We first met artist Blair Saxon-Hill through archives… Blair and artist John Brodie own a book store in Portland, Monograph Bookwerks which handles new and used, rare and out of print art books…and occasionally archives come their way. Blair currently has a show up at the Littman Gallery at Portland State University, “From the Beginning […]
Category: Art World
Trying to Fit it ALL in…
Phew…it was a race this week, but we managed. Martha and I blasted to Portland on an errand yesterday and got to PDX just as Ryan Wilson Paulsen was in the gallery and gave us some chat about his current show with his wife Anna Gray (up at PDX until November 30th). I’ve admired their […]
Gordon House
After a brief visit with Z&A to deliver the quilt we headed home and on to Silverton, to the Frank Lloyd Wright Usonian house known as the Gordon House. The house was built in 1963 after a design Wright made for Conrad and Evelyn Gordon in 1958 before he died. It originally sat on a […]
“Threading the Needle,” Rick Bartow, Dave (Nic) Nichols
I like it…looking at disparate stuff. In random order. The best. Elizabeth and I raced through the pouring rain to Portland yesterday for “research”…a fiber-oriented show at the Helzer Gallery at PCC Rock Creek Campus. Though the gallery was small…only enough room for one or two pieces from each artist, each piece had something to […]
A Basket Full of Stuff
My friend George writes a nice blog and the other day he wrote in an email that his recent post was a bit miscellaneous…sort of a “basket full of stuff.” THIS, I thought, exactly describes my current predicament…weirdly unrelated, all sort of interesting, some nice images…okay let’s go. The weather has been beautiful here, after […]
Eunice Parsons Thinking Archivally
Eunice Parsons is considering giving her “papers” (and here I mean correspondence, etc., NOT all the paper that is the raw material for collage…!) to the Pacific Northwest Artists Archive at Willamette University. The University library and the University Archivist are committed to building this collection, housing the papers of artists who have worked in […]
Checking In-Checking Out
Busy week here with the usual wide variety of things to think about. We headed to White Salmon Wednesday for a night in the Mt. Hood room and a George Domijan dinner…plus a huckleberry G&T… Then all four of us took off for Madras for my opening. We ran into an amazing storm combination…thunder, rain […]
Spaghetti With Garlic and Oil
This isn’t a cooking blog, but I really like to complete a thought. In 1996 Anna Thomas wrote an new updated version of the Vegetarian Epicure called “The New Vegetarian Epicure”…(sadly without any Julie Maas drawings…) in which she changed the emphasis of the early books on cheese and cream. These recipes ore delicious, fresh, […]
Harry Widman at the Sovereign Collection….
Michael Parsons has taken over the Sovereign Collection Gallery (716 SW Madison, Portland), and is showing a nice selection of paintings, collages and assemblages by Portland artist Harry Widman. On Saturday Roger Hull, Widman’s biographer, and Bob Shotola (Harry’s long-time friend) were at the Gallery with Harry and quite a crowd of others to have […]
Rex Amos at 12X16
You still have 4 days to get over to 12X16 Gallery to see the work of Rex Amos, showing with Eunice Parsons. His elegant chine colles, assemblages and meticulously cut collages are wonderful…and the play between Rex’s work and Eunice’s work is fascinating and fun. Rex showed last year at the Hallie Ford in a […]
On The Way 