Cascade A&E | March 2023 | Volume 29 | Issue 3

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Diane Miyauchi ~ Ceramic Artist

Bonnie Junell ~ Fine Art Oil Painting

Cascade A&E Presents Cover Artist Helen Brown

A33-year resident of Sunriver, Helen Brown has been painting for about 20 years following a teaching career in Oregon and in Australia. As you see on the cover this month, she paints with textured rice paper in a batik style that makes her work recognizable at a glance. The cover image Crossing depicts a footbridge over the Sun River looking west towards Mt. Bachelor.

Central Oregon scenery is a constant inspiration for artists. “I love to paint landscapes, but I often have trouble focusing on one subject because I love to paint animals, still life and cityscapes.”

Brown has several notable series to her name. In 2017, the Oregon Historical Society in Portland asked her to exhibit 30 paintings referencing the Lewis & Clark exhibition. She followed that up with smaller shows, i.e. Pixels to Pigments, where she asked patrons to send her photos that they wanted to see transformed into her unique painting style; and “In a Perfect World…” where her paintings projected ideas for making our troubled world better.

Besides her art teacher sister Mary Burgess, whom Brown credits with teaching her the medium, Helen sites two teachers who had a huge effect on her painting. Jean Grasdorf paints with watercolor and uses masking fluid so that she can pour her paint. Kathie George teaches and paints with ginwashi rice paper and uses molten was as her resist. “They are both wonderful artists and incredibly generous with their knowledge!”

Brown is a member of the Tumalo Art Company, the High Desert Art League and the Watercolor Society of Oregon (WSO). She qualified for signature membership in the Northwest Watercolor Society in 2010, and was featured in the national publication Splash, the Best of Watercolor in 2016 and 2017. Her painting Vestiges of Mt. Mazama was accepted in to the WSO Spring show which will be exhibited in the Rotunda Gallery at COCC in April.

In May, Brown will be the featured artist at the Tumalo Art Company in Bend’s Old Mill District. Her show then will be focused on color, The Spectrum of Birthstones with 12 new works, each portraying a different dominant color.

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(Above) Helen Brown (Right) Raccoons, watercolor, 17 x 12 by Helen Brown

(Below) Black Lives Matter watercolor collage, 30 x 40 by Helen Brown

Bend Senior Center

1600 SE Reed Market Rd.

FIRST FRIDAY & BEND EXHIBITS

541-388-1133 • bendparksandrec.org/facility/bend-senior-center

The Bend Senior Center at the new Larkspur Community Center is showing art by members of the SageBrushers Art Society. Come visit the new facility and enjoy beautiful paintings in acrylic, oil, pastel and watercolor, as well as outstanding photography. Showing thru April.

Blue Spruce Pottery

20591 Dorchester E.

541-382-0197 • bluesprucepottery.com

This family-owned business has been making handmade pottery in Bend since 1976. Call to arrange a time to come shop their large selection of mugs, bowls, casseroles, lamps and more. Shop online and have gifts shipped directly to your family and friends. You can also find Blue Spruce Pottery at Red Chair Gallery in downtown Bend.

COCC Barber Library Rotunda Gallery

2600 NW College Way

541-383-7560 • cocc.edu/library

A collection of abstract paintings and drawings by artist and poet Cheri Lee Helfenstein, titled Early Spring in the Mist , continues showing at Central Oregon Community College’s (COCC) Barber Library Rotunda Gallery thru April 7.

Helfenstein earned a bachelor of arts in painting and drawing from Southern Oregon University and received a Chinese brush-painting certificate from the University of Oregon. The Barber Library is open 8am-6pm Monday-Thursday, 8am-5pm Fridays and 12-7pm Sundays.

Hawthorn Healing Arts

39 NW Louisiana Ave.

541-330-0334 • hawthorncenter.com

Hawthorn Healing Arts Center will host an Open House in conjunction with First Friday Art Walk scheduled for Friday, March 3. Come meet the Hawthorn providers and check out the amazing artistry of local watercolorist Winnie Givot, while enjoying the music performed in our lobby by Julianne Anderson.

High Desert Museum

59800 S Hwy. 97

541-382-4754 • highdesertmuseum.org

Continuing thru October 1, Creations of Spirit, is largely in the voices of the seven Native artists commissioned to create works for the exhibition, and they share their stories of their pieces — ranging from a hand-carved High Desert Plateau flute to a tule reed canoe and paddles — as part of a deep connection to traditions as well as part of the vitality of contemporary Indigenous communities.

Continuing thru May 7, Under the Snow . In the depths of winter, a deep layer of snow quiets the High Desert’s forests. Not a single creature seems to stir. But just under the snow, a secret world has come to life! Dive with us into the snow, where voles, shrews, insects and porcupines build a matrix of tunnels and dens. In this natural history exhibit, visitors will learn about this subnivium environment, the seasonal habitat where animals, plants, and fungi flourish. An interactive wall graphic will allow visitors meet some of the subnivium’s wildlife, including a little mouse named Graupel. Join the High Desert Museum to explore a hidden world of snow.

Continuing thru June 25, 2023, In The Arena. As long as there have been cowboys, there have been Black cowboys. One of the most enduring symbols of the American West, the cowboy evokes self-reliance, strength and determination — qualities found at the Black rodeos held each year across the United States. Through the lens of Bay Area photographer Gabriela Hasbun, this exhibit documents the exhilarating atmosphere of the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo — the only touring Black rodeo in the country — and the show-stopping style and skill of the Black cowboys and cowgirls who attend the event year after year.

Jeffrey Murray Photography Gallery

118 NW Minnesota Ave.

541-325-6225 • jeffreymurrayphotography.com

The Jeffrey Murray Photography Gallery features the work of local photographer Jeffrey Murray. Visitors can browse comfortably in the twostory gallery enjoying visually adventurous displays of landscape, wildlife and contemporary work. Open daily Tuesday-Sunday.

Kreitzer Gallery

20214 Archie Briggs Rd.

805-234-2048 • KreitzerArt.com

Announcing Contemporary Realist David Kreitzer.

In the tradition of Turner and Cezanne, master oil and watercolorist David Kreitzer’s commitment to beauty and meditative work compels him to create exquisite, mood-invoking oil and watercolor Central Oregon splendor landscapes, figure, fantasy, oak and vineyard hills and Nishigoi koi images.

David, whose career was launched with a sold out show at Maxwell Galleries in San Francisco, has been a professional artist for 57 years.

David grew up as the son of a Lutheran minister who, due to his duties, moved his family frequently throughout the Nebraska countryside. Kreitzer has exhibited his work in numerous one-man shows in museums, universities and galleries across the country, and his paintings have served as posters for the Mozart Festival in San Luis Obispo, California, Atlantic Magazine and the Seattle Opera. He was a featured artist for the American Artist Magazine , and his collectors include Michael Douglas, Mary Tyler Moore, the Howard Ahmansons, the Robert Takkens, the Cargill Corporation and the Hind and Hirshhorn Foundations. The San Francisco Chronicle’s Thomas Albright, in his review of David Kreitzer’s first solo exhibit at Maxwell Galleries in San Francisco, wrote: “Kreitzer demonstrates how much poetic intensity the old tradition can still contain.” He has recently moved to Bend from the California coast, where he resides with his wife, celebrated opera singer Jacalyn Kreitzer. They have two children, Anatol and Fredrica.

Exhibiting daily 1-5pm and all First Fridays.

Kelli Palmer.

Photo courtesy of High Desert Museum

Layor Art + Supply

1000 NW Wall St., Ste. 110 541-322-0421 • layorart.com

Layor Art is excited to be hosting Anastasia Zielinski for the month of March. Anastasia is a local multidisciplinary artist and arts educator. Her practice centers around painting, fiber-based collage and installation. She received her BFA with a minor in art history from Pratt institute. Zielinski has shown her work nationally and internationally, and has created site-specific installations for INSCAPE arts, Shunpike’s Storefront Seattle, Spaceworks Tacoma and CLAVO. Latest residencies include Casa Lü and eeeee, both located in Mexico City. Anastasia’s work was recently featured in the inaugural issue of PHAC zine. Zielinski’s art explores the physical world and our connection to it. Time spent outside is vital to her wellbeing and artistic practice. Anastasia’s process starts in nature with walking meditations. As she moves, surroundings dissolve into patterns of color and light and the artist experiences a sense of wonder, creative energy and a desire to share these positive sensations with others.

