The Picture who came in from the Cold

Didja get out today?


It was colder than a witch’s…okay maybe that particular characterization isn’t fair to witches. Maybe they don’t get all that cold and if they do who’s to say that any one part of a witch gets any colder than any other, right?

So it was cold and a good day to stay inside. It was cold enough to make going to work a good idea and that kids is cold!

But cold also brings some interesting opportunities for image making and that is what I want to ask you about, Didja get any pictures of all of the winter stuff today.

It was raining, a cold and nasty rain when I left the house this morning. On the way over the mountain, yes, I know Libby doesn’t go over a mountain, but I’m from Texas and anything higher than a speed bump qualifies as a mountain, so on my way over the mountain there was snow. It made the forested parts of Libby look down right Currier and Ivesie.

When I got to Coos Bay, it was dry but very bitter. That’s a lot of different slices of the weather pie for one day. Did you make use of it?

Come-on, you won’t get this kind of chance all that often, even here on the Oregon Coast where the weather changes like a host at the Oscars. You have to get out at least long enough to take a few pictures so that when you get back inside you can add them to whatever project you are working on.

A coupla things to consider, take a picture. Yeah I know you are a painter and don’t hold with the magic box which steals the very soul form things, but let me tell you, that magic box lets you grab an image and get back in the warm studio.

You know damn well you are not a nineteenth century artist, living in a garret, un-heated, drafty and starving. You eat regularly, paint with pre-mixed paints and have central heat in that studio and that makes for a much happier artist. If Vinnie the Go had had central heat he might still have painted sunflowers but he wouldn’t have been driven to ear surgery by the cold uncomfortable studio.

So, grab a camera and get out and take a picture or two when the weather offers this sort of quick change wonder and then duck back inside and get warm.

Now when you do go out, protect your camera.

Back in the Paleolithic area when I started taking pictures the biggest cold weather fear was condensation between the lens elements. Want to ruin an expensive lens fast? Take it from a seventy degree studio out into thirty degree weather and watch as the water forms inside the elements where you can’t get at it. If you are lucky, letting it sit for a week or so in a warm dry place will evaporate out the moisture. If not, you have a most interesting bookend.

Now the big problem is battery life. You don’t even think about your batteries, you charge the camera when it runs down and you forget about it until you want to use it and the battery is dead cause it sat on a shelf for half a year and didn’t move and now you are fit to be tied cause Brad Pitt parked his yacht in the channel and took a swim across to the north spit in the buff and your camera was a doorstop.

Cold can suck the life out of a battery in half an hour. Don’t take your camera out in the cold without giving some thought to how to keep it warm.

Now the easiest way, for those of you who are goil sort of people and if you are a small guy this works too, buy a jacket a coupla sizes too big. No silly, this is your utility jacket, get it at Goodwill or the Hospice or the Salvation Army, the object is to keep you and your camera warm, not impress the tar out of George Clooney.

See if it is too big you can tuck the camera between your warm body, your body is still warm isn’t it, and the jacket and keep the camera and your bod warm and ready for action. When you want to take a picture pull it out take the picture and put it right back inside where it will stay warm and safe and the batteries will live to go stale on your shelf.

This will also help acclimatize the lens so that condensation doesn’t get inside the elements. This isn’t the problem it was when 35 mm was king, the new digital cameras use lenses which are smaller in size while being bigger in reach and they have tighter construction so water isn’t as welcome as it once was.

Once you get your pictures and get back in the house get them out of the camera so that even if there is some lasting effect from the cold they won’t get eaten.

And why would you go to all of this trouble?

Because the light on cold bitter days does good things and even the most common objects start to look like fine art.

Not being able to keep my hands off it I did give it a little tweak.

Okay, so I did more than a little tweak.

But I couldn’t have done any of it without going out into the cold.

Oh yes, not once did I encounter any witches with or without extremely cold…noses!

Nose Art

 

No it has nothing to do with rings or piercing no nothing like that at all. Nose Art is the forgotten, almost lost tradition of personalizing the war craft of flyers.

See I told you it didn’t involve anything getting punctured.

First you have to remember that it was only a brief window in time, those years between the beginning of World War II and the end of the Korean War. Sure flyers still personify their planes and men still sail in ships they call by women’s pronouns, but the glory days of Nose Art last less than a decade.

Okay, now for a lesson in telling time. Unlike the scholars and the scientists, we all know that decades do not break on the decimal system. We call them by their decimal enumerators, the Thirties, The Forties, The Fifties and the Sixties. But the truth is culture lags behind the calendar. The decade of the Forties really ran from 1936 through 1945. The Fifties ran from 1946 through 1955 get it? Or do you really think all that free loving, flower powering, drug-crazed, rock fueled sixties stuff started in 1960?

Come on, in 1960 the Kingston Trio and the Four Freshman still topped the charts, the Beatles were playing in Liverpool and Keith Richards still had all of his original blood.

So what we call the Forties are really The War Years and what we call the Fifties are really the Post-War Years plus Korea.

In those fleeting times when passion was hot, jazz was cool and planes were deadly, the Nose Art of the Great War Birds came into life, blazed against the horizon and then passed.

Most of the men who painted the art are long gone and the plane, those mechanical wonders are now scrap or in the hands of the few, who flew them, loved them, and can afford to keep them.

