since growing up in a family of artists. His works are included in corporate, public, and private collections from Oregon and Washington to California, and from Colorado to New York and Hawaii. He has exhibited widely throughout the Pacific Northwest in one- and two-person shows, invitationals, and juried group shows. Galleries where his works have been represented include: Lawrence Gallery, Sheridan; Pacific Rim Gallery, Astoria and Cannon Beach; Fires Eye Gallery, McMinnville; Gallery 33, Portland; Rental Sales Gallery, Portland; and Loft Gallery, Prescott, Arizona.
Mr. Shield's home overlooks the wine country and coastal range from the western edge of the Chehalem Mountain. His previous studio in Forest Grove was featured in a special issue on studio space in "Sunset" magazine, and his latest studio on twenty-five acres of beautiful forest and pastures called "Dancing Trees Sanctuary for the Arts" promises to be much more.
Through his paintings, prints, murals, and sculpture, Jan shares his deep regard for the most western regions of the United States, especially Oregon, Hawaii, and the Southwest. The paintings especially are a comment on Naturalism, Romanticism, and at times symbolism. Other paintings and three-dimensional forms let the viewer feel the power, richness and substance he discovers in nature through a more abstract style of expression. His work is involved in creating layers of vision and form as a laminate of experience in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
