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THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 2019 // 3 SCRATCHPAD Joe Knowles, character of the coast By JONATHAN WILLIAMS COAST WEEKEND EDITOR H ave you ever won- dered what certain coastal locals or the people who lived there once looked like? Joe Knowles’ paintings, sketches and illustrations, on view now through Oct. 5 at the Columbia Pacifi c Her- itage Museum in Ilwaco, are a trip through time on the Long Beach Peninsula and coast nearby surroundings. Knowles works are fully lived in and deftly capture the character and mood of the subjects he documents. His sketches of men working with nets on the river, his famous husky affectionately called “Wolf,” geese and an old woman, as well as medium and large landscape paint- ings, carry a calming immediacy that transports you to the time, place or INSIDE THIS ISSUE weekend arts & entertainment ON THE COVER On the cover: The Astoria Regatta court. From left: Princess Serena Moha, princess Caitlin Hillman, Queen Catherine Tapales, prin- cess Mara Dowaliby and princess Kayla Helligso. Astoria Regatta runs Wednesday through Saturday, Aug. 7-10. See story on Page 8 7 8 12 COASTAL LIFE Beach Volleyball Tourney 1,600 teams take the court in Seaside FEATURE Documenting history with memorabilia DINING Albatross & Co. Green Thumb cocktail shakes up summer FURTHER ENJOYMENT CROSSWORD ...............................6 SEE + DO ............................. 10, 11 CW MARKETPLACE................. 15 COAST WEEKEND EDITOR JONATHAN WILLIAMS CALENDAR COORDINATOR BREE ELLIOTT Find it all online! CoastWeekend.com features full calendar listings, keyword search and easy sharing on social media. did where he entered the woods of Maine in 1913 without tools and dressed only in a loin cloth. The stunt was covered in the Boston Post newspaper. Knowles emerged from the woods two months later dressed in bearskin, but the rival Boston Ameri- can newspaper debunked that story a year later. After this, Knowles wrote a book and went on a speaking tour, eventually moving to Seaview. Knowles, working during the Golden Age of illustration, also did work for magazines like National Sportsman, Top-Notch Magazine and Field and Stream. While Knowles worked during the height of mod- ern art, his work falls more into a celebration of — rather than a challenge to — notions of the American West. He played an integral role as a commercial art- ist on the coast in both the Long Beach and Astoria communities. He completed a study for a mural of San Gior- gio, Italy, that would later be painted at the Liberty Theatre. One of his works on view is a large painting of the Long Beach Peninsula titled “North Beach Wash- ington — Playground of the Pacifi c.” The collection of Knowles’ work at CPHM gives a fuller sense of the artist, his motives and interests and his centrality to our coastal communities as a working artist in the early 20th century. The exhibit is lined with walls of Knowles’ work, which rewards time spent looking at them. Knowles was a true character who knew how to capture the character and mood of the subjects he depicted. CW CONTRIBUTORS RYAN HUME LUCY KLEINER KATHERINE LACAZE BARBARA LLOYD McMICHAEL To advertise in Coast Weekend, call 503-325-3211 or contact your local sales representative. © 2019 COAST WEEKEND New items for publication consideration must be submitted by 10 a.m. Tuesday, one week and two days before publication. TO SUBMIT AN ITEM Regatta at 125 MUSIC CALENDAR .....................5 person it portrays. His works are also well-preserved: many of Knowles’ oil paintings look as though he just fi nished them and the paint is still drying. Knowles worked for much of his life as a com- mercial artist in Seaview, Washington, in a cottage he built. He came to Seaview in the 1920s. Knowles was famous for a publicity stunt he Phone: 503.325.3211 Ext. 217 or 800.781.3211 Fax: 503.325.6573 E-mail: editor@coastweekend.com Address: P.O.Box 210 • 949 Exchange St. Astoria, OR 97103 Coast Weekend is published every Thursday by the EO Media Group, all rights reserved. No part of this publication can be reproduced without consent of the publisher. Coast Weekend appears weekly in The Daily Astorian and the Chinook Observer. YOUR #1 PREMIER CANNABIS RETAILER LARGEST SELECTION FRIENDLY & KNOWLEDGEABLE STAFF ELITE PRODUCTS –– For Washington Residents –– Ilwaco (8am - 10pm) 360-261-7200 133 Howerton Ave Cathlamet (8am - 10pm) 360-849-4504 327 WA-4 Kelso (8am - 12am) 360-636-0420 820A West Side Hwy Longview (8am - 12am) 360-703-3229 971 14th Ave WARNING: This product has intoxicating effects and may be habit forming. There may be health risks associated with the consumption of this product. For use only by adults 21 and over. Keep out of reach of children. Marijuana can impair concentration, coordination, and judgement. Do not operate a vehicle or machinery under the influence of this drug.
