I’m embarking on a three month studio trial to see if a larger space impacts my work and brings something “New.” I’ve been kindly given use of the annex–next to Bush Barn Art Center from February 1 til the end of April. I move in next Wednesday and start my project which is pretty well […]
Category: Art work
Art all day…
Friday was fun. A certain art historian and I went to Portland to see a couple of shows. First the Art Gym at Marylhurst where two shows “Dregs” and “The Imaginative Qualities of Actual Things” were on (on view until Feb 11th). “Dregs” was an artist’s (Brandy Cochrane/Paul Middendorf) use of the material of three […]
Art Quest: Eileen Cotter Howell at Waterstone
Yesterday 7 of us, a merry band of artists, met at Corrie’s studio to begin a little “aventura,” then jumped into Kristin’s van and took off for Portland: We were heading up to see Eileen’s show at Waterstone Gallery, and to hear her talk about her new work left to right Kathy, Paula, Eileen The […]
Corvallis Art Center
Tonight’s the last night for bids on the very fun shrine show at the Corvallis Art Center. 100 artists were given a box and then made “shrines” of various types. This week I ran down to see the show and took shots of a few Salem artists represented. There’s still time to get down there […]
Living the Creative Life: Elizabeth Baumann
Had coffee with Elizabeth and the adorable Alex the other morning. It caused me to remember trying to make art on top of the washing machine, and other adventures of young motherhood. I’ve known Elizabeth since before she was born so we go way back. She is making nice paintings of a small scale and […]
Art Movements…
Is this concrete surrealism…????
Mary Lou Zeek Space Two
The new space opened up last night with a show of the work of painter John Vandreal who mentored Willamette Student Rachel Sabin in the art of oil painting. Mary Lou and Alan (mostly Alan on the building front…) have built a new space for special exhibitions and the space was jammed last night and […]
Stephan Soihl at Blackfish Gallery
We stopped at Blackfish Gallery Sunday to see Steve Soihl and to watch his newest kinetic sculpture dance through its paces. A beautiful combination of clear tubing filled with various weights and colors of motor and machine oil, the parts twist and turn and move like a Malevich painting come to life. It’s on view […]
“The Mountain and the Metropolis”
Zoomed up to Tacoma Friday evening and checked in to the lovely Hotel Murano. Because of the proximity to the Glass Museum and being in Chihuly-land, the museum is filled with glass work of varying kinds: We were there for Roger to give a talk in conjunction with a current show at the Tacoma Art […]
Cynthia Herron and Sharon Rose: a collaboration
Ten years ago or so Sharon Rose wrote a book about Minto/Brown Island, our local riverside park of many many acres for bikes, runners, dogs. The bike trails alone are more than nine miles of beautiful riding. Last year she put out a revised edition of the book (with a Carl Hall painting on the […]
On The Way 