Gordon Gilkey gave us a lot. He rounded up lost works in Europe after WW II, he taught a few generations of students at OSU, he curated prints at the Portland Art Museum from 1978 until his death in 2000. Additionally he established the Vivian and Gordon Gilkey print Center at the Portland Art museum […]
Category: Artists
Public Art…ODOT
In Oregon, 1% of the cost of a new building (or of a renovation), must be spent on art work for the building. This has been a terrific vehicle for presenting the work of major Oregon artists to the public, and for building a nice collection of work owned by the state. The process is […]
“Dwelling”…
Here’s the quick version of the assembling of Marie Watt’s piece “Dwelling” for her current show at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art…don’t forget the opening is Friday, March 9th! David Andersen set up this time-lapse camera and made this neat condensation of a week’s work…
Manuel Izquierdo…the hunt goes on…
First let me say that as a maker of things, I have long understood that “things” have lives of their own, separate from the life of the maker. Furniture, dishes, and most especially, art work. Thursday we spent the whole day listening to stories about art works and seeking some answers, and I can’t remember […]
Studio visit…1900
I guess you know I love to visit artists and their studios…always hoping for some insight I think…and often I get some. This picture came across my “desk” (HAH!) last week and I was pretty fascinated by it. This studio was in Salem, probably about 1900 or so, in a barn owned by artist Myra […]
Wednesday With Manuel…
Wednesday was a long but fascinating day tracking down sculpture made by Manuel Izquierdo, R’s current “subject” (show coming at the HFMA in 2013). Our first stop was a warehouse where the collection of PNCA is stored. Included in their collection are some small clay sculptures recently donated to PNCA by Manuel’s estate. The nice […]
Jamey Stillings, Henk Pander
A sunny Saturday found us in Portland to see several shows and a couple of our favorite artists. We drove straight to the new home of the Jewish Museum where there is a really lovely show of paintings by Henk Pander and mixed media pieces by former Oregon artist (now NYC artist) Esther Podemski. I […]
Rex Amos and the Wave Crest Inn…
Monday last found us in Cannon Beach with Rex and Diane Amos. You may remember (HA!?) that we visited them just about a year ago. The result of our first visit in 2011 will be a show at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art this summer (2012) of Rex’s stunning collage/Chine-colles. (OF COURSE we stopped […]
100 Artists…my favorites…
Went back to the Mary Lou Zeek Gallery today to see the Art of Communication show without all the people, and arrived during a lull in the storm of visitors…thankfully… First, my piece (well.. it IS my blog so, okay) and then my favorites…chosen by walking through the show and finding pieces that seemed to […]
100 Artists and the Ukelele
We’ve been away for a few days…more on that tomorrow. Today, though, was a Salem day. Did I tell you I started playing the Ukelele? Really…too much fun..Sharon and Carol and I go to class at 8:00 a.m….practically the middle of the night for some of us…(me mostly)…Carol has a cute red uke she got […]
On The Way 