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House of Orange celebrates Spring Unveiling

House of Orange, the dynamic midtown Cannon Beach gallery will be alive with activity and new art for May’s Spring Unveiling Festival. Home gallery for Cannon Beach artist of the year, Greg Scott, House of Orange has become known for its colorful collection of art from across the region and the country.

This year, Scott will debut new works from his Kindred collection as well as his original painting for the 2025 Sandcastle poster. Gallery artist Dianne Aoki will unveil a new series of oil paintings, “Birds, Sing of Spring.” Carol Ross will unveil new impressionist paintings from her Coastal Collection. Sculptor Phil Seder will introduce the newest member of his sculpted creatures family.

Activities will kick off with a Friday 3:30 – 6:00 pm artists’

wine and dessert reception featuring wine from award-winning Saffron Fields Vineyard.

During the reception, new work will be unveiled by Greg Scott, Dianne Aoki, and Carol Ross. The fun will continue on Saturday with artists’ demonstrations from 10:00 am to 1:00 and complimentary coffee and scones from Elk Creek Coffee.

Demonstrating artists include Carol Ross, Susan Walker, Susan Curington, Dianne Aoki, and Greg Scott.

Chava Wolin takes the stage Saturday from 1:00 –2:00 pm when this nationally known ukulele master will play a mix of original songs and classic mashups paired with her phenomenal vocals.

From 3:00 – 6:00 pm, artists including Beth Andersen, Kerstin McKee, Phil Seder, and Christina Soderquist will mingle with visitors, answering

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questions and custom signing purchased work.

Sunday’s highlight is Dianne Aoki’s 10:00 am to 1:00 pm bird painting workshop. Featured New Work

• Greg Scott will unveil a

new animal-themed painting from his Kindred Collection on Friday, May 3rd, and will reveal his annual Star Wars-themed work of art on Saturday, May 4th.

• Dianne Aoki will Unveil

new work from her collection “Birds, Sing of Spring” on Friday, May 3rd. She will be demonstrating her painting process live in the studio from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm on Saturday, May 4th, and teaching a bird painting workshop from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm on Sunday, May 5th.

• Susan Walker will introduce a new collection of Oregon coastal landscapes and will demonstrate her oil painting process on Saturday, May 4th from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm.

• Carol Ross will unveil a new painting from her Coastal Collection on Friday, May 3rd,d and be demonstrating the process she uses for ink on clay board paintings on Saturday, May 4th.

• Internationally collected Swedish artist Kerstin McKee will be bringing new happiness-inducing ceramics.

Kirsten handbuilds ceramics with a modern Swedish illustrative style that includes colorful folk art florals, positive affirmations, and contrasts of glossy and mate glaze adorned with real gold touches.

• Oregon artist Susan Curington will bring her latest collection of soft palate tidepools and will be demonstrating her painting process on Saturday, May 4th. Susan is known for her large-scale paintings of the natural world from florals to uplifting seascapes.

• Oregon sculptor Phil Seder will be introducing ‘Norville, Son of Lucy, Brother of Jason.’ Frequent gallery visitors may recall Jason as a delightful guest last year before his adoption by a Portland collector. Norville adds to a whimsical creature lineage spanning back to the 2023 Frogwood Collaborative.

Cannon Beach’s Spring Unveiling Arts Festival 2025

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Each spring, Cannon Beach Gallery Group collects the latest works from their featured artists to showcase at the Spring Unveiling Arts Festival. That tradition continues this spring over the weekend of May 2-4. The galleries will welcome some of their most popular artists as guests in the galleries during the weekend or will curate special exhibitions of

At this year’s event, attendees can stamp a “passport” at each gallery they visit to be eligible for prize drawings. Passports are available at each participating

See the schedule of Spring Unveiling 2025 Gallery Events on pages 8-9.

