Writing a book is a long and often arduous process…in R’s case a lot of fact-checking and just sitting and thinking, talking with friends/relatives/colleagues of the subject, arranging for photos to be taken, talking to collectors…LONG. But there are a few terrifically exciting moments and one such is the day the proofs arrive…TODAY for instance. […]
Tag: Sculpture
The Art Department….c. 1972…Willamette University…
Ran across this photo that I thought you locals might enjoy… here is the Willamette University Art Department in about 1972 or 73…left to right… Carl Hall (painter) Cameron Paulin (art historian) Roger Hull (art historian) and Robert Hess (sculptor)… but REALLY the most important figure in the group is the Manuel Izquierdo sculpture called […]
Jonathan Bucci at SAA
Went to Jonathan Bucci’s opening last night and really liked the show…paintings, sculpture and a lino cut or two. Though a sculptor, Jonathan has been working for a couple of years on a long series of views of a sprig of oregano. One of the best things in the show for me was a black […]
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 […]
Our Correspondents….
So…not only are WE scouring the state for Manuel Izquierdo sculptures, our friends are on alert too…this week turned up these two images for R’s growing list: this piece dates from 1996 and is located at Chemeketa Community College. Cynthia teaches there and sent this image and then Liz was at the antique show in […]
Stephan Soihl at Blackfish Gallery
We stopped at Blackfish Gallery Sunday to see Steve Soihl and to watch his newest kinetic sculpture dance through its paces. A beautiful combination of clear tubing filled with various weights and colors of motor and machine oil, the parts twist and turn and move like a Malevich painting come to life. It’s on view […]
Living the Creative Life: James Lee Hansen
We went up to Battleground, WA, last week to visit sculptor Jim Hansen and his wife Jane, who had invited us to tour their “compound” and have lunch. They have 13 acres just north of Vancouver and it was a rainy but beautiful fall day. The “front yard” is the perfect place for sculpture, but […]
On The Way 