I’m in love with Sue-Del’s Akebana cherry tree, and we’d set Monday as the day I might come out and take a look. She and John planted it when it was a “whip” no bigger than her finger. Now it sits majestically with it’s columns (designed by architect friend Bill Lindburg) and although the buds […]
Category: Living the Creative Life
Living The Creative Life: Tom Cramer
We stopped at Tom Cramer’s house/studio the other day where he’s finishing up the work for his upcoming show at the Laura Russo Gallery in May, and here’s a sneak preview of some of the work…most of it “figurative”…sort of…and wonderful: …and the house is an eyeful too…filled with Tom’s art and the work of […]
LIVING THE CREATIVE LIFE: MATT GLAVIN
We visited the studio of Rex Amos on Monday (see previous post) and in addition to Rex’s work, we saw the work of painter Matt Glavin…studio-mate and long-time friend of Rex. Matt (Portland/Berkeley/Cannon Beach) paints in acrylic, and for years has brought 20-24 paintings every 6 months to Magnolia Editions in Oakland, CA where they […]
Living the Creative Life: Rex Amos
Our trip to Cannon Beach was all business, that turned out to be all fun too. We were meeting Rex and Diane Amos, and Roger was to make a visit to Rex’s studio to see what was on hand. As often happens, I get the fun of going along. Rex lived and worked in Portland […]
Living the Creative Life: Henk Pander
On Sunday I rode along when R took the galleys for the book up to Henk for “color correction”… I like going to Henk’s warm and textural house, filled with art and flowers (always still-life-worthy flowers)… But before they jumped into the manuscript we went out to the studio to see the paintings he has […]
Living the Creative Life: Nan Happ
Nan is a woman of many talents, a person who has reinvented herself several times since I first met her…children’s librarian, crafts person, retailer extraordinaire. I showed up for coffee today and at the spur of the moment she let me take photos of some of the collections she lives with daily (but we hadn’t […]
Living the Creative Life: Jonathan Bucci
Jonathan’s day job is as collections curator at the HFMA, but in his REAL life he’s an artist. We did a studio visit to see the rest of the oregano series (one currently on view in the Mayor’s Invitational) and see the new work, both two and three dimensional. Jonathan has converted the garage into […]
LIVING THE CREATIVE LIFE: MARTHA CURRY
Martha Curry has been working as an interior designer since 1980. Today I sat in her beautiful and serene house, and she talked about the design process, her own strengths…one of which is her amazing eye (“that’s what I have to sell–my eye”), her methods of working with clients. Her well-edited home interior makes me […]
Living the Creative Life: Nancy Lindburg
Nancy Lindburg is a remarkable person. In her public career at the Salem Art Association and the Oregon Arts Commission, she worked tirelessly to promote the notion of regional arts in a region that sometimes undervalues its own. She saw to it that many many artists had a chance to be included in the “process” […]
LIVING THE CREATIVE LIFE: Carolyn Schneider and “The Lost Coast”
Sunday was another sunny day and we headed north across the Golden Gate to Fort Bragg (about 10 miles north of Mendocino). They call it the “Lost Coast” for reasons I don’t know but it IS a hike–four hours from any airport etc. It rained and poured the day I was there so I have […]
On The Way 