Artist Jaik Faulk Returns To Portland With 'Back At The Crawdaddy'

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OPB | Jan. 9, 2015 1 p.m. | Updated: Jan. 9, 2015 3:44 p.m.

Jaik Faulk's latest show at Nationale, "Back at the Crawdaddy," explores what it means to leave one home and return toanother.

Oregons transplant populationcontinues to grow as our state attracts makers, doers and creative types from all over the country. Leave it to artist Jaik Faulk, then, to buck thetrend.

After studying art at Portland State University and spending 10 years in Portland, Faulk earned his MFA at the San Francisco Art Institute. He returned to his hometown of Lafayette, Louisiana after graduation to be closer to his family, leaving the Portland art communitybehind.

But now Faulk is back in the Rose City at least for a littlewhile.

In December, the painter accepted a month-long residency atFalseFront Studio in NE Portland to explore what it means to move from one home to another. The works he produced during those 30 days are now on display at southeast Portlands Nationale, in an exhibition entitled Back at the Crawdaddy.

The name of Faulks exhibition works on two levels.

For one, it comes from a Keith Richards quote: And the Crawdaddy [a club where the Rolling Stones performed] is where I realised that Mick could actually work a stage about the size of a rug better than anybody in theworld.

The concept of working in a confined space inspiresFaulk.

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Artist Jaik Faulk Returns To Portland With 'Back At The Crawdaddy'