deb stoner: small artist at large

With dandelions, columbine, forget-me-nots, and a cabbage moth. Now on view at Alchemy Jewelry in Portland.

A busy still life with a bee attacking a beetle, a wasp pollinating, and a colorful beetle not really from around here. Now on view at Alchemy Jewelry in Portland, Oregon.

Imagine this piece at 50"x70". From Dave and Bob's garden in Oak Grove.

Caterpillars from the cinnabar moth, busy consuming their beloved tansy ragwort. With other invaders, blackberries, nightshade...This one, at 30”x40”, is printed on aluminum, and recently on display at 510 Museum and ARTspace in Lake Oswego, Oregon.

From David and Bob's garden in Oak Grove. 2015. I love the spectacular scale imposed by the tiny artichoke.

April in Oak Grove is mating season

I went for the fritillaries, and came back with all these, from Laura and David's garden in Portland.

Late August in Oak Grove with berries, grapes, squash and some wildlife.

With snakegrass and poppies, hellebore and dogwood, arugula and euphorbia. Portland, 2015. In the permanent collection of University of Oregon, on display at Straub Hall, at 40” x 56”.

Otherwise known as: "Other Things That Might Happen During the Eclipse".  The whole image. Edition of 3 at 40"x56". Smaller sizes available.

"Other Things That Might Happen During the Eclipse". Detail of large still life photograph (40"x56").  From a day when the rest of Oregon was looking at the sky, the grasshoppers and the green beans were still doing their thing.

When this piece is seen at 50”x70”, with full resolution on all the details, well…wow. It’s good!

Two collectors have chosen this in 34"x46", one to grace her entrance so that it is first thing she sees upon entering her home, and the other in her bedroom so that it is the first thing she sees upon waking. I do love this piece. You can see it printed on aluminum at Alchemy Jewelry, in Portland, OR, now.

High summer in Portland, from my friend Judy's garden. With that beloved bee...

Archival pigment print in plexiglass face mount, 40"x55". Collection of PCC SE Campus permanent art collection, on display at the Student Commons. Additional editioned sizes available.

This was the first piece that I printed in large scale, 34"x46", in 2013, and it blew me away. The details! I could see things in the print I could never see in real life. Fantastic. All from our backyard in Oak Grove.

archival pigment print, 34"x44", 2013, edition of 3. 1/3 in private collection.

Recipient of Juror's Award, "All Around Oregon" at the Arts Center, Corvallis, Oregon.