In April my long time friend Carolyn drove from California north to Playa retreat in Summerlake, Oregon. I drove south to same from Salem and we spent five wonderful days, talking, laughing, working in the studio there. It was quiet…only two other people there and we rarely saw them. It was beautiful. Birdsong all day. […]
My friend Christine is an artist, a long-time teacher, a good listener. A friend. We’ve been drawing together for years, over lunch at hers or mine. We know a lot of each other’s stories, the same stuff makes us laugh…she’s a gem. The foundation isn’t that though, it’s drawing. We both have the habit of […]
By this time, at the tail end of winter, the weather seems to govern the emotions more…sleepy or depressed on a rainy day and then along comes a sunny day and…elation. Today is such a day and I walked at the Riverfront Walking in the sunlight seemed amazing. When I got home I noted there […]
Roger loved his 1992 Volvo. We bought it used in 1997, and he was not in favor, but our other much older Volvo needed retirement. He quickly fell madly in love with this car and that lasted the next 26 years (he was loyal and steadfast, never tumbling to the joys of a new Toyota or Suburu). For […]
Greetings friends. I was somewhat dumbstruck this morning when I realized August was history. September hours begin tomorrow at the food cart, school starts next weeks for the grands, I bought a boiled wool sweater. Oh yes I did. I saw it coming. This summer was hot but it was the summer we finally got […]
in 1871 Illinois botanist Elihu Hall took the train to Oregon to collect botanical specimens. Sometime in the 1850’s Hall had discovered there was a market for specimens of native plants from the west…plants that had never been collected or identified. His first collecting trip was in 1862 to Colorado, accompanying Dr. Charles Parry (the […]
Collector/Donor Bill Rhoades has been finding and donating art work to the Hallie Ford Museum of Art in Salem since its inception in 1998. In recent years he has focused (no pun intended) on photographs made by photographers from the Northwest or with a Northwest connection. This late winter/spring (until April 23rd) you have a […]
The year began “on the edge” at the beach, with a beautiful clear and bright day…sun pouring into the beach house, shining off the bay…it felt like California… But that was only New Year’s Day, and quickly it became the usual Oregon winter… So we stayed cozy in front of the fire… and I got […]
Hi readers…it’s been two months since my last bulletin, and I’ll have to hustle to post this as October is about to become Hull birthday month, also known at November. I’ve been musing about why I rarely post on this blog anymore…the answer is Instagram. No narrative, just images…but the Snail Blog has provided me […]
As Covid-19 surges once again, cutting us off from ease of viewing and motion, we are particularly grateful for three exhibits in Salem of the work of three very different but talented artists from three generations of art making…all still working. Jon Colburn, at 85 the oldest of three, has been in Salem about 15 […]
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