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Wednesday, September 25, 2019 The Nugget ugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon 5 Fourth Friday Fall Artwalk this week Tonye Phillips, Donna Rice, Jody Rusconi, Martha Sand- Correspondent ers, Marion Shimoda, Mary It9s fall. Days are shorter Stiewig, and Jan McBrien and nights are cooler, but Tetzlaff go beyond traditional the art scene is as strong as quilting to create fiber art. ever in Sisters. This month9s In a land of contrasts, the Fourth Friday Artwalk, Sept. quilts portray vivid turquoise 27 from 4 to 7 p.m., features skies, striated grey stone, char- some heavy-hitting fabric treuse rabbit brush and yarrow. shows, vivid watercolors, and Fragile botanical taxonomy new ideas in clay and sculp- and extreme climate shifts cre- ture. Sisters Arts Association ate stark and beautiful geog- invites everyone to visit the raphy. Jean Wells Keenan9s galleries and see the latest. <Deserted Foothills= depicts At Stitchin9 Post Fabric pillars of basalt that stretch Arts Gallery, Leotie Richards9 across the desert, forming <Embrace Nature= show of high standing ridges of stone art quilts focuses on botanical above the sage-covered floor. images, fabricated with hand- Judy Beaver9s <High Desert dyed wool, Impressions= ingeniously depicts the hand-stitched. patterns on the Richards ground, rocks, employs a and shrubs; new technique the earth is and style of marked with wool appli- animal tracks qué, that she and rivulets calls <Mod- where water e r n Wo o l “Papillon” by Leotie Richards at a n d w i n d Stitchin’ Post Fabric Arts Gallery. Appliqué.= have left their More fabric art is featured at Sisters Art Works, as the Journeys Quil- ters9 12th Annual Show opens. This year9s theme, <High Desert Moods,= draws from the vastness of the desert, the smell of juniper and sage, and the colors of the seasons. Journeys artists Judy Bea- ver, Helen Brisson, Sheila K. Finzer, Betty Gientke, June Jaeger, Jean Wells Keenan, By Helen Schmidling “Deserted Foothills” quilt by Jean Wells Keenan at Sisters Art Works. traces. It9s all of this & and more! Hood Avenue Art and the Watercolor Society of Oregon present an exhibition featur- ing WSO members from Cen- tral Oregon. The featured art- ists are Sandra Neary, Helen Brown, Jennifer Starr, Hazel O9Rear Reeves, Linda Shel- ton, Elizabeth Haberman, Judy Hoiness, Rebecca Sentgeorge, Michelle Lane, Dorothy Roth, Winnie Givot, and Linda Bur- gel. The show runs through October 20. Gary Cooley9s latest creations are shown at the gh- Collection Gallery. Through- out the years, his art has eri- evolved from North Ameri- can and African wildlife e to res, a variety of human figures, nu- some life-size, and monu- nity, mental, all conveying dignity, power, and grace. ame Sisters Gallery & Frame Shop has some new clay work by Mary Moore and Ann Grossnickle, along with new framing ideas, scratch- board demonstration and class signup by Jennifer Hartwig. Artist Mike Mason of Port- land creates landscapes using carefully dried, pressed, and placed botanicals. His floral impression brushstrokes are created using nature9s color and form. His stunning land- scapes are at Ken Scott9s Imagination Gallery. More clay work, this time by Kelly Thiel, is on the wall at Good Day Café, near Bed- ouin. The Bend artist is known for her paintings as well as the faces (human and animal) in this display. Thiel runs The Wilds, a co-working studio. “Shared Heart” by Kelly Thiel at Good Day Café. Wildflower Studio has new oil paintings by John Runnels and Chris Nelson. Jill Neal Gallery has new images of horses, horse- women, and wild (tasteful) women. Artwork is available as originals or reproductions on canvas, mugs, tapas plates, and note cards. Watercolors by Terri Dill Simpson and photographs by Linda Ziegenhagen are wrap- ping up their stay at the Sisters Library. Stop and see them before they go away. This month, signed and numbered prints by Martin Grelle and Howard Terpning are being shown and are for sale at Graceful Touch Body- works, 170 W. Cascade Ave., #5. Stop in and visit with Tammy Patterson during the Artwalk. Also open this month are Antler Arts, Dyrk Godby Gallery, and Grizzly Ridge Upcycle. The Open Door is hosting a wedding reception, so the Clearwater Gallery will be closed, as will Beacham9s Clock Company.