Wednesday, August 22, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
SAA Fourth Friday Art Stroll and Outdoor Show
By Helen Schmidling
Correspondent
Summer is winding down,
so take the opportunity to visit
the galleries of Sisters during
the Fourth Friday Art Stroll
Aug. 24, from 4 to 7 p.m.
Come enjoy an evening
with local artist Dan Rickards
at Clearwater Gallery. Dan is a
nationally and regionally cel-
ebrated professional landscape
artist. Painting full-time since
1991, he is best known for his
acrylic landscapes and wild-
life scenes. Currently in the
midst of a National Park paint-
ing project, he is capturing our
nation’s treasures and collect-
ing stories along the way.
Hood Avenue Art features
Central Oregon landscape
paintings by Kathleen Keli-
her and the handmade charm
of Kelley Salber’s miniature,
themed bookshelves, boxes,
A sculpture by Mark and Robin
Winfree at Hood Avenue Art.
and book constructions. Enjoy
live music by Victor Johnson
and refreshments. Then, Mark
and Robin Winfree-Andrews
of Eugene will exhibit carved
sculpture on the lawn next to
Hood Avenue Art on Saturday,
August 25 from 10 a.m. to 5
p.m., and Sunday, August 26,
from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m..
Knitting and knotting by
Sharyl McCulloch is featured
at Gary Cooley’s Collection
Gallery. After many years of
knitting, Sharyl has added
hand-woven pieces to her col-
orful collection.
B e a c h a m ’s
Clock
Company has invited SuZ
Morrow, an impressionist nat-
uralist painter, to be their fea-
tured artist. She paints nature
in surrealistic, impressionis-
tic and abstract forms. Light,
color, design, movement and
emotional connection form the
basis of each piece, whether
it’s ocean, desert, forest, city,
SuZ Morrow’s art will be featured at
Beacham’s Clock Company.
wildlife, or historic landmark.
Her Willow Lane Studio is in
Bend, and her work can also
be seen at www.suzmorrow
painter.com.
Twigs is featuring the bold,
bodacious, and beautiful fiber
art of Judith Beaver from
Sisters. This collection of art
quilts celebrates the stunning,
complex, and attractive world
in which we live. Starting with
those things that cause one to
pause, ponder, and appreci-
ate – a dilapidated building,
a flower, a crumbling wall,
a village in Italy, graffiti, or
a beautiful piece of fabric –
each piece evolves to its frui-
tion from abstract to realistic,
colorful, high contrast and
richly textured. The show runs
through September 25.
Sisters Gallery & Frame
Shop will feature spar-
kling fused-glass jewelry
by Laurie SantaMaria, and
new scratch art by Jennifer
Hartwig, including a special
wolf series she’s creating
for the Colorado Wolf and
Wildlife Center, a wolf res-
cue and education sanctuary,
www.wolfeducation.org.
Wildflower Studio will be
welcoming artist Carly Vargas
during Art Stroll. Carly works
with cut paper and will be
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Quick Draw
This month’s Quick Draw
will be for two gift certifi-
cates, $50 each, from Sisters
Arts Association. They may
be used in any member gal-
lery in Sisters. Register once
per gallery. The more galler-
ies you visit, the more chances
you have to win.
demonstrating her technique.
Stop by and enjoy an evening
of art, wine and appetizers.
Stroll into Jill’s Wild (but
tasteful) Women to see the
newly framed art featuring
horses, several new wrapped
canvas pieces, and three new
mugs.
Sisters Library features
seasonal acrylic landscapes by
Kathleen Keliher, along with
musical art by students in the
library’s summer programs.
Other galleries open this
month include Ken Scott’s
Imagination Gallery, Grizzly
Ridge Upcycle, Studio
Redfield, Nature’s Bling,
The Jewel and Dyrk Godby
Gallery.
Raven Makes Gallery will
not be open for this stroll
ONLY; Chris and LaRita will
be back on board after August,
with two shows in September:
September 7 to 9, with Terresa
White, Yu’pik sculptor and
mask maker; and September
28 to 30, the Hopi Women’s
Show, with renowned art-
ists: jeweler Sonwai, (Verma
Nequatewa,) Earth pigments
painter Pesavensi, (Donna
Humetewa) and potter
Dorothy Ami.