The Art Gallery at Umpqua Community College will present “Elemental Pacific Northwest: Rocks, Trees and Water,” a series of nature-based watercolor paintings by artist Christine Schulbach.

The exhibition will be on display March 30 through April 29 at the Whipple Fine Arts Center on the UCC campus. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.

A reception and artist talk will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 1. Admission is free and open to the public.

Schulbach, who grew up in Salem, Oregon, has been drawing throughout her life. She attended Salem public schools and Oregon State University, where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in visual arts with honors, focusing on printmaking and painting.

During her youth, she spent summers working alongside her father, a horticulturist, observing and drawing plants and insects. Her plein air paintings reflect a lifelong curiosity about the natural world and her responses to the landscapes she encounters.