There was a painting of Harry’s from the early 1970’s called “The Dream” that went missing. Sold to the City of Salem in 1973, for years it hung in the City Council Chambers. Roger wanted to borrow this painting for the upcoming Widman show (opening at the Hallie Ford Museum at the end of January, […]
Category: Art work
Art is Where You Find It??
But in this case it was site specific art made by us on the table at Bread & Ink. I made the drawing and my companions made the water rings. A collaboration.
LIVING THE CREATIVE LIFE: HARRY WIDMAN II
The book is at the designer, the exhibition layout is planned, and soon the work will be collected for Harry’s retrospective show coming up in January, 2009, at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art. Last Friday we visited the Widmans’ and sorted through Harry’s large studio. Roger put his choices of work for the show […]
Wall Flowers
The roses by the studio door are still blooming. Hurt my knee this weekend and can’t do much, so decided to paint the roses onto the wall:
Living the Creative Life: Bonnie Hull
Or trying to anyway. Well I moved into my new studio on Monday and I’ve been working there everyday hoping to be struck with inspiration–knowing as we all do that work begets work. The light is nice but the place isn’t really my own yet. It’s a little cottage, slated for demolition next year, which […]
FANNY BLACK HULL/MARIE WATT
Last winter Portland artist Marie Watt put out a call to men of her acquaintance to send her pictures of their mothers, or of a woman they thought needed to be remembered, for a piece she was working on. Roger forwarded a photo of his mother holding him in a long ago train station. Saturday […]
Kristin Kuhns at Project Space
Artist Kristin Kuhns spent a fascinating 10 days or so reconstructing a tree she found in the woods of a friend. The final show in the experimental Project Space, an off-shoot of Salem Art Association, opened last night and Kristin’s piece was the gallery centerpiece. Thought you might like to see how it came together. […]
Living the Creative Life: Cynthia Wilcox II
Yesterday I went out to Cynthia’s. It was “Groop” day, the day once a month that we get together to talk and think about quilting. It was cold and rainy up the Santiam yesterday–not at all like spring. Inside the studio though it was all color and warmth. The best thing about visiting the work […]
Living the Creative Life: Harry Widman
Last week we visited Portland painter Harry Widman and his wife Mardy in Harry’s studio. Roger will be writing about Harry’s work and curating a retrospective at the Hallie Ford Museum, which will open in January of 2009. Harry got out a lot of work for Roger to look at and the day stretched from […]
Living the Creative Life: The YWCA Collection
I’ve been gathering work from 20 local artists here in town. We’re building the beginning of a collection of women’s art to go in the new YWCA building on Broadway. I’ve visited some studios–occasionally without my camera BUT, occasionally WITH my camera. Visiting somebody else’s studio is an interesting activity and has been a real […]
On The Way 