Kendra Larson

Kendra Larson is a painter based on Portland, OR. Her work explores historical ideas of landscape and supports ideas around environmentalism and our contemporary relationships with the natural world. She received her MFA in Painting at University of Wisconsin, Madison. Her work has exhibited in venues in the US and New Zealand, and she was an artist in residence at Signal Fire, Caldera (Sisters, Oregon), New Pacific Studios (Masterton, New Zealand), Sitka Center for Art and Ecology (Oregon), and Fish Factory Creative Centre of Stöðvarfjörður (Iceland). Kendra teaches at Clark College and is the school’s Archer Gallery Director.

“In my most recent paintings, my depictions of nature acknowledge that mystery and nostalgia are tied to specific environments. The places I paint have been here before us, will remain after us, and they hold all sorts of secrets. The Pacific NW is special in that here the veil between the spiritual and physical world is thin. Mysterious as it is, the great outdoors has taken on an antidotal role to the general freneticism of life. Natural spaces serve as a healing escape, as well as a mirror to reflect our human emotions of fear, isolation, and bravery.”

AMcE Exhibitions

HUMAN/ANIMAL (2022)
Stasis (2023)
Secret Garden July 2024
Sacred January 2026