Anastasia has spent the last five years documenting the plant life of public spaces, gardens, parks and lands, through her work. Rather than highlight grand vistas and panoramas, she chooses to focus on the variety of vegetation that thrive in the often-overlooked areas along the way. Anastasia is particularly drawn to moments of overgrowth and density, where there is no foreseeable end to the foliage. These mysterious environments inspire dense, detailed compositions that spark wonder and draw you in.

Anastasia’s show goes through the month of March and can be viewed during Layor’s regular business hours: Monday-Friday 10am-5pm, Saturday 10am4pm and Sunday 12-4pm. The artist will be present during first Friday art walk to meet and greet the public and answer any questions you may have about her art and practice.

Linus Pauling Gallery

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Central Oregon

61980 Skyline Ranch Rd.

541-385-3908 • uufco.org

Continuing thru April 2 at the Linus Pauling Gallery, Fractals, Repeated Patterns in Nature

Lubbesmeyer Studio & Gallery

Old Mill District, second story loft 541-330-0840 • lubbesmeyer.com

The Lubbesmeyer twins offer a range of work created in fiber and paint. Thru the twins’ collaborative process, they distill literal imagery into vivid blocks of color and texture, creating an abstracted view of their surroundings. Call the studio for hours and appointments.

Oxford Hotel

10 NW Minnesota Ave. 541-382-8436

Janice Rhodes is an artist that paints in a contemporary style with an ancient medium called encaustics. The word encaustic is Greek for “to burn in” and refers to the constant use of heat in the process. Pure beeswax, resin and pigment are melted and kept molten and brushed onto a birch board. The medium immediately cools so must be reheated by a torch or heat gun. Every layer is fused with this technique. This process has been used for three thousand years!

My Heart is Fertile Soil, 2022, 30 x 22 inches gouache and pen on paper by Anastasia Zielinski

Encaustic by Janice Rhodes

Summer Sky, 26.5 x 32.5” framed with conservation materials and Museum Glass

“When I retired, I took lessons in many mediums from Washington State to Mexico, but when I took a class in encaustics here in Bend I became enthralled.” She says there cannot be a more frustrating, but yet more rewarding medium.

Janice is one of the original members of the Red Chair Gallery, and is one of the 13 members of the High Desert Art League. Join Janice on the first Friday of March at the beautiful Oxford Hotel.

Peterson Contemporary Art

550 NW Franklin Ave.

541-633-7148 • pcagallery.com

Peterson Contemporary Art is proud to be featuring the work of Korey Gulbrandson, Robin and John Gumaelius and Patrick Lee, three artists who have three unique styles. On First Friday, March 3, our show, Modern Traditions, will open from 5-8 pm.

Korey Gulbrandson starts each piece with a hand-crafted wood canvas and evolves with an accumulation of layers, manipulating wax and various mediums. Using a torch and carving tools, Korey scribes and removes the layers. This technique creates a surprising plane of texture and color.

John and Robin Gumaelius are a husband-and-wife artistic team that creates captivating and unique sculptures of human and birdlike forms. They use numerous methods of mixed media of clay, wood, thread and various other objects to create their art.

Patrick Lee works primarily in oils, charcoal and watercolor (gouache). His chosen subject matter generally ranges from figurative works and landscapes to still life and interiors.

Red Chair Gallery

103 NW Oregon Ave.

541-306-3176

redchairgallerybend.com

In March, Red Chair Gallery

showcases Michelle Lindblom’s abstract acrylic paintings and monotype and Kenneth Marunowski’s oil paintings of landscapes and flowers. Blue Spruce

Pottery also displays functional stoneware pieces with their iconic Central Oregon mountains motif. Located at the corner of Bond Street and Oregon Avenue, Red Chair Gallery is open seven days a week: Monday-Saturday, 10am-6pm and Sunday, 12-4 pm. Open late on Friday, March 3 for First Friday.

Sage Custom Framing & Gallery

834 NW Brooks St. 541-382-5884

sageframing-gallery.com

Continuing at Sage Custom

Framing and Gallery is a group show called Mixed Media. A variety of local artists are displaying their creative works in everything from oil to watercolor, fabric to collage, prints to drawings and more. Just about anything goes in this show! Showing thru April 1.

SageBrushers Art Society

117 SW Roosevelt Ave.

541-617-0900 • sagebrushersartofbend.com

SageBrushers Art Society presents an exhibit of paintings by its Wednesday Mixer group of artists. Don’t miss seeing the work of this accomplished group of artists, whose painting seems to thrive from their weekly shared studio space. The Sagebrushers Gallery is open Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 1-4pm. Showing thru April.

Scalehouse Gallery

550 NW Franklin Ave., Ste 138 541-640-2186 • scalehouse.org

MOsley WOtta, The Fate of Understanding, with a First Friday Opening: March 3, 5-7pm.

The Fate of Understanding is an ongoing, site-specific series and visual conversation about impermanence, ownership and soft forms of revolution. This series, painted directly onto the wall, is rendered in black + color for the duration of each exhibition and then whitewashed. This process simultaneously makes the work invisible and ever-present.

The latest iteration of The Fate of Understanding will be on display at Scalehouse Gallery for March + April.

Open Wednesday-Saturday from 1-6pm, showing March 3 thru April 29.

The Stacks Art Studios & Gallery

Old Mill District, Second Floor

404-944-9170

The Stacks Art Studios & Gallery features the artwork and work of local creators Lindsey Luna Tucker, Kira Frances, Lindsay Gilmore, Ashley Paggi and Alyson Brown.

Lindsey Luna Tucker uses her sensitivity to emotion, exaggeration of gesture and manipulation of color and space, to create abstract landscape oil paintings. While her work is rooted in a visual awareness of the physical world, she favorites emotional truth over visual realism.

Kira Frances creates oil paintings to investigate the nature of truth and share alternative realms of beauty. For her still life pieces, she sets up the objects and alters their context just enough to suggest a dream-like landscape; for her geometric pieces, she takes an idea and deconstructs it, revealing the concept through the display of shapes and angles.

Beyond Beauty by Michelle Lindblom

Jellyfish, mixed media by Terri Gonzalez

Aspens, oil painting by Jack Bridges

FIRST FRIDAY & BEND EXHIBITS

Lindsay Gilmore creates abstract landscape paintings inspired by the colors and compositions that have captivated her while on adventures outdoors with her family.

Ashley Paggi (Ash Cascade) is a surface pattern designer whose bohemian/ retro style evokes a polished yet gritty sense of place. While she mainly licenses her art, you can find some of her own products such as bandanas, mugs and stickers, at The Stacks.

Alyson Brown (Wild Folklore) is a photographer and stylist specializing in beverage and botanicals. While she focuses most of her time on brand development and content creation, Alyson is also The Stacks in-house mixologist for First Fridays.

Call the studio for hours and appointments.

Touchmark at Pilot Butte

(Previously The Alexander)

1125 NE Watt Way

541- 238-6101

touchmark.com/senior-living/or/bend

High Desert Art League member Barbara Hudler Cella is the featured artist at The Alexander for the months of February and March. The awardwinning artist will highlight her paintings of Central Cascade lakes, rivers and mountains. “Most of my work is created outdoors, with the scene unfolding in front of me. The process is exhilarating as I strive to capture the fleeting energy of the moment in real time on my canvas.”

