A couple of years ago I wrote a bit about painter Clifford Gleason, raised in Salem, later moving to Portland. I became a fan of his when I worked at the Salem Public Library in the 1980’s and saw the big white painting every day…(a painting that has gone missing, by the way) The other […]
Category: Artists
The Home Stretch for Dwelling (and Engine)
By Friday afternoon the stack is 800 blankets tall…and Angela said they are aiming for 988 and finishing by the end of the work day today! The scaffolds are now in use to reach the top of the pile, and everyone is working in stocking feet…take a look: Maybe a little bit a fatigue is […]
Dwelling/Engine
I dropped by the Hallie Ford Museum at the end of the afternoon Thursday to check on progress and they have really been working…as I arrived the team (which included Museum Director John Olbrantz) was in their socks ready to carry and attach the cladding for “Engine”… and here’s the interior of the lower “entrance” […]
“The Art of Communication”
The 10th annual “100 Artists” show at the Mary Lou Zeek Gallery opens next week, with the “celebration” being first Wednesday, February 1st at the gallery. I’ve had a piece in most of these 10 shows, and it’s always fun. This year artists were paired randomly and asked to communicate with each other and find […]
Marie Watt: Building a “Dwelling”
The installers and studio assistants arrived today…the ones with experience with Marie and these pieces. “Engine” is taking shape… and Angela and Chelsea have begun the stack …30 down and 930 to go…
Shifting Gears…
The flood waters have receded and, for the moment, the rain has stopped. Roger has been researching and writing, looking for photos, really doing the work for the book and show of the work of sculptor Manuel Izquierdo (1925-2009), still a year away. This week a few photos came to the surface…thought you might like […]
“About Town” in a Rainy Week
Meeting yesterday to plan this summer’s “Project Space 4” (check here for Project Space 3)…the usual culprits and some new faces… with unique seating possibilities offered… Today out to lunch at the restaurant located where “Morton’s” used to be… It’s called “Broken Bread” and here’s the menu…same staircase but new interior paint: I had the […]
“Dwelling”…Day 2
We were back at it today…our intrepid little band of volunteers… (Irene on the left, Cyndy in the center, Sharon on the right, Martha stepped out for a phone call…Melinda was pinning out front)…trying to add more blankets to Marie Watt’s stash for the piece “Dwelling” to be in her upcoming show… Interesting facts we […]
“Dwelling”
Artist Marie Watt will be featured in a mid-career retrospective show at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art, opening February 4, 2012. As she is not able to come out west for the installation process, I volunteered, with Sharon Rose, to help get colorful bindings sewn on some 150 blankets for one of the pieces […]
Don Olsen, Helmet Art…See See Coffee
I drove up the pike again Saturday for Don Dagg’s birthday party (Happy Birthday Don!), followed by a visit to Don Olsen‘s studio sale where we shopped big, and then headed to 1642 Sandy Blvd. to See See Motorcycle company. Just opened by owner Thor Drake, on view right now are twenty one motorcycle helmets […]
On The Way 