We headed to Portland last weekend to look at art…and found some before we ever hit the galleries… Stopped in to Laura Russo to catch up with Henk Pander’s big, muscular watercolors… and while we were there R pulled out some Louis Bunce paintings as the “Louis Bunce Season” is starting up…this piece was one […]
Tag: Artists
Blair Saxon-Hill
We first met artist Blair Saxon-Hill through archives… Blair and artist John Brodie own a book store in Portland, Monograph Bookwerks which handles new and used, rare and out of print art books…and occasionally archives come their way. Blair currently has a show up at the Littman Gallery at Portland State University, “From the Beginning […]
Trying to Fit it ALL in…
Phew…it was a race this week, but we managed. Martha and I blasted to Portland on an errand yesterday and got to PDX just as Ryan Wilson Paulsen was in the gallery and gave us some chat about his current show with his wife Anna Gray (up at PDX until November 30th). I’ve admired their […]
Harry Widman at the Sovereign Collection….
Michael Parsons has taken over the Sovereign Collection Gallery (716 SW Madison, Portland), and is showing a nice selection of paintings, collages and assemblages by Portland artist Harry Widman. On Saturday Roger Hull, Widman’s biographer, and Bob Shotola (Harry’s long-time friend) were at the Gallery with Harry and quite a crowd of others to have […]
Friday Report…
Wow…busy week around here…but kind of a miscellaneous week to make a narrative out of… It WAS a week with ART in it though…Elizabeth, Alex and I spent two days in Corrie’s summer studio (a generous offer on Corrie’s part)…she the first artist in residence whereby the CCC gallery is turned into a big studio […]
Rex Amos at 12X16
You still have 4 days to get over to 12X16 Gallery to see the work of Rex Amos, showing with Eunice Parsons. His elegant chine colles, assemblages and meticulously cut collages are wonderful…and the play between Rex’s work and Eunice’s work is fascinating and fun. Rex showed last year at the Hallie Ford in a […]
Happy Birthday Eunice!
Until July 28th, at 12X16 Gallery (8235 SE13th Ave. No.5, Portland) you can see Eunice Parsons’ new show “Sweet, Sweet Black.” And SWEET it is. All new work and absolutely beautiful. Eunice says this might be the very last show for which she creates a singular body of work…I really can’t urge you strongly enough […]
DAN MAY: Hooray!!!
We were both VERY excited to hear this afternoon that Salem artist Dan May has been named a 2013 Hallie Ford Fellow in the Visual Arts, along with Portland artist Cynthia Lahti and Eugene artist Mike Bray. These three were chosen from a “diverse pool” of 183 artists, and each will receive an unrestricted grant […]
Carl Hall: Ephemera
Regional artist Carl Hall left a wealth of material behind for his family to deal with after his death in 1996. His wife and daughters have generously donated paintings to many institutions in the Pacific Northwest, sold much work, and sorted and re-formatted more. Still…Carl was prolific and there is the fantastically interesting archival material […]
Room With a View
Saturday we headed north up the coast… to visit April and Nathan in their newish beach house (they got it last July). It has an amazing amazing view and April has set up her easel in the living room and is painting there as many days as she can be away from Salem… Not only […]