And that means if we don’t step up right now, that art, so vivid and wonderful and so amazing being the work of unpaid amateurs will be lost forever.

So, have you ever thought about it? Have you tried to include it in your own work? Have you looked it up at least?

http://parentseyes.arizona.edu/militarynoseart/overview3.htm

This is a serious page devoted to the artists and heroes who fought the wars and painted that wonderful art. Have a look and see if you don’t get just a bit choked.

http://www.noseart.ch/main.htm

This site isn’t so serious, but it is full of the paintings which went to war and made the guys feel like they had more than just a machine under them.

Now take a minute and think about this art.

It was painted freehand, by men not professionally trained artists, using whatever materials were available in war time, painted on the side or the curved nose of a bomber or fighter aircraft, which might have had extreme damage to its skin and done in stolen moments between critical missions.

That any of it was good is a miracle, that most of it was excellent is inspirational.

This isn’t the boxy art of the still life where the artists can set up his little diorama and light it exactly as it needs to be to bring out all of the tones and make the shadows give three dimensions where there are only two. No this is guerilla art composed on the fly, done in snatches without good lighting or sleep or expensive paints or stretched canvas.

And it ain’t abstract art, where things do not have to be completely recognizable in the “real” world, this is art for the ordinary men, fighting and getting killed and not sleeping or eating or resting, things pretty much have to look right.

And what things are they supposed to look right at? Girls! That’s right, the bulk of Nose Art is pin up art and a guy who has been flying two missions a day for thirty days straight might not know a Klee from a Weyth, but he damn sure knows what a girl looks like.

The Memphis Belle, Betty Boop, Ill Wind and so many others, they were the girls they guys loved the best and took to war and counted on to get tem back in one piece.

The next time you sit staring at your canvas or paper or clay trying to wring an idea out of the ether, think about those guys in the air over Europe or Japan, Korea, South Viet Nam or The Gulf and maybe you’ll see an inspiration in satin floating on a cloud and wearing nothing but a smile and luck and you’ll know just what it was all about.

Ava Richey's Art News

Hello Everyone,


This Monday, March 5th, 12 - 3 p.m., we will paint at Bandon Dunes, main building, Tufted Puffin / Gallery Restaurant.

If you would like to carpool or caravan, meet me at the north end of the parking lot at Ray''s Food Place at 11:30.

My phone is 541-347-4643 or cell is 541-297-6118.

Thanks!

Ava

ps---Anyone interested in taking a Painting with Pastels Class on Friday evenings, March 9th through 28th, call me at the phone number above. Thanks! Ava

pps.-- EVERYONE: Don't forget to be working on your paintings, etc. for the "Weather Report" show upcoming in April at Southern Coos Hospital. See more information under "Call to Artists" below.

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Art Information:

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FYI: New listings have asterisks ***** next to the date.
If any of the web links below in blue are not "live", meaning if you click on it and it doesn't take you to the website,--- right click on it and choose copy, then open your internet web browser, left click on the web address window at the top to highlight it, then right click and paste the web link into your browser and hit enter. The site should open.

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Bandon Artist Supply, winter hours: Wednesdays through Saturdays 10 -5 p.m. Closed Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. 541-347-4482 or 541-297-6118.

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Artists' Accomplishments:

We want to honor the achievements of all you artists, so don't be shy about sending the highlights of your art lives, or those of your artist friends.

Congratulations to J. M. Steele whose painting "Organic Girl" was juried into the Oregon Artist's Showcase.

The exhibit is at the Central Gallery in the Chehalem Cultural Center, 415 E. Sheridan St. in Newberg, OR. The show runs Jan. 31 - March 30, 2012. 503-487-6883. You can see the exhibit online at http://www.chehalemculturalcenter.org/central-gallery/oregon-artist-showcase?utm_source=Members&utm_campaign=ae5e3b74c0-Artist_Membership1_27_2012&utm_medium=email

Congratulations to Pat Snyder who recently had two collages accepted into the juried Northwest Collage Society Spring Exhibition at the Rob Schouten Gallery on Whidbey Island, Greenbank, WA. Show runs March 2 - April 4, 2012.

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Current Shows:
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Backstreet Gallery, 1421 Bay Street, Florence http://www.backstreetgallery.org/

*****Kathryn Damon-Dawson is the featured March artist. Reception March 10th, 3 p.m.

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Bandon Public Library March 2012

*****Angela Cardas-Meredith, "Weddings as Art". Reception: March 6th, 6 - 8 p.m., Library Sprague Room.

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Black Market Gourmet, 495 Central Ave, Coos Bay. Open Tuesday - Friday, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. 541-269-0194

March 1st - April 30th "Abstract Enthusiasm" featuring art of Robin Jenkins, Sarita Southgate, and Mike Holm. fundraiser for Children's Art Education Programs at the Coos Art Museum. 60% of proceeds go directly to support this effort.

Reception is Saturday, March 18th, 2 - 4 p.m.

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Chetco Community Library, Brookings

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Coos Art Museum 235 Anderson Ave. Coos Bay 541-267-3901 http://www.coosart.org/

*****Opening reception: Friday, March 2nd, 5 - 7 p.m. for the 2012 Biennial Student Art Exhibit & Vision 12 High School Art Competition.