Tumalo Art Company

Old Mill District

541-385-9144 • tumaloartco.com

March Exhibit at Tumalo Art Co. — Eqiulux, group exhibit. For March, the artists in Tumalo Art Co. will celebrate the Equilux with a group exhibit opening March 3, from 3-7pm during the First Friday Gallery Walk in the Old Mill District. Twice a year, day and night reach a perfect balance of 12 hours each,

creating a little-known event called the Equilux. The Equilux happens just a few days before the much more well-known equinox, which happens March 20 this year. Equilux means “equal light” in Latin and describes when day and night are equal.

This is a compelling subject for artists who are often enthralled by that moment when day becomes night and the incredible light effects that are produced. Art in many mediums and sizes will describe the effect of light and dark on the land and objects in this exhibit.

Tumalo Art Co. is an artist-run gallery in the heart of the Old Mill District open seven days a week.

The Wine Shop

55 NW Minnesota Ave.

541-389-2884 • thewineshopbend.com

The Wine Shop is showing oil paintings by Sagebrushers Art Society member Karen Cain Bond. Karen’s passion as an award winning western artist is to portray the contemporary cowboy. She’s studied under Harley Brown, Richard McKinley, Thomas Blackshear and CAA artist Bruce Greene. Come enjoy these beautifully rendered depictions of the modern cowboy along with one of the fine wines on offer. Showing thru April.

Featuring Works by 834 NW BROOKS STREET • BEND 541-382-5884 • www.sageframing-gallery.com

Local Artists and Quality Framing

117 Roosevelt Ave., Bend, OR 541-617-0900

“Faraway City”, 2021, Zoë Cohen

Headwaters of the Deschutes, acrylic by Barbara Hudler Cella

Pinning by Karen Cain Bond

Bright Bay, acrylic by Mollie Jurgensen

photos courtesy of Mockingbird Gallery

Diehl,Youngquist and Boyer at Mockingbird Gallery

Sidewalk Chalk Art in Breezeway

Jennifer Diehl inpiring young art lovers at Mockingbird Gallery

Laura Rubin of Branch+Barrel Designs

Accepted for Residency at Pine Meadow Ranch Center for Arts & Agriculture

Laura has been awarded a residency at Pine Meadow Ranch Center for Arts and Agriculture (PMRCAA), a working ranch in Sisters focused on arts, agricultural and ecological projects. During her four-week residency, Laura will be working on expanding her sculptural portfolio.

A local jewelry company, Rubin of Branch+Barrel Designs will be expanding her sculptural portfolio by exploring the relationship between agriculture and the natural biosphere informed by PMRCAA’s landscape and resources. The work will utilize live edge wood, local botanicals, cold-forged metals and resin. Balance, weight and form will invite conversations around land manipulation and the effects humankind has on the natural world we rely on. Rubin’s work as a jeweler with her company Branch+Barrel utilizes wood and botanicals cast in resin and framed in hand-forged metals. Her jewelry designs will inform and inspire her work at PMRCAA.

Chosen from a pool of more than 80 applicants, Laura was selected based on: quality of work; ability to communicate goals of their project; capacity to engage with and build community; and relevance to the 2023 residency theme, “Food & Agriculture.” she will be at the ranch from April 4 to May 3 and will have private studio space on location to pursue her artistic practice.

The vision of the Pine Meadow Ranch Center for Arts and Agriculture residency program is to offer a space for cultural practitioners, ecological scientists and creative thinkers to immerse themselves in their work and/or research through access to studios, open space and beautiful scenery. In addition to creating new art, Laura will be working alongside PMRCAA staff, volunteers and community members to preserve the natural biosphere and historic buildings of the ranch for years to come. RoundhouseFoundation.org

Laura Rubin | Photos courtesy of Laura Rubin

Sharing the Spectrum of The WSO Cultivates Water Media through Galleries & More

by NOAH NELSON — A&E Feature Writer

The Watercolor Society of Oregon is a nonprofit with around 600 registered members that is dedicated to furthering the creation and appreciation of water media. WSO was founded in 1966 with 38 original members, and only accepted experienced water media artists who were willing to submit their work for review.

Now, the organization accepts water media artists of all skill levels. The WSO’s past president and current volunteer coordinator Winnie Givot said, “There is an immense benefit to allowing amateur and learning artists into the organization, to be inspired and collaborate with more experienced artists.”

The WSO will be hosting an art show at Hood Avenue Art Gallery on Sisters’ Fourth Friday Art Walk celebration. The gallery will be open for viewing until April 24. The gallery will be a special one, where selected WSO members will be sharing some of their recent work. According to Winnie, the show is rather select, and will feature between 20 and 25 paintings.

“This gallery will give people the chance to see what water media can really be,” Winnie said. “Watercolor painting has a much larger range than most people realize.”

The gallery will feature paintings that showcase the spectrum of techniques contained within water media; very

exact and detailed work, loose and flowy abstraction and rich dark tones that dance in contrast to lighter brush strokes, along with plenty more.

Guests can expect to see a variety of work, all selected from experienced and passionate Central Oregon artists. This show follows the philosophy of WSO by showcasing a variety of water media. One of the selected artists, Rebbeca Sentgeorge, said “I am especially excited that WSO is embracing more than traditional watercolors and is including all types of water media under the WSO umbrella.”

Aside from sharing unique and lesser known water media styles to the public, the galleries put on by the WSO work to fulfill their mission by allowing artists to meet, collaborate and learn from one another. Afterall, the WSO is an organization dedicated to sharing and cultivating water media, and collaboration between members is paramount to the group’s success.

“Being a member or the Watercolor Society of Oregon is like belonging to a big supportive family,” Rebecca said. “It has given me an opportunity to show my work, be a part of a critique group, and it has given me a community of artists that I can learn from, grow with and rely on.”

Another artist whose work will be appearing in the art show at Hood Avenue Art Gallery is Kathleen Buck. Kathleen said,

Raven Steals The Light by Rebecca Sentgeorge

Fractured Reflections by Kathleen Buck Sea Garden by Linda Burgel

Water color

“WSO has attracted some of the best active water-media artists in Oregon, and the organization encourages learning multiple aspects of being an artist, while having fun with friends. In its twice-yearly competitions and conventions, we can all renew old friendships and make new ones. Even the most experienced painters can pick up pointers from their peers, while having fun visiting different cities throughout Oregon.”

On the topic of WSO providing community, Winnie said, “Painting can be a solitary occupation, so to get together with other people who share that passion is always wonderful. To see the show and to go and meet all these artists practicing so many new techniques is always amazingly inspirational.”

While promoting community and collaboration is very important to the WSO, the organization and its members understand that financial support can make a huge difference for emerging and experienced artists. From this understanding, the organization founded the WSO 100 Club in 1984. With the purpose of establishing, growing and managing both the Awards Endowment Fund and the Education Fund, the WSO 100 Club plays a role in financially supporting water media artists in Oregon.

To support their members, the Awards Fund exists to provide cash awards to the winners of WSO conventions, which are held twice a year all across Oregon. The Education Fund exists separately with the purpose of providing WSO members access to workshops, classes and other opportunities to further their skills with water media.

In the coming years, the WSO will continue to host galleries, twice-yearly conventions and overall, support the cultivation of water media across Oregon. To support the WSO, consider donating, becoming a member yourself or start by attending the art show at Hood Avenue Art Gallery from March 24 to April 24. watercolorsocietyoforegon.com

Larkspur & Sunflowers by Winnie Givot Oregon’s

In Like a Lion for Artist

Ken Marunowski

by CASCADE A&E

This March is certainly roaring in like a lion for Bend artist Ken Marunowski with his second solo exhibition at LAURA VINCENT DESIGN & GALLERY (LVDG) in Portland and his first workshop at the Borrego Art Institute, located in Southern California’s stunning Anza-Borrego Desert. With this kind of momentum and more workshops and art features soon to come, it’s unlikely this third month of 2023 will go out like a lamb for our local abstract and representational painter!

