pippa
Pippa Arend is an Oregon-based artist, considered to be the innovator of the new expressionistic painting style, “Splash Portraiture.” Her portraits and other works are collected internationally and have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions around the country.
“There is a secret heart-space that we can share with each other in which we are revealed to each other; even our self-concealed qualities.” With her portraits, rendered in an inky, loose style, we see the shapes of the person, but also the many layers of personal depth."
Pippa first saw the color purple—not the movie, the actual color—when she was in kindergarten. It came in the form of a another kid's new jacket. She remembers thinking, “Well, if the jacket makers can create a new color, then so can I.” She went to work, determinedly sitting at the small table in the back of the room with a large pack of Crayolas as her magic wands. After hours of fruitless alchemy, she realized that, by definition, a color made from pre-made colors had already been invented. Since then, she’s been imagining a future painted in a spectrum of brand new colors.
"What I’m looking for is not revealed by the skin but can be found by a tender heart, a yearning pencil and a little bit of ink.”
“There is a secret heart-space that we can share with each other in which we are revealed to each other; even our self-concealed qualities.” With her portraits, rendered in an inky, loose style, we see the shapes of the person, but also the many layers of personal depth."
Pippa first saw the color purple—not the movie, the actual color—when she was in kindergarten. It came in the form of a another kid's new jacket. She remembers thinking, “Well, if the jacket makers can create a new color, then so can I.” She went to work, determinedly sitting at the small table in the back of the room with a large pack of Crayolas as her magic wands. After hours of fruitless alchemy, she realized that, by definition, a color made from pre-made colors had already been invented. Since then, she’s been imagining a future painted in a spectrum of brand new colors.
"What I’m looking for is not revealed by the skin but can be found by a tender heart, a yearning pencil and a little bit of ink.”
past/current shows
Walters Arts Center |
2021 |
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Social. Art. Work. |
Alexander Gallery |
2018 |
Jewel Tones |
Alchemy Jewelry |
2018 |
Love In Flake Show |
A-List |
2018 |
Northwest Passage Exhibition |
Portland |
2018 |
What Is Erotic |
Portland |
2018 |
Group Show |
William Park Studios |
2015 |
The “F” Word: Feminism Now |
ARC Gallery, Chicago Juried by Jeanne Dunning |
2014 |
People's Gallery |
The Big 500 Show |
2014 |
Love in Print |
Bite Studios |
2014 |
Group Show |
William Park Studios |
2014 |
Fractured Yet Rising |
ARC Gallery, Chicago |
2013 |
p:ear Gallery |
Various |
2012-2018 |
Q-Hut Gallery |
Various |
1998-2001 |