The Mindpower Gallery in downtown Reedsport is honored to feature local Reedsport Artist Adria Trail in her own showcase entitled ‘Land Sea and Fantasy’. The opening reception will be held on Friday, June 6^th from 4 pm to 7 pm and will feature a wide variety of work in multiple mediums.

Artists can often express themselves through multiple genres and Adria Trail is an artist who demonstrates this with her extraordinary talent, creative imagination and competent skillsets.

Adria, when asked about her broad range of style will say: ‘It is not important to me to be consistent in subject or medium. Colors and style change with me day by day. Sometimes I sign my first name with two "i" s and sometimes with just one. My artwork comes in fits and spurts without much planning; revealed in the rendering of layers to the surface finish. There are usually ten to twelve pieces waiting on completion at a time. Some call my work romantic surrealism, with a mathematic approach to line spacing, others call it undisciplined. What ties my pieces together is the quest for beauty, color and detail, expressed in an amusing or serious way; whether it is perceived to be light or dark’.

“There's so much to see in this old world; especially if you look closely. We can observe celestial masterpieces being painted above us and microcosms thriving beneath our feet. Life and color and atmosphere inspire my art.”

With so many mediums mastered to choose from when creating, it may surprise some to know Adria is also an avid photographer. To Adria the difference is wrapped us thus; “Photography is for me like collecting treasures... little gems from passing visions. Painting is my compelling freedom to work without words to bring to the surface expressions that are part of me.”

Being born into an artistic family of craftspeople, her interests have always been about art, music and the Word of Truth. She says, “My early education was through watching others create – mostly my mother – sewing, woodworking and crafting. High school days were spent mainly between art classes, mural painting (including a 100-foot-long mural of a dragon toasting a soccer ball) and sidewalk chalking followed by sports practice. Many fellow students allowed me to decorate their arms and legs with sharpie tattoos on the way to track meets on long bus rides.”