NOVEMBER 2, 2017 // 9
The coast is in the cards during arts festival
COURTESY AARON TROTTER
The Peter Iredale shipwreck is one of many North Coast locales
featured in Aaron Trotter’s deck of Illustrated Playing Cards.
CANNON BEACH — Oregon
artist Aaron Trotter will
release his latest deck of
Illustrated Playing Cards,
featuring the North Coast
from Newport to Astoria,
noon to 5 p.m. Saturday,
Nov. 4, at Voyages Toys,
Comics & Games (172
N. Hemlock St.) during
Cannon Beach’s Stormy
Weather Arts Festival.
From Fort Stevens, the
cards follow U.S. Highway
101 south to Tillamook and
the Three Capes Scenic
Route, hugging the coast-
line to Yaquina Bay Bridge
in Newport. Spanning just
the northern half of the
Oregon Coast, the diverse
scenes include many fa-
mous destinations familiar
to locals and visitors.
The drawings were
sketched on location over a
succession of road trips in
all weather over the last two
years. They were finished in
Trotter’s studio in Portland,
or on the go with watercolor
pencil, pen and ink. The
cards are digitally printed in
Portland; each box is signed
and numbered by the artist.
The first printing will be
limited to 100 decks. Each
deck is made to be played,
displayed, and used as a
souvenir and guidebook.
A separate deck
focusing solely on Cannon
Beach will be released in
December; while a South
Coast deck is planned for
2018.
Learn more at illustrat-
edplayingcards.com.
COURTESY AARON TROTTER
The cover of Aaron Trotter’s
deck of Illustrated Playing Cards
A palette-able show, sale at Stormy Weather
COURTESY SOU’WESTER LODGE
Carolyn Hopkins and her clothing dyed indigo
Indigo: Prepare to dye
SEAVIEW, WASH. — A
workshop at the Sou’west-
er Lodge 1 to 3 p.m. Sat-
urday, Nov. 4, will teach
people how to make tote
bags and scarves. Partic-
ipants will learn shibori
and wax-resist techniques
in order to create patterns
on a naturally dyed indigo
piece.
Instructor Carolyn Hop-
kins walk people through
the process of how indigo
works, and each person
will leave with an item
they made.
Hopkins holds an
MFA from the Cranbrook
Academy of Art, and her
work has been shown
internationally. Her focus
is the intersection of art
and craft, and primary
mediums are fibers, glass
and clay.
The workshop costs
$40, plus a $10 material
fee that goes directly to the
instructor.
Wear clothing (or an
apron) you don’t mind get-
ting dye on and shoes that
can get wet. Hot tea and
coffee will be provided.
All workshops are open
to the public, and all skill
levels are welcome. The
class is for students age 18
and up; 10 students max.
RSVP via souwester-
frontdesk@gmail.com or
360-642-2542.
The class is part of the
fall and winter 2017-18
workshop series at the
Sou’wester (3728 J Place,
Seaview, Washington).
Visit souwesterlodge.com/
calendar to see the entire
schedule of more than 28
artist-led workshops.
CANNON BEACH — The Pal-
ette Puddlers’ annual Stormy
Weather weekend art show
and sale will be held 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 3, and
10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday,
Nov. 4, at the Cannon Beach
Community Church (132 E.
Washington St.). Admission
and refreshments are free.
In addition, the artists
will provide demonstrations
of their particular art styles.
Our artists are also willing to
sell their “hot off the easel”
work to interested buyers.
The Palette Puddlers
are a group of professional
women artists, many of
whom have painted togeth-
er for years. Susan Bish,
Judith Fredrikson, Mary Ann
Gantenbein, Linda Geb-
hart, Suzanne King, Debbie
Loyd, Jane McGeeham, Jo
Pomeroy-Crockett, Barbara
Thacker and Ellen Zimet
will show and sell original
works of art in a variety of
mediums.
There will be also be art
reproductions, cards, small
matted prints and gallery
wraps to meet your holiday
shopping needs. Our bargain
bin includes original unmat-
ted, unframed works of art
for $20 each. Come early for
the best selections.
To check out the artists’
A watercolor by Debbie Loyd
A mixed-media piece by Ellen
Zimet
COURTESY ELLEN ZIMET
A Jane McGeehan watercolor
work, visit palettepuddlers.
com.
Piano and pictures
In addition, at 5 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 5, there will
be a solo piano and nature
photoshow in the church
area, featuring jazz pianist
David Robinson playing
four original jazz composi-
tions — Water, Wind, Fire,
and Earth in the style of
George Winston — while
Thomas Robinson’s nature
photography of water, wind,
fire and earth show on the
big screen. There is a sug-
gested $10 donation to the
Cannon Beach Food Pantry
at the door.
Look for the sandwich
signboard on Hemlock and
Washington streets. Enter
through the church’s back
door that faces the parking
lot. We are in the all-purpose
room that is accessible from
the parking lot behind the
church.