IDEA & IMPULSE:

Marunowski’s second solo exhibition at LVDG, titled IDEA & IMPULSE, runs from March 2 to April 1 and features abstract paintings completed over the last two years. Inspired by his visits to the Joan Mitchell Retrospective in both San Francisco and Paris, Ken’s paintings pulsate with both vibrant and subtle color harmonies and vigorous, gestural brush work. And like Mitchell, the Bend artist loves to work large, with many of the paintings measuring 48”x60” and bigger!

“Painting large format canvases permits me a certain freedom of expression that I absolutely adore and, more and more, require,” the artist offers. “Something about the size of a big canvas feels right, particularly in the sense that it’s in proportion to my body, to my gesture, to my entire being really,” Ken continues. “I guess I like to live large!” he concludes with a smile.

Please join Ken at the exhibition’s First Thursday opening on March 2 from 5-8pm and extend your stay through Saturday so you can hear his gallery talk at 11am on March 4. During the talk, Marunowski will discuss the relationship between idea and impulse in his work and share stories about the evolution of select paintings on display, followed by a Q&A session.

To preview LVDG’S collection of Ken’s paintings, many of which will adorn the gallery’s walls, visit his webpage on the gallery website at lvdesignandgallery.com/artists/45kenneth-marunowski.

Anticipating April. Oil on canvas, 40”x60”, 2022

As Feelings Are Concerned. Oil on canvas, 48”x60”, 2023

A MIXED-MEDIA APPROACH FOR INVESTIGATING LANDSCAPE:

Last April, Ken was invited to the Anza-Borrego Desert by painter extraordinaire Jane Culp, and he fell in love with the place, so much so that he paid a visit to the Borrego Art Institute in the small town of Borrego Springs to inquire about workshop possibilities. Alas, the inquiry has now become reality, and the artist will lead a three-day workshop there from March 24-26, 9am-4:30pm.

Central to this workshop is the idea that there can be more to landscape painting than rendering a single, fixed scene or view. Although this approach worked brilliantly for the Impressionists and still does for many artists today, Marunowski believes that contemporary painters can push the idea of landscape further by considering it as a research site from which to extract various bits of information that can be incorporated into a single image. “When I think of landscape,” Ken states, “I think of both the grandiose and the minute, the commanding mountain and the fine details of a plant leaf.” “There is so much

richness and diversity in a landscape worthy of our attention,” he continues, “so why not explore it all!”

Marunowski’s approach to landscape in this workshop centers around a deep consideration of the elements of art: line, shape, color, value, texture, form and space. The task of the participant, then, is to locate elements in the landscape that correspond to these elements of art. For example, a winding canyon seen from above may speak to line while the bloom of a desert cactus may represent shape and color. Field studies and photographs will capture these elements in situ and will then be creatively redesigned in the studio into a single composition using a mixed-media approach (charcoal, pastel, acrylic paint, crayon, colored pencil, etc.).

To learn more about or to register for Ken’s workshop, please visit borregoartinstitute.org/event-5070825.

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Anza-Borrego Desert. Mixed-media on paper, 26”x40”, 2022

Red Chair Gallery Presents Blue Spruce Pottery

by JULIA KENNEDY COCHRAN

Red Chair Gallery

work that needed to be done. Although Michele still does the bookkeeping and ordering of supplies, the Woodmans are responsible for most of the production and operation. Caring for their two children, ages three and six, takes a good deal of time as well.

With two people doing the work of three, the Woodmans decided to drop their wholesale business. The volume of product needed for wholesale was more than they could produce and it was not as profitable as retail. “We knew what we had to do because we were already doing a lot of the work,” Melissa recalls. “This is our career and not a hobby. It was more like how do we move forward.” Blue Spruce is well-known for its line of stoneware, featuring iconic scenes of Central Oregon mountains, and that is where the Woodmans concentrated. Before he died, Michael mostly had been making raku pieces and this part of the business was put on the back burner.

Getting all the undocumented techniques worked out for the stoneware was often difficult. For example, Melissa needed to figure out how to make a particular glaze, which required pine ash. To make it, you pour the pine ash powder into a bucket of water and wash it many times to reduce the acidity. But exactly how many times was a secret Michael seemed to have kept to himself. Melissa didn’t know whether to wash the ash powder 10 times or 15 times, and sometimes the required washings varied depending on the purity of the ash. Finally, she found some hache marks on the kiln that indicated the recommended number of washings. “He left clues but you had to know where to look for them,” Melissa laughs.

When a new generation takes over a family-owned business, there is usually an orderly transition. In the case of Blue Spruce Pottery, the changeover was completely unexpected, due to the death of founder Michael Gwinup one year ago. Gwinup, who started the business with his wife Michele in 1976, died suddenly while snowboarding at Mt. Bachelor. Daughter and son-in-law Melissa and Patrick Woodman were thrown abruptly into a steep learning curve to run the business.

“Dad never wrote anything down,” says Melissa, “so we had to figure a lot of things out.” The Woodmans had worked at the pottery for several years but had never managed a business. Over the years, Michael perfected and even invented many processes, but rarely documented them.

The first action they took was to shut down everything for a month to grieve and regroup. They paused the Blue Spruce website while they analyzed the

For the kiln operation, Michael wrote out one page of instructions which were not very exact. One step requires you to open the dampener to control the amount of air coming in. Michael had written: “Pull it out to the invisible line.” The Woodmans eventually figured out where the imperceptible mark was, but “the invisible line became a joke,” Melissa chuckles. Sometimes, the Woodmans had to search their memories for the little tips and techniques Michael related in conversations. Except for his glaze recipes, which were very exact, “he just winged it most of the time,” Melissa says.

Now the kiln operation, as well as other processes and techniques are fully documented but the work still requires many more hours than an ordinary job. When Patrick fires up the kiln, he has to stay there for the 10 hours it runs, while Melissa takes care of the children. Keeping up with website and gallery orders has limited the Woodmans’ time for creativity. Melissa wants to rekindle the raku business but is trying to find her own style rather than replicate her father’s. Ramping up raku lamp production has also been hampered by supply chain issues, such as finding the electrical parts needed. Many customers are on the waiting list for the lamps.

Despite the somewhat rocky transition and growing pains, Blue Spruce continues to thrive and undoubtedly will surprise us with new designs in the near future. Blue Spruce Pottery is showcased at Red Chair Gallery in March. redchairgallerybend.com • bluesprucepottery.com

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Melissa Woodman

Photo courtesy of Red Chair Gallery

Blue Spruce baking dish by Patrick Woodman Oregon’s Only Arts Magazine Since 1995 | March 2023 17

Bend Middle-Schooler Wins Official Artwork Contest for the 2023 SELCO Pole Pedal Paddle

The Mt. Bachelor Sports Education Foundation (MBSEF) and SELCO Community Credit Union announced that an eighth-grader from Morning Star Christian School in Bend won the artwork contest for the 45th Annual SELCO Pole Pedal Paddle, which is scheduled for Saturday, May 13. Adalynn Rhyne, 13, won the annual contest by one of the closest margins in memory and in a contest that drew more votes than ever before, contest officials said.

Rhyne’s color pencil drawing is now the official logo of the 2023 SELCO Pole Pedal Paddle, a Central Oregon tradition and one of the largest multi-sport events in the Northwest.

The winning logo — which includes snowy Mt. Bachelor in the background, fronted by the Old Mill District’s smokestacks, a pine-tree forest, kayaks on the Deschutes River and a pair of skis — received a late push from voters. The winning drawing was selected from 54 entries and received 2,984 votes, edging the runner-up entry by 90 votes. In all, nearly 11,000 votes were cast.

“Voters had the unenviable task of picking a logo from a wide range of submissions from some incredibly talented local artists,” said Amy Tarnow, executive director of MBSEF. “In the end, Adalynn’s creativity stuck out among so many wonderful entries. Her work was impressive, particularly in the context of her age, and it will now deservedly become an enduring part of the history of the event.”

The annual logo contest is among the annual traditions of the SELCO Pole Pedal Paddle. Artists of all ages are asked to submit their artwork design, which is then judged on popularity, uniqueness and suitability for print, by a combination of public voters, MBSEF staff and SELCO representatives.