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ARTISTS SHOWN AT LEFT:

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Laura O’Brien, Mel McRobert, Greg Scott; THIRD

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ARTISTS SHOWN

TOP ROW (L-R): Jeffrey Hull, Chuck Gumpert, David Crawford; SECOND ROW (L-R):

Laura O’Brien, Mel McRobert, Greg Scott; THIRD ROW (L-R):

Frost, Randall J. Hodges, Jeni Lee

ARTISTS SHOWN AT LEFT: TOP ROW (L-R): Jeffrey Hull, Chuck Gumpert, David Crawford; SECOND ROW (L-R): Laura O’Brien,

McRobert, Greg Scott;

(L-R): Drea Frost, Randall J. Hodges, Jeni Lee

New Exhibition Opening at White Bird Gallery

White Bird Gallery Featured Artists

Spring Unveiling Art Festival Weekend

Alexandra Boyden

New pastels based on a road trip across country seeking beautiful barns, which the artist sees as symbols of home. Alex continually experiments with color, form, gesture and an intuitive approach to creating imagery. A love of travel and hiking inspire her imaginative style. Alex uses landscapes, both real and imagined, as frameworks for an ongoing exploration toward abstraction.

Christopher Mathie

Mathie’s new collection of expressive seascape paintings focuses on immediacy and intentional mark making. As he states, “There’s an idea of transformation happening, the paint hits the canvas and the mark left implies splashing water. It happens quickly and with little thought. It’s like the rushing water is pounding the rocks, the sea spray is hitting your face, the sea sounds fill your ears.”

New Artist Thomas Haddy

Introducing a new medium to our gallery offerings, stone turned vessels by Tom Haddy. Based in Northern California, in the foothills of the Sierras, he works in a variety of stones, including alabaster, talc, soapstone, and brucite to create unique turnings. Inspired by ancient Egyptian, Greek and Chinese vessels, Tom’s pieces are made of both a single stone and of multiple stones fused and then turned. His experience in sculpture and murals led him to turning stone vessels in 2013.

Joshua Rodine

Presenting a new collection of glass vessels and sculptures by long-time gallery artist, Josh Rodine. Inspired by the natural processes of growth and decay prevalent in the Pacific Northwest, he uses molten color glass rods to spin glass threads around his blown forms. Josh enjoys finishing his pieces with cold-working techniques like sandblasting and battuto, giving his artworks a smooth surface and elegant carved textures.

White Bird Gallery Weekend Schedule

Friday, May 2nd

New Exhibition Opening, 4:30 - 6:30pm

Saturday, May 3rd

Painting demonstration with Christopher Mathie, 11:00am - 12:30pm

Artists Unveiling - Alexandra Boyden and Christopher Mathie 1:00

Live Music by Local Guitarist Wes Wahrmund2:30 - 4:30

Gallery Reception - 5:00-7:00pm

Sunday, May 4th

Christopher Mathie in attendance at gallery, 11:00am - 1:00pm

“Summer Serenity by the Haystack” painting by Christopher Mathie, 60” x 60”

“Love of the Shoreline” painting by Christopher Mathie, 48” x 48”

“The Talk of the Town” pastel by Alexandra Boyden, 28” x 11” Stoppered Bottles by Josh Rodine, blown glass

“Polestar” pastel by Alexandra Boyden, 12” x 12”

SPRING UNVEILING

ARTS FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

Friday, May 2nd

5pm: Unveiling of new originals. Artist Reception to follow, featuring light bites from Sage Bleu Catering and music by guitarist Noah Dooley.

Saturday, May 3rd

11am: Unveiling of new print.

1pm: Live music with The Djangophiles.

5pm: Open House Reception featuring light bites from Sage Bleu Catering.

Sunday, May 4th

10am: Coffee with Jeff & Crew.

Jeffrey Hull Introduces New Work

The Jeffrey Hull Gallery will highlight Jeff’s new work and host receptions during the Spring Unveiling Arts Festival, May 2-4. Jeff started painting in his teens but focused on watercolors over 50 years ago. His command of painting and love for the Pacific Northwest Coast invite the viewer into scenes of frothy waves, sandy beaches, wind-sculpted trees and dramatic cliffs draped in coastal mist.

For 38 years, Jeff and his wife Carol have been offering his paintings to collectors in their spacious second-floor gallery at Sandpiper Square in the heart of downtown Cannon Beach. Looking back fondly, he remembers ‘we were just kids’, when he speaks of opening the tiny 350-square foot space back in 1987. Over time, both the gallery and Jeff’s works have grown in size; he’s added oils into his repertoire; and he also now proudly produces his own high-quality reproductions. If you haven’t been to the gallery (or haven’t been lately), stop by over the festival weekend to enjoy the Hulls’ warm hospitality and see new originals and prints by this wonderful artist.

