I guess you know I love to visit artists and their studios…always hoping for some insight I think…and often I get some. This picture came across my “desk” (HAH!) last week and I was pretty fascinated by it. This studio was in Salem, probably about 1900 or so, in a barn owned by artist Myra […]
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Wednesday With Manuel…
Wednesday was a long but fascinating day tracking down sculpture made by Manuel Izquierdo, R’s current “subject” (show coming at the HFMA in 2013). Our first stop was a warehouse where the collection of PNCA is stored. Included in their collection are some small clay sculptures recently donated to PNCA by Manuel’s estate. The nice […]
Ukulele Update…
After week four I’m pretty sure I’m not a brilliant player, but it sure is fun…especially with my “SNARK” that keeps me in tune… “MY DOG HAS FLEAS”…and by the way, ukulele means “jumping flea”…(we learned this week from a classmate who lived in Hawaii for years that the slang for head lice in Hawaii […]
Quilt Update…
So much creative stuff to do, so little time…learning “brushes” on the iPad, sent off the little quilt for Baby Evelyn using left-over pieces of binding from the “Dwelling” project… and she seems to like it…(awww..so cute!) Today I have the Value-Village-sheet quilt on the design wall trying to decide if the zig-zags (I seem […]
Inauguration Day…2-10-12…
A big day at the university as Stephen E. Thorsett became the 25th president of Willamette University. Susan and I got there early to get a seat… and the auditorium and the stage slowly filled with flags and scholars until Chaplain Charlie Wallace began with an invocation… Many scholars and students, university presidents and tribal […]
Unmistakable Signs of Spring…
Today I noticed our first camellia, fully open. When we moved to Oregon years ago from Chicago I thought the camellias blooming in spring were miraculous. Now I think of them as pesky, as they fall on the car and make the driveway slippery, but the first one is still a treat…Spring is here! And […]
Jamey Stillings, Henk Pander
A sunny Saturday found us in Portland to see several shows and a couple of our favorite artists. We drove straight to the new home of the Jewish Museum where there is a really lovely show of paintings by Henk Pander and mixed media pieces by former Oregon artist (now NYC artist) Esther Podemski. I […]
Rex Amos and the Wave Crest Inn…
Monday last found us in Cannon Beach with Rex and Diane Amos. You may remember (HA!?) that we visited them just about a year ago. The result of our first visit in 2011 will be a show at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art this summer (2012) of Rex’s stunning collage/Chine-colles. (OF COURSE we stopped […]
100 Artists…my favorites…
Went back to the Mary Lou Zeek Gallery today to see the Art of Communication show without all the people, and arrived during a lull in the storm of visitors…thankfully… First, my piece (well.. it IS my blog so, okay) and then my favorites…chosen by walking through the show and finding pieces that seemed to […]
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