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Julie Rall

Artist reception, Friday, October 2, 2026 from 5:30pm-8pm

October 2nd- November 24th, 2026

Join us for wine and light refreshments on Friday, October 2nd from 5:30pm-8pm to celebrate the work of artist Julie Rall. Rall’s ethereal works on acrylic draw the viewer in with layers of paint and pigment that seem to glow from within. Although abstract in form, the works invite the imagination to consider rainy landscapes, waterfalls and rivers.

We hope to see you there!

-Adam and Vanessa

Artist Statement

I work with the alchemy of materials to create poetic places. I am concerned with how fluid paint pours, pulls, clumps, and settles across acrylic panels and paper, how materials fold, layer, and spread out over each other and how materials respond to gravity, surface, and time. My work, when I start out on a piece, seems to fly at first, but as it develops, it becomes fastened to the material world.  

The atmosphere of a space and the materials I use are my collaborators, I let their physical properties: texture, weight, mass, and patina show me where I need to go in my work. In my art, I like to see what happens—to follow the materials, the light, and the language toward something that feels both grounded and transcendent.

—Julie Rall

Julie lives and works in Portland, OR. Rall received her art education at Oregon School of Arts and Crafts and at Portland State University. She has shown extensively including exhibitions at Imperfecta Gallery, Butters Gallery and Canopy Gallery in NYC. Rall’s work is held in multiple collections including O.H.S.U., Arlene Schnitzer and the Portland Rock Gym.

Patricia L Giraud

Artist reception, Friday, June 5, 2026 from 5:30pm-8pm

June 5th- July 24th, 2026

Join us for wine and light refreshments on Friday, June 5th from 5:30pm-8pm to celebrate the work of Patricia L Giraud. Inspried by nature and memories, Giraud’s intaglio prints are full of detailed renditions of local flora and personality filled protraits drawn from personal experience. We hope to see you there!

-Adam and Vanessa

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Artist Statement:

Throughout my nomadic childhood, I found constancy and comfort in the outdoors. It is still where I go to heal and to celebrate. My observations in nature evolved through the study of science, writing, art and photography. The transition from photography to intaglio printmaking was intuitive. Initially, I chose the horse as a totem around which the themes of vulnerability and stewardship are explored. I have expanded those themes to include plant and figure studies –  drawing on memories while interpreting the shapes and textures found in the landscape. 

I work on industrial copper plates with traditional methods (etching, aquatint, drypoint and spit bite). My methods are slow and purely of the hand, allowing me to languish in the creation of value and detail. I embrace the irregularities found on a plate and its edges as an evidence of my process: a note that my images are not drawings. They are worked into copper and transferred to paper in an exacting and unpredictable process. I also enjoy the contrast of thoughtfully rendered shapes on raw copper. 

My prints serve as meditations on time and place. I use diptychs and grids as a visual shorthand that connects apparently disparate images into the stories of a life. The process-rich medium of intaglio printmaking offers many techniques with which to express anatomy, forms shaped by light and shadow, large forces at work and intimate moments.

My prints are held in personal collections in Canada, England and across the US.

See more of Patricia’s work on her website: https://www.patricialgiraud.com/

Don’t miss this exhibit on view through July 24th!

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Village Frame and Gallery is located at 7808 SW Capitol Highway, Portland 97219 in the heart of Multnomah Village. Our regular hours are Tuesday through Friday, 10 am to 4 pm and Saturday 10 am to 2 pm.

April 1st- May 31st, 2026

Artist reception, Friday, May 1, 2026 from 5:30pm-8pm

Join us for wine and light refreshments on Friday, May 1st from 5:30pm-8pm to celebrate the work of Vanessa Marsh, wife of shop owner, Adam Gerlach. When Vanessa isn’t helping out in the shop, you’ll find her in the studio, creating imaginary landscapes with light sensitive materials.

Reflecting upon the landscapes of her life in the Western United States, the images she creates are meditations on memory, climate change and geologic time.

We hope to see you there!

-Adam and Vanessa

About Vanessa Marsh:

Vanessa Marsh creates imaginary landscapes and atmospheres through a mixed media process based in photography. Working in various photographic processes she creates the illusion of a layered and dimensional landscape using opaque stencils and cut paper to make multiple exposures on light sensitive paper. She has translated this process into different forms of photographic printmaking, from traditional black and white darkroom prints, to analog color printing, wet plate collodion, lumen and cyanotype.