****BAAA Artist of the Month for March is Shirley MacLean showing in the Lobby of the Coos Art Museum

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Coos Bay Library 525 West Anderson, Coos Bay

March

******Wall Display and Lobby: Coos Sand & Sea Quilters' Quilts

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Coquille Valley Art Center 10144 Hwy 42, Coquille 541-396-3294 http://www.coquillevalleyartcenter.org/

*****March 14 - April 13th "The 7th Annual Young Artists Show"

Hours are Monday through Friday 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

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Coquille Valley Hospital, 940 E. 5th Street, Coquille, OR

Photography show featuring works by Kathy and Dick Chambers of Myrtle Point; Patricia Davidson, Coos Bay; Kelle Herrick, Bandon; Richard Kirk, Myrtle Point; Kathy Phillips, Myrtle Point; David Sinnot, formerly of Coquille; and Tony Spenader, Coquille. A portion of sales goes to the CVHA Auxiliary. Show runs through February.

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Crystal Dolphin Gallery

1901 Sherman Ave, North Bend, 541-756-1989

*****ArtWalk, March 8th, 5 - 8 p.m. Features wood artists Ed Butler, Bernice Martin, Robert McHaney and Jack Dohallow. During ArtWalk there will be a 15% off sale on these artists showings. Snacks, tea and coffee available.

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Easy Lane Frames & Select Gallery

3440 Broadway, North Bend, 541-756-7638

"What's New?". Features Gallery Artists and their new works.

February 6 - March 30 "Winter Wonder", Reception Friday, Feb. 10th, 2-4 p.m.

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Emerald Art Center http://www.emeraldartcenter.org/
500 Main Street, Springfield 11 a.m. - 4 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday

****February 28 - March 31st: Photographsy by Bruce Barnbaum, plus featured members: Gladys Bacon Rust, "From the Southwest to the Northwest", and Chuck Roehrich, "Back to The Basics."

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Evergreen Court

Evergreen Court, Baycrest Village, 451 O'Connell St., North Bend, OR

541-756-7658

*****Bay Area and Bandon Plein Air Artists Show. Opening Reception Sunday, March 4th, 1 - 3 p.m.

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Fairbanks Gallery located on campus at OSU in Corvallis. Free, open to the public Mon.- Thurs. 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., Fridays 8 - 12 noon. Contact Douglas Russell at 541-737-5009, or drussell@oregonstate.edu http://oregonstate.edu/fairbanksgallery

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Florence Events Center

715 Quince Street, Florence Call for more info at 541-997-1994

*****Gallery One: March show features "Tactile Expressions". Textiles, fiber art and the work of local painters.

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Hawthorne Gallery, 517 Jefferson St., Port Orford

Features "Friends", a series of hot glass sculptures that skillfully depict characters who have stood out in the artist's life in one way or another. Artist is Danny White.

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High Tide Cafe, Charleston

Michael William Ousley is showing a display of his Yacht Club works of art . Open 11 a.m. - 8 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays.

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Langlois Public Library 48234 Hwy 101, Langlois, OR 97450

Hours: Mon. 11a.m.-2 p.m., Tues-Fri. 11 a.m. - 6 p.m., Sat. 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

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Manley Art Center 433 Oak Street, Brookings, OR 541-469-1807

March

********Artist of the month is Buzz Stewart, showing watercolors. He will be demonstrating at the Saturday, March 10th artwalk in Brookings.

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Maude Kerns Gallery 1910 East 15th Ave, Eugene, OR 541-345-1571 http://www.mkartcenter.org/

February 24th - March 23rd Opening reception Feb. 24th, 6 - 8 p.m.

Portraiture: "Three Twists" Frank Moro, Russ Revok, Mike Sirl

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MECCA (Materials Exchange Center for Community Arts), 449 Willamette Street, Eugene presents "Museum of Awesome", a Collage show that touches on science, a solo show by Marilyn Kent. Show runs through March. Opening reception if Friday, March 2nd, 5:30 - 8:30

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North Bend Library, Conference Room March

541-756-0400 http://www.northbendlibrary.org/

*****Features : Josie Reid watercolors (open for ArtWalk, Thurs. March 8th.

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Old City Hall-- 99 E. Second Street, Corner of Second & Adams, Coquille

Contact Nella Abbott at 541-824-0779 for information.

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Pony Village Mall:

ArtWalk: Various artists showing at tables in lobby areas near Katherine's and Harry Ritchie Jewelers, Cone 9, Heritage Textile Arts Guild, Rose Palette, East Wing art wall, and Artists Loft.

Also in the Mall:

Artists' Loft, 541-756-4088

*****Features Guest Artists: "The Bigger, The Better" show..opens on ArtWalk, Thursday, March 8th.

***East Wing Art Wall (by JoAnn's) Oils by Frank Turner

Sterling Savings Bank

*****Paintings by Jean Adamson
****Harry Ritchie's Jewelers: Catherine Walworth is the March featured artist.

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Port Orford Library January-March

Paintings by Susan Lehman, Jane Schmaltz and Ava Richey

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Raincoast Gallery

Featuring work of many local artists.

Gallery is open 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. daily except Tuesdays.

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Second Street Gallery, Old Town Bandon 541-347-4188 http://secondstreetgallery.net/

Features annual "Wall of Opportunity" with 50% off regular sales price of local artists' work including 2-d, jewelry, pottery, glass, greeting cards and books. Inventory changes weekly.

