Creative Spirits Gallery
The goal of the WLLC Creative Spirits Gallery is to support emerging and established artists and give their works exposure. The gallery exhibits works by area professional artists with opportunities for amateur artists as well. The gallery team seeks to create collaborations among the artists and between the artists and the community.
The gallery has two main exhibition walls, each approximately 15 feet long and 8 feet tall. In addition to this space, two of our sanctuary’s walls serve as exhibiting walls, each approximately 8 feet tall and 40 feet long. There is also a niche gallery space called “Little Spirits” that can hold 2 large or up to 20 small pieces. Glass art can be displayed in natural light and fabric art hanged on poles or with clips. Artists also have brought in their own cabinets for display of jewelry and other 3D pieces.
Artists Currently on Display in the Gallery
Elaine Daggett Aye
I connect my love of the environment and nature through my artistic approach to landscapes, nature scenes and birds. Often my paintings provide the viewer a sense of place or insight to a location or thing that they may have experienced themselves.
A sense of knowing or belonging to a place play an important role in my pieces and I hope that my artwork demonstrates my respect and passion for the natural world. I work with Pastel, Oil and Watercolor depicting the natural environment as I experience and see it. I sometimes paint plein air, or work with a photograph that I have taken and then finish in my studio.
I have always wanted to be a visual artist from an early age in my life. In the early 2000s, I began to dedicate my professional work towards sustainability and co-founded a sustainability consultancy firm. Today, I still support environmental awareness and sustainability projects on a global stage while painting and being in nature as often as possible.
Bill Baily
I started taking painting classes at Oregon State University in 1960 as an elective, while I was pursuing a pharmacy degree. After completing my pharmacy degree and fulfilling my military obligation (1965), I returned to Portland and started to paint again as a hobby. Since then, I have studied under many artists and have continued painting as a hobby and a business.
I am inspired my strong compositions and intense color. My subject matter consists of landscapes, still lifes and abstracts. The media I prefer is watercolor, but I work with acrylics and mixed media. In recent years, my subject matter has focused on fruit and vegetables with a dark background, creating a unique and distinctive style. I am a member of the Watercolor Society of Oregon, the Lake Area Artists and The Buffalo Grass Society. I exhibit my work at the Rental Sales Gallery at the Portland Art Museum and the Attic Gallery in Camas, Washington.
Patrick Noe
Complex and intricately detailed, the clay paintings of Patrick Noe of West Linn, Oregon, capture the spirit of place through texture, light, and form. From the sun-washed cliffs of Cinque Terre and the stone walls of Dubrovnik, to the charm of Parisian streets, French villages, and his more recent Alaska and Oregon Coast series, Patrick’s work transforms throughout the day as shadows and light play across the carved surfaces.
As the originator of this unique “clay painting” technique, Patrick combines ceramic color with sculpted bas-relief to evoke both the intimacy of a moment and the passage of time. His pioneering approach earned him an artist residency in Vallauris, France, and opportunities to exhibit in prestigious shows nationwide.
Now semi-retired, Patrick enjoys time with his growing granddaughters and continues to create select commissioned pieces. This fall, Patrick’s work can be seen publicly only at this exhibition and at Potter’s Vineyard in Newberg. Private viewings and commissions are available on a limited basis.
Past Artists
