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With her unique, primitive art style and inventive mixed media techniques, the Eugene artist Rogene Mañas makes her Portland debut at Onda. Combining plant, bird, and insect imagery with figurative elements in a slightly surrealistic fashion, she explores and illuminates what she calls “the essence within.” Drawing from her imagination, her organic and often haunting compositions reflect both her Mediterranean heritage and her passion for Mexican folk art. Using papier maché, collage materials and acrylic paint, she creates sculptural reliefs and textural paintings in handmade box frames.
As co-owner of an international card company, a designer and illustrator for more than 35 years, Mañas retired from her successful business to pursue her love of art-making in 2006. After majoring in art at the University of Oregon, she expanded her skills by studying with numerous professional artists in the Pacific Northwest, Italy and France. Known for her plein-air landscape paintings and impressionistic still lifes, Mañas made a sudden departure in style after spending winters in Mexico and becoming enamored with Latin American art. Her work has been shown at Maude Kerns Art Center, Kudos Gallery, Jacob's Gallery and Opus Six in Eugene, Oregon.
Brian Mock likes the challenge of creating sculptures which are unique, fun and inherently curious. He merges imagination with technical skill by incorporating unusual found objects and everyday items into one-of-a-kind pieces. Work integrating welded, recycled material is designed to be highly interactive and results in a spectrum of applications such as abstract wall pieces, freestanding sculptures, and functional furnishings. His work attempts to prompt viewers to question the reality of what they see.
Mock's exhibits have included Re:Vision Gallery, Portland, Onda Gallery-Lake Oswego, "Sculpture Without Walls" (Winner/peoples choice award), Moses Lake, WA, Lois Lambert Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, Gallery 360SEE, Chicago, IL, Gallery L'une, Manzanita, OR, The Wade Gallery, Ilwaco, WA, "Different Spokes" (bicycle tour exhibition), Salem, OR, "Found to Form" (solo exhibit), Mark Woolley Gallery, Portland, Art In The Pearl, Portland, Lake Oswego Festival Of The Arts (Blue Ribbon Award winner), Natural Style Sustainable Living Festival, Portland, Contemporary Crafts Museum Art In Bloom, Portland. Articles about Mock's work have appeared in Green Living (Oregon Home Magazine), Just Out, Sustainable Industries Journal, Willamette Week, Oregonian - A&E, Oregon Crafted - Guide Book, Portland Monthly Magazine, Portland Tribune and he has appeared on Oregon Art Beat (Featured Artist), PDXposed and Fox 12 Good Day Lifestyles.
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