May
9
ASTORIA — Downtown merchants and galleries will hold Asto-
ria’s Second Saturday Art Walk from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, May
9. Meet artists and mingle with fellow art lovers while enjoying
refreshments and new exhibits.
ART BUSINESSES
1. Imogen Gallery
240 11th St.
Jennifer Mercede brings a collec-
tion of fresh paintings, a combo of bold
floral paintings and wildly expressive
abstracts. Working small to large, each
finished painting expresses a quality of
joie de vivre; exaggerated use of color
and brilliant brush stroke jump from
surface, as if trying to escape contain-
ment. She has illustrated and published
a children’s book, been a featured artist
on OPB’s ArtBeat program, and created
a two-story-tall mural on the façade of
the Grand Rapids Children’s Museum.
2. Old Town Framing Company
1287 Commercial St.
Work by Jeff Donnelly is back at Old
Town. Donnelly has experimented with
many different styles but is continually
drawn to the landscapes. His great sense
of lighting captures you.
3. RiverSea Gallery
1160 Commercial St.
Oregon artist Leslie Lee shows “Met-
aphor to Magic.” This collection presents
some of her oldest paintings with many
of her newest to document her journey
as a painter. Lee was recognized for 30
years for her figurative clay sculpture,
then spent a decade painting figura-
tive subjects cloaked in metaphor. She
has recently transitioned to a loose and
playful abstract style. Exhibiting in the
Alcove is Portland artist Gia Whitlock
with her mixed-media painting show
“Tender Age in Bloom.” These lushly ren-
dered, fanciful interpretations of nature
are close-up landscapes of flowers and
foliage layered with intriguing biomor-
phic forms in a jumble of soft colors.
4. Tempo Gallery
1271 Commercial St.
Tempo will feature artist Phyllis Tay-
lor, who has taken a break from flowers
to do a painting of the Astoria Trolley.
Her husband, Kent, a trolley motorman,
spent hours repainting the trolley this
winter. Taylor is a member of the Pen-
insula Artist Association, Bloomington
Watercolor Society and the Astoria
Society of Artists. Refreshments will be
served.
5. Ratz & Company
260 10th St.
Showcasing the artwork and illus-
trations of owner Dave McMacken, the
gallery will feature McMacken’s paint-
ings and his early work in the rock ‘n’ roll
biz, which garnered him a place in the
Album Cover Hall of Fame.
6. Laughing Duck Digital Pond
120 10th St., Suite. 3
7. Astoria Art Loft
106 Third St.
The Astoria Art Loft will host its
grand opening from 3 to 6 p.m. Enjoy
music by Peter Hinsbeeck and Scott War-
ren as well as wine and goodies. Many
resident artists will show their work,
including acrylic artist Elizabeth Bonn
Zimmerman, oil painter John Wecker,
mixed-media artist Bonnie Wolgamot,
and acrylic, ceramic and mixed-media
artist Barbara Odems. Owner-artists Jo
Pomeroy-Crockett, Jeannette Davis and
Ellen Zimet have several new pieces.
Visit AstoriaArtLoft.com for more infor-
mation.
duced it in 1967 at her Barcelona gallery,
Refugi d’Art. Paintings are sculpted on
canvas-covered board. The multi-media
sculptures can be a combination of clay
with natural fibers, marbleized for dura-
bility, then painted in acrylics and oils.
She also adds driftwood, shells, ground
marble and feathers.
9. Forsythea Home & Garden Arts
1124 Commercial St.
This month, Forsythea highlights
the new work of several regional artists.
There are handmade baskets by Con-
nie Ford, watercolor paintings by Dian
Schroeder, hand-carved emu eggs by
Garri Linardos, wearable ceramic mosaic
pendants by Renee’ O’Connor and one-
of-a-kind jewelry boxes by Christine
Trexel.
10. Pier 11
77 11th St.
Find multi-media art, jewelry,
paintings and more by local artists at
the Pier 11 Mall.
11. Sea Gypsy Gifts
1001 Commercial St.
Check out new items; all handmade
jewelry is on sale. See original artwork,
handmade bath and body products,
candles, glass garden flowers, whimsi-
cal bottle lamps, garden decor, furniture
and more. Snacks and refreshments will
be served.
12. Street 14 Coffee
1410 Commercial St.
13. Astoria Visual Arts’ Artist in
Residence
1170 Commercial St.
Astoria Visual Arts’ artist-in-resi-
dent Sarah Hendrickson will share her
works and studio with the public. With
her studio space, Hendrickson is doing
something she’s wanted to do for years:
“Blue Stuff” by Agnes Barton-Sabo, also known as Betty Turbo, at Frite & Scoop.
See a painting of the Astoria Trolley by
Phyllis Taylor at Tempo Gallery.
weave a magic carpet. “I’ve always been
a painter, and love it, but have been
increasingly fascinated by the shapes
and color choices in rugs and tapestries,”
she says. “It requires a totally different
way of thinking to produce an image.”
Hendrickson built an 8-by-8-foot tap-
estry loom from scratch. “It’s the most
running-around-physical project I’ve
ever done: hoisting this, shoving that,
running circles around the room,” she
says. The studio location above Com-
mercial Street lends itself to the spirit of
the project. “While I’m up there I like to
open the windows wide and watch and
listen to the goings-on of town while
I’m working. This is a bonus I didn’t ex-
pect, as I feel like I’m weaving the town,
day and night, right into the tapestry,”
she says. “In the past, I’ve struggled
and even taken breaks from making art
because it can feel so lonely, but this sit-
uation is the best of all worlds.”
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ALSO FEATURING
ORIGINAL ART
8. Winnifred Byrne Luminari
Arts
1133 Commercial St.
Local artist Terrie Remington’s vision
is to capture the essence of a subject. “I
need to get to the passion of it — the
emotional fire — the driving force,” she
says. The tactile quality of her sculptural
paintings provides depth and energy;
the colors speak in a more ethereal
realm. Remington developed the sculp-
ture painting technique during her 11-
year residency in Spain and first intro-
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“Save the Children,” an oil painting by Leslie Lee at RiverSea Gallery.
“Triple Trouble,” a watercolor by Ellen Zimet at Astoria Art Loft.
A painting by Jennifer Mercede at Imogen Gallery.