For Julie, art is play.  She wants her work to spark joy, curiosity, and surprise - so the best compliment she can receive is, “Your art is so fun.”
The idea for this collection emerged as she retired from her psychology practice in the middle of the pandemic, a time of immense change and introspection. Collage is her medium of choice because it’s layered nature allows her to build complex compositions filled with hidden surprises. Each piece invites the viewer to look closer, to linger, and to continually discover something new. Just when you think you’ve seen it all, there’s another detail waiting to be found.
By embracing spontaneity, texture and unexpected connections, her work celebrates the playful and ever-evolving process of creation.  

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https://www.newzonegallery.org/artist/julie-williams

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Barbara‘s passionate love of animals began at an early age.  She grew up in a family of seven people where there was always a cat or two roaming about. As a child, she would paint portraits of her “stuffies”  lined up on the bed, and so her artistic journey began.
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Painting animal portraits became a past time as she traveled both close to home and abroad, coming in contact with animals in their native habitat and bringing home pictures from which to paint her portraits.  
https://www.newzonegallery.org/artist/barbara-aten

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On display will be Pacific Rim Art Guild.  They are a group of artists in the Eugene/Springfield area that seek to encourage one another in their artistic journeys, as well as finding ways to benefit other local nonprofit organizations through donations of art.  
pacificrimartguild.com

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The ECCO School will be displaying artwork the month of May