Two years of interviews, writing, thinking…and a lifetime of art making….all conjoined into one evening, one wonderful and interesting evening: Tulips everywhere in preparation for Henk’s arrival: But first: …and we’re off and running… …and a little bit of a family occasion for us with our son and his partner and two of my brothers […]
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HENK PANDER AT THE HALLIE FORD MUSEUM
Readers!! Here’s a reminder: The wonderful Henk Pander retrospective (1959-present)…curated by the engaging Roger Hull, opens Friday night, January 28th, at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art in Salem. The festivities will include: 5:00 p.m. lecture by said Roger Hull in the Paulus lecture hall in the Willamette University Law School at 245 Winter Street […]
Art Wolfe
I forgot to say that on the way into Seattle we picked my brother up. He works for the nature photographer Art Wolfe so we stopped by the gallery on our way to Indian food… Among my favorites are these images (poorly photographed by me…much nicer as made by Art Wolfe…) This GORGEOUS temple/snow shot […]
Wonderful Weekend Part 3: Quilts!
LeeAnn’s a quilter so on Saturday, after a bit of show and tell, Sally arrived and the three of us went to work for the day. LeeAnn’s sewing room is in the daylight basement and is large and accommodating, with 3 sewing machines on hand…her nice new Bernina and her Grandma’s Viking (“the good kind […]
Wonderful Weekend Part 2: the Museums
One reason we went to Seattle was to see the Picasso show…a whole range of work remaining in his collection at his death. All the museums we visited this weekend have changed their photo policy, allowing photos in the museums…but NOT (as you might have guessed) at the Picasso show…so all I can show you […]
A Wonderful Weekend Part 1: Tacoma
We were on our way to Seattle to see Bru and LeeAnn, but we stopped at the Tacoma Art Museum on the way…have you been there?? Well you should go, as it is soooo beautiful and small, manageable, lovely. First off, of course, we had to have a coffee in the museum coffee shop which […]
Henk Pander at the Hallie Ford Museum
Just a reminder that the Henk Pander show opens January 28th at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art in Salem, with a lecture on Pander’s work by Roger Hull at 5:00 that day in the Paulus lecture hall at the Law School (1 block from the museum): the water colors and drawings went on view […]
Happy New Year!!
Yesterday we caught up with Jess for breakfast, and she brought along a present of the warm days of the old year magically transposed into something yummy for the new year: Toast? Muffins?? Ice cream??? YUM!
The Train of thought…
(leaves the station…) On my way to the store today this weird train…some kind of stone grinding affair…went by and as I waited, I decided to make the spinach salad from the Arbor Cafe for dinner tomorrow…the one with the brandy-brown sugar dressing (currently available at Word of Mouth for Salemites…). In a former life, […]
Portrait Unveiling…
Back to reality today, and art reality comes first. We joined a large crowd at the Oregon State Capitol building… to witness the unveiling of the new portrait of soon-to-be-former governor Ted Kulongoski by Portland artist Eduardo Fernandez (note the painting covered with a black cloth behind the podium) There many speeches, many thank-you’s, the […]
On The Way 