Landscape Design

Portland, OR-based Landscape Designer Wesley Younie specializes in immersive green spaces for gathering and contemplation. An expert in the habitats of the West Coast, Younie’s ability to analyze a landscape in practical terms is complimented by his painter’s ability to finesse the poetry of place. Whether designing the grounds of one of the Willamette Valley’s esteemed boutique wineries or those of a private residence, Younie balances the needs of the land with the client’s tastes and lifestyle. This considered, textural approach creates an easeful coexistence of enduring structure and harmonious wilderness.

Please contact me for a consultation, or to schedule an on-site visit.

I work with qualified contractors on both residential and commercial projects, including wineries, hotels, and museum spaces.

Au Natural

January 27 – March 3, 2023

At AMCE Creative Arts Seattle

ARTISTS STATEMENT

Complex, thought-provoking, and unapologetically beautiful, the paintings and sculptures of Portland-based artist Wesley Younie (b. 1983) explore links between ancient and the modern, organic and the human-made.  His work speaks to the ambiguities of contemporary life, in which reverence for nature is increasingly eclipsed by rampant over-development and a fascination with the simulated reality of theme parks and digital technology.  As both a fine artist and a professional landscape designer, Younie is uniquely positioned to address these dialectical themes.  Deeply influenced by the traditions of Chinoiserie, Rococo design, fairy tales, cartoons, and natural history, Younie studied at California College of the Arts and Pacific Northwest College of Art before earning a bachelor’s degree in painting at Portland State University.

EXHIBITIONS

2024 “Au Natural” AMcE Creative Arts Seattle, WA

2023 Magic Forest Widen + Kennedy Portland, OR

2021 Sitka Art Invitational Portland, OR

2021 Lan Su Chinese Garden Portland, OR

2020 PDX Gallery Portland, OR

2019 Sitka Art Invitational Portland, OR

2015 Dark Paradise (Solo Show) Mark Woolley Gallery Portland, OR

2014 The Big 500 The Peoples Art of Portland Gallery Portland, OR 

2013 Portland Design Week 

2013 Unnatural Histories II Antler Gallery Portland, OR

2013 Amy Ruppel and Wesley Younie Mark Woolley Gallery Portland, OR 

2012 Unnatural Histories Antler Gallery Portland, OR 

2012 Fresh stART Santa Monica, CA 

2012 The Big 300 The Peoples Art of Portland Gallery Portland, OR 

2011 Tiergarten (Solo Show) Widen + Kennedy Portland, OR

2011 Wesley Younie (Solo Show) p:ear Portland, OR 

2010 Sitka Art Invitational Portland, OR 

2009 A Hunters Return to the Good Country Fontanelle Gallery Portland, OR 

2009 Natural Selection Tin Lark Gallery Hollywood, CA

2008 Forgotten Island Tin Lark Gallery Hollywood, CA

2007 Be Blue Mark Woolley Gallery Portland, OR

2007 The Silent World Stumptown Coffee Portland, OR

2006 Bestiary Group Show Froelick Gallery Portland, OR

2006 Funtastic Escape Hillsboro Cultural Arts Center Hillsboro, OR

2005 Youth is Wasted on the Young Gallery 500 Portland, OR

2005 Plushtastrophe Basil Haywood Gallery Portland, OR

2005 Vintage Vandals Savage Resources Portland, OR

2004 Bird Show Motel Gallery Portland, OR

COMMISSIONS

2019 Fanno Creek Clinic Mural (RACC)

2018 Touchmark

2009 Mirabella Portland

2008 The Nines Hotel

2004 PICA TBA Festival

EDUCATION

2006 Portland State University Bachelor of Science Painting

2002—2005 Pacific Northwest College of Art

2001 California College of Arts & Crafts