Celebrate marine heritage Fisherman, artist records personal transition
with Troll Radio Revue Imogen Gallery hosts artist reception for ‘Port to Port’ show
ASTORIA — Troll Radio Re-
vue joins forces with the Fish-
erPoets Gathering once again to
celebrate local marine heritage
in an hour of fun and enter-
tainment. Troll Radio Revue is
a family friendly variety show
with a live audience broadcast
live by KMUN 91.9 FM/KTCB
89.5 FM Coast Community Ra-
dio from the Fort George Brew-
ery from 11 a.m. to noon.
On Saturday, Feb. 28, Port-
land band Shanghaied on the
Willamette continues its Troll
Radio tradition and won’t dis-
appoint. Their friendly and fun
music from land and sea will
have you all joining in with
their lively tunes.
Oregon singer-songwriter
Alexa Wiley will also perform.
Wiley’s work often involves a
sense of place, honoring the
Northwest and all it embodies.
Host Debbie Twombly will
be there, and Mr. Troll, a big
fan of the FisherPoets Gath-
ASTORIA — Imogen Gal-
lery will host an artist re-
ception for “Port-to-Port:
Portknockie to Portland,” a
United States debut solo ex-
hibition by Scottish profes-
sional artist and fisherman
George Wilson, who now re-
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sides in Portland. The show
Alexa Wiley will perform on Troll Radio Re- is held in conjunction with
vue at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 28.
the 2015 FisherPoets Gath-
ering.
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The artist reception will
this month. The Troll Radio be held from 4 to 7 p.m.
Houseband will round out Friday, Feb. 27 and is open
the show with some energetic to the public. As part of
dance tunes.
the FisherPoets Gathering,
For more information, call this event helps kick off a
503-458-6630.
full weekend of scheduled
events and is a place to learn
more about Wilson’s work,
both painting and fishing the
11 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 28
seas of the northern Atlantic.
Fort George Brewery
Astoria Coffeehouse & Bis-
tro will provide light bites
1483 Duane St., Astoria
and beverages. The exhibi-
Broadcast live on KMUN 91.9 FM
tion will remain on display
through March 10.
503-458-6630
One wouldn’t quickly
draw a parallel between the
career choices of the fish-
ing industry and the arts,
whether visual or literary,
yet the two are closer than
one might assume. Year after
year, fishermen who might
be poets, or vice versa, con-
vene in Astoria to share their
poetry, their prose and their
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A painting by George Wilson at Imogen Gallery.
been to sea — let alone ex-
perienced first-hand the hard
work of being a commercial
fisherman.
George Wilson is one of
those unique individuals,
who from childhood has en-
joyed the beauty, sometimes
solitude and unpredictability
of the fishing industry while
combining that with his oth-
er love, the visual language,
which he uses to narrate his
observations as a fisherman.
Wilson brings to Astoria
a collection of watercol-
or paintings that depict his
transition from his home-
town, a small coastal fish-
ing village in northeast
Scotland, to his new home
in Portland. “Port-to-Port:
From Portknockie to Port-
land” is a personal record of
transition.
Wilson, who spent 49
years of his life living in the
same village where he was
raised, sums up his exhibi-
tion as “My journey from
Portknockie to Portland,
with 50 years worth of mem-
ories in my sea bag.”
His work comes from
his experiences of 20 years
working on the North Sea
as a commercial fisherman,
“immersed in the rhythms of
the natural world; weather,
tide, the movements and mi-
grations of fish and birds.”
Wilson has always paint-
ed, which eventually lead
him to studies at Gray’s
School of Art, one of the
United Kingdom’s most
prestigious art schools lo-
cated in Aberdeen, Scotland.
After graduating with a fo-
cus on painting and draw-
ing, he found his way back
to the sea where his time
was shared between fishing
trips and the studio. His time
spent on the ocean entered
Submitted photo
There will be a reception for artist George
Wilson at Imogen Gallery from 4 to 7 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 27.
into his paintings.
“Over and over, in my
paintings I bring the birds,
the sea and shore, and my
village,” he says. “When I
moved to Portland in 2012, I
brought with me these layers
of memory and experience.
In the Pacific Northwest I
find a new landscape, a dif-
ferent shore, and unfamiliar
rhythms. This body of work
is the wave of my old life
against a new shore.”
For more information
about Imogen Gallery, its
represented artists, or the
current exhibit, call 503-468-
0620 or visit www.imogen-
gallery.com. Imogen Gallery
is located at 240 11th St.
Artist reception
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Submitted photo
Painter and fisherman George Wilson
shows artwork at Imogen Gallery.
4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27
Imogen Gallery
240 11th St., Astoria
503-468-0620