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South Slough Interpretive Center, Charleston -- in the William Q. Wick Auditorium 541-888-5558

*****March 3rd - 31st Features "Tropism", S.L. Donaldson's vibrant acrylic and ink paintings convey impacts of various stimuli. Opening reception Saturday, March 3rd, 2 - 4 p.m.

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January 11th through March, 2012

Southern Coos Hospital and Health Center

"Down on the Farm" features agriculture related art.

In addition:

March 1, 2012 through March: 21 award-winning watercolors selected by Juror Ted Nutall of Arizona for the traveling show of the Watercolor Society of Oregon .

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Umpqua Valley Arts Center, 1625 W. Harvard, Roseburg

541-672-2532 http://www.uvarts.com/

Through March 2, 2012 "Student Art Show", 500 works in a variety of media fill all six UVAA gallery spaces.

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U.S. Bank--Coquille

Works by Joanne Drapkin; Victoria Tierney's paintings of Coos County Parks for the 30 Parks by 30 Artists Show; selected works from "TIME" - A Statewide Traveling Show of Oregon Prison Art.

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Whistling Gallery

87456 Ste. A, Whistling Drive, Bandon (located in Laurel Grove, 5 miles south of Bandon.) A variety of artists showing 2-d and 3-d work.

Also in charge of showing work at Billy Smoothboar's and other venues for those artists interested in showing their work, contact Vickie. 541-404-7336, or whistlinggallery@gmail.com

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Art 101, The Purple Yurt, 5 miles south of Bandon on Hwy 101, 541-250-1140 or info@washedashore.org

Saturdays and Sundays 1 - 5:00 p.m.

Volunteer Workshops to build "Leo the Leopard Shark" Have a hand in constructing the newest member of the Washed Ashore family. This work is designed to permanently reside at the Chula Vista Nataure Center in San Diego, CA. The sculpture consists of 100% ocean going debris (plastics and more). Help inspire others to do something about this problem by building this eye-catching sculpture.

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Art by the Sea, Gallery & Studio 175 2nd St, Old Town Bandon, (next to Bandon Artist Supply) 541-297-6118

*****Pastel Painting Classes with Arlene Tinsley & Ava Richey
Fridays, 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. starting March 9th.

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Monday, April 2, 2012 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Silkscreen Monoprint Class Instructor is Pat Snyder, class fee $45. to register call 541-297-6118 Class is full, but you can go on a waiting list..

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Artist Loft Gallery, Pony Village Mall, North Bend. Call for Class Information at 541-756-4088

If you are interested in taking a Chinese Brush Painting class with Darlene Diehl on April 12, 2012, $67 for 5 hours with all supplies provided, please contact Carol Young at 541-260-4573. Class will be held in the Artist Loft classroom.

Beginning Watercolor with Carol Young, for info call 541-260-4573.

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Bay Be, located in Charleston, next door to High Tide Cafe is now open and offers licensed childcare for kids 3 yrs & up with a focus on nature and art projects. ALSO offer workshops for adults--making lip balm, jewelry, knitting and yoga.

Drop-in Saturdays from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. with only $5 and 5 minutes we can help you create a craft such as paper, a candle, a willow basket, driftwood sculpture or bird feeder. 541-888-3265, Find us on Facebook.

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Brookings Area and more:

various classes are listed at http://wildriverscoastart.com/



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Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay 541-267-4877 for more information.

Tuesday - Thursday, April 3, 4, 5th, 2012 Watercolor from Start to Finish with Judy Morris 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Saturdays, May 12th & 19th: Paper Arts with Holly Rodenkirk and Mary Cervantes 10:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.

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Coquille Valley Art Association 10144 Hwy 42, Coquille, OR 541-396-3294

http://www.coquillevalleyartcenter.org/

Painting with Pat Weaver 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., Tuesdays & Wednesdays

Painting with Anna Crosby 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Thursdays & Fridays

Painting/Drawing 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Mondays

Painting with Bunny Upton 12 - 3 p.m. Mondays

Woodcarving with Larry Roberts 9-12 Mondays 541-396-2579

Woodcarving 6 - 9:00 p.m. Tuesdays

Wood Burning 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Tuesdays

Play with Clay 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Thursdays

Ken Means Carving 9 - 12 noon and 6 - 9 p.m. on Wednesdays

Quilting 10 a.m. on Wednesdays

Appliqué 10 a.m. Tuesdays

Stained Glass 2:30 - 5:00 and another at 6 - 9 p.m. Mondays and Fridays 9:30 - 12:30

Fiber Arts 10 a.m. on Fridays

Yoga 6 p.m. Mondays No Classes during January or February.

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Easy Lane Frames, 3440 Broadway, North Bend, 541-756-7638

Contact for information on a variety of classes.

Palette Knife Technique with Acrylics with Carolyn Le Grande is continuing on Mondays from 2 - 4:00 p.m. Call to see about joining this class.

Susan Lehman's Textures in Collage class has been changed to April . Call for information.

Cartooning with Bandon artist Leo Chiantelli will be offered at the gallery this summer. Students of any age and ability are welcome. Class will be four sessions for $60. Supply list available at the gallery.

The gallery is interested in setting up some children's classes for summer. If you would be interested in teaching a class please contact Jane 541-756-7638.

