June
13
ASTORIA — Downtown merchants and galleries will hold Asto-
ria’s Second Saturday Art Walk from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, June
13. Meet artists and mingle with fellow art lovers while enjoying
refreshments and new exhibits.
ART BUSINESSES
1. Imogen Gallery
240 11th St.
Ryan Dobrowski will exhibit a new
series of oil paintings and drawings for
his first exhibition at Imogen. “On My
Own” will include works inspired by his
solo bike trek through Iceland. Besides
being a talented visual artist, earning
his Bachelor of Fine Arts through the
University of Oregon, Dobrowski is also
the drummer of indie folk pop band
Blind Pilot. Read more on Page 9.
2. Old Town Framing Company
1287 Commercial St.
Feast your eyes on deliciously de-
tailed, large oil paintings by Rod Nich-
ols. He studied painting and art history
at Southern Illinois University and at-
tended New York School of Holography
in Manhattan. Locally Nichols is known
as a chef and food activist.
Also on local display for the first
time are custom Louisville Slugger
rocking chairs by Supple Rockers. Talk
baseball, and enjoy ballpark fare, such
as cold Fort George Brewery beer, hot
dogs, peanuts and Cracker Jacks.
The North Coast Food Web will also
dish up delectable, edible art and pres-
ent an inspirational array of food art by
local elementary school students. Come
by for a bite and an update on NCFW’s
teaching kitchen.
3. RiverSea Gallery
1160 Commercial St.
Presenting “Expanse,” an exhibition
of new paintings by Don Gray. Much
of the artist’s inspiration comes from
landscape forms. His gestural, expres-
sive work straddles representation and
abstraction, calling forth the sublime
from any chosen subject. Raised in rural
northeastern Oregon, Gray has had a
Bracelets by Brigitte Willse at the Astoria Art Loft.
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See rocking chairs made from Louisville
Slugger baseball bats at Old Town Framing.
long career as an artist.
In the Alcove, Portland sculptor
Michelle Gallagher presents “Ineffable
Tranquility,” a series of contemplative
Buddhist monks with enigmatic smiles
and a grouping of small Jizo figures. Jizo
is a bodhisattva who imparts benevo-
lence, determination and optimism, the
patron saint of lost causes and guardian
of all children.
4. Tempo Gallery
1271 Commercial St.
Tempo Gallery is an artist collective
showing paintings, photographs and
monotypes by five local artists: Vicki
Baker, Edward Peterson, Thron Riggs,
Carol Smith and Phyllis Taylor. In the
spring of 2012, the Astoria Music Festi-
val invited 10 artists who were involved
A piece from Sid Deluca’s “The Car Show” at KALA.
with the festival to hang their art in
the festival’s office. The artist collective
grew and became Festival Artists, and
later renamed Tempo Art Gallery.
5. KALA
1017 Marine Drive
KALA presents Astoria-based col-
lage artist Sid Deluca in “The Car Show.”
Deluca was heavily influenced by juxta-
position at the age of 7 when he visited
the New York World’s Fair and rode on
Ford Motor Company’s Magic Skyway.
One would sit in a convertible car and be
transported through a diorama of pre-
historic life. Riding through a jungle of
dinosaurs in a Thunderbird convertible
left a lasting impression on him, and
he’s been viewing the world through
an absurdist’s eye ever since. Through
the process of archival ink jet printing
on cotton rag, (known as the giclée
A beaded work by Zemula Fleming at Forsythea.
print process) Deluca’s collages meld
together in painterly fashion, producing
evocative mash-ups that instantly ignite
a psychological response in the viewer.
6. Ratz & Company
260 10th St.
Showcasing the artwork and il-
lustrations of owner Dave McMacken,
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“Tranquil Figure” by Michelle Gallagher at
RiverSea Gallery.