Rhyne is an avid snowboarder, stand-up paddleboarder and trail runner as well as a passionate, self-taught artist who finds inspiration from Central Oregon’s outdoors. She will receive $500 in prize money, a commemorative mug and official SELCO Pole Pedal Paddle logo wear featuring the winning design. Her artwork will appear on posters, apparel, prizes and other promotional and event-related materials. Registration for race participants began February 15. SELCO Pole Pedal Paddle organizers are also asking community members to share photos of their experiences in the event. The photos will then be used to help promote the 2023 SELCO Pole Pedal Paddle. To submit your photos, please email events@mbsef.org. For more information on the race, visit pppbend.com or call 541-388-0002. mbsef.org • selco.org • 800-445-4483

NEW PERSPECTIVE FOR MARCH

by EILEEN LOCK

This month is filled with opportunities and change starting on the 1st. Big decisions on the 2nd invite you to not look back and take steps forward. Changes in relationships on the 3rd remind you that it’s time to get over the past and simply let go. The Full Moon on the 7th invites healing and more decisions.

Follow your heart on the 11th and you will create change and more opportunities. Questioning and doubting on the 14th is simply because a lot of what you are doing is new. Talk about your feelings on the 16th and it will help you understand what is actually true. More decisions on the 17th will create support and a feeling of trust. New beginnings after the 18th are available simply by asking for them.

The New Moon on the 21st is a chance to start fresh. Lots of changes after the 25th will show you that you are in new territory. Ask for help on the 26th

and you could be surprised at the opportunities that show up. Take a leap of faith on the 30th and remember that you want change. Trust yourself enough to keep going forward.

Love and Light Always, Eileen Lock, Clairvoyant Astrologer / Spiritual Medium 1471 NW Newport Ave., Bend, Oregon 97703 • 541-389-1159

eileenlock.freeservers.com • oneheartministry.freeservers.com

Listen for the song in your heart, find the melody and dance to the music. Check out Eileen’s radio programs online at blogtalkradio.com. Cosmic Lunch Break on Mondays at 8am, What’s Up Wednesday at 8am and Talking With Spirit on Fridays at 8am.

this March with Deschutes Public Library

Tides ebb and flow, giving way to abundant life covering two-thirds of Earth’s surface. Discover a world of wonder as we go underwater in March. From plankton to kelp forests, explore the future of aquatic ecosystems with algae research. Watch a performance of an Agatha Christie mystery unfold on the Nile and learn about the work Project Recover is doing to locate MIAs around the globe. Please note the location of programs as some are hosted at offsite venues. All programs are free and open to the public. Programs marked with an asterisk (*) require registration.

For more information about these programs, please visit the library website at deschuteslibrary.org. People with disabilities needing accommodations (alternative formats or auxiliary aides) should contact Liz Goodrich at lizg@deschuteslibrary.org or 541-312-1032.

deschuteslibrary.org

Project Recover: Keeping America’s Promise

Project Recover’s mission is to locate American MIAs around the globe. Learn more about the interdisciplinary humanitarian mission that is taking place right here in Central Oregon with president/CEO Derek Abbey, Ph.D.

• Wednesday, March 1 • 6pm • East Bend Library

• Sunday, March 5 • 3pm • Redmond Proficiency Academy

What Can Algae Tell Us?

Found in lakes, rivers and oceans, aquatic plants are a key part of the global carbon cycle and fuel food webs. James Fox, microbiology research associate at Oregon State University, details research within projects ranging from monitoring toxic algal blooms in Oregon lakes to the impact of global climate change on ocean biology.

• Tuesday, March 14 • 6pm • Redmond Proficiency Academy

• Wednesday, March 22 • 6pm • Downtown Bend Library

Water Is Life*

View the importance of water through an Indigenous lens with Gabriann Hall, adjunct instructor and enrolled member of the Klamath Tribe. Explore the role of water for the Tribes traditionally located along the Klamath River as well as the cultural, political and spiritual importance of water.

• Thursday, March 16 • 6pm • Downtown Bend Library

• Thursday, March 23 • 4pm • SHARC* Registration required

Simplify Your Spending and Saving Strategies

Don’t go underwater on your finances. Local financial advisor Kenny Hadden explores helpful tips to manage monthly spending, streamline your bank accounts, control debt and take advantage of the investment opportunities seen in today’s unique market.

• Monday, March 20 • 6pm • Downtown Bend Library

Murder on the Nile at Cascades Theatrical Company

Fatal circumstances await a newlywed couple as they embark on their honeymoon voyage down the Nile. Attend a free preview night performance of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Nile. First come, first served. Doors open at 7pm Play begins at 7:30pm.

• Thursday, March 23 • 7:30pm • Cascades Theatrical Company

Steinway Artist Steven Vanhauwaert

by ETHAN GRAY

On March 24, the Felici Piano Trio will present a concert for High Desert Chamber Music’s 15th anniversary season at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Bend at 7:30pm.

The trio’s pianist, Steven Vanhauwaert, is no stranger to Bend, having performed in the HDCM Concert Series previously with the Vanchestein-Park-Vanhauwaert Trio in 2014 and with 4handsLA in 2018. He has been hailed by Los Angeles Times’ classical music critic Mark Swed for his “impressive clarity, sense of structure and monster technique.” We spoke with him recently to learn more about him, the trio and the program they’ll be presenting in March.

Steven was born in Belgium and was introduced to the magical world of classical music through his father’s LP collection. He got hooked on the great legendary pianists like Vladimir Horowitz, Emil Gilels and Dinu Lipatti. In his teens, he decided there was no better way to pursue life than through music.

For the concert in March, Felici is excited to play a program that features works from almost a 250-year time span; Mozart’s lovely Piano Trio in G major, Paul Schoenfield’s jazzy Café Music and Schubert’s epic Piano Trio in E-Flat Major.

The Mozart is a perfect “curtain-raiser” with lively dialogue between the piano and violin, and occasional well-timed commentary by the cello, as if to say “don’t forget about me!” The Mozart’s expressive, lyrical and lively discourse is balanced by “Café Music’s” high-octane nod to popular musical styles of the early-mid 1900s, including Ragtime, the Blues and Broadway. As Schoenfield states, his music “is not the kind of music for relaxation, but the kind that makes people sweat; not only the performer, but the audience!”

The Schubert trio, the final work on the program, is truly monumental, suggesting symphonic dimensions. Schubert takes the listener on an unhurried journey through a myriad of emotional worlds, from deep indignation to joyous celebration. Robert Schumann, an early champion of Schubert’s, summarized this work fittingly: “One glance at Schubert’s trio, and all the troubles of human existence disappear, and the world is fresh and bright again!”

Like for all music professionals, COVID shut-down options for live, inperson performances for the Felici Trio over the past few years. Fortunately, the group worked hard to provide musical experiences for their audiences, from streamed concerts and recorded concerts to watch parties during the shutdown. But they are very much looking forward to their concert in Bend, playing for a live audience again!

You can hear Steven Vanhauwaert at the next event in the High Desert Chamber Music Concert Series. Please plan to join us on Friday, March 24, at 7:30pm at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Central Oregon. Tickets are available through High Desert Chamber Music by phone or online.

Bend Pops Orchestra’s March 19 concert will feature oboist Ryan Zwahlen performing Bellini’s Oboe Concerto . Ryan is a professional musician, music educator and entrepreneur living in Bend.

Ryan’s musical career includes a long list of professional credits performing on oboe, English horn and flute. He has performed with the LA Philharmonic, performed and recorded with the San Diego Symphony, performed with numerous groups throughout the West Coast area, and currently subs with the Eugene Symphony, the Rogue Valley Symphony, Portland Opera and Portland Ballet. He presently serves as Principal Oboe of the Central Oregon Symphony, the Central Oregon Chamber Orchestra and Opera Bend.

