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 […]
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Meanwhile…back in Salem…
The summer begins…and happily the Minto Island Growers (MIG) farm cart is back in business! we stopped for lunch and were just behind this guy who was having the delicious asparagus soup and a fresh Oregon strawberry milkshake… Pretty soon they are getting a wood-fired pizza oven out here!!! Yippeee! Open for lunch Tuesday through […]
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 […]
Art Builds Community…
Mary Lou Zeek has been showing the work of 14 local artists in May in both of her Salem gallery spaces. Thursday was the gala at Gallery 2…right in “her own back yard”…literally… and we all went to see our own work and the work of our colleagues… but the real fun was the party… […]
Mothers’ Day Weekend….
I had a great one and am wishing all my motherly readers did too. Mine began with breakfast on the deck while I contemplated the Tennessee Goodwill shirts…hmmm….hard to image the quilt this will become… flowers were brought from the Dad in question… and when I went to get the mail I noticed a photo […]
Sketchbook “World Tour” and James Hill
Wow…yesterday was just total fun all the way…and a beautiful sunny day to boot. First we went to The Cleaners at the Ace Hotel (corner of 10th and Stark) where the Sketchbook World Tour 2012 is hanging out for three days. I had a sketchbook in the mix and wanted to go “check it out” […]
“Beyond the Gallery Door”
Tonight there was a gala opening at the Mary Lou Zeek Gallery downtown. This month Mary Lou is featuring the work of 14 local artists in two exhibits, and has created a book with studio photos, photos of work and a statement by each artist. The idea is a truism…Art Builds Community…ABC…as easy as that. […]
Visitation from Corvallis….
The day started without a flourish…just me noticing the apple tree petals on Gloria’s garage roof… and then off to the CAR WASH (my favorite)… just in time before three artist friends arrived from Corvallis for a studio visit and some lunch…here’s Ella (mosaics), Cynthia (clay) and Claudia (painting) at The Wild Pear… where we […]
Betty Feves, James Lavadour
We had an interesting couple of days in the city…saw a good show of eastern Oregon artist Betty Feves’ clay work at Contemporary Craft and the show “Betty Feves: Generations ” is open until July, so you have plenty of time to go take a look. My favorite was this piece called “Six Figures” and […]
Wednesday Art Notes….
A quiet day around town today. Visited the stadium in Bush’s Pasture Park (it was the purchase of 10 acres by Willamette University for this stadium in the 1950’s that kept a big road being put through the middle of the park…thanks Willamette…) but we went not for park history, but to see Robert Hess’ […]
On The Way 