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Freshwater Gallery, 236B Hwy 101, Port Orford (next to Paula's Bistro)

Sundays, 3-5 p.m.: Figure Drawing with Model, $25

Mondays, 5-7 p.m.: Seascape Painting, $20 per class. For information: 541-332-8019 or 541-236-8077, or wilddoodle@earthlink.net

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Gallery on the Bay

658 S. Empire Blvd, Empire 541-888-3771

Lessons in painting pastel by Darrell Sanders.

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Heritage Textile Arts Guild

157#A, Pony Village Mall, North Bend

Lessons available in wearables, kitchen linens and gift items.

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Manley Art Center, Brookings

Call for class and workshop schedules. 541-469-1807

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Rose Palette, Pony Village Mall, North Bend. 541-290-7858

Oil Painting classes by Carol Turner, 2:30 - 5:30 Mondays, $20 per class. You can reach Carol at 541-396-5373 for information on other classes as well.

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Rosie's Art Carnival, 575 B Hwy 101, Florence artcarnival@oregonfast.net www.facebook.com/rosiesartcarnival

New Classes: e-mail for more information.

Fridays: Two Card Classes, one at 10:00 a.m. and the other at 12:30. Sign up ahead of time so a materials packet will be available for you.

Saturday, March 9th: Stampscapes Class with Cathy.

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Sage Place, 11th & Elmira, Bandon

For a schedule of classes offered go to: http://www.sagegallerybandon.com/

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Southwestern Community College

Brookings: Saturday, April 7, 2012 1 - 5 p.m. "Containers, A Mixed Media Art Workshop". Learn to make a coiled fabric basket and explore containers as art and metaphor. Instructor Linda Mulvany lindajmulvaney@gmail.com

Gold Beach SWOCC Center (on the fairgrounds) 541-247-2741

Weekly collage class, Tuesdays 4 - 5:30 p.m. April 3rd, 10th, May 8th and 22nd. Rich and varied collage materials furnished to help you explore the possibilities and learn a variety of techniques. lindajmulvaney@gmail.com

SOCC, Port Orford : Saturday, May 19th, 1 - 5 p.m. "Aspect Dolls: A Mixed Media Art Workshop" Identify different parts of yourself and create mixed media dolls to honor those parts. lindajmulvaney@gmail.com

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*****Studio T Classes, Bandon

Color Workshops with dorothea tortilla:

Dynamic Color Workshop 12:30-5:30 Saturday, March 10

sign-up deadline: Monday, March 5, 2012

$55 all materials included

Advanced Color Workshop

***Prerequisite: Dynamic Color Workshop***

12:30-5:30 Saturday March 17 sign-up deadline: Monday March 12

12:30-5:30 Monday March 19 sign-up deadline: Monday, March 12

$55 all materials included

Please email dorotheatortilla@msn.com for available openings, complete class descriptions or any questions

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Umpqua Valley Arts Center, Roseburg

1624 W. Harvard, Roseburg, OR 97471 541-672-2532 http://www.uvarts.com/

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Wright's Custom Framing 910 Chetco Ave, Brookings 541-469-7625 saradee1@frontier.com

Drop in Art Workshop every Friday Afternoon 1 - 4 p.m.

Individual instruction in any medium; demonstrations in various mediums; critiques of completed work and works in progress. $12 per session. Just drop in and bring something you would like to work on, or need help with. Each week something new is presented during demonstrations.

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******Friday, March 2, 2012 6 - 8:30 p.m.

Music for the Arts fundraiser for the Umpqua Valley Art Association, 1645 W. Harvard, Roseburg. Dinner provided by Brix 527, music by their local band Slo Poke. $25 per person. All proceeds to UVAA.

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*****Friday, March 2, 2012 5:30 p.m.

Eugene First Friday ArtWalk starts at Opus VII, 22 W. 7th Ave, at 5:30 p.m.

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Saturday, March 3, 2012 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Coquille Valley Art Center, 10144 Hwy 42, Coquille Quilt-a-Thon to make small "care quilts" to be donated to children at risk. All ages of helpers are invited. Those who don't sew can cut, iron and tie knots. Refreshments served. Contact Carolyn for more information at 541-439-2425.

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Sunday, March 4, 2012 1 - 3 p.m.

Evergreen Court on the Campus of Baycrest Village, 4510 O'Connell Street, North Bend

Opening reception for the Plein Air Painters Exhibition featuring painters from Oregon's Bay Area and Bandon. Please join us for art, food and friends.

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*****Saturday, March 10, 2012 11:00 a.m.

Bay Area Artists Association monthly meeting at Pony Village Mall in North Bend, located near Macy's across from Maurice's, Bill Blumberg will be giving a talk with demonstrations on "CAlligraphy and Prismacolor drawing".

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*******Saturday, March 10, 2012 4 - 7:00 p.m.

Brookings Second Saturday Art Walk. Artist and musicians invite you to join them for the Murder Mystery Art Walk in downtown Brookings. Pick up your Murder Mystery Booklet at Chetco Library 4 -5 p.m. This details the locations of the ten Suspects at five different places. Will you be able to solve the mystery??

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****Saturday & Sunday, March 24th & 25th,

2012 Southcoast Wood Carvers 21st Show & Sale at North Bend Community Center, 2222 Broadway.

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Thursdays.

Gold Beach Episcopal Church Easternmost end of Moore Street.

