A special feature of the annual Members Show is the Holiday Gift Shop, presenting unique, handmade gift items in a range of prices created by local member artists. Take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to “Give the Gift of Art” this holiday season!

Eugene artist Jon King, a member of the Center’s onsite Club Mud Ceramics Cooperative, shows his ceramic pieces in the Club Mud Holiday Show as well as two colorful, abstract watercolors in the Members Show. King experiments with different kinds of firing techniques in his wheel-thrown ceramics, incorporating a range of glazes in natural colors and hues.

Eugene photographer Paul Machu displays two works in the Members Art Show, including a vibrant photograph in pink and shades of red titled The Art of Italy 1, featuring a view of the façades of buildings on an island in Venice with a skiff in the foreground. Machu describes his work: “My images arise from a life-long love of photography, both as an art form, and as a reveal of my particular view of the world.”

Eugene artist Patti McNutt exhibits two, oil on canvas still lifes of flowers in this year’s exhibit, including one called Cheeky, a loosely painted and richly colored bouquet of yellow sunflowers in a blue vase. McNutt exhibits her work in Eugene/Springfield, in Roseburg, and on the Oregon Coast. She is a member of the Plein Air Painters of Lane County, and has exhibited frequently at the Maude Kerns Art Center, including in exhibits at the Center’s satellite Gallery at the Airport.