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,

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.