EUGENE, Ore. — It’s seen by the eyes and appreciated for its beauty, but for Eugene artist Rodger Deevers, creating visual art is a matter of life and death.
It’s one so powerful it turns him toward the light at the end of the dark tunnel he says he travels daily while illuminating the lives of those around him.
“All my art and all my creativity stem from a very dark place. And that is my own mental illness that I’ve been dealing with for, well now 45 years,” Deevers said…