Mary Lou Zeek has been showing the work of 14 local artists in May in both of her Salem gallery spaces. Thursday was the gala at Gallery 2…right in “her own back yard”…literally… and we all went to see our own work and the work of our colleagues… but the real fun was the party… […]
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Wisteria Duet #2
Carol reminded me of the two beautiful wisteria plants at Bush House Museum…(plants I drew and drew when I was the Artist in Residence at the Annex in 2010) so I drove over today for a look… this one is a Japanese wisteria… and check this gorgeous Spanish lavender growing by a lamp post at […]
Mary Lou Zeek, Gallery 2
This morning I stuffed some art in the car and headed up to Mary Lou Zeek’s to drop off the two pieces for the second half of her show, which opens next week. Gallery two is in her pretty back yard (The blank green wall is where my pieces will go) …and here’s the nice […]
Frankie’s Garden
I forgot to mention that Frankie started playing uke with Carol and Sharon and me. When we were dropping her off the other day (Frankie and George are neighbors in the historic district) she invited us to stroll her garden saying “it’s a little wild”…but in fact it’s just plain beautiful…and it’s only just May. […]
Happy Birthday to Ashton!!
We started at Leipzig Tavern/Gino’s where it was hard to decide what to have for dinner…(Amy helps Ashton out…) but after the feast, the REAL party began… In our many years in Oregon we had never been to Oaks Park, and if you are in the same boat, you’d better get over there…it’s pretty cool. […]
“Beyond the Gallery Door”
Tonight there was a gala opening at the Mary Lou Zeek Gallery downtown. This month Mary Lou is featuring the work of 14 local artists in two exhibits, and has created a book with studio photos, photos of work and a statement by each artist. The idea is a truism…Art Builds Community…ABC…as easy as that. […]
The Promise of Summer…
Dorothy (as we call the lady in our GPS, thanks to Richard and Carol) took us STRAIGHT to the beach Friday… stopping only long enough for a glass of wine and a few “small plates” at the Inn at Spanish Head (where we were supervised closely)… and some veg. Saturday dawned warm and sunny and […]
Living the Creative Life: Steve Keasler
Steve is a retired shipping magnate (wink) and when we were visiting his wife, quilter Mary Keasler last week, we got an invite to the “Man Mall”…Steve’s domain. Steve is a metal man, a motor man, a fixer and rescuer…a volunteer fireman, a lover of old stuff. As I prowled around it began to occur […]
Travel Fun…
As my trip last week got underway, R sent me a link to the set of Nina Khatchdourian’s photos of herself that she took in the airplane lavatory on a trip to New Zealand…with this brief note “Trip Ideas??” Now SHE is a professional photographer, a good and inventive one, and I’m not…but I DO […]
Happy Birthday Nadia!
Today was Nadia‘s birthday, and she was visiting all the way from Tunisia…(check her cool jacket, which she made…) She didn’t come all this way to visit me though…she grew up in Salem and is in Oregon visiting her family. Luckily she hitched a ride to Salem with her sister-in-law today and we shared work […]
On The Way 