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 […]
Mary Lou Zeek has been showing the work of 14 local artists in May in both of her Salem gallery spaces. Thursday was the gala at Gallery 2…right in “her own back yard”…literally… and we all went to see our own work and the work of our colleagues… but the real fun was the party… […]
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. […]
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 […]
Finally today was an all art day–a welcome change from my life of late. It began this morning with breakfast (“Word of Mouth”, 17th Street) with a bunch of artists: Sadie Booth watching Heidi P-G’s hand, Heidi P-G, Tere B, Eileen C-H, Corrie L-D, Kathleen D-R, and Paula P-B. Here’s what Sadie was looking at:
On The Way 