IF I WEREN'T HERE, THEY WOULD BE
Shawn William Creeden
May 7-30, 2009

 

  
 

Fontanelle Gallery is pleased to present If I Weren't Here, They Would Be, an exhibition featuring new drawings, embroidery, sculpture, and installation by Shawn William Creeden.

Shawn William Creeden is a recent transplant to Portland, OR from Brooklyn, NY where he was a member of the New York Zoological Society. He has steadily increased his knowledge and experience with wild animals by seeking out and studying them in nature, at zoos, farms, backyards, on road trips, day adventures, and in reference books. In turn, Creeden creates charming and well-crafted illustrative drawings, embroideries, and sculptures of the animals and their habitats. He recently published the zine Birds of 1907 featuring watercolor illustrations of birds that have been spotted at his home in Southeast Portland. If I Weren't Here, They Would Be is a representation of Creeden's extensive research and examination of the native fauna of the Pacific Northwest.

The exhibition will host a large-scale interactive installation comprised of an evergreen tree with needles made from yarn alongside a paper mache cave with stalactites wherein viewers may partake in some friendly spelunking. Two-dimensional works will include a number of watercolor drawings and embroideries that feature birds and animals native to the region. In addition, newly crafted ceramic "relics" will be installed in the Parlour display case.

Fontanelle will host programming throughout the month including an afternoon picnic with the artist and nature tour of the exhibition on Saturday, May 16th at 1pm. There will also be a screening of nature documentary films accompanied by a live musical soundtrack on the evening of Wednesday, May 27th at 7pm.

Shawn Creeden studied photography at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY. He has previously exhibited at The Curiosity Shoppe in San Francisco, CA and AG Gallery in Brooklyn, NY as well as group shows at okok gallery in Seattle, WA and Artists Space, New York, NY. He has played in a number of bands, most recently White Hinterland and Moor Loups.

 

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Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis)
7 1/2 x 7 1/2"
Ink & watercolor on paper

Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus)
7 1/2 x 7 1/4"
Ink & watercolor on paper .

  
 

European Starling (Sturnus vulgeris)
7 1/2 x 5 1/2"
Ink & watercolor

American Black Bear (Ursus americanus)
10 x 10"
Ink & watercolor on paper

  
 

Ruby-Crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula)
7 1/2 x 5 1/2"
Ink & watercolor on paper

Elk (Cervus canadensis)
11 x 15"
Ink & watercolor on paper

  
 

Western Red Bat (Lasiurus blossevillii)

Ink & watercolor on paper

Raccoons (Procyon lotor)
7 1/2 x 11"
Ink & watercolor on paper

  
 

Little Brown Bat (Myotis lucifugus)
7 1/2 x 7 1/2"
Ink & watercolor on paper

Bobcat (Lynx rufous)
17 x 27"
Embroidery

  
 

Song Sperrow (Melospiza melodia)
7 1/2 x 5 3/4"
Ink & watercolor on paper

Harbor Seal Pup ( Phoca vitulina)
9 x 11 1/2"
Ink & watercolor on paper

  
 

Black-Capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)
7 1/2 x 5 3/4"
Ink & watercolor on paper

Coyote, American Ravens and Magpies
15 x 22 1/2"
Ink & watercolor

  
 

Bobcat & Chukar
15 x 11"
Ink & watercolor

Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri)
14 3/4 x 11"
ink & watercolor

  
 

American Goldfinch (Carduelis Tristis)
7 1/2 x 5 3/4"
Ink & watercolor on paper

Bushtits On Feeder (Psaltriparus minimus)
7 1/2 x 5 3/4"
Ink & watercolor on paper

  
 

Red Breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)
7 1/2 x 5 3/4"
Ink & watercolor on paper

Dark-Eyed "Oregon" Junco (Junco hyemalis)
7 1/2 x 5 3/4"
Ink & watercolor

  
 

Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna)
9 1/2 x 6"
Embroidery

American Robin (Turdus migratorious)
5 x 7"
Ink & watercolor on paper

  
 

Oregon Junco (Junco hyemalis)
12 x 12"
Embroidery

Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
6 1/2 x 6 1/2"
Embroidery

  
 

Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis)
15 x 15"
Ink & watercolor on paper

Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana)
8 1/2 x 8"
Ink & watercolor on paper

  
 

American Beaver (Castor canadensis)
7 1/4 x 7 1/2"
Ink & watercolor on pape

Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri)
10 x10"
Ink & watercolor on paper

  
 

Steller's Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubatus)
10 x 10"
Ink & watercolor on paper

Spotted Towhee(Pipilo maculatus)
7 1/2 x 7 1/2"
Ink & watercolor on paper

  
 

Black-Capped & Chestnut Backed Chickadees
15 x 15"
Ink & watercolor

Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)
15 x 15"
Ink & watercolor on paper

  
 

Beaver Skull
6 x 3 1/2 x 4"

Fox Skull
6 x 3 x 2 1/2"

  
 

Bobcat Scat

Deer Droppings

  
 

Elk Dung

Bobcat Skull
3 x 4 x 2"

  
 

IF I WEREN'T HERE, THEY WOULD BE, May 2009

IF I WEREN'T HERE, THEY WOULD BE, May 2009

  
 

 

 

 

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