Woodstock Create - May 2025

The May 2025 issue of Woodstock Create is here! This month, we received submissions from seven creators working in a variety of mediums and styles. Thank you to our 97 subscribers for supporting the newsletter and local Woodstock creators.

Do you have in progress and/or completed pieces you would like to share with the community? We want to see them! Submit your creations here for the next issue of Woodstock Create which will be published on Tuesday, June 10.

Dom the Artist

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Instagram: instagram.com/domtheartist503

I create. That's what I do. I'm not sure what to say about that. Painting, sketching, writing, videos, cooking, online courses for adult learners; if I've had the opportunity to create something, I will.

Kat Buckley

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My name is Kat Buckley and I’m an artist and illustrator living and working in Portland, Oregon. As an artist I'm fascinated by the intersection of digital and physical, online and offline. So much of my work is done digitally but I’m obsessed with seeing it in the real world. Or incorporating the real world into my digital practice. That’s where Portland Places comes from. I wanted to recreate my favorite hidden gems in pixel form, giving them another life online. I’ve chosen to focus on less tourist attractions and more on local favorites, no offense to places like Powell’s but they get enough love as it is. I’m looking towards the mom and pop, the self-owned business of PDX, the kind of places I'm almost afraid to share because they have the best biscuits and gravy in town and I don’t want a line next time I go. You know the ones. I’m currently working on the next set of Portland Places with one or two Woodstock favorites in the mix.

Ryan Michael Coe

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Tracey Hillman

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The gelatin plate is a low-tech printing tool that can create an almost limitless variety of monoprints! I teach this printmaking method at the Woodstock Community Center. My art focus in general is botanicals, which is also the focus of my classes. I hope to also start teaching botanical drawing at the Woodstock Community Center in the Fall of 2025. I have been an artist working and teaching in both 2-D and 3-D for the last 50 years. I will be offering many of my artworks for sale at the Woodstock Neighborhood Association Plant Sale on May 10th, 2025! Hope to see you there!

Jenn Joslin

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Instagram: instagram.com/jennjoslinart

Jenn Joslin is a naturalist and illustrator who uses her background in the fields of conservation biology & visual art to reflect on contemporary ecologic issues. Through dynamic and emotive designs, Jenn focuses our attention to the interconnectedness and resilience of life on earth, carefully honoring these creatures’ ever-shifting stories with skill, reverence, and awe.

“While we are living through an era marked by human-driven resource exploitation and mass extinction, I believe there is still endless opportunity to discover, respect, and protect what’s left of the wild. My work is a heartfelt call for living in reciprocity with the natural world.”

Jenn grew up in the heart of California’s drought-ridden Central Valley. In her 20’s she packed up and headed north to Portland, Oregon, seeking the lush wild spaces she had only read about in books. Since moving to the Pacific Northwest, Jenn graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Conservation Biology and has been working as a natural science illustrator and environmental educator with local non-profits.

Between 2018 and 2022 Jenn took 345 hikes with her 15-year-old pup Charlie all around the west coast where she found comfort in the challenge, solace, and freedom that walking a trail can bring.

Ashley Knight

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Instagram: instagram.com/_knightcap

It's an honor to get to combine my love for throwing pottery and then create special pieces of our furry family members.

All pottery is functional, microwave & dishwasher safe.

Zachary M