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Learn how to draw
your favorite wildlife
ASTORIA — Internationally
acclaimed wildlife artist David
Kitler is coming to Astoria. He
will give a three-day work-
shop on wildlife drawing and
painting on Aug. 5, 6 and 7 at
Astoria Art Loft. The work-
shop will take place from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. each day.
Kitler will review drawing
techniques, discuss the many
drawing tools and materials
available, and focus on draw-
ing selected wildlife. Since
eyes and ears are such import-
ant features, he will emphasize
the accurate portrayal of these
features as well as paws/claw/
hooves/feet and tails.
The cost of the workshop
is $298. To reserve your space
with this well-known artist,
call Astoria Art Loft at 503-
325-4442 or stop by the loft at
106 Third St., above Dots ‘N
Doodles. The workshop will
be limited to 12 participants.
More information and a ma-
terials list are available upon
request.
The Fox & The Fawn hosts
River Song fundraiser
ASTORIA — If you like art,
animals, cupcakes and drinks,
stop by The Fox & The Fawn
on Saturday, June 11. The
downtown Astoria boutique,
located at 1008 Commercial
St., will host a fundraiser for
the River Song Foundation
from 5 to 7 p.m.
Art will be for sale, and all
proceeds will go to the founda-
tion. If you want to donate an
art piece for this event, contact
the store by calling 503-468-
0362.
The River Song Foundation
is a Hammond-based, volun-
teer-run non-proit 501(c)3
corporation that advocates and
promotes responsible animal
stewardship by offering ser-
vices, support and education.
The foundation seeks to
provide emergency food for
animals in need, provide
support and guidance to
animal caretakers to lessen
the number of abandoned
animals, offer spay and neuter
resources, assist with lost pets
and more.
To volunteer, donate or for
more information, visit river-
songfoundation.org
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June
11
ASTORIA — Downtown merchants and galleries will hold
Astoria’s Second Saturday Art Walk from 5 to 8 p.m. Satur-
day, June 11. Meet artists and mingle with fellow art lovers
while enjoying refreshments and new exhibits.
ART BUSINESSES
1. Imogen Gallery
240 11th St.
Imogen Gallery presents a solo
exhibition for established artist Marc
Boone, who has enjoyed a career
spanning both coasts but now calls
Ocean Park, Washington, home. It
is here that he’s found his newest
muse: the grand Paciic Ocean. For
his exhibition “Paciic Portals: Arcane
Image” he brings a series of oil and
watercolor paintings exploring the
thin line where earth meets sky. For
Boone, this series is the result of a
search for the magic of nature.
2. RiverSea Gallery
1160 Commercial St.
“Aqueous” is a solo exhibition of
bamboo sculpture by nationally rec-
ognized Oregon artist Charissa Brock,
who is lauded for her creative use
of bamboo in all of its many forms.
She has worked with bamboo as her
chosen medium since 1999 and has
demonstrated an unlagging desire
to explore new permutations of using
the plant as an art material.
In the Alcove, Portland artist
Karen Story presents “Beyond the
Surface,” a series of encaustic paint-
ings inspired both by her lifelong
connections to water and her love of
the igure in art. Her chosen medium,
encaustic, is a mix of beeswax,
pigment and tree resin. Her work is
process oriented with an emphasis on
the many layers below the surface.
The application of translucent and
opaque layers, each one burnt in to
the previous, builds a complex and
varied underpainting.
3. Old Town Framing
1287 Commercial St.
Why did Don Nisbett cross the
river? To come to the art walk! Old
Town Framing will host artist Don
Nisbett from Ilwaco, Washington,
for the next art walk and display his
work June 11 to Aug. 11. Nisbett will
be featuring his original watercolors
depicting the Astoria-Megler Bridge
as well as other local scenes and
themes. Nisbett will also be releasing
several originals from local event
posters of years past, including the
Great Columbia Crossing and the
Astoria-Warrenton Crab, Seafood and
Wine Festival. Prints, tiles, cards and
magnets are also available. Wear
your Astoria Pride T-shirt and buy one
card, get one free, June 11 during art
walk only.
