Clairissa Stephens - She/Her
North Fork Beaver Creek Waterlines | 45°29'48.1"N 122°21'00.7"W
Found sticks, branches, and logs
My practice involves time spent in the landscape paired with research of maps, navigation, weather patterns, climate change, and horizon lines. I combine these elements in my work to create connections between the macro and micro elements of the natural world. At the Verdancy Project, you cannot see the whole creek, you only see it from vantage points. For Terra Incognita, I mapped the creek with GPS by walking in it with fishing waders. This will allow viewers to be able to see the shape of the creek that runs through the property on a smaller scale.
Silverleaf North Fork Beaver Creek -Available for sale here
Oregon based artist, Clairissa Stephens, explores a sense of place and relationship to the landscape. She holds a MFA from the University of Nevada, Reno and a BA in Painting and Drawing from Portland State University. Her work has been featured in solo and group exhibitions including: Art in Embassies: Saudi Arabia, WAIS Divide Research Station: Antarctica, Sierra Arts: Reno, UVA: Roseburg, PNCA: Portland, Alexander Gallery: Oregon City, Chehalem Cultural Center: Newberg, OR and MoNA: LaConner, WA. She has attended artist residencies at Idyllwild Arts, SÍM, PLAYA, Black Rock Desert, Art in Oregon, and Leland Iron Works.
“I make artworks about the landscape whether it be paintings, drawings, or scuplture. This has included natural materials such as clay, salt, rocks etc. This process is a bit different from my typical work. This piece has stretched me in the sense that I am responding and integrating an artwork outdoors in the landscape.”
