Irene M. gave me an old quilt that was sort of beyond repair. I had the idea of cutting the good bits up, over-dying the squares and using them as foundation for some “quilting”…read embroidery. I made the mistake of washing the quilt first, which got rid of about half of the squares from disintegration…but […]
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Friday Follow Up
First and foremost, I made a mistake on the location of Rochelle and Nate Rafn’s new restaurant. It will open early in June at 479 Court (next door to Olson’s Florist)…(that used to be Quizno’s sandwich shop…) Thanks to my neighbor Jason Heimerdinger and David at the Statesman Journal, disaster was averted…because if you went […]
“Making a Mark: Drawing in Oregon”
If you’re down Corvallis way you still have 2 more weeks to see the nice drawing show “Making a Mark: Drawing in Oregon” at the Corvallis Art Center (700 SW Madison Ave)…up until May 18th. Of course I WOULD say it’s a nice show because I have some drawings in it, but actually…it really is […]
Street Trees, Again…
This week a sad battle was lost downtown. The Ladd and Bush branch of U.S. Bank had been denied it’s request to remove a row of street trees that many of us had loved for decades. The Shade Tree Advisory Committee voted against the removal of the trees, but the bank appealed and won March […]
Room With a View
Saturday we headed north up the coast… to visit April and Nathan in their newish beach house (they got it last July). It has an amazing amazing view and April has set up her easel in the living room and is painting there as many days as she can be away from Salem… Not only […]
The Spring Quilt
This winter I was “confined” and had a lot of time to read, to sew and…to surf the internet. Somewhere along the way I ran across the work of Japanese illustrator Siota Mako … and the idea for the spring quilt was born…here are a few more of the inspirational flowers of Mako’s that I […]
A Room of Our Own…
A deal has been arranged, and we moved into “our” room at Z & A’s… Due to art research and occasional fun (…we only allow ourselves OCCASIONAL fun…) we were needing a landing spot in Portland…and now we have one. By “moved in” I really mean we brought some art and a lamp or two…they […]
MY LIFE SO FAR
I published this on my birthday in 2009-13, took a year off last year, but I still think it tells the first part of my story, and I love the old photos of the little me… Today is my birthday and I’ve attained a certain age. I have plans, things to do, places to go. […]
Manuel Izquierdo: Farewell
Only three more days to get down to the Hallie Ford Museum of Art to see the Manuel Izquierdo Show. To celebrate the end of the show curator Roger Hull will moderate a panel of four regional sculptors at the museum on Sunday March 24th at 2:00 p.m., talking about Manuel and his work. As […]
Elizabeth Bauman
I went over to Elizabeth’s for coffee the other day. Her daughter Alex, our constant and much-loved companion last summer in Project Space, was in school, but Elizabeth showed me Alex’s current interest…legos… (and guess what ladies…they have GIRL legos now…) Last summer Alex was painting, cutting paper, drawing…in a concentrated and wonderful way… But […]
On The Way 