The first spring we lived here and I started with this garden I thought the bluebells were so nice I gathered armloads of them (oh I should have known, eh readers?) and brought them in. 40 years on I consider them weeds and my annual drill is to get as many out as I can […]
This was the big “Hood to Coast” relay weekend in Oregon, and we did our own version burning far fewer calories than the runners, but still requiring “pluck’ and a certain amount of energy. We headed to Mt. Hood and Timberline Lodge Wednesday to spend the night and be in place for Thursday…the second annual […]
If, like me, you missed Rob Bibler’s gallery talk today at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art, you have another chance as he’ll be in the gallery talking about his beautiful work on Tuesday June 19, 2018, at 12:30. The exhibit of his work on paper, 1974-2017, is on view in the study gallery and […]
I decided at the beginning of 2017 that this would be a year of drawing. I joined a life drawing group, I had a month-long drawing AIR at Salem Art Association’s Annex, I drew my friends, my family, my food (and WITH my food), my garden, my ideas, jokes, everything. That was the idea…everything, everyday. […]
Until December 2nd you have a chance to see Lucinda Parker’s new paintings at the Russo Lee Gallery (805 NW 21st Street in Portland)…most done in the last three months. The show is entitled “Knowledge is Not Our Enemy” which sounds possibly political, but isn’t. It’s about mountains…most specifically our own MT. Hood. This morning […]
For a couple of years an intrepid group of local artists has been participating one Saturday a month in what is an international movement of urban sketchers…very casual, very fun. Each month they draw at a different location…I’ve dropped in and out, but decided to join today, even though the weather was iffy…(58 degrees on […]
I keep waiting for a coherent body of photos, events, thoughts to surface (other than the car wash)…to no avail. I guess the life I’m leading is chaotic these days, so lets go anyway…we left the car wash and headed east …first stop Edgefield, a destination spot in a former poor farm…odd but true, and […]
Carolyn Schneider and I met in a 7th grade art class. Our first forays into the art world were on the subway into the city to go to the Art Institute of Chicago when we were 13. We’ve been looking at art, thinking about art and making art ever since. For the last decade we’ve […]
Happy Valentine’s Day! Here in the Northwest it’s chilly and overcast…just about the perfect day to run around doing a few errands and then COFFEE! Archive Bar and Coffee was hopping today and Bigwig Donuts were down there, as well as Ponderosa and Thyme… Coffee first and then a bouquet for a loved one to […]
Okay, month two. The show “Light as Air” is up and the gallery continues to look fresh and lively. We have realized that by the time our lease is up in October we probably will have figured everything out, but we’re stepping slowly (but lively) at this point. Once again we each just showed up […]
