(Above: On the Dunes, infrared image by Linda Devenow)

By Randi Bjornstad

The Emerald Art Center features work during March by three artists, including the late Norma Adams, one of the center’s members and volunteers, who died in January. The others are Linda Devenow, who specializes in infrared photography, and another photographer and Emerald Art Center member, Don Myers. And as usual, new work by other members of the EAC also will be on display.

Photography by Linda Devenow.

Devenow has been a resident of the Eugene-Springfield area since 2002. She was born in Detroit, Mich., where she became interested in viewing and photographing the woods and lakes of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula.

After college, she relocated to Los Angeles and began a career in the entertainment industry, becoming the exclusive photographer for employee events for Walt Disney TV Animation, as well as doing family portraiture and professional headshots.

Once in Oregon, which reminded her of Michigan, she continued to do photography of landscape, portraiture, and nature, and in 2018 she began experimenting with black-and-white infrared photography, working to refine her technical skills, including post-processing effects. She describes her current emphasis as “catching the emotion of the scene and eliciting color” from the infrared images.

The Red Show, photography by Don Myers

Don Myers has been a photographer for more than 50 years, first becoming interested during a stint in Vietnam, and says he has been “documenting his life ever since.” He earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism and worked for a variety of newspapers and magazines.

During the past five years, he has become interested in infrared photography and has two cameras that he converted to that medium. One is called a 590 conversion, which allows some “normal” color light waves in the photographs. The other is the 830 conversion, which is completely black-and-white.

This show is called The Red Show, featuring photographs all taken with the 590 conversion, including using red skies for a different perspective than instead of conveying sky color in the more expected vivid blue. His work is online at donmyersphotography.com.

Memorial retrospective: Work by Norma Adams

A display of paintings by the late Norma Adams, a member of and volunteer with the Emerald Art Center, has been made possible by members of her family in her honor.

Born and raised in Oregon, Norma Adams showed an interest in and talent for art from an early age, but as often happens, life intervened, and between working full time and raising a family, she did not have much time to pursue painting.

However, in her retirement years she took up watercolor painting and produced many paintings, including Oregon landscapes, famous architecture, colorful florals, and paintings based on family photographs.

Adams attended many art classes in the community to hone her skills, and she also became a volunteer and member of the Emerald Art Center. After her death in January 2025, her family offered sharing a small collection of treasured work in her honor.

Emerald Art Center exhibits in March 2025

What: Featured exhibits by Linda Devenow, Don Myers, and Norma Adams, as well as new work by Emerald Art Center members

When: Through March 28

Special event: Reception/ArtWalk from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 14

Where: 500 Main St., Springfield

Regular gallery hours: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday

Information: 541-726-8595  or emeraldartcenter.org

 

Don Myers’ new show uses reds to create new perspective of familiar landscapes.