Who is she? #tyennis Netta Fornario, 2018, acrylic on canvas, 16 x 12 inches
John had to come back and visit “Orlando” again. It led to a passionate discussion about a painting he gifted to his boss back in 1972 and which he still thinks about and misses dearly. I wish I made films and then I would make one about John 🎬 Ty Ennis, Orlando, 2018, acrylic on canvas, 40 x 30 inches. I recently had to answer an intrigued collector’s questions about this specific piece. What I know about Orlando is that as Ty was reintroducing portraits into his work, he approached all his subject matter with an emphasis on gender fluidity and wanting everything to be open. The painting, Orlando specifically is an homage to Virginia Woolf's extraordinary novel of the same title (Orlando: a Biography), which left a deep impression on Ty when he first read it, with the main character morphing back and forth between man and woman. The portrait itself was inspired by an old photograph of Ty's Polish great grand-mother, which he recently found. #tyennis
Congratulations to Amy Bernstein, the latest recipient of the #stumptownartistfellowship. We are ready to celebrate this incredible woman and her new work TOMORROW for First Thursday at @stumptowncoffee’s Downtown location. Food by @pambiche, music by Brian Mumford of #dragginganoxthroughwater @40mum40 Stop by 5–7pm! #amybernstein @paintstein
Visit Ty Ennis’ The Marble Fountain, on view through December 30, 2018. Reduced hours this week: today 3–6pm & Thursday 1–4pm 🎼 #tyennis
Another beautiful project from the people of @apartamentomagazine next to a favorite sculpture by @nathanpaulrice 🖤🏛
Happy birthday, dear Emily. To know you is to love you. Forever grateful to have you on our gallery roster 👑 @emilyraecounts #emilycounts
Good morning 🐳 Don’t miss The Whale, a perfect little painting tucked away in the back room. On view as part of The Marble Fountain through December 30, 2018 #tyennis
Getting myself accustomed to being here on Wednesdays ahead of our schedule change, most likely to happen around the new year. Stop by and visit Ty Ennis' Shadow People on view at Nationale as part of his solo exhibition, The Marble Fountain. Open 9:30-1:30 today! #tyennis Photo by @jennifer.brommer
Looks familiar??? Thanks for the doodle, @jesmfadn! Loved opening my Monday morning desktop to this surprise. Ever so grateful for our inspired and inspiring volunteers 💙
Very last day to catch @johngnorski’s magical Butterfly and other beautiful works at @lowellshopgallery #johngnorski 🦋
Ty Ennis, Cinéma No. 2, 2018, acrylic on canvas, 11 x 14 inches In her commissioned essay made possible by grants from both the Oregon Arts Commission and The Ford Family Foundation, Corey Mansfield writes, "Unable to replicate the naive enchantment of his youth, Ennis’ work instead focuses on the indeterminacy of aging—the space between then and now, them and us, here and there. There is a pervasive feeling of looking in. We are rarely situated within the canvas but remain slightly disconnected by borders like a window or even a faint frame. In Cinéma No. 2, for example, Ennis recreates a simple scene that he encountered during a recent trip to France. Instead of freezing the moment’s objective particulars through a photograph, Ennis attempts to capture its aura, its subjective allure, through a painting based solely on his now-faded recollection of the encounter. Perhaps mirroring this distance between the time of the scene’s occurrence and his painting of it, the work exudes a feeling of haziness. From across a pathway of hoary brushstrokes and through the outlines of a building’s façade, we glimpse the fuzzy silhouettes of two women at a local cinema. This physical remove, however, allows us little else in terms of interpretation. From such a distance, we remain lost in the unknown—do the two figures recognize one another’s presence? Are they friends conversing or separate individuals lost within their own quotidian reveries? We, as outsiders, can only speculate." @awomanunder #tyennis
HERE AT LAST in an arrangement made with special things lying around the gallery. @apartamentomagazine #apartamentomagazine #apartamentomagazine_issue22
Black Friday hours: 2 to 6pm. Going to prioritize my daughter over capitalism. I recommend you stay home all day, make some tea, and listen to this fine record by Valet. Nothing else really matters.
Here exceptionally on a Wednesday for a couple hours. Stop by before 2:30pm to see our new exhibition by Ty Ennis. A huge thank you to our community of friends & family who made Sunday’s réception such a success. Warm feelings all around! #tyennis
THIS is happening tonight. Please check out details @spartanshop but any excuse to see the magical Maggie Harrison is a good one @antica_terra 💙 Grateful to live in a city where such events are made possible. Thank you, @currieperson @parcematone. Amy Ibold of @mercycorps is also featured in the conversation.
Blue Days, 2018, acrylic on canvas, 14 x 11 inches: one of Ty Ennis’ new paintings on display as part of The Marble Fountain, his third solo exhibition at Nationale. Reception TODAY from 3 to 5 pm. #tyennis Thanks for the 📸 @jennifer.brommer