Good Places
Drawings and Watercolors by
Mike Pease
To Mike Pease, good places can be found in nature, in places made by people, and in places where people and nature exist in harmony. Growing up, Mike lived on a ranch in the Sierras and then in San Francisco. He feels equally at ease whether he’s in the woods or in the city. While studying architecture at UC Berkeley, he used drawing to understand and capture the wonderful places he was discovering. In turn, the captured images helped him imagine, as a designer, new places for others to enjoy.
Although Mike found success as an architect, a professor, and an urban planning and design consultant, it soon became clear to him that he wanted to devote his time to creating and sharing his art. By the mid-1980s, he was a professional artist–exploring the world and looking for images to draw, spending hours drawing in his studio, and showing at galleries. When Mike decided to pull back in the early 2000s to spend more time with loved ones and to travel, he found the freedom to again “explore in detail some of the wonderful places in our world, to use the drawing process as a way of better understanding, and internalizing the qualities in places that make [him] feel good.” We are excited to showcase this collection of Mike’s “good places” and invite you to immerse in their beauty with us.
Mike Pease has shown his works in solo and group exhibitions in Oregon and Washington, including at Opus 5 Gallery, Alder Gallery, Lawrence Gallery, Jacobs Gallery, Oregon State University, and Sunriver Resort. As a pioneer in the use of colored pencil as a fine art tool, he has also participated in the Colored Pencil Society of America’s annual international exhibition multiple times. Mike’s art can be found in the collections of: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the University of Oregon, King Estate Winery, City of Eugene, City of Lake Oswego, Northwestern University, among others.
Opening Reception:Â Saturday, October 5, 1-3 p.m.
Artist Talk: 1:30 p.m.
Exhibition Dates:Â October 4 – November 16, 2024
Please click here for the artist talk recording on YouTube.
Review by Randi Bjornstad on Eugene Scene.
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