Left Portland this morning after this perfect cup, which I totally enjoyed even though it was sold to me by a VERY rude guy.
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Bonnie Hull is a painter. Transplanted from the urban mid-west, she works in Oregon's capital city living in a mid-19th century house. Studio, garden, quilting, coffee, preservation, the Oregon art world are among her topics.
Sorting Photos
This weekend I’ve been sorting a big box of family photos that arrived from my brother in D.C. These familiar faces and places, these unfamiliar ones, strike a chord somewhere. My great grandma Libbie McClain Decker Cromer Kochel, my parents in the 1960’s, myself at 3 or 4, The perfect one for this winter day […]
Living the Creative Life: George Johanson
Between Christmas and the New Year we visited George and Phyllis Johanson. We went to George’s painting studio (there’s a second studio for print-making) and while Roger and George talked and looked at a couple of Louis Bunce paintings, I wandered around the studio. There’s always a bit of magic in a studio, a feeling […]
Today
It snowed a little bit–just a dusting. Everything slippery, pretty.
The Day So Far
The day is very young but still, filled with wonders of various sorts. When I took to car to the neighborhood place for servicing, Lynn had a TV in the cold office with a picture of a fire–it even crackles!?? While meanwhile on the home front, a huge crane arrived about 6:30 am–it appears that […]
Living the Creative Life: Irene Longaker & Jon Colburn
I visited my friend Irene yesterday to see progress on the new painting studio she and painter Jon Colburn are building in Irene’s backyard. Dream studio time!!! Looking from the house toward the studio. The 8′ antique door that Jon refinished. The studio will have the same siding and lattice. Only two tiny windows for […]
City Weekend
We visited friends Lynne and Don Dagg this weekend. They bought a condo near the river (moving from Salishan spit). They rented for a year, and then recently bought a condo, having discovered they loved city life. They go everywhere on the streetcar. We saw the condo and then set off for a long streetcar […]
Post Script to Lee Imonen
Here’s Roger standing with Lee’s piece “Surround” now on view at the Portland Art Museum.
Living The Creative Life…Visiting Lee Imonen
In February of 2007, Roger and I went to Dexter, Oregon, to the home and studio of sculptor Lee Imonen. Roger was preparing to write an article on Lee and his work for “Sculpture” magazine. We had lunch and they began to talk. I prowled the house, took some photos, drew some pictures, listened to […]
January still…
Today’s the 15th of January. Boy that happened fast. School started, one painting got painted, the Christmas cards are almost written. The church construction across the street has been turning a bright yellow, followed by black which maybe means the bricks are soon to start?? The beach coffee had great foam, and so did the […]
On The Way 