Portland, Oregon.- The Laura Russo Gallery is pleased to present “Roll Hardy: New Paintings” on view at the gallery from November 3rd through November 26th. There will be an opening reception on Thursday November 3rd from 5 – 8 pm. A second exhibition at the same time will feature new ceramic works by Geoffrey Pagen. Roll Hardy depicts society’s bleak urban cast-offs with a lively and impressionistic touch that focuses new attention on forgotten spaces. The derelict and abandoned locales that Hardy paints come to embody a mysterious history of intended and illicit uses. Working further afield and occasionally in a larger scale for these new works, Hardy reveals a profusion of dispossessed places.