Wendy Orville - Faraway, Nearby
Recent Monotypes

July 2 - August 1, 2026
Special Public Preview: July 2, 5-6 PM
Artist Reception: First Thursday, July 2, 6-8 PM
Artist Talk: Saturday, July 11 at 2 PM

In Faraway, Nearby, Wendy Orville presents a series of black & white monotypes that reflect the quiet power and layered emotional resonance of the Pacific Northwest landscape. Working with a restrained visual language, her prints distill the experience of place with depth, motion, and atmosphere. The artist shares, “I carry the landscape of places I’ve lived within me. Such a wide range of landscapes to explore and translate, from the tranquil wetlands of Hood Canal to the wild animism of the La Push seastacks. Wetland grasses during high tide often remind me of calligraphic writing. Shifting weather, especially mist, makes me giddy. Wind is a silent character, defining the shape of coastal trees. Each place evokes different emotional states in me. Nothing stays the same. I return over the months and years to imagine fresh possibilities and to push my technique and vision into new territory.”

Monotypes are unique, singular prints where the image is transferred to a piece of paper from an un-etched surface (plexiglass in this case) and then run through a printing press.

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