Sunriver

Start Your Year by Visiting Betty Gray Gallery

in Sunriver

by JIM FISTER

We wish you a happy and prosperous New Year from the Betty Gray Gallery and Artists’ Gallery Sunriver. As always the Betty Gray Gallery is showcasing the best of regional and national artists, with a flair for the unique. The two current shows at the gallery will run through early to mid-January, and new shows will focus on local artists.

The lower Betty Gray Gallery is featuring the finalists of the 2022 Young Artists’ Challenge. The 11 winners range from 4th to 8th grade, and display talent well beyond their age. During judging, one judge commented that it can take decades to learn art, and sometimes the innate artist is really within. Young talent is a way to reaffirm the joy of art in any artist or appreciator of art. The upper gallery will finish its display of watercolors from three prominent Watercolor Society of Oregon artists. The three combine to provide a remarkable overview of technique and artistry. The show has recently been updated with some new material, so come see the changes.

Starting mid-January, the gallery will focus on local artists, with a showcase collection of art that highlights the love of Central Oregon by its residents. The artists themselves come from far and wide, but call the area home now.

Whether it’s local art, young enthusiasm or serene watercolors, the Betty Gray Gallery is always enjoyable. Make sure to visit Sunriver when the snow is falling and the drinks are cold, and enjoy the art of the area along with the artists in the gallery.

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Bruce Freund ~ Glass Art

Village at Sunriver • Building 19 • 541.593.4382

Dianne Lay ~ Watercolors

Second Saturday January 14th • 4-6pm

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Artists’ Gallery Sunriver Village

57100 Beaver Dr., Bldg. 19 541-593-4382 artistsgallerysunriver.com

Artists featured at the Gallery in January are Bruce Freund and Dianne Lay. Stop by for Second Saturday Celebration on January 14 from 4-6pm and enjoy the new additions for yourself. As always, we will be serving libations and laughter.

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The upper Betty Gray gallery continues hosting an array of watercolor paintings from a trio of accomplished artists, all members of the Watercolor Society of Oregon. Sunriver-based Helen Brown, Crosswater-based Liz Haberman and Redmond-based Rebecca Sentgeorge. The show will run thru the end of the year.

The lower gallery features the finalists of the 2022 Young Artists’ Challenge thru January. It will complement the returning Gingerbread House exhibit that the Lodge was traditionally doing, providing enjoyment for adults and kids alike.

Glass art by Bruce Freund

New Additions for the New Year at Artists’ Gallery Sunriver

by DENI PORTER

New additions to the Artists’ Gallery in the Village at Sunriver are always welcome — both new artists and new pieces of art.

New to the Gallery is glass artist Bruce Freund. Freund is a 16-year veteran in the craft. Each art piece that you admire is one of a kind. It can never be recreated. “Working with molten glass at 2000 degrees inspires both glory and frustration,” says Fruend. The extreme temperature turns the glass into a liquid form and by adding different precious materials such as gold achieves beautiful colors such as red, copper or teal or cobalt blue. Freund has mastered the ability to achieve a rich and varied palette of color. Come meet this master artist and hear about his process and his work.

Also featured this month is watercolor painter Dianne Lay. Lay has created some special pieces that capture the magic of Central Oregon and Sunriver. In her piece Sunriver Sunset, Lay depicts that special evening light in this area. One painting depicts the iconic waterfall entrance to Sunriver. It is aptly titled We’re Here! Watercolor is a medium that is made to capture light, and Lay has certainly mastered the technique. What a great way to have a piece of Sunriver right in your home.

Please stop in at the Gallery for the regular Second Saturday Celebration on Saturday, January 14 from 4-6pm and enjoy the new additions for yourself. As always, we will be serving libations and laughter.

The Artists’ Gallery is in Building 19 in the Sunriver Village next to El Caporal Mexican restaurant.

ArtistsGallerySunriver.com • 541-593-4382

Smoky Mountain by Dianne Lay

Glass art by Bruce Freund