Vanessa Marsh (b.1978, Seattle, Washington) is a Portland, OR based visual artist. She received her M.F.A. from California College of the Arts in San Francisco in 2004. Marsh’s work has been the subject of solo and group exhibitions at venues including Dolby Chadwick Gallery in San Francisco, The SFO Museum, The Penumbra Foundation in New York, photoEye Gallery in Santa Fe, NM and The Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco. Marsh has been the recipient of a Penland Winter Residency and Fellowship (2023), a Jentel Foundation Fellowship (2018), a Rayko Photo Center Residency (2014), a MacDowell Colony Fellowship (2007), and a Headlands Center for the Arts MFA Fellowship (2004). Marsh’s images are held in institutional collections including the San Jose Museum of Art, the San Francisco Art Commission, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art.

Don’t miss this exhibit on view through May 31st!

See more of Vanessa’s work on her website: https://www.vanessamarshfineart.com

Village Frame and Gallery is located at 7808 SW Capitol Highway, Portland 97219 in the heart of Multnomah Village. Our regular hours are Tuesday through Friday, 10 am to 4 pm and Saturday 10 am to 2 pm.

Beryl Bernay PAINTINGS February 6th- March 31st, 2026 Reception, Friday, February 6th from 5:00pm-7:30pm Join us for wine and light refreshments on Friday, October 3rd from 5:00pm-7:30pm to celebrate the artwork of Beryl Bernay. On view will be a selection of paintings and works on paper that span her 70+ year career. We hope to see you there! -Adam and Vanessa

Beryl studied painting at Cooper Union (on full scholarship) and The Art Students League. Phillip Guston recognized her talent and critiqued her work on a regular basis. She won First Prize at the ACA gallery in New York City in 1959. Refusing to commercialize her art, uninterested in business, and reluctant to part with her work, she channeled her creativity into a meandering, fascinating professional career. Painting and the visual arts remained the constant throughout her colorful life. 

Since the 1980s, she split her time between New York city and East Hampton, New York.  Her home studio in Springs was not far from the Pollack-Krasner House, and she became part of the area’s vibrant artist community.  Her life-long passion for painting and photography never dimmed. 

Characteristically independent, uncompromising and unforgettable to the end, Beryl passed away – at 94 years young – in her native New York City in March, 2020.  

More about Beryl Bernay:

Posthumously, Beryl Bernay’s Anti-War paintings are on permanent exhibit at The
International Peace Museum in Dayton, Ohio; other works are on display at The
Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Alabama, the International African
American Museum in Charleston, NC, The First Amendment Museum in Augusta, Maine,
and in Portland at the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education, the
Dove Lewis Veterinary Hospital, Legacy’s Good Samaritan Cancer Center, and the
Portland Puppet Museum. Her personal and professional archives are housed at Yale’s
Beineke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, and her fashion designs are at the New York
Fashion Institute of Technology’s Gladys Knight Library.

We look forward to seeing you and providing the best in fine art picture framing; continuing in the 26 year tradition of Village Frame and Gallery!

All our best,

Adam and Vanessa

Village Frame and Gallerywww.villageframeandgallery.com

Michael Spence  FOR THE LOVE OF PAINTING October 3rd- December 31st, 2025 Artist reception, Friday, October 3rd from 5:00pm-7:30pm Join us for wine and light refreshments on Friday, October 3rd from 5:00pm-7:30pm to celebrate the artwork of local painter Michael Spence. On view will be selections from both his Landscape series and his People series. In his paintings, Spence captures the essence of Oregon landscapes and people, “expressed through composition, color and shape, not a faithful depiction but an emotional one.” We hope to see you there! -Adam and Vanessa

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Artist Statement:

Moving from Los Angeles to Portland forced me to rethink my subject matter and approach to painting. 

After several trips to the coast, traveling along Hwy 26, I realized how beautiful and varied the farmland is surrounding the Sunset Highway. This inspired new work attempting to capture the essence of this landscape, expressed through composition, color and shape, not a faithful depiction but an emotional one. 

Eventually, I decided to use these same techniques to paint people. Highly abstracted, fixated in color, shape and composition, these new paintings respect those same concerns, working with a similar palate of bold colors and loose, improvisational brushwork. I strive to be bold, energetic and to express how things feel, not how they look. Engaging with the viewer, hoping they will share my experience and emotions is most important. 

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About Michael Spence:

I was born in London, UK and raised in Los Angeles. As a child I was always drawing and painting. I continued my art education throughout high school. Then after three years in the military, I became interested in photography and filmmaking. I receive a degree from Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara while simultaneously taking classes at the Santa Barbara Art Institute. This was followed by a career in the film business. As retirement approached, I decided to return to painting and now paint full time. 

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We look forward to seeing you and providing the best in fine art picture framing; continuing in the 26 year tradition of Village Frame and Gallery!

