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PoP-uP aRt aNd FiShErPoEtS
aT CaNnOn BeAcH GaLlErY
Imogen Gallery
‘Birds on the River,’ a painting by George Wilson now on
display at Imogen Gallery.
CANNON BEACH — The
Cannon Beach Gallery hosts a
FisherPoet reading 4 to 6 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 24. The reading will
include a pop-up art exhibit featur-
ing Drea Frost and Tom Grogg.
Frost is a former CBAA art
grant recipient. Her art has been
featured in multiple local galler-
ies and, most recently, on the cover
of “Just Movin’ the Water Around”
by Peter Lindsey. The work will be
on display in a temporary exhibit
starting Friday, Feb. 22, and end-
ing after the FisherPoet reading on
Sunday.
The gallery is at 1064 S. Hem-
lock St.
Reception for ‘Tides,’
paintings by fisherman
George Wilson, at Imogen
ASTORIA — With the
annual FisherPoets Gath-
ering upon us, Imogen
Gallery hosts “Tides,” the
third solo exhibition by
George Wilson, a profes-
sional Portland artist and
fisherman.
From 4 to 6 p.m. Fri-
day, Feb. 22, everyone is
invited to a welcoming
reception to kick off the
full weekend of Fisher-
Poets events. The exhibi-
tion will remain on display
through Tuesday, March 5.
Year after year, the
fishermen who might be
poets, or vice versa, con-
vene in Astoria to share
their prose, short stories
and livelihood with those
of us who have perhaps
never been to sea, let alone
experienced firsthand the
hard, dangerous work of
commercial fishing.
The same is true of
visual artists who make
their living from the sea.
Wilson is one of those
individuals, who from
childhood has enjoyed the
beauty, sometimes soli-
tude and unpredictabil-
ity of the fishing industry
while combining that with
his other love: the visual
language he uses to nar-
rate his observations as a
fisherman.
Imogen Gallery is at
240 11th St. For more
information, call 503-468-
0620, visit the gallery in
person or online on Face-
book or at imogengallery.
com.
Imogen Gallery
George Wilson’s ‘Firth,’ on view at Imogen Gallery.
Drea Frost photos
ABOVE: ‘Fisherwoman on Yellow Corks,’ a
painting by Drea Frost. BELOW: A FisherPoets-
themed painting by Drea Frost.