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An open art
COURTESY
CANNON
From painting to pottery, Cannon Beach’s Plein Air & More
arts festival, June 22 to 24, revels in outdoor creation
BEACH GALLERY
GROUP
Teagan White’s
‘Swallow,’ at
Archimedes
Gallery
IF YOU GO
What: Plein Air & More arts festival
When: Friday, June 22, through Sunday, June
24
Where: Galleries and locations throughout
Cannon Beach
GALLERIES AND PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
• Archimedes Gallery: Teagan White and Kelli
MacConnell
• Bronze Coast Gallery: Dan Chen, Margret
Short
• Cannon Beach Gallery: Sharon Abbott-Furze,
Scott C. Johnson, Gary Lavarak, Hilma Josal
• DragonFire Studio & Gallery: Joanne Shel-
lan, Anton Pavlenko, Michael Orwick, Dana
Murray
• Icefire Glassworks: Jim Kingwell, Suzanne
Kindland, Steve Krig
• Imprint Gallery: Mark Andres, Karen Croner,
Jani Holberg, Kay Seurat, Catherine Grizes,
Melanie West
• Jeffrey Hull Gallery: Jeffrey Hull
• Jewelry By Sharon Amber: Sharon Amber,
Shelby Silver
• Northwest By Northwest Gallery: Hazel
Schlesinger
• White Bird Gallery: Gretha Lindwood, Dave
and Boni Deal, Josh Henrie, Debra Carnes,
Marianne Post, Brooke Borcherding, Rachel
Laura, Beverly Drew Kindley
By MARIANNE MONSON
FOR COAST WEEKEND
P
opular memes like to
poke fun at the French
language’s proclivity for
wordy eloquence — employing
accents and complex con-
structions, even while English
evolves toward simplicity. In
keeping with this tradition, the
whimsical French phrase “en
plein air” translates to the pithy
English word “outside.”
In the art world, however,
the phrase refers to a method of
creating work, usually paintings,
in outdoor conditions, subjected
to the capriciousness of weather
and the elements. One of the
greatest challenges with this
type of art comes from constant-
ly shifting light conditions —
clouds roll in, shadows morph,
colors disappear.
Championed by French
impressionist painters such as
Claude Monet and Auguste
Renoir, the “en plein air” ap-
proach contrasts with landscape
paintings executed from the
controlled environment of a
studio.
Artists who enjoy “en
plein air” thrive on the unique
challenges, and Cannon Beach
Gallery Group has created a
festival devoted to the genre:
Plein Air & More arts festival,
taking place citywide Fri-
day through Sunday, June 22
through 24.
Far from limiting them-
FILE PHOTO
Artist Boni Deal uses leaves and other elements from the surrounding
environment to decorate the surfaces of the ceramics she creates with
her husband, Dave.
selves to painters, however, the
festival includes a wide variety
of artists working at their
craft — from glass blowing to
stone sculpture, Raku pottery
to printmaking. For the tenth
straight year, you can see
master craftspeople at work in
a town deemed one of the “100
Best Art Towns in America.”
Throughout the week-
end-long event, artists can be
found near their representing
galleries or in one of five
locations: Whale Park, the
courtyard between Spruce and
Hemlock streets, the Coaster
Theatre courtyard, Washington
Street at Ocean Street, and Har-
rison Street at Ocean Street.