We went up to Battleground, WA, last week to visit sculptor Jim Hansen and his wife Jane, who had invited us to tour their “compound” and have lunch. They have 13 acres just north of Vancouver and it was a rainy but beautiful fall day. The “front yard” is the perfect place for sculpture, but […]
Category: Art work
Marie Watt and Ford Hall
Today a new classroom building (oops–I didn’t photo the building) was dedicated on the Willamette campus. The building was built with funding from major benefactor Hallie Ford and her portrait (by Portland artist Paul Missal) hangs in the lobby: Today, though, I wasn’t there to attend the ceremony, but rather to join artist Marie Watt’s […]
Art Week, Day Five and Goodbye
Well our days of work and play have drawn to a close. Yesterday we worked up until the last minute: and then we had a nice lunch, swept the place out, cut some roses and had our “opening”: Ann brought some old hangers and when Kay got there she made them into a sculpture! Mostly […]
Art Week, Day Four
Well last night I was too tired to post. We worked cheerfully but soundlessly all day long stopping for a few trips to Cooke’s Stationey for clips and pens and things–not even eating lunch until 3:00. We completed our books, started hanging them up. Today we have to finish all the work and then tidy […]
Art Week, Day Three
We got tired today, after about 3 or 4 hours. The books are coming together but we might be feeling like we need to shift gears here–maybe on day 4 or 5?? We kind of got a bunny thing going And as I started a new series, Carolyn was embossing: Two more days until the […]
Art Week, Day Two
A lot of work was done today and we both have sore backs! The theme that is emerging is “books”. I played with my laminated paper in layers, later on photocopying onto the colored layers. Carolyn discovered embossing and went for broke. I didn’t take many photos today, but here’s a little of how it […]
Art Week, Day One
Carolyn’s here. Art week has begun with a lot of experimentation: I transferred hot wax to block prints on newsprint to make the Fig Book: And we did prep work for tomorrow for laminations and transfer prints: and then we just played with Yuppo paper and had a snack:
Miscellany…
Howard & Amy visiting all week, too scattered to post. Here are a few recent activities: 40th anniversary dinner at the Bay House: One of the very last napkins for lunch: Two memorial services last weekend–Saturday for sculptor Manuel Izquierdo at PNCA: Sunday up to Timberline Lodge to honor the memory of Doug Lynch. If […]
Living the Creative Life: Manuel Izquierdo
In 2013 there will be a show of Portland sculptor Manuel Izquierdo’s work at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art, and a book by Roger Hull. Manuel died this summer having lived a colorful life filled with art and family and friends. This weekend we visited his home and studio, which he had to leave […]
George Johanson at OCAC
Went up to the Hoffman Gallery at the Oregon College of Arts and Crafts today to see a show of George’s tiled pieces. They are elegantly composed and filled with great details telling us the loveliness of living on the rivers in Portland: the “figure” (Roger) is there so you can see the size of […]
On The Way 