Today was a bit gloomy in that good Fall way…leaves fluttering down, a bit of rain. We took off early for Portland and after an errand, we caught up on a few shows in the galleries currently on… by some of our favorite artists… PDX Gallery (9th and Flanders) is featuring a very nice Marie […]
Category: Art World
ART LAUNDRY
It all began when Carolyn thought we might want to collaborate on an installation in her “home” gallery Lost Coast Culture Machine, in Fort Bragg, California. She then admitted a deep-seated need to iron in public, and “Art Laundry” was born…with the support of gallery owners Anne Beck and Dietmar Krumrey. We visited the gallery […]
The Art Department….c. 1972…Willamette University…
Ran across this photo that I thought you locals might enjoy… here is the Willamette University Art Department in about 1972 or 73…left to right… Carl Hall (painter) Cameron Paulin (art historian) Roger Hull (art historian) and Robert Hess (sculptor)… but REALLY the most important figure in the group is the Manuel Izquierdo sculpture called […]
Thursday was ART day…
And Thursday began wistfully, as I had to take down my show WHICH… I thought looked smashing (she said modestly…) but…time marches on and they have to sweep up and return the key to the space on Saturday so… …off we went, with a car full of art, as usual… and later on to […]
Preview of Coming Attractions…
We dropped in to see George and Phyllis yesterday and after a LOT of laughing and a cup of coffee, we went to the studio. Painter George Johanson has been commissioned to paint a painting for the newly renovated Oregon Department of Transportation Building in Salem. The painting is all done and is SMASHING…but under […]
Living the Creative Life: John Stahl
The painter John Stahl (on the right in Manuel’s dual portrait, above) and his wife Jan were great friends of sculptor Manuel Izquierdo, R’s current subject of interest. Their friendship with Manuel started early when John was a student at the Museum Art School and Manuel was a faculty member, and lasted until Manuel’s death […]
Project Space, 2012
Monday…I went down to Project Space to get set up…open hours begin Tuesday (11-2, Tuesday through Saturday). It was bliss locked in there all by myself…now that Phil has put in the lights… The artists have begun to arrive and set up work spaces…little by little we are “claiming” the space anew… So I set […]
Bloomsday
Yesterday was “Bloomsday” when all over the world (but most especially in Dublin) devotees of James Joyce celebrate the master. Salem probably was never one of the hot beds of celebration historically, but when combined with the opening of Rex Amos’ show of collage, chine colle and ephemera at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art, […]
Variety or Confusion??
Since Thursday evening we’ve been on the road and have seen such a variety of stuff I hesitate to try and cram it into one little post…but here goes… Thursday evening we went up to see Stephan Soihl’s new show at Blackfish Gallery…a real tour de force of his mechanized sculptures…created this year in spite […]
Tom Cramer at Laura Russo
We were in Portland Saturday to hear Tom Cramer talk about his new work on view at Laura Russo gallery this month. For me the show is a knock out, and if you’re near the gallery on NW 21st take a look. The work is beautiful, but also fresh and original. Martha introduced Tom… and […]
On The Way 