Spring Unveiling 2025 Gallery Events

Bronze Coast Gallery

Featured Artists: The gallery will host and feature the works of artists Cary Weigand, Margret Short and Seth Vandable. Cary Weigand is a sculptor working in clay whose work captures the engagement between human and animal characters with a muted color pallet of glazes. During Spring Unveiling, she will unveil new work and introduce the publication of her first book. Margret Short specializes in still life and floral subjects in oils using an old-masters style and is known for her use of pure pigments, many of them historical and hand ground in resin and oil mediums which allow the paint to take on a certain glowing quality. Seth Vandable is a sculptor who captures the human form with elegant detail. His knowledge of human anatomy allows him to work without the need for models. His sculptures can be found in private and corporate collections worldwide.

Schedule of Events: FRIDAY, MAY 2: 4pm - Cary Weigand Unveiling and Book Launch; SATURDAY, MAY 3: 1pm - Margret Short Unveiling; 4pm - Seth Vandable Unveiling; 5-7pm - Artists’ Reception

Cannon Beach Gallery

Featured Artists: The gallery will present an exhibition titled “Spring Tides” featuring work by Lisa Sofia Robinson, David Cohen, Rita Brown, Sander Romanski, Gordon French, Brian Evans, Shoalwater Pottery. The group exhibition includes works that capture the power and serenity of coastal landscapes, shifting currents and tidal energy.

Schedule of Events: FRIDAY, MAY 2: 4:30-6:30pm - Opening Reception

DragonFire Gallery

Featured Artists: Among its featured artists, the gallery will present works by Joanne Shellan, Andy Nichols and Leon Lowman. Joanne Shellan is a painter who uses a saturated palette of rich color to interpret landscapes and cityscapes in impressionist fashion. Andy Nichols is a glass blower who has become known for his color-

ful glass sculptures of salmon and trout. Leon Lowman grew up in Puerto Rico and his colorful abstract acrylics show the influenced of the colors of the Caribbean.

Schedule of Events: FRIDAY, MAY 2: 4pm-6pm - Meet the featured artists and preview new work. Enjoy wine, chocolate and live music from Jason Okamoto. SATURDAY, MAY 3: 11am - Unveiling of new work takes place; 11:30am-3pm - Featured artists will be demonstrating their artistic process and answering questions; 4-7pm- Artist reception with appetizers from Jonathan Hoffman, wine and live music from Bucky Pottschmidt. SUNDAY, MAY 4: 11am-1pm - Artist demonstrations, lite bites and coffee reception. Live music from John Silliman Dodge.

Firefly Gallery

Featured Artists: Greg Gowen The Art of Fire on Copper Buzz Blodgett Glass Blower Sine 1969 Gallery will open at 10 a.m. daily all weekend.

Friday 5-6:30 p.m. Light Refreshments and Unveiling an Original Cannon Beach Coastal Image created especially for us by Greg Gowen. Using fire to paint and hammer to sculpt on copper. His work is an artistic blending of creativity and craftsmanship.

Saturday 5-6:30 Baked goodies by local pastry chef Cynthia Karr. Unveiling new work from Buzz Blodgett’s Seafoam Series, originally introduced in 1981. “I was always impressed with the frozen liquidity of glass, which seemed to mesh with my love for the ocean and surfing.”

House of Orange

Featured Artists: The gallery will feature work by artists Greg Scott, Dianne Aoki and Carol Ross. Greg Scott’s representational paintings of animals and their surroundings take a surreal twist with bold color combinations. He will debut new works from his collection Kindred Animals and his original painting for the poster for the 2025 Cannon Beach Sandcastle Contest. Dianne Aoki paints with a colorful and graphic style and she will unveil a new series of oil paintings “Birds, Sing of Spring.” Painter Carol Ross will be unveiling new impressionist works adding to her Coastal Collection.

Schedule of Events: FRIDAY, MAY 2: 3:30-6pm – Artists’ reception with wine by Saffron Fields Vineyard and dessert. Unveiling of new work by featured artists. SATURDAY, MAY 3: 10am-1pm - Artist demonstrations by Carol Ross, Susan Walker, Susan Curington, Dianne Aoki and Greg

