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QGYEAR1R MONDAY, MAY 4, 2015 ONE DOLLAR JUST LET ART FLOW /LIHRU GHDWK FKRLFHV Police, mental health experts struggle to care for mentally ill By DERRICK DHPLEDGE The Daily Astorian and Capital Insider Carrie Barnhart said she heard voic- HVLQKHUKHDGWKDWWROGKHUWRMXPSRII the Astoria Bridge. This was not a secret. Her fami- ly knew. So did the police and mental health experts. Four times since January, Astoria Police responded to Barnhart’s suicidal threats. The last time, in April, police found Barnhart walking alone on the bridge after midnight and took her to Columbia Memorial Hospital, where police said she was evaluated by Clat- sop Behavioral Healthcare and released after two hours. A week later, Barnhart was dead. Just like she warned, the 54-year-old PRWKHURIVL[MXPSHGRIIWKHEULGJH ,QWHUYHQWLRQDQGFDUH ERICK BENGEL — EO Media Group Spencer Reynolds, an oil painter from Brookings, uses a pinstripe brush to trace the lip of a wave during an artist demonstration held at Archimedes Gallery during Spring Unveiling. He studied under a Russian impressionist for a couple of years. Spring Unveiling artists focus on craft over categories said his style is pretty hard to nail GRZQDQGKHOLNHVWRMRNHWKDWWKH work in progress, like many of his ANNON BEACH — other paintings, falls into its own While studying a piece of special category called “pinstripe DUWLWFDQEHIXQWR¿JXUH impressionism.” Reynolds, in fact, has a back- out which famous forerunners KDGWKHJUHDWHVWLQÀXHQFHRQWKH ground in impressionism and, artist, or which movement best after graduating from the Art Institute of Seattle, studied for a GH¿QHVWKHDUWLVW¶VZRUN But, while creating it, the artist couple of years under Henry Stin- may not even be thinking in such son, the Russian impressionist. pigeonholing terms; he or she But, though that experience does PD\MXVWEHWU\LQJWRPDNHVRPH- LQIRUPKLVZRUN5H\QROGV¿QGV thing beautiful and seeing where his pieces touch on several move- ments at once. it goes. “I love everything, from min- Take the work of Spencer Reynolds, the oil painter from imalism, to abstract, to impres- Brookings featured at Archime- sionism, to whatever,” he said. “I des Gallery Friday during Can- MXVWORYHDUW´ Because media consumers non Beach’s 15th annual Spring Unveiling Arts Festival, held city- now live in an age when visual art ÀLHVDWWKHPIURPFRXQWOHVVGLUHF- wide over the weekend. +LVXQ¿QLVKHGXQWLWOHGSDLQW- tions, a great deal of it probably ing of colossal, crashing waves seeps into artists’ work without — whose orange ripples Reyn- their knowing it, he said. It would olds meticulously traced with a be a heady exercise to tease apart pinstripe brush during a demon- all of his sources of inspiration. In the moment of creation, stration — has shades of surre- alism and ’60s-era psychedelic KRZHYHU5H\QROGVLVMXVWIRFXVHG poster art. It is also reminiscent, on what feels right on the ply- he noted, of Katsushika Hoku- wood canvas before him — what sai’s woodcut The Great Wave off it takes to elicit an emotional re- sponse from viewers as they gaze Kanagawa. ERICK BENGEL — EO Media Group But this kind of refer- upon the ocean turning in on itself John and Robin Gumaelius’ In the Beginning Was a Rabbit is displayed ence-based appreciation is help- before one of their wood-fired birds at the White Bird Gallery. The pieces ful only up to a point. Reynolds See ART, Page 10A were unveiled during the 15th annual Spring Unveiling Arts Festival. By ERICK BENGEL EO Media Group C Oregon, long faulted for gaps in mental health services, has sought to move toward a more community-based system of intervention and care. Over the past two years, the Legisla- ture has made a $60 million investment toward improving the state’s response to mental illness and addiction, and some lawmakers, including state Sen- ate President Peter Courtney, D-Salem, have called for $94 million for the next two years. Counties and cities have tried to make increased state funding for men- tal health a priority in this year’s ses- sion, but the amount will likely depend RQWKHVWDWH¶V¿QDQFLDORXWORRNDQGHQG of-session budget negotiations. See MENTALLY ILL, Page 7A Miss or match? New food (boat) cart proposed near Bowpicker By DERRICK DHPLEDGE The Daily Astorian Beer-battered Albacore tuna and steak fries have put the Bowpicker, WKHGLVWLQFWO\$VWRULDQ¿VKDQGFKLSV spot, on the foodie map. Teresa Estrada thinks her clam chowder would be the perfect com- plement. The Astoria woman and her husband have bought a vintage 28-foot, 1946 gillnetter and want to open a food cart called T’s Astoria Chowder next to the Bowpicker on Duane Street. “We thought, ‘Wow,’ what a great idea to put it right next to it,” Estrada said. Her request to lease property from See FOOD CART, Page 10A 6XU¿QJWHDFKHUSURPRWHVKHDOLQJTXDOLW\RIVSRUW Tony Gardner to give free lessons for Veterans Surf Day, families ence it is the goal behind his inaugural Veteran Surf Day event, scheduled May 22, over Memorial Day weekend. +H LV RIIHULQJ IUHH VXU¿QJ lessons to about 20 veterans, and Josh Gizdavich, owner of Cleanline Surf Shop, is donat- ing surfboards and gear. By KATHERINE Together, the men hope to LACAZE give veterans an opportunity to EO Media Group take a break from overwhelm- ing emotions that may be trig- SEASIDE — Local surf- gered by Memorial Day obser- ing and martial arts instructor vances and focus instead on the Tony Gardner believes there water. Participants also can in- is something restorative about teract with other military mem- being out in the ocean that is transformative experience and bers in a community setting abstract yet actual. DQGSHUKDSV¿QGFRPIRUWDQG “It’s very therapeutic, be- it brings peace.” That sensation can be hard HQMR\PHQWE\VZDSSLQJVWRULHV ing out there with the sun and the waves,” said Gardner, a WRGH¿QH±VXUIHUVMXVWFDOOLW and sharing an experience. Seaside native and founder ³VWRNHG´KHVDLG±EXWJLYLQJ RI WKH$UW RI 6XU¿QJ ³,W¶V D veterans a chance to experi- See GARDNER, Page 10A Tony Gardner, right, the found of Art of Surfing, and Josh Gizdavich, owner of Clealine Surf Shop, are partnering together to offer free rental gear and surf lessons for a Veterans Surf Day on May 22. They also are offering a Grom Day on June 20 and a Family Surf Day on June 26. Gard- ner is a master surf instructor with more than 30 years of teaching experience. He also teaches martial arts. KATHERINE LACAZE EO Media Group