Figure Drawing. To confirm & for more information contact Alexandra

alexandra@portraitsbyalexandra.com

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Calls to Artists:
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****Deadline Friday, March 2nd, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Artists Loft Gallery, Pony Village Mall, North Bend

"The Bigger, The Better", A Juried Show Paintings, Drawings, all mediums, and photography. One piece per artists, $5 entry fee. Show will be judged and ribbons will be awarded. The reception will be on ArtWalk night, Thursday, March 8th. Minimum size is 21" x 28".

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****Delivery March 1st through March 9th for the Seventh Annual Young Artists Show at Coquille Valley Art Association. Ages 3 - 18, up to three entries per person in each category of painting, sculpture, drawing and photography. All area children invited to participate.

Artwork must be suitable for hanging with backing, mats or frames. Age categories include 3-5 years old, 6 - 8; 9-12; 13 - 15; 16 - 18. Coquille Valley Art Center, 10144 Highway 42, Coquille. Show runs March 14th - April 13th. 541-396-3294 for more information.

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2012 Southcoast Wood Carvers 21st Show & Sale will be held Saturday, March 24th & 25th at the North Bend Community Center, 2222 Broadway.

There will be 50 spaces available for woodcarvers to sell or display. For more information contact Ken Means at 541-396-4501 or kenscarousel@aol.com

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*****Delivery deadline 'the last week of March'

Easy Lane Frames & Select Gallery Call to Artists for "The Color of Spring". Open to all, no entry fee, no size limitation. For more information call 541-756-7638.

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March 5, 2012 Postmark Deadline

Emerald Art Center, 500 Main Street, Springfield, OR Emerald "Spring Exhibition" National Juried Show. Cash awards of at least $6000 will be announced at the opening of the show.--14 paintings will be selected for cash awards. $35 entry fee for 1 or 2, $10 for each additional. Show runs May 1 - June 1, 2012. Juror is nationally known pastelist Dawn Emerson. http://www.emeraldartcenter.org/pdf/2012%20EAC%20NJS%20Prospectus%20nFinal.pdf

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Deadline March 23, 2012 to return application for Yachats: Crafts on the Coast 15th Annual Spring Arts & Crafts Festival, which runs May 26-27th, 2012, AND Crafts on the Coast 15th Annual Harvest & Holidays Arts & Crafts Festival Nov. 3-4th, 2012.

Call 541-547-4738 for application packet for both events.

First time participants are welcomed, and demonstrations of arts and crafts are appreciated. Festivals are juried separately with the May event juried at the end of March, and the Nov. event juried in August.

70 exhibitors of exceptional, gallery quality crafts, fine arts and gourmet food products from the Pacific Northwest and beyond.

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The Spring Show: (April, May, June): “WEATHER REPORT”

Southern Coos Hospital and Health Center, Bandon

Works inspired by the South Coast Weather. We’re a land of wild winds, torrential rains, glorious sunsets, rainbows, waving grasses, threatening clouds and churning (or shining) seas----all fair game for our local artists and photographers. No snapshots please. If you have a really fine photo it must be matted and framed and ready for hanging.

Any questions…..check with Ava Richey at Bandon Art Supply or call Victoria Tierney or Susan Lehman at 541-347-9888.

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April 14, 2012 postmark deadline

Coos Art Museum, 235 Anderson, Coos Bay, http://www.coosart.org/

19th Annual Maritime Art Exhibition. Show runs July 14 - September 22, 2012. $35 for up to 3 entries. Go to above website for prospectus and entry application.

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Postmark Deadline March 5, 2012

Sequim Arts is seeking entries for its 36th Annual Juried Art Exhibit to be held at the Museum & Arts Center, Sequim, WA. Exhibition dates May 1 - 27th.

Cash and merchandise prizes totaling over $1500. Open to all adult artists. All work must be original in interpretation and composition, not copied from copyright or published art or executed in a supervised class, and must be for sale. Entries are $20 for the first entry, additional $5 each up to five entries.

http://www.sequimarts.org/ 360-681-4884

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Deadline May 16, 2012 at 5 p.m.

Career Opportunity Grants, available from Oregon Arts Commission, help support individual Oregon artists by enabling them to take advantage of unique opportunities to enhance their careers through the development of arts, business or professional skills; expanded marketing capacity and/or the further development of the nature or quality of their artwork.

Grant amounts may range from $300 - $1500. A new collaboration with The Ford Family Foundation is now included with the application. To apply, visit http://www.oregonartscommission.ort/content/grants/ For more information call Shannon Planchon at 503-229-6062.

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Deadline March 19, 2012

Artists are invited to apply to display their works at the third annual Sunriver Art Faire. Limited to 60 exhibitors, the juried show will be held August 10 - 12th. Submit applications at http://www.zapplication.org./ For more information visit http://www.sunriverartfaire.com/

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Deadline April 16, 2012 for postmark and/or hand delivery of application and fee.

"Exposure 2012" Photography Only show. Florence Events Center

Show runs April 30th - June 28th, 2012 $20 per rod, rod hold 3 photographs. For guidelines and application:

http://www.eventcenter.org/images/stories/gallery-photos/exposure-guidelines.pdf

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Submission Deadline: Friday, April 20, 2012

Maude Kerns Art Center’s

Call for Artists: 2013-2014 Exhibits Schedule
Artists working in all 2- and 3-dimensional mediums, including
installations, are invited to submit images of their work along with an application form to be considered for the next biennium (2013-2014) of exhibits at the Maude Kerns Art Center. Submissions may include solo, group, and/or themed shows. There is a $15 submission fee for individual artists and a $5 fee per artist for group shows.