4. Tempo Gallery
1271 Commercial St.
Tempo Gallery will feature work by
six local artists: acrylic paintings by Ed
Peterson, fabric art hangings by Alex-
andra Myers, local land and seascapes
by Thron Riggs, watercolors and acrylic
paintings by Phyllis Taylor, monotypes
and acrylic paintings by Vicki Baker and
photographs by Carol Smith. All of the
artists will be present during art walk.
Refreshments will be served.
5. KALA
1017 Marine Drive
In conjunction with inaugural
Astoria Pride celebration, KALA
presents the “The Coast is Queer” with
special guest curator, noted Portland
gallerist Mark Woolley. The exhibit
celebrates the diverse art being pro-
duced in Oregon by queer-identiied
artists. The selected artists are queer,
and but not all of them necessarily
explore queerness in their art —
they are just producing interesting,
well-crafted and original works that
relect their inner vision. Artists
include Paul Soriano, Dorothy Goode,
Wesley Youni, Chuck E. Bloom, Tabor
Porter and Greg Carrigan, Marne
Lucas and Sid Deluca. Complimentary
appetizers, and a no-host cocktail bar
continues through the evening; light
dancing will follow art walk.
6. Ratz & Co.
260 10th St.
Entering its third year here in
Astoria, Ratz & Co. features the illus-
trations, album covers and paintings
of Dave McMacken. The studio/gal-
lery also shows the work of Portland
artist Jackie Avery and Frank Zappa’s
lifelong art director, Cal Schenkel.
McMacken is also introducing his
new logo and ads for Bill Brooks
“Dos Huevos Locos,” a new, crazy hot
bowl, now being served at Astoria
Cofee Co. Refeshments will be
served.
7. Astoria Art Loft
106 Third St.
From 3 to 6 p.m., Astoria Art Loft
will feature painter René Rowe, who
brings a rich background, including a
career in IT with Fortune 500 compa-
nies, a decade of managing high-end
galleries, and an art career that
includes painting in oil, acrylic and
watercolor, creating small sculptures,
and other media. The loft is illed
with Rowe’s landscapes, cityscapes
and seascapes as well as vibrant
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non-objective works. Her work em-
phasizes brilliant color, ine design
and diversity of subject matter.
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8. AVA Artist in Residence
1170 Commercial St.
Painter Meghann Hanour will
showcase some of her works in
progress from a new series of richly
detailed, large-scale acrylic paintings.
9. AVA Artist in Residence
80 11th St. above Edison Bros.
Fish Co.
Rachel Jensen and David Plechl
will be on hand to share the progress
on their collaborative project, a
process that involves a lot of give and
take. “One can’t get too attached as
textures are built up, sanded down or
painted over. At times, obfuscation
of intent and accident takes shape,
suggesting the unseen hand of a
‘third artist’… Works on canvas give
way to works on paper. Independent
gestures are echoed and airmed.”
10. Luminari Arts
1133 Commercial St.
Mary Gafney along with her broth-
er, Richard Kuensting, come together
to share creative works relecting the
elements of “Rock Paper Scissors.”
Describing herself as a “closet collager,”
Gafney was irst introduced to CitraSolv
art four years ago. CitraSolv is a natural
cleaner and degreaser made from Va-
lencia oranges. “Discovering the unique
properties of CitraSolv opened the door
to my dormant creative energy,” she says.
“I use CitraSolv to manipulate the ink on
the pages of National Geographic.”
As an artist, Kuensting explores
many varied means of expression.
Sometimes creating, just for the activity
itself, sometimes a desire to make a
signature statement; sometimes just
play. The ceramic pieces on display during
art walk represent two distinct times
and processes: The larger coil-built forms
were done about four years ago. Recently
Kuensting has been working on a potter
wheel, but not in the expected throwing
methods one usually expects; instead, he
uses soft clay and a slow turning wheel,
shaping forms in the techniques of a
hand-built pinched form.
11. Forsythea
1124 Commercial St.
Zemula Fleming’s art pieces
are compelling in their execution;
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