Corrie Loomis Dietz has worked hard at her job as a rep for Golden Acrylic Paint, and at her studio practice. She was a photographer, has done work with photo transfer and portraits, and lots of experimental work with paint, with her work moving more toward abstraction the last few years. She understands community and […]
So Roger Hull not only writes the books and curates the shows, he also delivers books to various places (“distributor”added to his CV) and Thursday we headed to Augen Gallery with some books for the upcoming George Johanson show this spring. Augen Gallery wasn’t open yet, so we went next door to the Froelick Gallery […]
Today we headed to Eugene to make a stop at the Karin Clarke Gallery to have a sneak preview of her new exhibit “Carl Hall: Nudes”… and to bring Karin some copies of R’s very first monograph “Eden Again: The Art of Carl Hall” written in 2001, to sell during the exhibit. It’s been many […]
I’ve been hit hard this flu season…three weeks at Christmas and three more weeks in Jan/Feb. Thank goodness for quilts (this one made by my friend Sharon) and books… …and if you haven’t read Colin Meloy’s YA adventure “Wildwood,” consider it…the main locale is Portland and it is a VERY fun read…here are the maps […]
Monday was Sidney day but before we picked him up we stopped by to visit Christy and Laura Wyckoff to see Christy’s new work. The work hit several chords with me, so I thought I’d share. He is one of three artists showing at Blackfish Gallery during the month of February (opening February 1) along […]
The installation “MKGuth: Paying Attention” opened last night at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art in Salem, and runs until April 1, 2018, giving you plenty of time to get over and take a look at a show that is fascinating on many levels. The opening featured Guth herself and a host of other readers…students, […]
Until December 2nd you have a chance to see Lucinda Parker’s new paintings at the Russo Lee Gallery (805 NW 21st Street in Portland)…most done in the last three months. The show is entitled “Knowledge is Not Our Enemy” which sounds possibly political, but isn’t. It’s about mountains…most specifically our own MT. Hood. This morning […]
R, Sidney and I have a lot of “traditions” we’ve established in the last three years and one of those is “Conker Park” in the fall. It involves loading the top of a riding toy in the park with conkers and then making them fly off… we even went in late summer, even though we […]
Here are the artists Sandra Loy (sloy) and Dave Nichols (nic) in a photo taken by their good friend painter Rob Bibler (with painter April Waters taking a view in the gallery tonight). She a writer/artist and he a painter/sculptor. For years they have been making art in Salem, art of a personal and terrific […]
So leaving Carolyn, we headed to Bakersfield, CA… to see a set of five large paintings by Lucinda Parker, the Portland painter who R is currently writing about (and thinking curatorial thoughts about for a show in January of 2019 at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art in Salem). These paintings were a series of […]
