Thanks to everyone who came to see my new work at Riversea Gallery on Saturday! Here are a few photos, snapped by my good friend Linda Rothchild-Ollis. Thanks Linda! The exhibit will run until April 6, so stop by if you get a chance!
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Creative work makes me happy, but the subsequent pauses for rest are all the more painful, for then one begins to think things over. – Hugo Wolf, Composer I can’t believe it’s been so long since I posted! Tomorrow will be my opening reception at Riversea Gallery, and I’m both looking forward to seeing [...]
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OK everybody! This is it! It will be a big week for art openings for me. Wednesday from 5-8 pm the 100 Artists Show at Mary Lou Zeek Gallery in Salem has its artist’s recpetion. The first chance to bid on pieces though is tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. when they open. There is usually [...]
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I’ve been getting lots of comments on my last post, many of them questions about the show based on Ivan Doig’s The Whistling Season. I forgot to put the information about the show into my post! Here is the press release regarding Lake Oswego Reads 2010! Hear the Author Tickets Available Saturday, January 30 at [...]
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Yesterday was a good full day in the studio. My first project to tackle was a painting for our Splash Critique Group show next month. Each artist will interpret the Lake Oswego Reads book The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig. I didn’t want to miss doing this exhibit because I absolutely loved that book. I’m [...]
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No, I didn’t forget about the blog I’ve just been busy unpacking from our move, celebrating the holidays with family and entertaining friends and fellow artists. Our new home was ‘party central’ for a month or so, with kids home from college and their friends (old & new), family here for the holidays, book club, [...]
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This has been a week for good news! First, I learned on Saturday that my painting ‘Explorer’ was accepted for the Northwest Watercolor Society’s Waterworks Exhibition coming up next month. The juror was Christopher Schink. This painting is a departure for me, but I think it is a direction that I will pursue more fully. I [...]
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Maybe it is the craziness of getting ready for the show plus getting the kids prepped to move to their first places, but I’m having a terrible time thinking of a title for this painting. I want something that implies the bird as messenger or muse. All true artists, whether they know it or not, [...]
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I can’t believe that the summer is almost over! I’m wearing multiple hats these days… getting ready to Move the kids back to college Move us to our new home (hopefully) Display my work at the West Linn Arts Festival September 12 & 13 (don’t forget my postcard offer!) Teach 2 workshops this fall Put our [...]
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Ahhhhhh Summer! Time to get yourself to Salem to take in the Art Fair! Why? 1. To see all the new art I’ve created in the past 2 years (Booth 10- say hi!) 2. Art from other artists from across the region 3.It’s the largest and oldest art festival in Oregon 4. To enjoy the [...]
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