"Animals In Art" is a show we have looked forward to here for quite awhile. Animals have always played a role in art history, from the petroglyphs to contemporary contemporary edgy conceptual installation art with elephant dung. Our show at The Clown will focus on the loving, whimsical, graphic, painterly animals by artists from our stable: June August, John Andrews, Brad Maushart, Deborah Randall, Pamela Lawson, Hélène Farrar, Abbott Meader, Robert Hollingworth, Shannon Richardson, Rusty Johson among others, and invited artists: Colleen Kinsella, John Meyers, Melinda Titus, Matt Welch, Rosalind Thompson.

Matt Welch, "Maxine", 2006, Oil on canvas, 23x21 inches

Colleen Kinsella, "City Bull", 2005, Screen Print & Ink on Rives BFK, 30x22 inches	Brad Maushart, "D Horse", 2006, Photograph, 16x20 inches framed

Thank you all for supporting the gallery in our Portland location. It has been one of my lifes great joys to work here with the staff at The Clown, the artists we represent and the customers we serve. Suzanne L.F. Gagnon, Art Director