Bench Mural #1 in Portland Oregon

I scored an art easement via Alberta Art Works to paint two benches infront of Anna Bananas in the Alberta arts district of Portland Oregon.  So far I have painted one of the two bench murals.

Here is the finished bench:

And some process photos: 

This is a small acrylic concept painting on paper that Alberta Art Works approved for painting

I then prepped the bench surface with primer and began to lay a base coat of color down with acrylic spray paint. Once that was dry I began to line out the mural with a paint brush.

Then I began to block in all the colors, highlights and shadow.

Lastly, I added detail and went back over with black refining the lines. 

I also made a lil video out of footage Danny took of me painting the bench. Check out that vid here on my youtube channel. Hope you enjoy!

Big thanks to Alberta Art Works for facilitating this mural project. Collage, thank you for donating the mural paint! And thank you, Anna Bannanas for the wonderful community atmosphere on that lil corner of PDX.

I will be painting my 2nd bench mural next Saturday and I can hardly wait! I will be sure to take lots of photos and video to share with you, so stay tuned.


Much love and light,
- Chelsea Rose

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Alberta Free Walls

My dream has come true! I no longer have to drive hours away to practice my spray painting on a "free wall" because Portland, Oregon  FINALLY has one, although it is temporary.

Here are some photos from the few times I have been able to have a go at this community organized public art space:

My first time out I painted these wormy ladies.

My second visit I painted a fish and a cyclops lady. Unfortunately a couple days later my fish was painted over….but that just gave me an excuse to go back out there and paint an entire school of fishes:

The free wall is located on the side of the Black United Front building on Alberta Street in Portland Oregon.

I made a youtube video all about it. Watch it here! 

With Love and Light,

-Chelsea Rose 

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Art Show September 5th and you are invited!

I am excited to invite you to my art show opening September 5th at Future Shock in Portland Oregon:

I have been painting nonstop in preparation for this show so that I could treat you to a bunch of new paintings, many of which will be making their debut at the opening.

So are you coming? Check out the event page to see peeks of some of my new work for the show. Hope to see you there!

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Beyond the Tentacle, Nautilus painting and show

Have a look at another new painting of mine:

Saint Nautilus

16"x20"

original acrylic painting on canvas

by Chelsea Rose

It all started out with a call to artists for a Cephalopod( marine animals like octopus, squid, cuttlefish, Nautilus and more) themed group show at Good: a gallery.  

I was instantly drawn to the Nautilus because of its amazing spiral shell. So I drew a concept sketch:

pen and ink concept sketch

I liked my drawing enough that I quickly transferred it onto a canvas I had painted a watery background on with acrylic:

pen and ink drawing on top of acrylic painted canvas

Then I started working on the base color layers 

Once the colors were worked out I began adding details

The show's deadline came up quick so I rushed to complete the piece. 

Here she is all done, just before leaving my home studio to drop her off at the gallery

The opening show at Good: a gallery was lots of fun with some wonderful art. 

Here are some photos from the event:

Here I am, very happy with the placement of my painting, super stoked to be showing alongside some really wonderful works of art! 

My good friend Darci ( Silly. Weird. Things. ) with her awesome alien tentacle lady painting!

All in all, I was very inspired by this group show and had a great time being a part of it. If you are in PDX this month, July, do take a moment to pop in and check out the art! 

Much love,

-Chelsea Rose 

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