Hap Gallery brings Paul Morstad to Portland for his first US show.
Canadian artist Morstad’s luminous paintings create a nostalgic, quietly humorous world populated by hobos and extinct flora and fauna. He draws images from memories of agricultural relics and abandoned artifacts on his grandparents’ farms. Layers of French polish and shellac over oil paint add a tactile quality to his surfaces and enhance their textures.
Morstad studied at the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in Vancouver, BC. He has worked for the National Film Board of Canada and as a freelance Animation Director and Illustrator compiling an extensive filmography of short animation films.
Right Whale Sonata
22″ x 30″, Ink and watercolor on paper
2012
Rorqual
22″ x 30″, Ink and watercolor on paper
2013
Earl Grey
22″ x 30″, Ink and watercolor on paper
2013
The Doldrums
22″ x 30″, Ink and watercolor on paper
2013
Namaqua
20” x 24″, Ink, oil, and educational chart on panel
2013
Tolstoi and the Hobo-Moth
36″ x 36″, Ink, oil, and nautical chart on panel
2012
Saw-Whet Chronology
36″ x 36″, Ink, oil, and nautical chart on panel
2012
Magpie Bacchanal
36″ x 48″, Ink, oil, and nautical chart on panel
2011
Hispaniolan Amber
36″ x 48″, Ink, oil, and nautical chart on panel
2011
Isola d’Elba
48″ x 48″, Ink, oil, and nautical chart on panel
2013
Australasia
49″ x 72″, Oil and educational chart on panel
2013
The Hobo, His Cat, the Jellyfish, and the Groupers
48” x 48”, Ink, oil, and nautical chart on panel
2012
