AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY FRIENDS’ Store

801 SW 10th ave.

Closing Reception

Tuesday, August 31st

6-8pm ~ Meet the Artist

and~

ILLUSTRATED ALBERTA PLACES

at Townshend’s Tea

2223 NE Alberta St.

~the Teahouse is  Open 9am-10pm Daily~

Greeting Cards

now for sale at:

Local Discoveries 1627 NE Alberta Street

Downtown Library Store 801 SW 10th Avenue

Radish Underground 414 SW 10th Avenue

My goal is to draw the most important icons of Portland, to find the image that represents Portland to everyone. My drawings are documentary artifacts that capture a visual record of the city’s iconic landmarks. Without the aid of a photograph, I draw on location, sketching out the composition. Later I embellish the details. My attention to architectural detail is related to my past and future work as an archaeologist and technical illustrator. I am also influenced by graphic novels and comic books. My recent experiments with crosshatching style is inspired by early Renaissance printmakers, most notably Durer and Mantegna.

~Aaron Voronoff Trotter

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