Last night was the opening of a really beautiful new show at the Portland Art Museum. Filling the big main floor galleries is a blockbuster collection of the work of the many talented teachers over the years from the Pacific NW College of Art–formerly the Museum School. It gives these artists their due in a terrific way. There are “conversations” between these paintings, and the hanging of the show encourages the “talk” to flow freely. The event was so much fun because many of the painters were there as well as gallery owners and other Portland art world luminaries. Of course they wouldn’t let me take a photo (I don’t know why guards always notice me trying to sneak one while Cary goes unnoticed…). But, as you enter the show there is a terrific blown-up photo of the faculty in the 1950’s and the game of the evening was trying to identify the players. As I stood there Eunice Parsons arrived and let me take her photo in front of the photo–in which the younger Eunice is right in the center:
If you are in Portland this summer, don’t miss this show. It really makes a case for Portland painting being as good as it gets.
On The Way 
what a fun night and a great show
i’ve linked to you on the new blog i created for eunice
http://euniceparsons.blogspot.com/