A couple of weeks ago we hit the road to Seattle with stops along the way. I had mending, R drove and we zoomed north along with scary log trucks, heading to Longview, Washington. R is deep into the manuscript he is preparing for a monograph on Portland painter Lucinda Parker, which will be published […]
A loyal reader recently wrote and said she would enjoy seeing where Roger Hull writes his many monographs about regional art and artists. As he is currently using both offices (the winter office and the summer office) I thought I might visit. (Also, I have noted that when I write about Roger or quilts, my […]
Life changes in a second or two…we have come to know that. A misstep, a speeding paint truck, a diagnosis, a sloppy politician who has the nuclear codes, a tsunami or earthquake…poof…our beautiful lives are gone or irrevocably changed. While we are in these lives though, it is worthwhile to notice them, to be impressed […]
From January through March of 2017 the Hallie Ford Museum of Art will present a show surveying the work and career of Portland painter Louis Bunce (1907-1983). The show will be curated by art historian Roger Hull, and there will be a book. You don’t have to mark your calendars yet…I’ll remind you….but this week […]
I had a meeting today at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art and that gave me a chance to see the new acquisitions on view in the lobby this month…go take a look, but here are some (not too good…but you get the idea) photos. Jon Colburn Tom Cramer Katherine Ace Lucinda Parker and then […]
Back to reality today, and art reality comes first. We joined a large crowd at the Oregon State Capitol building… to witness the unveiling of the new portrait of soon-to-be-former governor Ted Kulongoski by Portland artist Eduardo Fernandez (note the painting covered with a black cloth behind the podium) There many speeches, many thank-you’s, the […]
On The Way 