Make Your Strand Count
Lynn Woolson and Tricia Harding
April 30 – May 31
Opening Artist Reception | Friday, May 1, 4–6 p.m.
Combine Art Collective is pleased to present Make Your Strand Count, a compelling mixed media exhibition by artists Lynn Woolson and Tricia Harding, on view April 30 through May 31.
Make Your Strand Count offers a powerful visual statement encouraging individuals to take an active role in shaping their lives. Through layered materials and collaborative processes, the exhibition invites reflection on how even the most delicate thread contributes to the strength and integrity of the whole.
Original founders of Combine Art Collective, Woolson and Harding explore the dynamic intersection of individual identity and artistic partnership. Over years of working together, they have found that their creative practices are enriched through dialogue, whether by offering feedback on individual works or collaborating on shared pieces. This exhibition highlights both their distinct voices and the synergy that emerges through collaboration.
Visitors are invited to experience the strength of the weave and consider the weight of their own contributions within a larger fabric.
An opening reception with the artists will be held Friday, May 1, from 4 to 6 p.m. The public is warmly invited to attend.
Last Weekend - The Art of Arranging
Denise Shives
Mixed Media Artist
April 2 - April 26, 2026
Combine Art Collective is pleased to present an exhibition of current work by mixed media artist Denise Shives.
“Whether it be furniture in a room, items on a shelf, clippings from nature in a vessel, I love arranging things. For as long as I can remember, I’ve gathered and collected things that I love and enjoy finding ways to put them all together to create something interesting and beautiful. Making beauty in this messy world is the only thing I can control, and I am fulfilled by creating things that bring joy and inspiration to others. It’s the way I live my life and the way I approach my mixed media art.”
Thursday, March 5 - Sunday May 31, 2026
Please welcome this spring’s two guest artists –
Katherine McDowell and Terri Rice
Lake Monotype 434
Katherine McDowell
Katherine McDowell is a Portland artist currently focusing on printmaking. Over the past 18 years, she has created over 500 one-of-a-kind abstract monotypes. Prints from the "Lake Monotype" series have been selected for a dozen solo regional shows and accepted into over 60 national juried group exhibitions.
Her work is represented by The Portland Art Museum’s Rental Sales Gallery and the Coos Art Museum’s Rental Sales Gallery. Her prints can also be found at The Josephy Center for Arts and Culture. Katherine is a juried artist member of The Boston Printmakers, Print Arts Northwest, Monotype Guild of New England and Los Angeles Printmaking Society. She has taught at Oregon Society of Artists and Wildcraft Studio School.
Linen Cloth
Terri Rice
Terri - I used to paint exclusively in watercolor, but I am now so drawn to the intensity and the permanence of oil paint that I seldom return to watercolor. My skyscapes and landscapes are exclusively oil. I like the slow-drying nature of oil paint that allows me to come back, even the next day, to blend in a new color or soften a line. The trouble with oils is the cleanup, but even that has become, for me, a ritualistic contemplation as I rub the bristles between my fingers coaxing the color out of the brush and then rinsing the brush in warm water. And just because I want to make sure the brush is truly clean, I swirl the wet brush in a bar of leftover soap from a hotel stay.
My goal in painting is to paint with enough realism to portray the moment but abstract enough to invite the viewer to interpret.
www.terrijrice.com
Past Exhibitions
