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Trail’s End Gallery showcases photographer Liesa West
GEARHART — Febru-
ary finds Trail’s End Gal-
lery opening a new show
with our featured artist, Liesa
West, a new member, offer-
ing an exhibit of her fine
photography. A reception in
her honor will begin at 2:00
on Saturday, February 2nd,
ending at 5:00. Other mem-
bers will be displaying new
works of art. The gallery is
located at 656 A Street in
Gearhart.
West joined the Trail’s
End Art Association in
August of 2018 after moving
to the area with her husband,
John. Liesa has been recog-
nized in social media outlets,
such as Coast Explorer Mag-
azine, and Viewbug, where
she has won Peer, Commu-
nity, & Membership Selec-
tion Choice Awards, as well
as a Spring Selection Award.
She has over 2,000 follow-
ers between her social media
accounts under Photos by
Liesa, and her website, www.
photosbyliesa.com.
She is passionate about
bringing life to her pho-
tos, and making people feel
like they are in the moment
Photo by Liesa West
with her. Her main interest is
nature photography but she
also enjoys finding things
that are unique, as well as
photo art.
West is also an Indepen-
dent Arbonne Consultant;
coaching others in health
and wellness, and is a for-
mer singer/songwriter, hav-
ing had her Christmas song,
‘Discovering Christmas’
recorded and played on
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ALL AGES EVENT
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the radio.
After a partial loss of her
voice, West turned to her
interest in photography as
a creative outlet. Liesa is a
true believer that when “God
closes one door, He always
opens another one”. Her
hope is that her photography
will spark something positive
in those who view her work.
We are a small gal-
lery fashioned from an old
schoolhouse established in
the early 1900s which later
became an art school and
gallery in the 1950s. With
a well-lit, spacious gal-
lery on one side and a class-
room on the other for pop-
ups, classes and workshops
on the other, it has a display
area and shop in the middle
with many notecards, small
objects, giclee and prints for
sale. As members, one can
join be part of an open studio
in any medium weekly. The
summer holds the judged
show for the public and 4th
of July events along with a
Kids’ Kamp. To learn more
about the gallery, please con-
tact them through email at
trailsendartassociation@
gmail.com, their website
at trailsendart.org or call at
503-717-9458.
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Indie songwriter Maita
plays Sou’wester Saturday
SEAVIEW, Wash. —
Portland indie songwriter
Maita preforms 8 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 2, at the
Sou’wester Lodge, 3728
J Place, at the Seaview
beach approach. New Vic-
torian is also playing. The
event is free.
Burgeoning Portland
indie songwriter, Maita has
quietly chipped away at her
debut full-length, recorded
in part at the OK Theatre in
Enterprise and in Portland.
Maita’s 2018 Tiny Desk
contest entry was featured
on NPR. The album sees
Maita expanding upon her
previous indie-folk sound,
taking up the electric gui-
tar. Singles off the album
have been featured on
Tender Loving Empire’s
“Friends of Friends” com-
pilation, Vortex’s Maga-
zine’s annual vinyl release,
and the Picklefest vinyl
compilation.
On the same bill is New
Victorian, an ethereal folk
Photo by Tristan Paiige/
Maita is performing along
with New Victorian at the
Sou’wester Lodge at 8 p.m.,
Saturday, Feb. 2
band from Portland. Fol-
lowing the disbandment
of pysch-rock band, No
Go Know, “High Mass”
is Scott Taylor’s down-
shift to more reflective and
nuanced soundscapes. It
was written and self-re-
corded over a period of
several years, in between
commitments as a hus-
band, father and commu-
nity mental health worker.
The song cycle is a med-
itation on loss and refor-
mation, marking the con-
clusion of one path and the
promise of another.
Harris of The Thermals
heats up Labor Temple
ASTORIA — Hutch
Harris of The Thermals
headlines an indie rock
show at the Labor Temple
Bar, 934 Duane St., at 9 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 7. There is
no cover. Only people 21
and older will be admitted.
Andrew Kaffer of the
band Stuffed Shirts from
Wheeler and Astorian Will
Elias of Serious River Song
Catalogue open the show.
Harris was born in New
York City, raised in Sili-
con Valley and has lived
in Portland for the past 20
years. He founded and was
the lead singer/songwriter
of Portland post-pop-punk
band The Thermals. In 15
years, the band toured 15
countries and released seven
records on the labels Sub
Pop, Kill Rock Stars and
Saddle Creek.
Harris recently released
his debut solo LP “Only
Water.” This stripped-down,
no-distortion album is
Hutch’s breakaway from the
distorted rock sound of the
thermals. These songs feel
really personal and real to
Harris himself. With open-
ing acts Kaffer who swings
between jazzy ballads and
howl-at-the-moon garage
punk, and Serious River
Song Catalogue’s Elias, who
plays moody, jazzy, inspir-
ing emotional tunes, usually
instrumental alone with an
electric guitar.