The postmark deadline is Friday, April 20, 2012. Application forms and prospectuses are available at the Art Center or online at

http://www.mkartcenter.org/

Call 541-345-1571 for more information.

The Maude Kerns Art Center, located at 1910 E. 15th Avenue at the corner of 15th and Villard, is Eugene’s oldest non-profit community center for the visual arts. Gallery hours are from 10:00 am to 5:30 pm, Monday – Friday, and noon to 4:00 pm on Saturday when exhibits are on display.

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Umpqua Valley Arts Association , Roseburg

44th Annual Summer Arts Festival, scheduled for Friday, June 22nd through Sunday, June 24th, 2012.

Look on their website: http://www.uvarts.com/ starting in January for applications for booths for artists, crafters, food vendors and entertainers.

This is an established, major cultural event in the Umpqua Valley drawing artists and crafters from across the U.S. for the 3 day festival with live music, food from local vendors, and lots of art. The event draws over 16,000 visitors of all ages. Proceeds benefit the UVAA's arts-in-education programs, bringing art instruction to elementary school children in Douglas County.

Those with questions are encouraged to consult the FAQ document posted on http://uvarts.com/summer-arts-festival/ or contact the UVAA by phone at 541-672-2532.

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The Summer Show: (July, August, September): “GAMES PEOPLE PLAY”

Southern Coos Hospital and Health Center, Bandon

It was Crystal Landucci’s impressive collection of games of Chinese checkers that inspired this one. We’re looking for board games of all sorts that can be mounted on the walls; your own inventions would be great too……you’ve got a little while to work on this one so start inlaying those chess boards or drilling those cribbage sets….(fashioning those dominos?)…….This should be a really fun exhibit for the summer and we hope it will combine collectibles and the fruits of your imagination.

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The Fall Show: (October, November, December) “WHAT I DID ON MY VACATION”

Southern Coos Hospital and Health Center, Bandon

Paintings and Journals created by the travelers amongst us. We already have some folks in mind but if you have some work you think might fit in….please let us know.

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The Artists' Village, McMinnville, OR Saturday & Sunday, July 14th & 15th, 2012

The McMinnville Sunrise Rotary Club is hosting their 4th Annual Artists' Village. Funds raised from this event go to help develop the arts and help Oregon artists with this event.

This is a juried event to obtain a booth at this show in order to sell your work. 10 ' x 10' booth under a tent, $100 for both days. Jurying fee will be non-refundable $25. Best in Show cash prizes total $1000.

They are looking for a variety of fine art participants including painting, sculpture, pottery, metalwork, dance, music and readings.

Information and applications will be posted in January on their website: http://www.artinmac.org/ Their email contact is artinmac@gmail.com

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Summer Boardwalk Show at Bandon waterfront: It’s The Year of the Dragon, so start planning now!

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Bandon Library Art Committee is seeking artists for exhibitions in both the Hallway Gallery and the Glass Cases during the 2013. You can also put your name on the list in case there are cancellations before then. The art can be paintings, drawings, mixed media, photography, and the like;
crafts, collections, small sculptures and/or jewelry for the cases. Please contact Alexis Proctor at alexis2101p@yahoo.com or call 541-329-0530.

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Opportunity to Sell your Work:

Kathy from "Katherine's" in Pony Village Mall (south wing) is seeking artists to display art on Art Walk Thursdays from 5 - 8:00 p.m. each month.

The upcoming one is March 8th. The Mall will provide easels and tables. Other stores will be doing music and appetizers. There is no fee, no commission...it's FREE. Contact Kathy at 541-808-2248.

LACDA 2012 INTERNATIONAL JURIED COMPETITION

 

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:50 AM

Formatted announcement: http://lacda.com/juried/juriedshow.html lacda  los angeles center for digital art  102 West Fifth Street  Los Angeles, CA 90013 LACDA 2012 INTERNATIONAL JURIED COMPETITION Jurors: Nancy Meyer, LACMA Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art,L.A. County Museum of Art   Rex Bruce, LACDA Director and Senior Curator, L.A. Center for Digital Art Enter our juried competition for digital art and photography! Entrants submit three JPEG files of original work. All styles of artwork and photography where digital processes of any kind were integral to the creation of the images are acceptable. The competition is international, open to all geographical locations. The selected winner receives 10 prints up to 44x60 inches on museum quality paper (approximately a $2,500-$3,000 value) to be shown in a solo exhibition in our main gallery. The show will be widely promoted and will include a reception for the artist. Second place prizes: Ten second place winners will receive one print of their work up to 24x36 inches ($150-$200 in value) to be included in upcoming group exhibits. Second place winners will be scheduled into a group shows within twelve months of announcement of winners. Consideration is given to placing these works in shows appropriate to their style, genre and/or content. These shows will be widely promoted and will include a reception for the artists. Special consideration will be given to all entrants for inclusion in future shows at LACDA. Many entrants from past competitions have been included in our exhibits. Los Angeles Center For Digital Art is dedicated to the propagation of all forms of digital art, supporting local, international, emerging and established artists. We have an ongoing schedule of exhibits and competitions, and produce editions of wide format archival prints. Deadline for entries: March 26, 2012 Winners Announced: April 2, 2012 Exhibit Dates: April 12-May 5, 2012 Artist's Reception: April 12, 7-9pm ​​​​ click here for complete information and prospectus ​ click here for direct link to registration Entry fee is $30US Online registration only For questions email: lacda@lacda.com No phone calls please

Call To Artists

 

Photographers Invited

Exposure 2012!

