Things are moving along here in construction-land…though not as fast as SOME of us might like…that would be me. But take a look. Friday Wayne put up the ceiling and walls, Saturday we primed, Sunday Bill painted and this morning Larry came and put up the lights… Now trim, plumber, floor, steps and gutters. Then, […]
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BOO!!!!!!
Went to brunch today at the Hands On Cafe at Oregon College of Art & Craft with the Widmans and the Munros, to see the beautiful new Charles Rose designed buildings at OCAC…AFTER a wonderful brunch, of course. Our host: and the three incarnations of Mardy Widman (who recently retired after 27 years at OCAC) […]
Coffee…Art…
Actually I had this coffee on Thursday in Sellwood…not as professionally beautiful as stumptown, but good…just longing for it here on a gloomy Saturday morning…plus the need to post something that isn’t about the studio project… We went to a terrific show Thursday at the Marylhurst Art Gym…their 30th anniversary show…which was all portraits of […]
The Garden Studio Build..inside
Uh oh…I’m losing track of days. Maybe today was day 6. Five and six were inside days…the beadboard ceiling went up, the walls… by the end of today it was a bit tidier…getting ready for priming and painting the walls this weekend Monday the electrical plugs and lights, then trim. The door and windows are […]
Herron/Rose again…
Just about a year ago I went out to Cynthia Herron’s studio with biologist/writer Sharon Rose. Cynthia was beginning a year of painting drawn from Sharon Rose’s book about watching the biological cycles at Minto island (Salem’s truly wonderful treasure of a Park). The work is complete and the show opens November 3 at the […]
15 Minutes a Day…
I’m a big believer in 15 minutes a day…that’s how I got painting again in the mid 1990’s after a 10 year hiatus (and opening a restaurant…that slowed me down a bit). Lately I’ve been looking at quilting blogs and have enjoyed Victoria’s 15 minute play. I decided to head to the sewing room daily […]
The Garden Studio Build: day 4
They were here about 9:30 this morning (which is early, given that they come from Rainier). By 10:00 the shingles had started and by noon they Kevin was finishing the roof while Dan worked on shingles I went upstairs to sew about 1:30 and when I came down at 3:30 they were making progress! Wayne’s […]
The Bush Conservatory
The Friends of Bush Gardens’ restoration committee raised the necessary $250,000 to restore the lovely little conservatory behind the Bush House Museum. It was in dangerous condition and the group took on RESTORATION, rather than replacing the building (HOORAY!!). Here is the before picture: and when I was in the park the other day I […]
The Garden Studio…Day 3
Pouring, pouring rain most of the day today. But, the intrepid guys worked on with Kevin being totally soaked. Here’s how it looked in the first hour (Kevin on the roof) but when I got back from the gym…voila! Windows! (Electrician Larry on the left and contractor Wayne on the right.) Dan started working on […]
Eugene Art Day…
We went to Eugene today and took in a lot of regional art from various periods. We visited the Eugene post office to see the 1943 WPA murals painted by Carl Morris (1911-1993). Morris migrated from California to Spokane in 1938 to direct the Spokane WPA Art Center. There he met Northwest School painters Guy […]
On The Way 