R and I jumped into the car today with Irene and Jon and headed to Portland in a TORRENTIAL downpour for the penultimate day of Dan’s show at PDX. Spare, elegant, but juicy. Wish I had made this post at the beginning of the show so you’d have had time to see it. You know, I started to describe all the work we saw today, but I’m out of words…however I’m NEVER out of images.
…we went on to Elizabeth Leach where a moment of meditation occurred…
and about 5 other places until we were exhausted.
Back in Salem there was just enough time to catch the Rob Bibler/Jed Thomas/John Van Dreal show at Bush Barn. Super realism, the figure, moody atmospherics…a shift in thinking. I love Rob’s master draftsmanship
but the details really caught me today..this floor from a Venetian scuola is exactly right…
and the sort of Chuck Close-like abstract color swirls making up an ultra-realistic glass vase…
Jed Thomas had many paintings of his familiar type, but the mono-type drawings seem really strong to me…
…and after a week of too many meetings maybe this one really resonated…
so we gathered John’s bouquet of roses…
and headed over to Alcyone for a martini and a YUMMY dinner. Good news…they are soon to add Tuesday and Saturday to their dinner schedule! Get over there!
On The Way 
It is thrilling to see these works without having to drive in the traffic that makes me think twice about going anyplace! Thank you. Norma
This post was a morning brightener. Lovely reporting. But, I want to know what font of energy you two are drawing from when I read of your days.
Wow!
hey R & B, thank you for letting us tag along. like others, we tend to be stay-at-homes when storms are brewing. always enjoy this blog!
thanks for the beautiful post …great close-ups of the work !
For those of us who didn’t get up to see D. may,etc. Thank you!! xonance