We’ve been away for a few days…more on that tomorrow. Today, though, was a Salem day. Did I tell you I started playing the Ukelele? Really…too much fun..Sharon and Carol and I go to class at 8:00 a.m….practically the middle of the night for some of us…(me mostly)…Carol has a cute red uke she got […]
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Clifford Gleason in the Studio…
A couple of years ago I wrote a bit about painter Clifford Gleason, raised in Salem, later moving to Portland. I became a fan of his when I worked at the Salem Public Library in the 1980’s and saw the big white painting every day…(a painting that has gone missing, by the way) The other […]
Reward Bouquet
I took advantage of a sunny day today to prune roses, cut back ferns, and other winter-time garden chores…and as I hacked at the climbing roses (blinded by the sun) I was delighted that when the branches hit the ground, the bright orange rose hips were in profusion. I thought it might be a reward […]
The Home Stretch for Dwelling (and Engine)
By Friday afternoon the stack is 800 blankets tall…and Angela said they are aiming for 988 and finishing by the end of the work day today! The scaffolds are now in use to reach the top of the pile, and everyone is working in stocking feet…take a look: Maybe a little bit a fatigue is […]
Dwelling/Engine
I dropped by the Hallie Ford Museum at the end of the afternoon Thursday to check on progress and they have really been working…as I arrived the team (which included Museum Director John Olbrantz) was in their socks ready to carry and attach the cladding for “Engine”… and here’s the interior of the lower “entrance” […]
“The Art of Communication”
The 10th annual “100 Artists” show at the Mary Lou Zeek Gallery opens next week, with the “celebration” being first Wednesday, February 1st at the gallery. I’ve had a piece in most of these 10 shows, and it’s always fun. This year artists were paired randomly and asked to communicate with each other and find […]
Marie Watt: Building a “Dwelling”
The installers and studio assistants arrived today…the ones with experience with Marie and these pieces. “Engine” is taking shape… and Angela and Chelsea have begun the stack …30 down and 930 to go…
Marie Watt: Lodge
Marie Watt’s show “Lodge” is starting to take shape over at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art today…I dropped by to check on the piece “Dwelling” that a bunch of us worked on this month. I thought you might like to see it coming together… Today there were stacks of blankets as yet unwrapped, and […]
Shifting Gears…
The flood waters have receded and, for the moment, the rain has stopped. Roger has been researching and writing, looking for photos, really doing the work for the book and show of the work of sculptor Manuel Izquierdo (1925-2009), still a year away. This week a few photos came to the surface…thought you might like […]
Flood Report: Day 2
Last night the water kept rising…streaming out of the creek onto the streets…and it looked like this: but this morning the waters were down… so I had a coffee with a friend and headed to the gym. The gym sits on a rise above Wallace Marine park…a big park with ball fields and many paths…but […]
On The Way 