Ryan’s devotion to music education is evident throughout his career. He served as Music Department Chair and faculty member at the Idyllwild Arts Academy and has presented flute and oboe masterclasses at several western colleges. He created the MidPeninsula Music Academy in Redwood City, California, and serves on the faculty of YMA (Young Musicians and Artists) in Salem. He has established a studio of oboe and flute students here in Bend, where his students perform in the Central Oregon Youth Orchestra, the Cascade Winds, the Bend Pops Orchestra and several area chamber groups.

Ryan is particularly excited to serve in the newly created position of Education and Outreach Coordinator with the Central Oregon Symphony Association. He developed the new Music Masters Program, bringing in professional musicians to teach seminars and masterclasses that culminate in public recitals. He manages the expanding Music in Public Places program of free public chamber music concerts, schedules the Symphony Stars! Program demonstrating orchestral instruments in area schools, and coordinates the symphony’s Virginia Riggs Children’s Concert and instrument “petting zoo,” giving kids hands-on exposure to making music.

Ryan will be performing Vincenzo Bellini’s Oboe Concerto in E-flat Major Bellini (1801-1835) was an Italian opera composer known for his longflowing melodic lines, and the oboe concerto is his only surviving purely instrumental work. The concerto is noted for its operatic qualities and bel canto themes, where the solo instrument part is written to give an effect similar to the human voice.

The concert will also feature arrangements of Holst’s Jupiter — Bringer of Jollity from The Planets, Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty Waltz, Paul Desmond’s jazz standard Take Five, Richard Meyer’s rousing Millennium, Leroy Anderson’s Blue Tango and music from the Warner Bros. Wonder Woman soundtrack. The concert will be held at 2pm on Sunday, March 19 at Trinity Lutheran Church and School in Bend.

BendPops.org • RyanZwahlen.com

Bend Pops Orchestra to Feature

Oboist Ryan Zwahlen

Ryan Zwahlen

Award-winning Piano Trio Makes Their Central Oregon Debut in High Desert Chamber Music’s 15th Season

High Desert Chamber Music’s (HDCM) 15th season, brought to you by Mission Building, continues with the award-winning Felici Piano Trio, making their first appearance in the HDCM Concert Series. As resident touring ensemble of Chamber Music Unbound in Mammoth Lakes, California, the vibrant threesome has performed worldwide since 1998. The members of Felici are prize winners of multiple competitions and will be making their Central Oregon debut. This concert will take place on Friday, March 24 at 7:30pm at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Central Oregon. Ticket holders may join the musicians at 6:45pm for a pre-concert talk. The program includes Mozart’s Piano Trio No.6 in G Major, Paul Schoenfield’s Café Music and Schubert’s Trio No.2 in E-flat Major. While in Bend, the group will participate in an Educational Outreach event at the new Caldera High School.

High Desert Chamber Music’s mission is to bring world-class chamber music and musicians to Central Oregon. Now in its 15th season, HDCM presents an acclaimed series of classical chamber music concerts, ranging from piano duos to string sextets. As the premier and leading chamber music organization in the region, HDCM offers an exciting roster of professional performing artists. Tickets for all events are available through HDCM online, by phone or in person at their office in Downtown Bend.

General Admission: $48, Child/Student Tickets $10

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Central Oregon, 61980 Skyline Ranch Rd. Bend.

HighDesertChamberMusic.com

541-306-3988

info@HighDesertChamberMusic.com

Felici Piano Trio. Photo courtesy of High Desert Chamber Music

45th Annual

Prineville Follies

The Prineville Follies is excited to present the 45th production Rockin Round the Rimrock March 2-4 in Prineville at the Crook County High School Auditorium.

Enjoy musical and theatrical talents from all over Crook County from beginner performers to well-seasoned, young and old! A great time to celebrate the 50’s and performing arts community.

Performance begins at 7pm each night with pre-show entertainment in the commons starting at 6pm. Raffles, silent and live auctions will be accompanying for added fun and charitable giving opportunities. Tickets are available at Coldwell Banker Sun Country Realty, Prineville Men’s Wear and will also be available for purchase at the door.

The Prineville Follies are under the direction of the Prineville Music and Theater Boosters, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting the performing arts in Crook County Schools. Funds raised at this event will support scholarships for graduating seniors in band, choir and drama.

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Tickets are now available for the Sunriver Stars Community Theater (SSCT) production of Phil Olson’s A Nice Family Gathering, a story about a man who loved his wife so much, he almost told her. The show, directed by longtime Stars actor, Ron Pugh, will take place at 7pm March 9-11 and March 17, and at 2pm March 18, at The Door Three Rivers.

The story takes place on Thanksgiving with the first family gathering at the Lundeen household since Dad died. Dad comes back as a ghost with a mission to tell his wife of 35 years he loved her, something he neglected to do while alive. The problem is, only one son can see and hear Dad, and Mom decided to invite a date for dinner.

“Rehearsals are going great with a very enthusiastic and well-tuned cast,” Pugh said. “This is a play that doesn’t read very well, but when put to life by this talented cast, is hilarious. We’ve modified the script a little, so the story takes place in a local home, with references to the Caldera International Golf Tournament, the game between the Ducks and the Beavers, and even The County Store.”

Despite challenges including weather, COVID, two last minute cast changes, work conflicts and injury, Pugh assures the audience will only see the talent of an amazing cast — four of which were in the last play he directed, The Odd Couple (Female Version).” Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for children 12 and under. Refreshments will be available from Josie K’s Deli & Kitchen for shows March 9-17 and from Slurp Soup Company for the closing show on March 18.

SSCT’s season will continue in June with a broadcast show, Radio Star’s Old Time Mystery Theater, directed by Susan Evans Inman, and STARS Kids Drama Camp later that month. In July, SSCT Artistic Director Victoria Kristy will present a psychological thriller, Trap for a Lonely Man. The season will conclude in November with an all-ages production of Anne of Green Gables, directed by Michele Hans.

sunriverstars.org

A Nice Family Gathering

Mom, Dad and Carl. Photo courtesy of Sunriver Stars

CENTRAL OREGON EXHIBITS

Madras / Warm Springs

Art Adventure Gallery

185 SW Fifth St., Madras

541- 475-7701 • artadventuregallery.com

Art Adventure Gallery continues to feature paintings and prints by Warm Springs artist Speakthunder Berry thru March. Operating hours are Wednesday-Friday, 11:00am-4pm.

The Museum at Warm Springs

2189 U.S. 26 • 541-553-3331 • museumatwarmsprings.org

The Museum continues celebrating their 30th Anniversary with special exhibitions and programs throughout the year.

Prineville

Rick Steber & Company — MAKERS

131 NE Fifth St. • 541-447-3115 • rickstebermakers.com

On display in the retail showroom at Rick Steber – MAKERS is the incredible work of over 160 artists and artisans from Central and Eastern Oregon. Designated as an Oregon Scenic Attraction, this unique collection of one-of-a-kind items has become a destination for many, and an opportunity to introduce your family to the creative culture of the High Desert. Here you will find Native bead work, metal sculptures, leather tooling, saddle making, wood working, silversmithing, original artwork, whittlings, carvings and the complete collection of books by popular author, Rick Steber.

Open Tuesday-Saturday from 10am to 5pm.

Rimrock Gallery

405A NW Third St.

541-903-5565 • rimrockgallery.com

Small & Large Works Show. Come enjoy this large gallery featuring large and small works of our 20 painters and seven sculptors! Painting Demo and show by Gene Costanza Saturday, March 11, 4-7pm. Open: TuesdaySaturday, 10am-5:30pm.

Below The Falls, 30 x 24 oil by Gene Costanza

Redmond/Terrebonne

The Art of Alfred A. Dolezal

8283 11th St., Ste. #1, Terrebonne • 541-526-1185 alfreddolezal.com • artofaad@yahoo.com • Daily, 10am–5pm Eclectic, symbolic oil paintings and reproductions from Alfred A. Dolezal.

