Lillian Pitt is a well know mixed media artist working in a variety of mediums: clay, bronze, cast glass, etchings and mixed media. Regardless of the medium, her work directly relates to and honors her ancestors, her people, the environment and animals.

Lillian's focus is on creating contemporary works, and at the same time, honor the history and legends of her people. She explains, “My goal is to incorporate the traditional Native American arts of my ancestors into the contemporary art that I create for people living in these modern times.”  Lillian Pitt’s ancestors are from the Columbia Gorge…known as Warm Springs, Wasco (Watalas) and Yakama (Wishxam). 

Some of Lillian's most recent works are made from the mediums of cast glass and fused glass. Lillian says, "I love using glass because of the sense of depth I can create in my sculptures, and because it helps me to create the kind of spiritual quality I'm often trying to achieve."

IN THE WINDOW GALLERY

Terresa White, mixed media

Terresa “Michuar” White, as Yup’ik Eskimo, is inspired by the art of traditional mask making and stories of transformation between animals and humans.

Terresa works with a locally mixed, white earthenware clay to create multi-media masks.  She incorporates wild turkey, pheasant, and domesticated game bird feathers as well as organic materials such as wood, shells, small bones, and seaweed.

White states “I am inspired by the stories of transformation shared with me by my Granny Clara. My masks transform me, bring me closer to her ways of knowing and to the Alaskan village life she left as a young woman with my mother.  The carved masks of traditional Yup’ik mask-makers stir me.  Mine are contemporary, exploring traditional themes and their interplay, confluence and divergence, with my urban life in Oregon.”

Pictured: "Telling Raven's Story"