All our best,

Adam and Vanessa
Village Frame and Gallery

Noel Torrey
August 1st – September 30th, 2025

Artist reception, Friday, August 1st from 5pm-7pm

Join us for wine and light refreshments on Friday, August 1st from 5pm-7pm to celebrate the artwork of local painter Noel Torrey. On view will be selections from his recent practice, highlighting both his dynamic abstractions as well as his realist landscapes. Torrey creates energetic and meticulously crafted compositions, drawing from the color theory of Joseph Albers, inviting viewers to contemplate form and hue.

We hope to see you there!

-Adam and Vanessa

Noel Torrey’s artistic journey began in Wiesbaden, Germany, where, as a teenager, he studied under Herr Alfred Herzfeld — a master restorer of Renaissance oil paintings. From Herzfeld, Torrey learned classical techniques of the Old Masters, developing a deep understanding of paint handling and traditional mediums that continue to shape his realist works.

Later, at Kansas City Art Institute, Torrey discovered Josef Albers’ color theories. This sparked a lifelong fascination with color interaction, leading to a parallel body of work: vibrant, meticulously structured abstract compositions.

Torrey’s dual mastery of realism and abstraction reflects a rare versatility. Whether capturing the subtle textures of a landscape or exploring the dynamic interplay of color and form, his work invites viewers into a dialogue between tradition and innovation.

We look forward to seeing you and providing the best in fine art picture framing; continuing in the 26 year tradition of Village Frame and Gallery!

All our best,

Adam and Vanessa
Village Frame and Gallery

Dianne Jean Erickson BLOOM April 4th – May 31st, 2025 Artist reception, Friday, April 4th from 5:30pm-8pm Join us for wine and light refreshments on Friday, March 7th from 5:30pm-8pm to celebrate the artwork of local painter Dianne Jean Erickson. On view will be selections from BLOOM. In the series Erickson explores of the essence of flowers, inspired by her love of gardening and nature. We hope to see you there! -Adam and Vanessa

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BLOOM Artist Statement:
In my artistic journey, gardening has become more than a hobby—it’s a source of inspiration and a reflection of my creative process. My series, Bloom, is an exploration of how I perceive flowers, capturing not their literal existence, but the essence they evoke within me. Each piece in the series is a reflection of my inner vision, where the vibrant life of the garden merges with the fluidity of paint. Through a painterly approach, I strive to convey the beauty and emotion that flowers inspire in me, transforming them into vivid expressions of color and form. My work is an invitation to experience the garden as I do—not just as a collection of plants, but as a living, breathing canvas of inspiration.

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About:
Dianne is a member of Gallery 114, her solo exhibit BLOOM was in September 2024. She has recently shown work at Verum Ultimum Gallery and Ford Gallery, both in Portland. She owned a graphic design and marketing business for twenty-five years in Silicon Valley. Born in Portland, she moved to Jacksonville, OR from Palo Alto, CA, in 2001, and Portland in 2012. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Studio Art from Southern Oregon University in Ashland. Dianne was a founding member of AMBUS Contemporary Art. For a number of years they had a co-op gallery in Jacksonville, then Medford. She was Chief Business Officer of the International Encaustic Artists (IEA), and also Board President for a number of years at the Pacific Art League of Palo Alto, CA, and more recently on the Board of Directors of The Geezer Gallery. Dianne works in her studio in the Multnomah Village area of Portland. She is represented by Gallery 114 in the Pearl District of Portland. Her work can be viewed at www.dianneerickson.com.

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We look forward to seeing you and providing the best in fine art picture framing; continuing in the 26 year tradition of Village Frame and Gallery!

All our best,

Adam and Vanessa
Village Frame and Gallery

Adam Gerlach Traces of Light February 3rd – March 31st, 2025 Artist reception, Friday, March 7th from 5:30pm-8pm Join us for wine and light refreshments on Friday, March 7th from 5:30pm-8pm to celebrate the artwork of shop owner, Adam Gerlach. On view will be selections from Traces of Light, a photographic series that documents moments captured at night during extended photographic explorations. Made through a process of long exposures and light painting, the minimalist images highlight his experience of nighttime wanderings and communes with the trees he encounters. We hope to see you there! -Adam and Vanessa

Bristlecone Pines, Study 19, Inyo National Forest, CALimited editions available up to 36 x 27” | Pigment print on cotton rag | 2019

Lake Merritt Trees, Study 1, Oakland, CALimited editions available up to 27 x 36” | Pigment print on cotton rag | 2018

Lake Merritt Trees, Study 2, Oakland, CALimited editions available up to 30 x 27” | Pigment print on cotton rag | 2018

Artist StatementFor me, simplicity is the most beautiful and satisfying photographic result. My photographic process has evolved over time to communicate more with less information, stripping things down to their minimal essence. My interest in simple and uncluttered compositions is one of the many reasons I love shooting at night. Most details disappear into shadow, leaving only the singular item I want to communicate, glowing prophetically against the darker areas. The backgrounds fade to black or contain only hints of detail created by the moon rising behind or by street lights above, allowing the viewer the chance to contemplate the few details that remain. About Adam Gerlach:Adam Gerlach is an artist and curator living in Portland, Oregon. He is the owner of Village Frame and Gallery and also has a robust artistic practice. His work has been exhibited at venues including Kala Art Gallery in Berkeley, CA, The Center for Photographic Art in Carmel, CA, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX and The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO.