LTA Gallery

611 NE Jackpine Ct., Ste. 3, Redmond 541-316-0362 • darrenklingart.net

Showcasing the artwork of Darren Kling. A conversation between the natural environment and human expression. The pilot and artist inspire the eye’s perception between the abstract in nature and human experience.

OUTSIDE CENTRAL OREGON

Burns

Oard’s Gallery

42456 Hwy. 20 East, Burns • 541- 493-2535 • oardsgallery.com

Exhibiting many one-of-a-kind items, including original, handmade arts and crafts from nine tribes around the area — baskets, beaded art, clothing, furniture, native art, paintings, rugs, jewelry and more.

Schoolhouse Produce

1430 SW Highland Ave., Redmond 541-504-7112 • schoolhouseproduce.com

Schoolhouse Produce is displaying the work of SageBrushers Art Society member Gerlinde Gelina. Gerlinde is a local abstract painter and collage artist whose paintings are inspired by the people and colors she finds in her daily life. While composing and building up layer upon layer the paintings develop characters that eventually invite the viewers to find their own story between the lines and shapes. Showing thru March. GelinaStudioArt.com.

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Sunday at the Beach by Gerlinde Gelina

Local Flare in Betty Gray Gallery

by JIM FISTER

The Betty Gray Gallery at the Sunriver Lodge is offering a delightful array of artists for its March showcase. Upstairs are two local painters who showcase the wonders of Central Oregon, while a local photographer with a unique reason for starting his work fills the downstairs space.

Bonnie Junell features her work throughout Oregon, Washington and also Florida. She is an expressive realist and impressionist painter. Her work conveys mood and emotion through her texture and color. She can express complex subjects in simple form with her oil and acrylic works. Bonnie grew up in a family of artists, which grew her love of art early in life. She has been painting full-time since 2005. Bonnie’s work incorporates a wonderful mix of nature to showcase the wonderful area of Oregon we all inhabit.

Bill Hamilton credits his passion for art as a precious gift from God. Bill has been perfecting his craft for decades, bringing in techniques from his former career as a technical illustrator, and finding constant innovation through repetition. He paints in oil, acrylic, and watercolor based on subject matter. Bill has been a full-time artist since 1993. He shows in several galleries in Oregon and California. His attention to detail is well-known, and it shows in both his large and small-format works. Bill is showcasing many of his Oregon landscapes, which take familiar scenes that we all recognize and add the perfect array of color and texture.

Dan Price is based in Bend. He is a freelance photographer aiming to capture a given moment’s mood. He got his start when a doctor prescribed daily walks as a part of his treatment in battling Lyme disease. Shooting surroundings he was presented with, like his backyard or a nearby field became an essential part of his recovery.

SUNRIVER EXHIBITS

Artists’ Gallery Sunriver Village

57100 Beaver Dr., Bldg. 19

541-593-4382 • artistsgallerysunriver.com

Artists’ Gallery Sunriver is pleased to announce that our 2nd Saturday Art Reception events have returned! Join us Saturday March 11 from 4-6pm to meet many of the gallery artists and enjoy light refreshments. There will be an artist demonstration:

Meet artist Diane Miyauchi! Diane will be making her whimsical creatures from clay. Her birds and bunnies are collectibles, and each is unique. These are hand formed pieces starting with just a chunk of clay… watch as she hand molds them into her one of a kind works of art!

Hailing from Michigan, mundane places forced him to see beauty in plain midwestern landscapes, small towns, and rust belt cities. Now in Oregon, his “studio” has only energized his mission to capture the beauty around him. Dan’s goal is not necessarily to document subjects objectively, but instead to chase light and shadows, find the story in a sunset, a field or a sand dune. Dan has found photography therapeutic, and cathartic. Dan’s photo work evidences the spirit of all of us who have transplanted to this area for is beauty and color. Come to Betty Gray Gallery to see all the artists through mid-March.

Sunriver Christian Fellowship

18139 Cottonwood Road

541-593-1183

sunriverchristianfellowship.org

Continuing thru the end of March is The High Desert Art League group show at the new Sunriver Christian Fellowship (SCF) Art Gallery. The exhibit is titled Reawakening in celebration of SCF’s relocation to its new, remodeled facility. On display will be works in watercolor, oil, encaustic, pastel, acrylic and photography by the 13-member group comprised of Helen Brown, Pamela Beaverson, Barbara Cella, Jan Dow, Janet Frost, Liz Haberman,

Sculptures by Diane Miyauchi

Winter Fire, oil by Janet Frost

Alfalfa Market by Dan Price

If we can just hold out one more month, it will almost be Spring! Celebrate the coming of this wonderous part of the seasons at the Sunriver Artists’ Gallery in the Village. Party from 4-6pm at Second Saturday March 11. Artists will be serving food and drink and showing off the newest pieces of art.

Featured this month is painter Bonnie Junell. Bonnie considers herself an expressive realist + impressionist. Well, she is all those things and more. The mood, emotion and energy of her paintings is expressed using color and texture. Junell can and does paint almost any subject. In each painting, she presents the subject in simple terms, but her technique converts the subject into a complete artistic story. Her beautiful presentation of local landscapes has always been in demand at the Gallery. However, Junell also provides her collectors with smaller paintings of the most precious birds and animals and children. Most recently she completed a series of the sweetest and most whimsical bears and hummingbirds.

Junell also teaches the popular monthly Sip and Paint classes. Everyone has a great time and leaves with a beautiful piece of art. See additional information to register on the Gallery’s website.

Also featured in March is potter Diane Miyauchi. Miyauchi has beautifully married form and function with her pottery. The artist truly enjoys making art

Michelle Lindblom, Jean Lubin, Karen Maier, Jacqueline Newbold, Vivian Olsen, Janice Rhodes and Joren Traveller.

Gallery hours are weekdays, except Thursday, from 2-4pm and Sundays, 12-1pm.

Sunriver Resort Lodge - Betty Gray Gallery

17600 Center Dr.

503-780-2828

The Betty Gray Gallery at the Sunriver Lodge is offering a delightful array of artists for its March showcase. Upstairs are Bonnie Junell and Bill Hamilton, two local painters who showcase the wonders of Central Oregon; while local photographer Dan Price, with a unique reason for starting his work, fills the downstairs space.

SUNRIVER

It’s Almost Spring!

by DENI PORTER

that collectors enjoy daily. She also likes to make art that is fun and has a sense of humor. The style of her pottery pieces is simple and clean with a glaze that is spontaneous and always unique — yet all the pieces match and work together. She makes bowls, plates, mugs, strainers, serving dishes and things that make you laugh. Many of Miyauchi’s collectors have entire sets of her work. It is not uncommon to have a single collector almost wipe out all the stock in her display! One of the most coveted of her pieces is her clever sponge holders which sit proudly right next to her beautiful shiny Raku vases.

The Artists’ Gallery, Building 19 of the Sunriver Village

ArtistsGallerySunriver.com

541-593-4382

Art by Bonnie Junell

Pottery by Diane Miyauchi

Hood Avenue Art

357 W Hood Ave.

hoodavenueart.com • info@hoodavenueart.com • 541-719-1800

Hood Avenue Art will be hosting the Central Oregon Watercolor Society of Oregon (CO/WSO) March 24-April 25. CO/WSO will have a juried show with a wide diversity of watercolor painters. The time investment by these artist and with their brush mileage they will send you on a sensory trip of color and techniques. WSO is one of the premier watercolor societies in the United States.

Come for our opening March 24. Music, appetizers and art from 4-7pm. If you miss this make sure to make a trip to see this beautiful exhibit of Central Oregon watercolor artists.

Watercolor Society of Oregon

March 24-April 25

Raven Makes Gallery

182 E Hood Ave.

541-719-1182 • ravenmakesgallery.com

Our gallery offers first market Native American and Indigenous artists’ works, spanning the Arctic to Northern Mexico. Contemporary, meaningful and diverse mediums, including fine jewelry. New works this month include pieces by award-winning Acoma potter, Sandra Vicotorino of New Mexico.

