Elroy Artspace and The Original present an April First Thursday opening reception and month-long 
exhibition of Brian Kappel's fine art in "CEREAL: a View of Break*Fast"

Brian Kappel earned a Visual Arts degree from Penn State and is trained in watercolor and enjoys using all manner of disciplines of art and design in his work, but has found a “niche nirvana” working in wood. “The character of the wood grain gets me excited,” he says of it, “because I think it adds a depth and voice to the work that I could not achieve on a canvas or paper.” Brian hand sketches everything, which leads sometimes to an incorporation of typefaces, and sometimes leading to a fully hand painted piece which he can rough-up to round out a look that feels very aged, very authentic and very cool.

“Theyʼre fun,” says Brian about the pieces in CEREAL: a View of Break*Fast, “there are no deep brooding meanings in them, no ethereal symbolism, no divine purpose.” And  Brian is further-excited to be doing a breakfast imagery-focused show, he shared, because his wife has been looking forward to a show like this for some time.

The Original, Portland's downtown destination for all-day dining, renews the spirit of diners and supper clubs from the 1950s and 60s by serving up playful variations on the era's standards of food, art and design.  So come and enjoy an evening of colorful, roadside-history art and that much deserved First Thursday nightcap. Settle into a spacious booth for a night of conversation and a cocktail, or stretch out in our plush retro-luxe banquette for an elegant dinner.  With an innovative and colorful menu of classic favorites in an atmosphere that's stylish, sophisticated and cool, The Original honors the past as it listens in on the pulse of Portland's adventurous and evolving tastes.  

The Original: Eat. Drink. Gather.

300 SW 6th Ave. (at Oak), Portland, OR, 97204

Panhandle Slim is Scott Causey Stanton from Sharpstown, Florida.  Before landing to paint in this very small place on the outskirts of a small place in the Gulf Coast Panhandle, Slim has traveled just about every highway and stopped at just about every exit across the U.S. as a band leader and former pro skateboarder.  There he found the inspirations brought to his paintings.  “I love music and I love painting, they both just calm my nerves and bring me peace,” says Slim, “and I usually listen to music and paint the folk that I am listening to at that time.”