Linn-Benton Community College

An exhibit titled “Pollination” featuring the art of Tallmadge Doyle will be on display at the LBCC South Santiam Gallery through February 22. Doyle’s botanical imagery on woodblock prints is a combination of found organic matter, natural phenomenon, line work and even astronomy resulting in exquisite compositions with silhouettes. When scrutinizing the details, viewers can recognize Ginko leaves and wheatgrass, while stepping back allows the strong graphic styles of the artwork to be appreciated as a whole. An artist reception will be held Thursday, Feb. 22 from 3 to 4 p.m. in the SSH Gallery. Born in New York City, Doyle is a printmaker, painter and public artist. She has lived and worked in Eugene for 25 years. Doyle received her bachelor of fine art in drawing from the Cleveland Art Institute and an MFA in printmaking from the University of Oregon. Doyle’s work can be viewed online at http://www.tallmadgedoyle.com . LBCC gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday thro...

Three Northwest artists will be featured in the second annual Art Invitational from Jan. 9 to Feb. 24 in the North Santiam Hall Galleries at Linn-Benton Community College, 6500 Pacific Blvd. SW, Albany. Sandra ‘sloy’ Nichols and Dave ‘nic’ Nichols , a husband-wife art duo from Salem, will share the walls with Tallmadge Doyle , a nationally recognized print-maker from Eugene. A public reception and gallery talk with the artists will be held on Thursday, Jan. 26, from 2 to 3 p.m. in the NSH second floor atrium. The purpose of LBCC’s annual invitational is to showcase high quality of creative work being done by artists who live in the Willamette Valley. “We have a lot of artistic talent right here in our own backyard,” said Dori Litzer, chair of LBCC’s Fine and Performing Arts Department. “These three artists are great examples of the vitality of the local art scene.” Doyle, who has an extensive background in printmaking, will be showing about 20 copper etching prints from her “Celestia...