Art celebrating elk on display in Seaside
SEASIDE — The art exhibit
“Proceed As” is on display
now at Fairweather House
and Garden and continues
through Feb. 6. The show fea-
tures coastal elk images by lo-
cal photographer Neal Maine
as well as an elk painting by
Michael Muldoon.
After a 30-year career as
a biology teacher at Seaside
High School, Maine became
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cy, which he co-founded in
1986. Since his retirement in
2010, he has pursued his pas-
sion for nature photography
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a partnership with his grand-
son Michael Wing, dedicated
to raising awareness of coast-
al ecology and wildlife. A
percentage of all photography
sales are donated to North
Coast Land Conservancy to
help further this goal.
For this exhibit, Muldoon
created an oil painting based
on a photograph by Maine of
two elk on the beach.
“This image is one of Neal
Maine’s countless photos ded-
icated to raising awareness of
coastal ecology and wildlife,”
Muldoon said. “I’m very grate-
Submitted photo
“Morning Jog, Father and Son” is a paint-
ing by Michael Muldoon that is based on a
photo by Neal Maine.
ful for his permission to ren-
der his photo of these majestic
elk on a soft beach morning,
which I’ve titled ‘Morning
Jog, Father and Son.’”
Main and Muldoon are
both fascinated with the hab-
itat found along the coast and
share a Seaside connection
that spans 50 years — Main
was Muldoon’s high school
football coach.
“To connect with Neal
in this way after almost 50
years, for me, sincerely, is
priceless,” Muldoon said.
Muldoon will contribute
10 percent of the proceeds
from the original painting as
well as all giclee prints to the
North Coast Land Conservan-
cy.
After graduating Seaside
High School and attending
West Point Military Academy,
Muldoon spent a few years
teaching and coaching before
settling in a 30-year career in
sales and marketing with a
major car company.
“I loved my job, but I love
retirement even more, espe-
cially the time it gives me
with family, friends, travel,
and of course oil painting,”
he said.
An interpretive oil paint-
er, Muldoon has studied at
the Scottsdale Art School
and with his mother, Can-
non Beach resident and art-
ist Betty Brower. Muldoon
shows artwork in Arizona and
currently at Trail’s End Art
Gallery in Gearhart and Fair-
weather House and Garden,
located at 612 Broadway.
Tickets $20 or $15
ASTORIA — Another night of
music will go down at the Fort
George Brewery as the venue
welcomes songwriter Jonah Tol-
chin, from New Jersey, to per-
form at 8 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 25.
Tolchin will warm up the brew-
ery before continuing a U.S.
tour with Dave and Phil Alvin.
Rounding out the concert will be
house-favorite stomp-grassers
Polecat.
Tolchin’s interest in electric
blues grew to encompass the
genre’s acoustic predecessors,
which in turn lead to him discov-
er and embrace other tradition-
al folk forms. From Guthrie’s
talking blues to the unyielding
Jonah Tolchin
& Polecat
8 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 25
Fort George Brewery
1483 Duane St., Astoria
All ages
No cover
pulse of old -time stringband
music, Tolchin absorbed it, at-
tempted to play it, and in the
process found his own voice as
a songwriter and a singer. His
style, illustrated so convincingly
on his Yep Roc debut “Clover
Lane,” bridges the gap between
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etic, open hearted sensibility at its
core.
Formed in Bellingham,
Washington, in spring 2010,
Polecat has traveled all over
Northwest, performing over
400 shows in four years. The
band’s instrumentation enables
the group to seamlessly blend
genres, including bluegrass,
country, Celtic, rock, reggae and
world music. The general appeal
of Polecat comes from the band
members’ take on roots music
and their interactive and high-en-
ergy live shows.
non-perishable food item to be
donated to a local food bank.
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teach cartwheel fundamentals shoes.
and tumbling basics in this fun
Call Encore Dance Studio
class.
for more information at 503-
Suggested tuition is a 717-1637.
Kids: Learn to cartwheel
GEARHART — Encore Dance
Studio will sponsor a free cart-
wheel class for boys and girls
ages 5 to 10.
The class will be from 10 to
11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 24. En-
You Are Invited to
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PLAYHOUSE PRESENTS
JAN. 30 - FEB. 21, 2015
Jonah Tolchin, Polecat to play Fort George
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