Local Assemblage Artist

I had a first time meeting with a local assemblage artist the other day at a Starbucks in Portland.

Artist, Shelly Caldwell, has an amazing new body of assemblage work that she's showing at the Guardino Gallery this month (December 2012).  Her work (from mostly recycled kinds of materials) is filled with all kinds of wonderful incongruity and exaggeration.  We had a great chat about the directions that we are each going with our own assemblage work!  Shelley is one of those artists who would work well with the Glean Program...the  recycling program that sends local artists to the Metro Transfer Station (the city dump) to look for "trash," and then create art (check out my first "gleaning from the dump" blog here).  By the way, new applications are being accepted now (this month only) for five new artists to begin the third residency for this program....application process here.  

I was able to take a couple photos of her work while at the Guardino Gallery in early December.  I think this is one show you'll want to see!  
Check out her own website and blog here.