This morning I stuffed some art in the car and headed up to Mary Lou Zeek’s to drop off the two pieces for the second half of her show, which opens next week. Gallery two is in her pretty back yard (The blank green wall is where my pieces will go) …and here’s the nice […]
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“Beyond the Gallery Door”
Tonight there was a gala opening at the Mary Lou Zeek Gallery downtown. This month Mary Lou is featuring the work of 14 local artists in two exhibits, and has created a book with studio photos, photos of work and a statement by each artist. The idea is a truism…Art Builds Community…ABC…as easy as that. […]
Travel Fun…
As my trip last week got underway, R sent me a link to the set of Nina Khatchdourian’s photos of herself that she took in the airplane lavatory on a trip to New Zealand…with this brief note “Trip Ideas??” Now SHE is a professional photographer, a good and inventive one, and I’m not…but I DO […]
Visitation from Corvallis….
The day started without a flourish…just me noticing the apple tree petals on Gloria’s garage roof… and then off to the CAR WASH (my favorite)… just in time before three artist friends arrived from Corvallis for a studio visit and some lunch…here’s Ella (mosaics), Cynthia (clay) and Claudia (painting) at The Wild Pear… where we […]
A week Away…
I’m gearing up for a week away next week…going to Alabama to sew with a couple of Gee’s Bend quilters. This week I’m sinking into thinking about fabric and the creative experience ahead…here’s a little (4″x6″) piece I made for the ArtHouse Coop…(it’s called “Diet Day” and is part of a project for artists to […]
Betty Feves, James Lavadour
We had an interesting couple of days in the city…saw a good show of eastern Oregon artist Betty Feves’ clay work at Contemporary Craft and the show “Betty Feves: Generations ” is open until July, so you have plenty of time to go take a look. My favorite was this piece called “Six Figures” and […]
Wednesday Art Notes….
A quiet day around town today. Visited the stadium in Bush’s Pasture Park (it was the purchase of 10 acres by Willamette University for this stadium in the 1950’s that kept a big road being put through the middle of the park…thanks Willamette…) but we went not for park history, but to see Robert Hess’ […]
Living the Creative Life: Sue-Del McCulloch
I’m in love with Sue-Del’s Akebana cherry tree, and we’d set Monday as the day I might come out and take a look. She and John planted it when it was a “whip” no bigger than her finger. Now it sits majestically with it’s columns (designed by architect friend Bill Lindburg) and although the buds […]
Research of Every Sort: OHS & the MAC Club
Off to Portland last week for a very interesting research day that started at the Oregon Historical Society. Before we got to the library we saw the Lewis & Clark kites, this one called “Native Angels or Tribute to Women” by JoAnne Weber… and this completely adorable tear drop trailer. Then straight to the library […]
Manuel Izquierdo in the 1980’s…
R received this gorgeous photo of Manuel from the mid-1980’s this week. It was taken by Portland photographer Aaron Johanson, and besides being a photo of R’s focus subject of this year, it’s a just a beautifully composed photo…interesting to look at even if you didn’t know a single thing about Manuel. The piece behind […]
On The Way 