Yesterday the sky was soooo blue. Just pure blue. I love summer. I love lettuce. I love watching Alex work… and I LOVE “Play Me I’m Yours”…11 pianos located all around Salem for people to play…it ends Sunday the 29th and I’m very sad to see it go. But now we start the wedding countdown…one […]
Category: Art work
A Summer Weekend in Salem…
Friday I finished the little quilt top I’ve been working on down at Project Space (now to actually QUILT it…) and then I went to CAMP…for an hour. I visited the Art Camp held at Willamette University and watched with interest as the campers worked on small wax pieces. They were FEARLESS and willing to […]
Preview of Coming Attractions…
We dropped in to see George and Phyllis yesterday and after a LOT of laughing and a cup of coffee, we went to the studio. Painter George Johanson has been commissioned to paint a painting for the newly renovated Oregon Department of Transportation Building in Salem. The painting is all done and is SMASHING…but under […]
Art Fair Weekend….
Friday is the first day of the three day art fair in the park here in Salem, all in aid of the Salem Art Association. Thursday night 5 artists sat in the rose garden making drawings to be auctioned later in the evening…after the sponsors ate a BBQ meal…they called the event “Quick Draw”…it was […]
Living the Creative Life: John Stahl
The painter John Stahl (on the right in Manuel’s dual portrait, above) and his wife Jan were great friends of sculptor Manuel Izquierdo, R’s current subject of interest. Their friendship with Manuel started early when John was a student at the Museum Art School and Manuel was a faculty member, and lasted until Manuel’s death […]
News Notes…
I think I might be taking my “girl reporter” role a LITTLE too seriously. I Just HATE it when the local paper scoops me. A month or so ago I noticed this building at 440 State Street…that the hideous 1960’s false front had been removed revealing a sort of “time capsule”… and before I could […]
Living the Creative Life: Corrie Loomis-Dietz
Corrie lives in this nice Italianate house on the right… and her husband Curt is just putting the finishing touches on the workshop/garage (ground floor) and Corrie’s new studio space on the top floor…(the local Historic Landmarks Advisory Commission required them to make the windows smaller and offset the porch so the new building wouldn’t […]
Project Space Opening….
I was down at Project Space today for my daily 2 hours…Friday night, June 29th is the opening for round one…5:30 to 8:30. There will be refreshments, art and music… I’m only a couple of weeks into my project so my contribution is small… Liz Bauman has been painting like a maniac…and they’re wonderful and […]
Tuesday Miscellany…
My mind is deep into my Project Space project, but I AM alive and always photo’ing…beach weekend with rain predicted turned out to be beautiful for the kite festival… and for sitting by the Bay… AND for hosting Sharon’s surprise birthday party…(and she really was surprised!) …and did you check out the MIG pizza yet? […]
Project Space, 2012
Monday…I went down to Project Space to get set up…open hours begin Tuesday (11-2, Tuesday through Saturday). It was bliss locked in there all by myself…now that Phil has put in the lights… The artists have begun to arrive and set up work spaces…little by little we are “claiming” the space anew… So I set […]
On The Way 