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10A • October 21, 2016 | Cannon Beach Gazette | cannonbeachgazette.com Exhibit investigates the efects of time on landscapes By Nancy McCarthy For Cannon Beach Gazette S tirling Gorsuch is fas- cinated by how time shapes a landscape. But the linocuts, etchings, monotypes and other print work he will exhibit at the Cannon Beach History Center & Museum also demonstrate how time has shaped the artist since his childhood in Cannon Beach. “It’s a progression,” Gor- such said of the exhibit, ti- tled “Oregon Visions,” now on display. “It shows a mat- uration; it’s an assortment of things I’ve done in Clatsop County and in Bend.” The local landscape — hiking trails through majestic forests, ocean waves crashing against rocks, beach bonires and stars set against a dark sky — inluenced Gorsuch as a youth. Later, when he lived in the Bend area, forest ires, bliz- zards and dramatically chang- ing seasons inspired him. He observed how the en- vironment changed even in a few hours, as the sun and clouds passed overhead. “This exhibit is from a cou- ple of years ago when I tried to integrate abstract shapes and symbols as ways of show- ing the passage of time in one scene,” Gorsuch said. Window panes also often are used to show the effects of time moving across nature. “It’s kind of like memory — seeing a place at a certain time, and this is the recording of that time,” Gorsuch said. Coastal subjects are his fa- vorite, said Gorsuch, who now works in Portland. His life in Cannon Beach brings back some nostalgia. “It’s a magical place; people are drawn to it for a reason,” he said. “It’s a compelling place, with the colors and the light — they change so fast.” To capture the landscapes, Gorsuch works from his pho- tos and drawings. Sometimes, the message he is trying to make or the emotions he tries to evoke don’t come easily. “At the base of Neah- kahnie Mountain, there’s one tree I’ve probably done ive different versions of,” he said. “It’s teasing apart something that doesn’t come easily.” His view of his environ- ment may have been kindled by his parents and Cannon Beach residents, Bonny and Richard Gorsuch. Bonny is a fabric artist and Richard is a painter — he once painted im- ages of Haystack Rock every day for a year. “They didn’t try to force me to be an artist; they en- couraged me. Being around working artists forces you to look at the world differently,” Gorsuch said. “It was a great upbringing.” He attended Cannon Beach Elementary School and, later, Clatsop Community College. Prints by artist Stirling Gorsuch, who grew up in Cannon Beach and now lives in Portland. He will exhibit his work at the Can- non Beach History Center & Museum in the show “Oregon Visions.” Above is “Begin Again”; on let is “Phase Dance.” SUBMITTED PHOTO Stirling Gorsuch, an artist who grew up in Cannon Beach and now lives in Portland, will exhibit his work at the Can- non Beach History Center & Museum in the show “Oregon Visions.” SUBMITTED PHOTOS New help for Medicare costs! SUBMITTED PHOTO “Enduring,” by Stirling Gorsuch. He was one of the last stu- dents to study under the late painter and printmaker Royal Nebeker, who Gorsuch called “an amazing artist.” After receiving the honor of “Student of the Year” in the college’s art department and graduating in 2013, Gorsuch went on to Oregon State Uni- versity, where he studied with Japanese printmaker Yuji Hi- ratsuka and became his teach- ing assistant. Gorsuch graduated summa cum laude with a ine arts de- gree from OSU last year. He works at Gamblin Art- ists Colors in Portland, which manufactures the inks he has worked with for years. Gor- such had always been curi- ous about how the inks were made. His job, he said, “is like scratching my own itch.” The exhibit at the Cannon Beach History Center & Mu- seum is one of several exhib- its he has had locally and in Astoria, Portland, Corvallis and Bend. “I remember going on a ield trip there when I was in Cannon Beach Elementary School,” he said. “It’s a venue dear to my heart.” Elaine Murdy-Trucke, the history center’s executive di- rector, said she met Gorsuch when he began displaying his art at the Cannon Beach Gal- lery. 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