Seth Vandable Bronze Coast Gallery

Greg Owen Firefly Gallery

Greg Scott House of Orange

Andy Nichols DragonFire Gallery

David Cohen Cannon Beach Gallery

Scott with complimentary coffee and scones from Elk Creek Coffee and live music by Chava Wolin from 1-2pm. Chava competes in national competitions for ukulele and plays a mix of original songs and classic mashups; 3-6pm - Mingle with artists Beth Andersen, Kerstin McKee, Phil Seder, Christina Soderquist, Ann Elizabeth Scott and more! SUNDAY, MAY 4: 10am-1pm - Bird Painting Workshop led by Dianne Aoki (sign up in advance on website or in gallery)

Images of the West

Featured Artist: Renowned photographer Randall J. Hodges will be in the gallery all weekend, sharing stories of recent adventures, showing his latest work and offering free photo advice. Hodges will also offer tips on decorating with photos and the different media choices available today including Gallery wrapped canvas, Chromaluxe Metal Prints on Aluminum, Professional Luster Paper prints matted and framed and Lumachrome HD Acrylic Prints. The gallery will be offering 2026 Images of the Northwest Calendars along with note cards, Puzzles and Hodge’s book, Images of the West.

Jeffrey Hull Gallery

Featured Artist: Cannon Beach resident artist Jeffrey Hull will be in the gallery throughout the weekend to visit with gallery guests as he unveils his latest originals and new giclee prints.

air with impressionist style. Georgia Gerber is a sculptor well known for her public art bronzes throughout the Northwest.

Schedule of Events: FRIDAY, MAY

2: Artist Hazel Schlesinger will be painting “en plein air” in the Gallery Sculpture Garden; 4-6pm - Live music with Jim & Abigail. SATURDAY, MAY 3: Artists in the gallery will include Laura O’Brien, Kent Suter, Don Stastny and Georgia Gerber; 3-5pm – Live music with Bobcat Bob.

Schedule of Events: FRIDAY, MAY 2: 5pm - Jeff will unveil his latest originals, followed by an artist reception with light bites and live music.

SATURDAY, MAY 3: 11am - Jeff will introduce his newest giclée print; 5pm - Open house reception with light bites. SUNDAY, MAY 4: 10amCoffee with Jeff and the gallery crew.

Northwest By Northwest Gallery

Featured Artists: Among the gallery’s featured artists will be Laura O’Brien, Hazel Schlesinger and Georgia Gerber. Laura O’Brien paints contemporary expressionist scenes of landscapes and townscapes that border on abstracts. Painter Hazel Schlesinger captures Northwest inspired landscape, often en plein

Shearwater Studio & Gallery

Featured Artists: The gallery will feature artists including Cristina Aucone, Jenna Philpott and Drea Frost who will all be in the gallery during the festival. Cristina Aucone is a jewelry artist who uses precious metals, stones and found natural elements in her designs inspired by nature. Jenna Philpott uses rocks collected in Cannon Beach to create uniquely beautiful cyanotypes that are embellished with gold ink. Drea Frost will be featuring new paintings inspired by the stormy ocean as well as a collection of mounted collagraph prints inspired by nature.

Schedule of Events: FRIDAY, MAY

2: Unveiling the new work; SATURDAY, MAY 3: Trunk show with artist Cristina Aucone and artist reception from 3-6pm; SUNDAY, MAY 4: 10am - serving mimosas and cupcakes.

White Bird Gallery

Featured Artists: The gallery will feature artists Alexandra Boyden, Christopher Mathie, Tom Haddy and Joshua Rodine. Alexandra Boyden will be in the gallery to reveal her new impressionist pastels based on her travels across the country seeking iconic barns. Christopher Mathie, known at White Bird for his moody impressionist Pacific Northwest seascapes, will unveil new large-scale paintings including his first work featuring Haystack Rock. Californiabased artist Tom Haddy is new to the gallery with his stone turned vessels. The gallery will also feature a new collection of blown glass vessels and sculptures by Joshua Rodine.

Schedule of Events: FRIDAY, MAY 2: 4:30-6:30pm - New exhibition opening; SATURDAY, MAY 3: 11am12:30pm - Painting demonstration with Christopher Mathie; 1pm - Artists Unveilings by Alex Boyden and Christopher Mathie; 2:30-4:30pm - Live music by local guitarist Wes Wahrmund; 5-7pm - Gallery reception; SUNDAY, MAY 4: 11am-1pmChristopher Mathie in attendance at gallery.

Randall J. Hodges Images of the West

Jeffrey Hull Jeffrey Hull Gallery

Laura O’Brien

Northwest By Northwest

Jenna Philpott Shearwater Gallery

Alex Boyden White Bird