((L) David Kinker painting at his silliest, best self. (R) Front row, L-R: Sue Lyon-Manley, Patricia Kirk, Ellen Flentge and Janet Rawlings. Back row, L-R: David Kinker, Don Griffith, Kay Baker and Kristen Klug. Not pictured: David McNeill | Photos courtesy of Plein Air Painters of Oregon) Plein Air Painters of Oregon (PAPO) member David…
(Curator’s Choice Award: Gus by Rudi Broschofsky, spray paint on panel with resin, 31” x 45”) On July 29, the High Desert Museum unveiled a remarkable collection of artwork in its annual Art in the West juried, invitation-only exhibition and online silent auction. This year’s exhibition highlights the work of 56 regionally and nationally acclaimed…
((L) Goph Albitz | Photo by Kristine Thomas and (R) Breezy Anderson, sculptor | Photo courtesy of Breezy Anderson) Central Oregon Metal Arts Guild Hosts Exhibit August 27-29 at the Oxford Hotel A self-taught metal sculptor, Breezy Anderson creates figurative sculptures inspired by memory, movement and time. “My work is about the imbalance and balance…
(Rocks and Rhythm, oil, 16×20) Award-winning oil painter and pastel artist Barbara Jaenicke was born and raised in New Jersey and lived in Atlanta, Georgia for many years until she could no longer ignore the calling for her preferred subject matter, snow and mountains, which prompted her family’s move to Bend in 2015. Since that…
(Photo | Courtesy of Sunriver Art Fair) Online Event Added to Schedule The Sunriver Art Fair will be live in the Village at Sunriver, Oregon, on August 13, 14 and 15, after having to cancel the event in 2020 due to the COVID pandemic. With over 70 artists from a wide range of categories, this…
(Three Pools by Lessa Clayton) Three Pools Featured in 2021 Commemorative Poster 9-11 in One-Day Event The Sunriver Art Fair has announced the selection of the painting, Three Pools, for its 2021 Commemorative Poster, which will be available at the fair August 13-15, in the Village at Sunriver and the Virtual Sunriver Art Fair August…
(Imagery | Courtesy of Scalehouse) Join us for Maldonado’s Artist Talk, Thinking With Your Hands and Listening with your Body, where they will be discussing their career as an artist and the building of personhood through painting and drawing. Their work explores the elasticity of identity in a society that demands rigidity. As any individual’s…
(Fabric art by Tricia Biesmann) The pandemic may have shut down the world but fabric artist Tricia Biesmann found a whole new world in her art. Biesmann employs the nuno felting technique to fashion garments such as scarves, a skill she learned about a dozen years ago in a class. In the last several months,…
((L-R) Champagne Sunstone Ring by Karla Proud, Artwork by Bonnie Junell, Music on the Street by Bill Hamilton and Artwork by Charlene) As a wonderful Sunriver summer slides into August, the artists of Artists’ Gallery Sunriver would like to invite you to a special 2nd Saturday event on August 14. Meet the local Central Oregon…
Elo Wobig of Portland, Oregon, was recently selected as the winner of the Friends of the Columbia Gorge Ribbon in the 15th annual Pacific Northwest Plein Air in the Columbia Gorge at the Maryhill Museum of Art in Goldendale, Washington. Wobig’s winning oil painting, Opaline Sunset — a westward view of the Columbia River, the…
