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Wednesday, August 16, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
ART SHOW: Event has
become a regional
draw to Sisters
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Hood Avenue Art Gallery in
Sisters.
“There were those that
really popped out and I knew
immediately what I wanted
and then there were others that
were tough to choose from,”
Burgess told The Nugget. “Of
course, I was looking at tech-
nique and composition, but
I was really looking for that
aha moment of something that
really stood out.”
Volunteer Jan Shaver,
coordinator/chairman for the
juried art show, was busy
mingling among the huge
crowd of artists and visitors.
“Although we have a few
less artists this year we have
more art items because each
artist brought more pieces
than normal,” Shaver said.
Austin James Jackson, a
19-year-old landscape pho-
tographer who enjoys being
outdoors as much as possible,
won Best Photography for
“Night Sky Over the Sisters.”
Judy McKenzie, Jackson’s
grandmother, represented him
at the art show.
“Austin is not here tonight
because he’s out doing pho-
tography for a company in
Nevada,” McKenzie said.
“We just moved to Sisters last
November and Austin lives
part-time here with us and
part-time in Portland.”
Jackson is a second-year
student at Portland State
University studying graphic
PHOTO BY JODI SCHNEIDER MCNAMEE
Randall Tillery took Best Oil or Acrylic honors for “Broken Top Evening
Sky.”
design and advertising. And
in honor of the eclipse and
his eye for the night sky,
Sisters Art Works is featur-
ing Jackson’s photography
through September 22.
Last year’s winner for
Best of Show, Charles
Chamberlain, was on hand
with his dog, Rowdy Yates,
and for a moment or two folks
forgot about his art to ask
about his handsome golden
retriever named after Clint
Eastwood’s character in the
TV series “Rawhide.”
Chamberlain has been
painting for nearly 50 years
and this year won Director’s
Choice for his acrylic paint-
ing “Steelhead Falls,” and is
the 2017 featured artist.
“Steelhead Falls is near
Crooked River Ranch and is
part of the Deschutes River
and I went out there and took
a photo,” Chamberlain said.
“There are several waterfalls,
so I walked around to get
just the right angle. I didn’t
want it straight on because it
wouldn’t have the depth that I
was looking for.”
“Evening Glow” by Lise
Hoffman-McCabe from Bend
won Best Pastel. For most of
her life she expressed herself
through varied art forms.
“Pastels have been my
medium for the past eight
years now and I really enjoy
them,” Hoffman-McCabe
said.
Hoffman-
McCabe is part
owner of Red
Chair Gallery in
Bend, and she and
her husband live
part of the time in
Paris, France.
Last
year
Randall Tillery
was selected as
the featured art-
ist. And this year
he picked up Best
Oil or Acrylic
for “Broken Top
Evening Sky.”
“Broken Top
Evening Sky is a
PHOTO BY JODI SCHNEIDER MCNAMEE
painting that had
been brewing in Best of Show went to James Holmdahl for “Night
my mind for a Photo.”
while. I’m always
fascinated and inspired by wanted to paint a beautiful
how lighting affects land- sunset, and I’ve never done a
scape; and the warm evening heron before. So, I just used
light. I had seen this type of a paintbrush and dabbed the
dramatic sky over Broken Top paint on using blues and yel-
before and decided to spend a lows for the sunset.”
few evenings with my cam-
Jim Holmdahl won Best
era and paints in hand to try of Show for “Night Photo,”
and capture a field sketch and a mixed-media photography
reference photos. I got back piece.
to my art studio and this dra-
Best watercolor went to
matic 24-by-48-inch painting Don Zylius for “Neadow
is the result.”
Landing” and Best Three
“Night Watch,” by Jennifer D i m e n s i o n a l b y A l a n
Hartwig-Klingbiel won Best Higinbotham for “Wavy
Mixed Media.
Handle Bowl.”
“I always wanted to do a
Proceeds from the fair
scratchboard piece with back- and art show are dispersed
grounds,” Hartwig-Klingbiel throughout the community of
said. “And I’ve always Sisters.
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