(Jennifer Bakker) Many famous artists have been inspired by music. In contemporary American art they include Keith Haring, who loved The Grateful Dead and gained appreciation with his subway art in New York City, and Jean-Michel Basquiat, a neo-expressionist who was also a jazz afficionado. At Red Chair Gallery, Jennifer Bakker, who describes her art…
(Cathy Jordan| Photos courtesy of Red Chair Gallery) Woodworking has been part of Cathy Jordan’s life since early childhood. Even when she was too young to work with tools, she spent a lot of time with her father, a professional welder who enjoyed woodworking as a hobby. “I hung out with him while he was…
(Left) Pour Boys (Right) Justin LeBart) Potter Justin LeBart loves to inject humor into his work. While art can often veer into the stuffiness of so-called “fine art,” LeBart tries to “put the fun into the functional.” He sees his role as “making smiles and creating respites of happiness.” His pottery is showcased at Red…
(Jewelry by Sara Krempel) Looking at a sterling silver pendant made by Sara Krempel is like gazing at an aerial photograph of the Deschutes River. The river forms a squiggly line of negative space through a landscape textured to look like rocky banks fringed with reeds. Krempel loves to combine “organic shapes and man-made shapes…
((Left) Mary Moore in her studio. (Right) Lion and Lamb by Mary Moore) Among Pablo Picasso’s memorable quotes is this one: “Everything you can imagine is real.” A vivid imagination inspires Mary Moore to create ceramic sculpture that transports the viewer to mythical worlds. It’s a place where human figures have animal heads, wizards or…
(Pendant by Denise Harrison) “Don’t forget to be present, or you might miss something unbelievable.” That’s jeweler Denise Harrison’s advice for everyone. Each day, she tries to practice a mindfulness that allows her to find interesting textures and patterns for her jewelry. These range from beer bubbles left in glasses to tree branches, brick walls…
((Left) Deb Borine in her home studio (Right) Landscape bowl) Deb Borine’s fused glass bowls pulsate with rich color and her glass “landscapes” shimmer with painterly trees and sunsets. She has been working with glass for nearly 20 years and still manages to come up with fresh ideas for her creations. Her work is on…
(Walruses in Svalbard Archipelago by Sue Dougherty) Wildlife photography is not an easy pursuit. It requires hiking long distances to remote areas while carrying heavy equipment, enduring all sorts of weather, sometimes not finding the animals you seek, and possessing incredible patience to wait for the right moment to click the perfect shot. Sue Dougherty…
((Left) Implosion beads by Larissa Spafford (Right) Larissa Spafford in her studio | Photo courtesy of Red Chair Gallery) Larissa Spafford has been making glass beads for more than two decades. During that time, she has experimented with many different techniques for forming vividly colored torch-made beads, yet she still is learning new methods to…
((Left) Kenneth Marunowski painting at Black Butte Ranch | Photo courtesy of Red Chair Gallery (Right) Painting by Kenneth Marunowski) Painter Kenneth Marunowski’s work combines two artistic styles: abstract impressionism and abstract expressionism, both of which hail from the Baby Boom era, the 1940s and 1950s. The difference between them, respectively, may be boiled down…
