“Seeking An Upward Thermal”
A traveling, multi-sensory exhibition by Roberta Condon, Lorraine Ortner, and Debra Grall, featuring over 50 works in pastel, gouache, and beadwork sculpture. The exhibit includes ambient soundscapes and links to digital bird calls.
More info: www.seekinganupwardthermal.com
You are invited!
The Opening Reception is on Friday, March 27, 2026, 5:00 – 8:00 PM
The exhibit will continue through May 5, 2026
The Alexander House is open from 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday or by appointment
Artist Talk: Tuesday, May 5, 2026 at 1:30
Join us for a conversation with the artists.
Each will speak for about 15 minutes about their work, inspiration, and process, followed by audience questions.
Seeking An Upward Thermal
Birds seek rising pockets of warming air, soaring upwards on the current. These thermals lift and support flight. Like these avian aerialists, we seek our own upward thermal.
Three women artists present more than 50 interpretations
in pastel, gouache, and beadwork sculpture.
A multi-sensory experience fills space with sound and color.
Artworks link to digital bird calls.
Series
A Hollow-Boned Muse
Roberta Condon presents 20 figurative paintings in pastel allowing us to escape to the restorative and magical interplay of humans with birds.
Series
At Home with Birds
Lorraine Ortner-Blake presents 20 paintings in gouache depicting birds
as enshrined icons representing our natural liaison between earth and sky.
Series
Endangered Species II:
The Raven Cries
Debra Grall presents 20 works in beaded sculpture portraying the Raven warning of past and future extinction of birds if we do not care for the earth.