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Northwest By Northwest Gallery features sculptors, oil painters CANNON BEACH — During this year’s Plein Air & More Arts Festival June 26 to 28, North- west by Northwest Gallery will feature leading regional artists, including Georgia Ger- ber, Ivan McLean, Jeff White, Hazel Schlesinger and Doug- las Granum. Gerber, known for her sculptures in downtown Port- land depicting Oregon wild- life, will create clay sculpture in front of the gallery. McLean is a contemporary steel sculptor who has created numerous pieces throughout Portalnd’s Pearl District. He has just returned from install- ing six spheres on Hollywood Boulevard in California. He is known for his numerous VLWHVSHFL¿FLQVWDOODWLRQV White is a master oil paint- er. He has been an OBP “Or- egon Art Beat” featured art- ist. His work can be seen in numerous public collections, at the Hawaii Temple Visitor Center, San Francisco Bay Wildlife Refuge and Columbia River Gorge Visitor Center. Schlesinger grew up in Cannon Beach and is a devot- ed plein air oil painter, belong- ing the Oil Painters of Amer- ica and the Plein Air Painters of Hawaii. Her work has been featured in Southwest Art Magazine, and she is also known for her abstracts. Granum works in sculp- ture from super realism, like his project for the Gig Har- bor History Museum called “The Big Catch,” based on a 1909 photograph of a cannery worker with a king salmon taken by Asahel Curtis. The sculptor and painter works in a broad range of styles. He is currently creating a sterling silver canoe based on an ear- lier carved wooden canoe by the artist. A Friday evening recep- tion will feature jazz guitarist Bobcat Bob and Patrick McEl- ligott pouring Sineann Wines. Northwest By Northwest Gal- lery is located at 232 N. Spruce St. For more information, call 503-436-0741. Submitted photo “Floral” by Douglas Granum at Northwest by Northwest Gallery. DragonFire Gallery to host demonstrations Artists work outside, throughout town during Plein Air & More Arts Festival CANNON BEACH — DragonFire Studio and Gallery will feature a full weekend of events and artist demonstrations for the Plein Air & More Arst Festival, June 26 to 28. DragonFire’s featured artists include veteran festival participants and award-winners Michael Or- wick and Anton Pavlenko, as well as festival newcomer Rob Hooper. The gallery’s artist reception will take place from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, June 26. T he Illah ee A partm ents DragonFire will also host art- ist demonstrations from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday with painter Theresa Andreas-O’Leary, who renders light in colorful acrylic and gold-leaf landscapes; jewel- ry artist Deb Steele, who creates organic textured jewelry using precious metal clay; and Dana Murray, whose photographic por- traits of water embody the artistic element of physics. After overwhelming success and popularity at the 2014 Stormy Weather Arts Festival, DragonFire will host another Dualing Easels Submitted photo DragonFire Gallery will host Dualing Easels at 11 a.m. June 28 – an event where two artists start working on individual canvas- es and intermittently swap canvases. event at 11 a.m. Sunday, with Pavlenko and Orwick. During Dualing Easels, each artist begins work on a separate canvas and then intermittently swap canvases, with the end products providing a lesson in art, technique, collabora- tion and friendship. A lite brunch will be served. The event will also feature live music from local sing- er/songwriter Bucky Pottschmidt. Lower Columbia HorseFest Presented by: North Coast Chapter OET Saturday June 27th 8:30am-4:30pm D ow ntow n A storia’s M ost Respected A partm ent Com plex Since 1969. FREE Admission Clatsop County Fairgrounds • Astoria, Oregon 1046 Grand Avenue Astoria, OR 97103 503-325-2280 Demonstrations • Seminars Vendors • Displays 503-791-3066 18 | June 25, 2015 | coastweekend.com CANNON BEACH — Cannon Beach’s natural beauty has beckoned artists from around the world to capture the land- scape’s elements “en plein air” or “in the open air.” To cele- brate this challenging artistic style, the Cannon Beach Gal- lery Group presents its seventh annual Plein Air & More Arts Festival Friday to Sunday, June 26 to 28. )HVWLYDO DWWHQGHHV ZLOO ¿QG some artists painting and other artists working in additional art forms — hence the “& More” in the festival’s name. As you wander through town and along WKHEHDFK\RX¶OO¿QGVFXOSWRUV working in stone, or creating the clay forms that will even- tually be cast in bronze, wood carvers (one who goes at it with his chain saw), ceramic artists (complete with a kiln on the beach) and metal workers. Artists will be creating all weekend, with their work show- cased at gallery receptions from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday. The Cannon Beach Cham- ber of Commerce will open its doors at 10 a.m. Saturday for the festival’s Group Show, featuring a sampling of all participating artists’ works, and for attendees to vote for the People’s Choice Award. Saturday will culminate with the Plein Air and Pinot Art- ists Reception from 5 to 7 p.m. at the chamber, where festival awards of excellence in both the “En Plein Air” and “& More” categories will be presented by Kimberli Moore of Southwest Submitted photo Submitted photo “All That Doesn’t Meet the Eye” by Jo Lund- berg at Archimedes Gallery. Art Magazine. Artist work on site and the Group Show at the chamber will continue Sunday until the festival conclusion at 3:30 p.m. The events are free and take place rain or shine. Maps will be available at gallery group loca- tions and the chamber. Galleries and their partici- pating artists include: • Archimedes Gallery: Lori LaBissioniere, Jo Lundberg • Bronze Coast Gallery: Pa- PHOD&ODÀLQ0DUJUHW6KRUW • Cannon Beach Gallery: Presenting “Terra Nova: An All Juried Show. Artists Blur the Lines of Contempo- rary Landscape.” Participants to be announced. • DragonFire Gallery: Anton Pavlenko, Michael Orwick • Haystack Gallery: Sally “Vase in Ruby, Gold, Butter & Olive” by Su- zanne Kindland at Icefire Glassworks. O’Neill ,FH¿UH *ODVVZRUNV -LP Kingwell, Suzanne Kindland • Jeffrey Hull Gallery: Jef- frey Hull • Northwest By Northwest Gallery: Georgia Gerber, Jeff White, Hazel Schlesinger, Ivan McLean and Douglas Granum with special guest Rob Arps • Primary Elements Gallery: Marianne Post, Heather Soder- berg, Rip Caswell, Josh Henrie, Michelle Vell- rath, Josh Blewett, Richard Sears, Terri Axness, Mike Rangner, Sharon Ab- bott-Furze • Jewelry by Sharon Amber: Victoria Brooks • White Bird Gallery: Pame- la Wachtler-Fermanis, Dave and Boni Deal, Scott Johnson, Gretha Lindwood, Leigh Anne Boy.
