The Art Beat

Angst Gallery
Don Lonsbrough
Nov. 6 – 28
Featuring plein air landscapes by northwest artist Don Lonsbrough. Don recently won a ribbon at the Columbia Center For The Arts 2008 Plein-Air Exhibition. For 2009, Don has been selected as Christmas artist at Fort Vancouver Historic Reserve for his image ‘Christmas at the Marshall House’. Meet Lonsbrough during First Friday on Nov. 6. (1015 Main St.; Open Wednesday – Saturday noon – 5 p.m.; 253-1742; www.angstgallery.com; Leah.AngstGallery@gmail.com)

Art on the Boulevard
Essential Shapes
Nov. 6 – 28
Featuring the work of Christopher Mathie, whose signature style deconstructs images to their most important lines and organic forms, while capturing movement, energy and emotion. “There are a lot of incredible painter who depict subject matter in a realistic way; my intention is to stylize forms into something more lie poetry,” Mathie says. First Friday Reception Nov. 6th until 9 p.m. (210 W. Evergreen Blvd. Suite 300; Tuesday – Saturday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.; 750-4499; www.artontheboulvard.com)

Aurora Gallery
Cast Shadows: Pacific Northwest Plein Air
Nov. 6 – 28
Featuring 18 northwest painters bringing the finest of plein air painting to Vancouver for this show of local landscapes. Show includes four Aurora Gallery regulars and two of Clark County’s finest plein air painters: Barbara Szkutnik, and Katherine van Schoonhoven. This show provides a broad spectrum of talent and mediums giving Vancouver art lovers a high caliber showing of this renewed art style. First Friday opening reception 5 to 9 p.m. with music by Two Rivers, 6 to 8 p.m. (1004 Main St.; Monday – Friday 10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.; 696-0449; www.auroragallery.com)

Hidden Courtyard at the Academy
Initial Exposure
Nov. 6 - 31
Featuring a range of art and photography from local artists Russ Mason, Crystal Roshak, Ossie Bladine, Olin Unterwegner and Jared Hidden. (400 E Evergreen Blvd, Suite 115; First Friday reception Oct. 2, 5 - 10 p.m. Work also on display at the Courtyard Coffee Lounge during regular business hours, Monday - Friday 7 a.m. - 3 p.m.)

Lincoln’s Gallery
Divergent — Clothing, Art, Design
Nov. 6
Featuring work by local artist Brian Ripp and several other local artists, along with music and art from local band Lincoln’s Beard (106 and 108 W 9th Street; First Friday reception Nov. 6, 6 p.m. - 2 a.m. Email info@divergentclothing.com for more info.)

North Bank Artists Gallery
PUSH: Uncommon Photography
Now – Nov. 30
Featuring a three dimensional and photographic experimentation installation by Harrison Higgs, head of WSU Vancouver Fine Arts Department. “I use mechanical reproduction to question the impulses of industrial production,” Higgs says. Also featuring light photographs of N. Scott Trimble that depict a night in a New England cemetery; pinhole photography of Rich Rollins, head of photography at Marylhurst; black and white work by Camas photographer Willie Ross; and new work by North Bank member Kathi Rick. Opening reception during First Friday Art Walk from 5 to 9 p.m. (105 Main Street; Tuesday – Saturday 11:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.; 693-1840; www.northbankartistsgallery.com)

Second Story Gallery
We paint, therefore we are, Six women connected through Art
Nov. 6 – 28
Featuring The CRS (Can’t Remember Stuff) Artist Group — six women met about ten years ago through the Southwest Washington Water Color Society and share a unique talent for painting: Carolyn Gunderson, Linda McCulloch, AnnaMarie Clement, Judith Sanders-Wood, Julianne Schreiner and Kathy Sork. Artists reception Nov. 6th from 5 to 8 p.m. (Camas Library, second floor, 625 NE 4th Ave, Camas; Monday – Thursday 10 a.m. – 9 p.m., Friday – Saturday 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.)

Sixth Street Gallery
Small Spaces Big Creations and A Day at Apifera Farm
Now – Nov. 49
Featuring artists from across the country working in a variety of media to create small works of art – all pieces are no bigger than 12 inches. Also featuring November’s featured gallery artist Jan Harris, showing beautiful color photos of a Yamhill County farm in Autumn. Opening night reception during First Friday, 5 to 9 p.m., with music by pianist Therese Mitchelle. (105 W. 6th St.; Wednesday – Sunday noon – 5 p.m.; 693-7340; www.sixthstreetgallery.com)

White Sturgeon
Northwest Waters
Nov. 7 – Dec. 31
Featuring a selection of water-focused paintings from over the years by Erik Sandgren, art professor at Gray’s Harbor College. “My paintings sort into two general groups – those from memory, imagination generated in the studio and those done directly from nature. My long term project has been to gradually weave these two strands together,” Sandgren says. (Water Resource Education Center, 4600 SE Columbia Way; Monday - Saturday 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.; 487-7113; Maya.jones@ci.vancouver.wa.us)