Deadline - April 16

Photographers from Florence, the Oregon coast, and across the Willamette Valley are invited to display their work in “Exposure 2012,” a show which will be up through May and June in Gallery Five at the Florence Events Center.

Each photographer may enter up to three pieces in the show for a one-time entry fee of $20. All photographs must be properly mounted, framed and wired, ready to hang. Maximum width is 30”. All photographs must be available for sale. If a piece sells during the show, the photographer may replace it at no additional fee.

Photographs must be delivered to the FEC in person on Monday, April 30, and picked up on Thursday, June 28. An artist’s reception will be held in the gallery after the show opens and is hosted by the FEC.

Applications are available online at http://www.eventcenter.org/. Click on the Community link to download. Applications are also available at the FEC, Digital Dunes Photography and at the Siuslaw Public Library.  Deadline for entries is Monday, April 16 at 5:00 p.m.

Tara L. Haley

Community Outreach Manager

715 Quince St.

Florence, OR 97439

541-997-1994 Ph.   888-968-4086 Toll free

541-902-0991 Fax  http://www.eventcenter.org/

The City of Florence is an equal opportunity employer and service provider.  

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Biological Threat

If you were planning on enjoying the Fine Art of S. L. Donaldson this weekend, I have bad news. S. L. has come down with the Infernal Rippling Death and cannot leave the house nor would you want her to. Fortunately this is only a temporary plague and S. L will once again be up and taking awards in no time flat. The exhibition of her works at the estuary has been rescheduled for March 17 barring mischief by wily Leprechauns.

The Pasteboard Easel

 

It has happened to all of us, the news of a big show comes in late, there’s a moment of blind panic and then a frenzy of desperate preparation and the rush to the post office or the hurried Internet submission.

But wait, there’s a problem, you have to get that entry ready and that means making a disc and getting the art onto that disc.

No problem-o, you can do that sort of thing in your sleep. You just set up the art on an easel, light the image correctly and take a picture, easy, peasy, calabresy!

You have the camera, you have the proper lighting tools cause you’ve been reading the ole Trawler, you have the disc ready, but there’s no easel. Sure you have the one in the studio, with the sixty by forty unfinished oil on it, drying slowly as only an oil can dry. Can’t move that puppy. You my friend are toast!

But once again, the Ole Trawler has come to your rescue. Disclaimer, this will in no way replace the steady, professional easel you use to create your art. It will get you out of a bind and it costs nothing and takes less than half an hour which should fit both your budget and your schedule.

You need at least one maybe two sheets of heavy cardboard, ¼ an inch, 3/8 is better and by ½ you’re getting into more trouble than it is worth territory. You need a flat-head screwdriver old and worn out is best, with the blade dull and rounded. You need a Xacto knife or a box cutter, a ruler, a pencil or felt-tip and good light.

I know around here that means either work lights or move to Nevada.

Okay, so take the sheet of heavy cardboard and mark off a three inch wide strip at least ten inches long. (This is where having two sheets of heavy cardboard comes in handy; you can cut up one and save the other for the body of the easel.) Cut this away from the sheet and then cut it into two five inch strips. Set them aside and move on.

Take the sheet, you did find two, right? Take the sheet of heavy cardboard and mark off a three inch wide strip along the bottom edge. Use the pencil or felt tip to mark this so that you have a guideline. Take the screwdriver and carefully score or crease the line you marked. Don’t cut through the cardboard! This is why I said use a worn-out screwdriver. Once you have scored the line carefully bend it ninety degrees. If you failed basic math this makes a right angle or makes a shelf-like lip. You need this for the art to sit on.

Now take the two five inch strips and carefully mark off the center point, two and a half inches if you have trouble figuring this center thing out and from the center point mark off one inch in each direction. You should now have three marks, one in the center and one in each direction one inch from center. Select either side mark and make a parallel mark one quarter inch or three eights inch whichever your cardboard requires and mark it. Measure one and a half inches from the edge of the strip and mark that. This is the top of the slot you are going to cut so make your side lines reach this top mark and close the lines. Now you should have two slots marked on the five inch strip. Take the box cutter or Xacto knife and cut out the slot. Do this on the other strip too.

Now you have three pieces of the puzzle, let’s put it together. Take the back piece of the heavy cardboard, the one with the right angle lip and using one of the five inch strips lock the right angle lip into place. Don’t make it hard, it just means use the five inch strip to hold the lip in place. Now do the same on the other side.

Holy scaffold Batman, you now have an easel!

Wasn’t that hard?

Here’s the secret, you can use this to photograph any flat object you need to photograph, you can display paintings on it in a bind and you can take it apart and carry it into the filed and us it when you go plein air painting. If it gets wet, burned, spindled, folded or mutilated, if the dog eats it or if it gets stolen, you can make another one. Remember the cost part of this presentation, you used cardboard. If you’re like me you have enough empty picture/frame boxes lying around to build a space shuttle and this is so much easier and practical. And oh yes, once again, it’s free.

Next class, building a death ray from stuff you find in an ordinary cat box…

Collage by Susan lehman