It’s the 60th year of the Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts and the Dee Denton Gallery is celebrating by rolling back to the iconic 60s art style.  The Invitational, “Pop Goes the Festival,” will be showcasing four professional artists. They will be exhibited before, during & after the 2023 Festival of the Arts. This year the exhibit space has expanded. It will be located in the two main rooms of the gallery in the main entrance of the Lakewood Center building as well as down the southwest hallway. The invited artists are: Phyllis Yes-acrylic and mixed media, Mark Randall-acrylic and mixed media, Raphael Schnepf-Oil, and Leslie Peterson-Sapp-Acrylic and Mixed Media.

Phyllis Yes is the featured artist this year at 2023 Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts Dee Denton Gallery invitational.  She has exhibited locally, nationally and internationally.  Her powerful work focuses on the theme, “Feminize.”  In the 1960’s she brought to light a feminine edge to what were viewed as masculine trades, tools and toys.  She taught at Oregon State University and Lewis and Clark College, is a playwright and has been featured on many national television programs.

Mark Randall exhibits mainly in the Pacific Northwest.  His art focuses on opinions of the times.  Mark uses a variety of eclectic materials including found objects to make a statement whether generational, political or historical.  Randall has won many awards at the Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts including The People’s Choice Award in 2011 and the Best of Show in 2013.

Raphael Schnepf’s work is in the San Francisco Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. He created rock posters, album covers and comics in the 1960’s.  Today, he concentrates on large stained glass installations, en plein aire and photo realism painting.

Leslie Peterson-Sapp shows her work in local and national shows. She contemporizes historical nostalgia.  She is recognized by dramatic subject matter of human emotion placed in settings which often include mirrors, door and windows.