Wednesday, August 31, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Celebrating canines in Sisters
By Jodi Schneider McNamee
Correspondent
Sisters artists honored
man’s best friend with their
unique depictions on Friday
evening at the Sisters Art
Works Entry Gallery in the
eighth annual Dog Show art-
ist reception.
“The Fur & Feather
Show” was sponsored by The
Roundhouse Foundation.
“We changed it up a
little this year because we
wanted to give it a different
look,” said organizer Kathy
Deggendorfer.
National Dog Day was
also celebrated last Friday in
synchronicity with the Dog
Show.
Susan Robinson, manag-
ing director of the foundation,
was on hand serving appetiz-
ers and drinks for guests.
“A priority of The
Roundhouse Foundation is
to support the arts in Central
Oregon. This show allows
artists to showcase their work
while also giving back to
the community through the
Furry Friends Foundation,”
Robinson said.
The featured poster artist,
Ingrid Lustig, displayed two
acrylic-and-graphite paint-
ings in the show. “Wolf on the
Edge” was the painting used
for this year’s poster.
“I was very involved with
wildlife conservation back
in the ’70s,” Lustig told The
Nugget. “I even postponed
finishing art school because
I was so obsessed with
wolves.”
Lustig had volunteered
with a nonprofit wolf rescue
facility on the eastern slopes
of the Sierras outside of
Reno, and ended up as execu-
tive director of the facility for
three years.
“We had 12 wolves, and
I became very attached to
them,” Lustig said. “That
time-period had a tremen-
dous impact on my life, and
my fascination for predators
became the subject-matter in
my paintings.”
Lustig went back to school
and received an art degree
from Washington State 30
years ago, and has been paint-
ing wildlife in acrylics ever
since.
Local artist Kit Stafford
showcased an eclectic dis-
play of workmanship includ-
ing a larger-than-life figure of
a Scottish terrier made from
sheep wool, titled “Beam Me
Up Scotty.”
“I made the armature out
of chicken wire and stuffed
it with sheep wool,” Stafford
said. “I sat out on the porch
and worked with chicken
wire and wool until he came
to life.”
Stafford also hand-crafted
wooden altars, “A Place of
Remembrance,” made out of
recycled wood.
“My mother had passed
away a few years ago and I
have always liked little altars,
a place where you can honor
that special person or animal,”
Stafford said.
She also displayed textile
“folk animals,” hand-sewn on
linen, and little animal figures
made from pit fire clay.
“I love working with my
hands. It’s comforting and
helps me focus.”
Artist Barbara Modey,
from Vancouver, Washington
displayed one painting in the
show last year, and this year
she was back with more oil
photo by Jodi sChneider mCnamee
Kit Stafford was on hand to discuss her Fur & Feather work.
paintings and one piece that
was delightfully unique:
“Little White Dog,” a photo
transfer with acrylic on
canvas.
“I wanted to try something
different,” Modey said. “It’s
from an old photo of me, my
mom and the neighbor’s dog.
When I was little I didn’t have
a dog — and I liked the neigh-
bor’s dog, a lot. I used the
photo on canvas and then col-
orized over it with acrylic.”
Five mixed-media
paintings of wolves by Mary
Medrano were also on dis-
play, along with artwork
by Kimry Jelen and Kathy
Deggendorfer.
A portion of the pro-
ceeds benefits Furry Friends
Foundation, which assists
families in Sisters by provid-
ing a pet-food bank, help with
veterinary care, and access to
spay and neuter services.
All artwork in the show
will be for sale through
September 21.
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