Roger Hull has conducted a creative academic life at Willamette University for 40 years, arriving from Chicago in 1970. For 34 of those years he’s held forth in the building at the corner of State and Winter streets. This spring he’s closing down shop in the art building, and beginning to shift his thinking to […]
Category: Living the Creative Life
Living the Creative Life: Elizabeth Baumann
Had coffee with Elizabeth and the adorable Alex the other morning. It caused me to remember trying to make art on top of the washing machine, and other adventures of young motherhood. I’ve known Elizabeth since before she was born so we go way back. She is making nice paintings of a small scale and […]
Living the Creative Life: James Lee Hansen
We went up to Battleground, WA, last week to visit sculptor Jim Hansen and his wife Jane, who had invited us to tour their “compound” and have lunch. They have 13 acres just north of Vancouver and it was a rainy but beautiful fall day. The “front yard” is the perfect place for sculpture, but […]
Living the Creative Life: Manuel Izquierdo
In 2013 there will be a show of Portland sculptor Manuel Izquierdo’s work at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art, and a book by Roger Hull. Manuel died this summer having lived a colorful life filled with art and family and friends. This weekend we visited his home and studio, which he had to leave […]
Living the Creative Life: George Johanson at PAM
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the PNCA (Pacific NW College of Art–formerly the Museum School) George Johanson did a demonstration yesterday in the Museum. There was jazz (a bass and a guitar) and George drawing for two hours. Very mellow, very fun. Here’s how it looked: George explains the excercise. the crowd pays […]
Living the Creative Life: Kay Worthington
I had to come back to the hot valley Friday, and went to see Kay this morning. She has a new studio at home, and it is nice!! She and I are both getting ready to show some new work at PS 2–opening this Wednesday. But check this out…the overall view: and from inside you […]
Living the Creative Life: Eunice Parsons
This July will be a month of showcasing the work of a incredibly talented artist who has been working in Portland making interesting work for 60 years, and is still working daily. Eunice Parsons will be showing new work at the 12X16 Gallery in Sellwood July 2 to August 2 (and showing with her will […]
Living the Creative Life: Ella Rhoades
I first got to know Ella at the beach through shared Urban Renewal meetings and projects. When visiting her beach house (“The Cosmic Cottage”) I was delighted by all the mosaic work underway: The Cosmic Cottage (the porch columns are all mosaic). The mermaid shrine… kitchen backsplash at Cosmic. So yesterday I visited her home […]
Living the Creative Life: Laura Mack
Our small group of collaborators for Project Space 2 met this week to create our statement. Corrie, Paula and I descended on Laura’s house and after some buckwheat pancakes we considered our plight. Just before we left Laura gave us the studio tour of her new studio, built last summer by her husband Phil. This […]
Living the Creative Life: Kay Worthington
Kay retired this spring (from being a graphic artist at the newspaper) and is in that first giddy hysteria–working 12 hours a day, sleeping four, afraid to miss a moment of doing what she wants after a working life. I went by today to see her new stuff and was delighted. But first the work […]
On The Way 