“I love the hunting for and gathering of night photographs, a ritual that is instinctual and meditative. Traces of Light is the culmination of many long nights dedicated to this practice.”See more of Adam’s work on his website: https://www.adamgerlach.com/We look forward to seeing you and providing the best in fine art picture framing; continuing in the 25 year tradition of Village Frame and Gallery!All our best,Adam and Vanessa Village Frame and Gallery

Megan Hatch
yes – and
December 6th, 2024 – January 31st, 2025

Artist reception, Friday, December 6th, 2024 from 5:30pm-8pm

Join us for wine and light refreshments on Friday, December 6th from 5:30pm-8pm to celebrate the artwork of Megan Hatch. On view will be selections from, yes – and, a series of photographic diptychs. Each set of images are bound together by a thin golden line, representing healing and multiplicity.

We hope to see you there!

-Adam and Vanessa

the way isn’t clear

reaching

losing ground

Artist Statement: These photographs are from a body of work entitled “yes – and.” Begun in 2022, the photographs in this series are all diptychs. Each set of images is bound together by a thin golden line as if by kintsugi, the Japanese art of mending broken pottery with gold. They become vessels to hold our hurt and our hope. There is healing to be found in holding multiple truths in our awareness at the same time. By doing so, we get to practice wholeness. There is no way to where we want to go without practice. About Megan Hatch: Megan Hatch (she/her) is an artist and curator living in Portland, Oregon. She is a recipient of the Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers (2023) and a Critical Mass Finalist (2022). Her work has been exhibited internationally and is in collections both private and public.

“I currently run the exhibition program for the Multnomah Arts Center, where artists from the community help to choose the shows and shape the programming each year. Making art and working in community is fundamental to who I am. I know, deep down, that the arts are essential to our collective thriving. It’s part of how we’re going to find our way.” See more of Megan’s work on her website: https://www.meganhatch.com

Village Frame and Gallery is located at 7808 SW Capitol Highway, Portland 97219 in the heart of Multnomah Village. Our regular hours are Tuesday through Friday, 10 am to 4 pm and Saturday 10 am to 2 pm.

Vanessa Marsh: The Sun Beneath the Sky

September 6th, 2024- November 29th, 2024

Artist reception, Friday, October 4th, 2024 from 5:30pm-8pm

Join us for wine and light refreshments on Friday, October 4th from 5:30pm-8pm to celebrate the work of Vanessa Marsh, partner of shop owner, Adam Gerlach. When Vanessa isn’t helping out in the shop, you’ll find her in the studio, creating imaginary landscapes with light sensitive materials.

Reflecting upon the landscapes of her life in the Western United States, the images she creates are meditations on memory, climate change and geologic time.

We hope to see you there!

-Adam and Vanessa

About Vanessa Marsh:

Vanessa Marsh creates imaginary landscapes and atmospheres through a mixed media process based in photography. Working in various photographic processes she creates the illusion of a layered and dimensional landscape using opaque stencils and cut paper to make multiple exposures on light sensitive paper. She has translated this process into different forms of photographic printmaking, from traditional black and white darkroom prints, to analog color printing, wet plate collodion, lumen and cyanotype.

Vanessa Marsh (b.1978, Seattle, Washington) is a Portland, OR based visual artist. She received her M.F.A. from California College of the Arts in San Francisco in 2004. Marsh’s work has been the subject of solo and group exhibitions at venues including Dolby Chadwick Gallery in San Francisco, The SFO Museum, The Penumbra Foundation in New York, photoEye Gallery in Santa Fe, NM and The Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco. Marsh has been the recipient of a Penland Winter Residency and Fellowship (2023), a Jentel Foundation Fellowship (2018), a Rayko Photo Center Residency (2014), a MacDowell Colony Fellowship (2007), and a Headlands Center for the Arts MFA Fellowship (2004). Marsh’s images are held in institutional collections including the San Jose Museum of Art, the San Francisco Art Commission, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art.

Don’t miss this exhibit on view through October 31st!

See more of Vanessa’s work on her website: https://www.vanessamarshfineart.com

Village Frame and Gallery is located at 7808 SW Capitol Highway, Portland 97219 in the heart of Multnomah Village. Our regular hours are Tuesday through Friday, 10 am to 4 pm and Saturday 10 am to 2 pm.