Last night was the opening of a show of large portraits of contemporary women leaders painted by Salem artist April Waters. She’s been working on the paintings since 2006 when she began with a portrait of activist Cindy Sheehan after visiting Sheehan’s Texas encampment. Each portrait is over six feet high and they are quite […]
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Beach Update…
What a weekend. Today it’s POURING rain so the weekend seems like a dream, but it was sunny, warm, beautiful and filled with fun. We arrived Friday at sunset, just in time to see the UFO’s streaking by: and Saturday was all sun all day so we took a beach walk and checked progress on […]
KMUZ, the voice of the valley…
Last night we went to an informational event for KMUZ, Salem’s newly licensed community radio station. They have the FCC license and now have until August 12, 2011, to get the money together to get on the air. Information was given, refreshments were offered and then we got to tour “the station”, two rooms in […]
Addendum to SPRING!!!
And here’s the little bag Shoenut mentioned in her comment to SPRING!!! It is indeed made from Zach’s first pair of OshKosh overalls. Now it’s the “rag bag.” Do people still have “rag bags”????
SPRING!!!
Camellias were my first Oregon revelation. Yesterday the camellia in front of our lovely historic house reminded me of another little house…and that spring was on the way: We came to Salem in 1970, and in January of 1971 moved into a rickety little wooden rental house over on Statesman Street. The next month I […]
Message?
I think I made a post on something like this last year, but they always grab me, these drawings on the street
The Annex, week 2, and a Valentine…
A busy week in the new studio–though not as much time as I would have liked. While I have this nice space I wish for all the details of daily life to go away for a few months but, alas, groceries, errands, the gym, etc.. still claim time. This week too the auditors were using […]
Seminar at Corrie’s
This morning I went to Corrie Loomis-Dietz’s studio for some help with transfer printing for my new set of work. Corrie is the local rep for the excellent Golden Paint co.–the brand of acrylic I use. Corrie is always most willing to share her knowledge about materials and techniques, and her time, which I appreciate. […]
First Day at the Annex…
A sunny Sunday–possibly superbowl Sunday??..and my first day to be in the studio alone. The Annex sits in Bush Park and the views out the window into the park are good I gessoed some paper put “the program” on the board Mostly, though, I sat and contemplated and watched dogs and kids run around and […]
Studio Update…
Got my keys to the new studio today and arrived just as the guys came to move out the old furniture…more tomorrow!!
On The Way 