We were in Portland Saturday to hear Tom Cramer talk about his new work on view at Laura Russo gallery this month. For me the show is a knock out, and if you’re near the gallery on NW 21st take a look. The work is beautiful, but also fresh and original. Martha introduced Tom… and […]
Category: Art work
Art Builds Community…
Mary Lou Zeek has been showing the work of 14 local artists in May in both of her Salem gallery spaces. Thursday was the gala at Gallery 2…right in “her own back yard”…literally… and we all went to see our own work and the work of our colleagues… but the real fun was the party… […]
Conserving Carl Hall
The Salem Public Library has in its collection a beautiful Carl Hall painting called “Flood” of 1948. It has had some definite conservation issues so Nancy and I agreed to take it to Portland to art conservator Nina Olsson. First we arrived at the library and removed the painting, posting a note on the wall… […]
Wisteria Duet #2
Carol reminded me of the two beautiful wisteria plants at Bush House Museum…(plants I drew and drew when I was the Artist in Residence at the Annex in 2010) so I drove over today for a look… this one is a Japanese wisteria… and check this gorgeous Spanish lavender growing by a lamp post at […]
Mothers’ Day Weekend….
I had a great one and am wishing all my motherly readers did too. Mine began with breakfast on the deck while I contemplated the Tennessee Goodwill shirts…hmmm….hard to image the quilt this will become… flowers were brought from the Dad in question… and when I went to get the mail I noticed a photo […]
Sketchbook “World Tour” and James Hill
Wow…yesterday was just total fun all the way…and a beautiful sunny day to boot. First we went to The Cleaners at the Ace Hotel (corner of 10th and Stark) where the Sketchbook World Tour 2012 is hanging out for three days. I had a sketchbook in the mix and wanted to go “check it out” […]
Mary Lou Zeek, Gallery 2
This morning I stuffed some art in the car and headed up to Mary Lou Zeek’s to drop off the two pieces for the second half of her show, which opens next week. Gallery two is in her pretty back yard (The blank green wall is where my pieces will go) …and here’s the nice […]
“Beyond the Gallery Door”
Tonight there was a gala opening at the Mary Lou Zeek Gallery downtown. This month Mary Lou is featuring the work of 14 local artists in two exhibits, and has created a book with studio photos, photos of work and a statement by each artist. The idea is a truism…Art Builds Community…ABC…as easy as that. […]
Travel Fun…
As my trip last week got underway, R sent me a link to the set of Nina Khatchdourian’s photos of herself that she took in the airplane lavatory on a trip to New Zealand…with this brief note “Trip Ideas??” Now SHE is a professional photographer, a good and inventive one, and I’m not…but I DO […]
Happy Birthday Nadia!
Today was Nadia‘s birthday, and she was visiting all the way from Tunisia…(check her cool jacket, which she made…) She didn’t come all this way to visit me though…she grew up in Salem and is in Oregon visiting her family. Luckily she hitched a ride to Salem with her sister-in-law today and we shared work […]
On The Way 