Stitchin’ Post Gallery

311 W Cascade Ave., Sisters

541-549-6061 • stitchinpost.com

Now showing in Stitchin’ Post’s Fiber Art Gallery thru March 21 — Journeys Art Quilters Group. Opening during the Sisters 4th Friday Art Stroll from 4-6pm on March 24h: Stitching — A Show of Hands . This exhibit features work stemming from the A Show of Hands workshop taught by Rosalie Dace and offered by The Stitchin’ Post in 2022, plus handstitched items made by Central Oregon artisans as they explore depictions and expressions of hands through time.

Toriizaka Art

222 West Hood Ave.

541-595 8285 • toriizakaart.com

Gallery features a diverse selection of curated work from accomplished artists, with rotating exhibitions. “Art, like music and good food, nourishes and sustains us. Art that makes you think, stops you in your tracks to admire its vibrance or jumps out and grabs you in some form is worth considering. We look forward to sharing the collection with our visitors,” says Karen Thomas.

Junco by Mary Ann Bake-Winter

Hand Bag by Jean Wells

Featuring Central Oregon

Opening Reception March 24 Wine, Appetizers & Music, 4-7pm

541.719.1800 | 357 W Hood Ave. Sisters | hoodavenueart.com

Cindy Murphy Steve Rothert Kim Smith

Studio 6000

When the Bend Art Center, founded by Pat Clark, closed its doors in 2019, most of its furnishings and equipment were moved to Sisters Industrial Park near Fika Coffee in Sisters, where it became Studio 6000.

This is a working space with three privately-owned presses for its

12 members. Workshops in woodcuts, printmaking and bookmaking are offered at various times throughout the year. For inquires you can contact Carolyn Platt at Bookplatt@gmail.com

Classes and photos are posted on the Studio 6000 Facebook page.

CALL TO ART

Call for Artists

The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Central Oregon’s Art Resource Team will present Primavera: A Celebration of Spring to be featured in our Linus Pauling Gallery, from April 2 to June 4. Art must be available for exhibit for the entire time and dropped off and picked up by you or your representative on these dates.

We invite artists to submit up to three digital images for consideration in this upcoming exhibit.

Art in any media may be submitted, but it must be able to hang on the wall with a secure wire affixed to the back. A description of our hanging hardware is included.

We are looking for art that describes any aspect of springtime for you. What comes to mind? Renewal, growth, colors, renaissance, birth, return? We leave

this to your personal interpretation and creativity!

Early submissions are appreciated, and all images are due for consideration by March 15.

You will receive notice of acceptance by March 20.

For each piece, you must include the following information in order to be considered:

1) Title

2) Medium

3) Outside dimensions

4) Price (may list as not for sale)

Send images to: Kristina Ziegler at hummingbird@bendcable.com.

UUFCO is located at 61980 Skyline Ranch Road in Bend. 541-385-3908.

Big Hug by Paul Bennett

Compassion by Paul Bennett

The Embrace by Paul Bennett

There is a charge of $20 to list classes and/or workshops or they are free with a paid display ad. Email AE@CascadeAE.com for more information.

SAGEBRUSHERS ART SOCIETY

sagebrushersartofbend.com • 541-617-0900

All classes listed below held at 117 SW Roosevelt Ave., Bend

Wise Woman Emerging – Mixed Media Collage with Maria Wattier & Mattie Corya-Swanson

March 12, 1-5pm

Join Maria Wattier & Mattie Corya-Swanson for a monthly gathering of women creating and expressing feminine soul wisdom through mixed-media collage. No experience necessary, instruction and encouragement available as needed! Cost: $20 for workshop and $14 for journal. Please come join us for a delightful afternoon in a circle of women. For more information contact Mattie at swany139@hotmail.com or 541-610-2677.

Insight into Modulations as Value with David Kinker

Thursdays, March 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30, 9:30am-12pm

Thursday evenings, March 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30, 6-8:30pm

Texture and value will always be a place to start and finish a painting. Learn powerful control of these elements as an aesthetic to visual mixing, and beyond. Building the foundations for better art, we will build upon and add skills as we move toward spring. Lecture, acrylic painting demonstration and hands on individual instruction. $35/class. For more information contact dkinker@bendbroadband.com.

Discovering Your Voice in Skies & Water with Amanda Houston

March 18-20, 10am-5pm

This three-day workshop will go beyond the “how-to” steps of creating radiant sky paintings from photographs. It will explore the intuitive creative process while still covering the foundation of good design and composition. We will focus on a series of small-scale color sketches and finish with one larger piece. While Amanda will share how she approaches skies, this workshop is for you to explore your own mark-making and undergo a deeper self-discovery to define your own unique painting style. Learn what habits holds you back so your true voice can come out. Amanda will demonstrate in pastel but any medium is welcome. Cost is $425. Contact Nancy Misek at nancym2010@bendbroadband.com for more information and registration.

Exploring Abstraction: Line, Mark and Form with Zoë Cohen

April 22-24, 10am-4pm

This workshop with Zoe Cohen (zcohenstudio.com) is designed for abstract painters to help clarify visual language and bring intentionality to their painting practice, with a major focus on creating compositional structure in the work. Techniques covered include mark making, alternate paint application tools, combining paint with collage, color mixing and use of drawing materials with paint. This workshop is for intermediate/advanced students working with acrylic paint. Cost is $300 (Sagebrushers Art Society members) / $320 (non-members). To register, please contact Katherine Weaver at katherine. weaver40@gmail.com. Registration deadline is April 1.

Journey with Watercolor with Eric Yi Lin

Session 1: May 26-27, 9am-4pm

Session 2: May 28-29, 9am-4pm

These two-day workshop sessions will focus on establishing and strengthening your relationship with watercolor through exercises, demonstrations and critiques. Session 1 will emphasize watercolor concepts, theory, technique and fundamental drawing and is intended for students at the advanced beginner level and above. Session 2 will cover more intermediate and advanced concepts such as subject matter, composition and visual language. Cost: $235 per session for Sagebrushers Art Society members and $260 for non-members. Contact Barbara Crislip at barbjc45@yahoo.com to register. Registration deadline is May 10.

Painting Faces From Photographs with Ted Nuttall

June 13-17, 2023, 9am-4pm

Join award-winning artist Ted Nuttall for this five-day workshop. Although painting a person in watercolor may seem daunting, it is every bit as approachable as creating a still life or landscape. Ted will demonstrate the techniques and instill the confidence to enjoy painting people. Ted will discuss the benefits of photographic reference, as well as how to interpret a photo in order to give life and energy to the subject. Cost for the five-day workshop is $795. A deposit of $400, plus a completed registration form (located at sagebrushersartofbend.com/workshops/ted-nuttall), will hold a student’s space in class, with the balance of $395 due by the registration deadline of April 14, 2023. Contact pam@sagebrushersartofbend.com with questions.

WATERCOLOR SOCIETY OF OREGON

2023 Spring Convention Workshops with Watercolor Society of Oregon

Saturday, April 15-Sunday, April 16. Join the Watercolor Society of Oregon (WSO) for their Spring Convention at the Riverhouse on the Deschutes in Bend. The society is offering a range of 90 minute breakout class sessions, including: “Go Travel-Make Art!” with Rene Eisenbart, “Is it Done Yet?” with Liz Walker, “The Pleasure of Drawing” with Winnie Givot, “Let’s Get Moving” with Beth Verheyden, “New Techniques Can Change Everything” with Judy Hoiness, “Gestural Painting” with Molly Freitag, “Creative Backgrounds” with Jacqueline Newbold, “Live Demo” with Michelle Lindblom and “Painting Pets and Animals” with Chris Stubbs. Also included are critique sessions and a demonstration hosted by visiting juror and renowned artist Vera Dickerson. Breakout classes are $15 for WSO members, and open to the general public for a new-member $50 joining fee + $15 class fees. Registration for the convention closes on Saturday, March 18, at 8pm. Go to watercolorsocietyoforegon.com for more information, registration and new-member signup.