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An artist who goes to great lengths
Oregon Coast artist Duncan Berry will
present a personal reflection on life within
the Cascade Head Biosphere Reserve on
Wednesday, Dec. 4, at the Newport Visual
Arts Center.
Appearing at a joint meeting of the
Mid-Coast Watersheds Council and the
Salmon Drift Creek Watershed Council,
Berry will present “The Story of Life as
Told by Water,” including images and a
narrative from his walk down the entire
length of the Salmon River Watershed.
That excursion took Berry from the river’s
headwaters high in the Coast Range,
through old growth forests to small and
large streams, and finally through its
restored estuary to the near shore and deep
sea.
“My work is to channel the beauty and
power of this place,” Berry said, “and to
show what is possible when we care for the
last great places.”
Designated in 1976 by the United
Nations Man and Biosphere Program, the
Cascade Head Biosphere Reserve includes
58,000 acres within the Salmon River
Watershed. The area’s special qualities are
further recognized through an Oregon
Marine Reserve, a US Forest Service
Scenic-Research Area and The Nature
Conservancy’s headland preserve.
Berry grew up on the Clatsop Plains of
the North Oregon Coast, the son of author
Don Berry and photo-journalist Wyn Berry.
He began a fishing career at the age of 13,
salmon trolling out of the Columbia River,
then turned to diverse careers including
gold-smithing, porcelain enamel, apparel,
eco-system services and sustainable seafood.
He and his wife, Melany, raised two
children on an island in Washington, then
returned to the Oregon Coast more than a
decade ago to help purchase and preserve
the Westwind site just north of Lincoln
City.
“This is life on the wild edge of a
continent,” Berry said, “where 3,500 miles
of the North American land mass meets
5,000 miles of open ocean…The land,
sea and air of this place acts as a muse,
sanctuary and teacher for me.”
Berry’s creative work currently includes
poetry, the Japanese technique of fish
printing Gyotaku, and photography. When
he is not creating art, Berry loves to swim
with salmon in the upper reaches of coastal
rivers, and is a dedicated conservationist.
He believes that native species are key
to the iconic salmon’s future in the great
Northwest. His other work includes
his co-founding of the national seafood
company Fishpeople, as well as acting
as a co-organizer of the Cascade Head
Biosphere Reserve effort.
The presentation will begin at 6:30 pm
at the Newport Visual Arts Center, 777
NW Beach Drive. Refreshments will be
provided.
Art in the spotlight
“Fern Spiral” by Kim Cuc Tran
The latest Spotlight
Show from Newport’s
Yaquina Art Association
features the photography
of Kim Cuc Tran
alongside the watercolors
of JoAnn Campbell.
Born and raised in
Vietnam, Tran escaped
the communists by boat
to Malaysia in 1980, and
immigrated to the US in
1981. She moved to West
Linn in 2001, and retired
to Newport in 2009.
Photography has been
a hobby and interest in
her life. The process of
capturing an image is so
fulfilling and enjoyable
to both her and her
husband. They travel to
many locations in the U.S.
and to other countries,
including Canada,
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Vietnam, Thailand,
Cambodia, Japan, Peru,
New Zealand, Mexico,
Netherlands, Germany,
Austria, Slovakia and
Hungary.
Jo Ann Campbell
retired to Newport in
2002 after a career at a
nuclear power station in
New Jersey, followed by
an epic, cross-country
trip in a motor home.
She enjoys gardening,
traveling, genealogy
and crafts and her tries
her hand at watercolor
painting
The show will be on
display through Friday,
Dec. 6, available to view
from 11 am to 4 pm
daily at the Yaquina Art
Association Gallery, 789
NW Beach Drive.
“Cup of Joy” by JoAnn Campbell