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FERRARA SHOWMAN GALLERY is pleased to announce the second solo exhibition of Portland-based artist Dirk Staschke entitled Impressions. The ten most recent ceramic paintings in the exhibition mark a divergence in the artist’s oeuvre both in subject matter and formal qualities. While Staschke continues to employ references to Dutch still-life painting, a more predominant body of portraiture emerges. Obscured images - both historical and current - tie the past to the present in his ongoing exploration of Vanitas and its array of evocation from pessimism to folly. Furthermore, the artist deepens …