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6 Wednesday, August 8, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon Artist’s seasonal colors shown at Library By Helen Schmidling Correspondent Kathleen Keliher has always been an observer of the world around her. She’s lucky enough to have the skill that conveys light, color, and the texture of nature through art. This month, a collection of her oil paintings is on dis- play in the computer room of the Sisters Library. The display includes one large work, called Riverlight, three small framed pieces, and six tall, vertical paint- ings: three depicting the rich colors of fall, and three show- ing winter’s cool shades. Together, they portray Kathleen’s love for both art and nature. “I have six brothers and sisters,” she said. “Our par- ents bought us art supplies to keep us busy.” Born and raised in Los Angeles, she graduated from UC Davis with a degree in botany. She worked for the U.S. Forest Service in Grand Canyon and Olympic national parks, before decid- ing to go to nursing school at the University of Washington. She moved to Bend in 1997, and except for a couple of years in Portland, has called Central Oregon home ever since. Nursing was her career for 33 years, but she always turned to art in one way or another. At first it was water- color, but she discovered it was all too easy to ruin a piece of art using watercolor paints, where one color just bled into another. But, she found her- self with an abundant stash of watercolor paper, so she learned to create with pastel paint on top of the watercolor paintings. She also fell in love with plein air painting, and gained facility for express- ing how light looks on a two- dimensional surface. A few years ago, she turned her interest to oils on canvas because of the expense of framing pastels. She still gravitates to plein air paint- ing, with a certain amount of abstraction in order to person- alize her art. Sky and clouds offer a lot of room for inter- pretation, she notes. “I’m not as rigid in my art as some people,” she said. Keliher is the founder and former president of Plein Air Painters of Oregon. She was also an original member of the High Desert Art League. She has taught classes in pas- tel, both at Central Oregon Community College and PHOTO BY HELEN SCHMIDLING Kathleen Keliher and Riverlight, oil on canvas, at Sisters Library. privately. Her art was cho- sen for the Sunriver Music Festival Posters in 2001 and 2007. She is one of the partners at Hood Avenue Art, where her work can be viewed, along with the art on her website, www. kathleenkeliher.com. Also this month, in the community room of the Sisters Library, look for small, colorful canvases cre- ated by Sisters kids in the Schedule online! 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