Don’t forget the last “opening” down at Project Space…Wednesday September 5, 2012. It’s in the Metropolitan Building at 160 Liberty NE, from 5-8 p.m. Featured will be the work of Jessica Pierson, Mary Campbell, Phil Decker, Vasily Bodunov, Lupita Ruiz Tolento, Steve Anchell, Garrick Imatani, Corrie Loomis Dietz, Rosemary Cohen, Ann Kresge, Barbara Rowland, Barry […]
The first stop on the quilting tour last week took us to the Bellevue Art Museum where there is a wonderful show of the collection of African American quilts gathered by Corrine Riley…and they were pretty inspirational… with this as one of my favorites… and that was a pretty hard choice, as they were all […]
Back to reality today, a week after the wedding. I begin to think about hanging a little show of my summer work down at Project Space. I hope to have it all up Friday the 17th, and the “opening” will be First Wednesday, September 5th, 5-8 p.m. Come see if you are out and about. […]
We dropped in to see George and Phyllis yesterday and after a LOT of laughing and a cup of coffee, we went to the studio. Painter George Johanson has been commissioned to paint a painting for the newly renovated Oregon Department of Transportation Building in Salem. The painting is all done and is SMASHING…but under […]
Friday is the first day of the three day art fair in the park here in Salem, all in aid of the Salem Art Association. Thursday night 5 artists sat in the rose garden making drawings to be auctioned later in the evening…after the sponsors ate a BBQ meal…they called the event “Quick Draw”…it was […]
The painter John Stahl (on the right in Manuel’s dual portrait, above) and his wife Jan were great friends of sculptor Manuel Izquierdo, R’s current subject of interest. Their friendship with Manuel started early when John was a student at the Museum Art School and Manuel was a faculty member, and lasted until Manuel’s death […]
Corrie lives in this nice Italianate house on the right… and her husband Curt is just putting the finishing touches on the workshop/garage (ground floor) and Corrie’s new studio space on the top floor…(the local Historic Landmarks Advisory Commission required them to make the windows smaller and offset the porch so the new building wouldn’t […]
I was down at Project Space today for my daily 2 hours…Friday night, June 29th is the opening for round one…5:30 to 8:30. There will be refreshments, art and music… I’m only a couple of weeks into my project so my contribution is small… Liz Bauman has been painting like a maniac…and they’re wonderful and […]
My mind is deep into my Project Space project, but I AM alive and always photo’ing…beach weekend with rain predicted turned out to be beautiful for the kite festival… and for sitting by the Bay… AND for hosting Sharon’s surprise birthday party…(and she really was surprised!) …and did you check out the MIG pizza yet? […]
I had lunch with Kellie the other day and after “exchange of information” over chicken caesars, she showed me the beautiful died fabrics she has been making. She’s using a method from an Australian artist name India Flint (“Eco Colour”) where the fabric encases plant and other found material that acts as the color source, […]
On The Way 