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Sign up for summer painting workshop
GEARHART — Trail’s End Gallery
will hold a summer workshop
taught by Carolyn Macpherson,
Aug. 23 through 25, from 9:30
a.m. to 3:30 p.m., for watercolor or
acrylic artists interested in learning
Yupo, how to pour watercolor and
mixed media.
It will take place at the gallery
(656 A St.) in Gearhart. The cost
for the workshop is $300 for mem-
bers, $375 for nonmembers. There
is space for 12 participants.
To hold a spot, send a check for
$100 to Trail’s End Art Association
and Gallery: 656 A St., Gearhart,
OR 97128. Participants may bring
their own materials; all other sup-
plies will be furnished.
Macpherson has a highly con-
centrated style of painting where
rich dark backgrounds of still life
jump off the paper. She has given
workshops featuring this dynamic
technique and received awards and
accolades, including exhibiting at
the Crocker Art Museum in Sacra-
mento, California. American Artist
magazine reviewed her book,
“How Did You Paint That?”
Primarily a water-based media
artist, Macpherson also paints
with water-based oils, cold wax
techniques and particularly enjoys
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Carolyn Macpherson’s “Zany Zin-
nias”
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Carolyn Macpherson’s “Rose Hips on Yupo”
mixed media. Represented by
Fairweather House & Gallery, she
often offers a “Painting Seaside
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Sunday shows start at 3:00p.m.
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First Saturday Art Walk.
For information about regis-
tering for this workshop, contact
Linda Gebhart at 503-351-0145.
You can also visit the gallery
during winter hours 11 a.m. to 3
p.m. Wednesday through Sunday
beginning in February.
To learn more about the gallery
and its benefits to members, visit
trailsendart.org or email trailsend-
artassociation@gmail.com, or call
the gallery at 503-717-9458 during
winter hours.
Mixed-media art class offered Feb. 3
MANZANITA — The Hoffman Center
for the Arts in Manzanita will offer
a one-day “Mixed Media Acrylic
Painting & Collage” workshop 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3.
Led by Astoria artist Patti
Breidenbach, a former junior high
and high school art teacher, the class
is designed for students 18 and up.
Beginning to professional artists are
welcome.
Tuition for the workshop will be
$80, plus a $20 materials fee. The
class will be limited to 10 students.
The workshop will focus on
creating art using paint, collage,
stenciling and fabric. Participants
will be able to apply these methods
and techniques to future works of art.
Students will leave with a finished
piece.
Though all materials are provid-
ed, students are encouraged to bring
any materials they want to use, such
as their own acrylic paints, brushes,
stencils or fabric.
Breidenbach, who has a bachelor
of fine arts degree in jewelry design,
is also a certified high school teacher.
She is the former executive direc-
tor of the Granville Arts Council in
Oxford, North Carolina. She enjoys
teaching oils, watercolor, ceramics,
drawing, paper making, book bind-
ing and basket weaving.
To register or find additional in-
formation, visit hoffmanblog.org.
Questions about the workshop can
be addressed to Breidenbach at pat-
tiannb123@yahoo.com. A sampling
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of her art can be found at astoriavisu-
alarts.org/patti-breidenbach.html.
A painting by Patti Breidenbach