An intrepid band of the general public met today at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art to watch a video made in 2002 about Henk Pander and the painting of his 1982 portrait of Governor Tom McCall, and then to take walk over to the State Capitol Building to look at the painting. We were […]
Category: Art work
Dorathy Bruce Rediscovered…
The wealth of art and artists in Oregon amazes. It is deep and multifaceted, and includes many generations of people making things of beauty. In a way our lives of late have been like a treasure hunt…one artist discovered (Rex Amos) leads to another (Matt Glavin) and…to another. In this case Dorathy Bruce, born near […]
Tillamook Murals…
On our way down from Cannon Beach the other day we stopped in Tillamook to find these murals by Oregon muralist Lucia Wiley. First in the post office is this 1943 mural about Captain Gray’s 1788 landing on the Oregon coast. Wiley was born in Tillamook in 1906…a third generation Tillamooker. This post office mural […]
LIVING THE CREATIVE LIFE: MATT GLAVIN
We visited the studio of Rex Amos on Monday (see previous post) and in addition to Rex’s work, we saw the work of painter Matt Glavin…studio-mate and long-time friend of Rex. Matt (Portland/Berkeley/Cannon Beach) paints in acrylic, and for years has brought 20-24 paintings every 6 months to Magnolia Editions in Oakland, CA where they […]
Living the Creative Life: Rex Amos
Our trip to Cannon Beach was all business, that turned out to be all fun too. We were meeting Rex and Diane Amos, and Roger was to make a visit to Rex’s studio to see what was on hand. As often happens, I get the fun of going along. Rex lived and worked in Portland […]
Art at the Capitol…
Besides being a day of “love,” February 14th is also the birthday of Oregon’s statehood…1859…and here’s the mural in the senate chamber at the Capitol picturing the horseman arriving (…at Champoeg maybe…?) with the announcement that Oregon is now a state… and though I AM a loyal Oregonian, I wasn’t there for the birthday party. […]
HENK PANDER AT THE HALLIE FORD MUSEUM
Readers!! Here’s a reminder: The wonderful Henk Pander retrospective (1959-present)…curated by the engaging Roger Hull, opens Friday night, January 28th, at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art in Salem. The festivities will include: 5:00 p.m. lecture by said Roger Hull in the Paulus lecture hall in the Willamette University Law School at 245 Winter Street […]
Art Wolfe
I forgot to say that on the way into Seattle we picked my brother up. He works for the nature photographer Art Wolfe so we stopped by the gallery on our way to Indian food… Among my favorites are these images (poorly photographed by me…much nicer as made by Art Wolfe…) This GORGEOUS temple/snow shot […]
Wonderful Weekend Part 2: the Museums
One reason we went to Seattle was to see the Picasso show…a whole range of work remaining in his collection at his death. All the museums we visited this weekend have changed their photo policy, allowing photos in the museums…but NOT (as you might have guessed) at the Picasso show…so all I can show you […]
A Wonderful Weekend Part 1: Tacoma
We were on our way to Seattle to see Bru and LeeAnn, but we stopped at the Tacoma Art Museum on the way…have you been there?? Well you should go, as it is soooo beautiful and small, manageable, lovely. First off, of course, we had to have a coffee in the museum coffee shop which […]
On The Way 