MAY 25, 2017 // 7
Trail’s End Gallery presents new featured artist
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A watercolor by Barbara Thatcher
Palette Puddlers hold annual
Memorial Day Art show, sale
CANNON BEACH — The Palette
Puddlers, a group of profes-
sional women artists, will hold
their annual Memorial Day
weekend art show and sale at
the Cannon Beach Chamber of
Commerce (207 N. Spruce St.)
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, May
26; Saturday, May 27; and
Sunday, May 28.
The chamber will also be
open Memorial Day: 10 a.m.
to 3 p.m. Monday, May 29.
Admission and refreshments
will be free.
The artists will offer
demonstrations of their style
throughout the weekend. Peo-
ple may find something “just
created” to purchase, organiz-
ers said.
The Palette Puddlers have
painted together for many
years.
“Every Monday, rain or
shine, they paint in a lovely
Cannon Beach locale. During
their weekly painting meet-
ings, they provide mutual
support, critique artistic efforts
and share the joy of creativity,
GEARHART — Patricia
Beck-Fries will be the
featured artist at Trail’s
End Gallery’s new show
beginning Thursday, June 1.
A reception will be held 2
to 5 p.m. that day.
A Gearhart resident for
the last 15 years and a Can-
non Beach resident before
that, Beck-Fries believes
she may have been “born an
artist, or at least with a keen
observation of color and de-
sign,” she said, adding that
she almost always uses vivid
color in her work.
Beck-Fries has studied
under many local artists.
Most of her work is water-
color “with some additions
here and there.” A gardening
enthusiast, Beck-Fries paints
landscape, still life and por-
traitures, she said.
In addition to Beck-
Fries’s work, patrons at the
gallery (656 A St.) will en-
joy the work of other gallery
artists, including Mary Ann
Gantenbein, Susan Bish,
Richard Newman, Michael
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Paintings by Patricia Beck-Fries
Muldoon and Lynda Camp-
bell.
The gallery, which
opened in 1950 in the “Little
Red Schoolhouse” is the
oldest on the North Coast.
For information about
Trail’s End Art Association
classes, workshops, mem-
bership and other offerings,
visit trailsendart.org or call
503-717-9459.
Astoria native publishes bilingual haiku collection
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A watercolor by Jane McGeehan
as well as just have a great
time,” press materials said.
During Memorial Day
weekend, the artists will
create a gallery at the Cannon
Beach Chamber of Commerce
Visitor Center to show and sell
original artwork, including
watercolor, acrylics, mixed
media, oils and pastels. Cards
and print reproductions of their
work will also be available,
as well as the “Bargain Bin”
where unframed paintings are
available for a minimal price.
“This is a year of change
for us. We have lost some
members due to illness, death
and relocation. Additionally,
we may not be allowed to
present at the Visitor Center
other than for Memorial Day.
But our intrepid group of pro-
fessional artists will continue.”
The members who are
participating this year are
Susan Bish, Judith Fredrik-
son, Mary Ann Gantenbein,
Linda Gebhart, Suzanne King,
Debbie Loyd, Jane McGeehan,
Jo Pomeroy-Crockett, Barbara
Thatcher and Ellen Zimet.
ASTORIA — Kent Neal,
a 1998 graduate of Asto-
ria High School who now
lives in France, has pub-
lished a full-length haiku
collection, a work that
captures the landscapes of
Oregon and France.
Titled “Là où l’eau
salée se mêle à l’eau
douce” (“Where Saltwater
Mixes With Freshwater”),
the book is published by
Red Moon Press in Win-
chester, Virginia.
Haiku, a traditional form
of Japanese poetry, consist
of three lines. The first and
last lines contain five sylla-
bles; the middle has seven.
“By writing these
eighty haiku, Kent Neal
saw his childhood again
and came close to mo-
ments that shaped his life,”
Jean Antonini, co-presi-
dent of the Francophone
Association of Haiku said.
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Kent Neal
“If writing a haiku is good
preparation for writing a
novel, as Roland Barthes
pointed out, the reader will
find many novels here.
Not to mention many mo-
ments they will savor and
identify with.”
“Where Saltwater
Mixes With Freshwater” is
available at redmoonpress.
com.