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THE ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2019
Hanour: Her art ‘starts with words for me ... thoughts and words’
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on the left, she’s turned aside
because of shame.”
But, more importantly, she
said, “Sister” speaks of the
connection between women.
“Even when she’s turned
aside, her sister is hold-
ing her hand and the cord
of brightness is still going
over to her,” she said. “She’s
not alone. I think we all go
through times where we feel
alone or we feel like we’ve
turned aside to something
that brings shame or doubt. I
wanted to just kind of share
that with women.”
ern California, was a stay-at-
home mom who painted on
the side while her children
grew. During that time, she
would complete one painting
a year, if that. She thought
returning to work would be
the end of her artistic career.
“I remember thinking that
I could never be a mom and
paint and have a job, ” she
said.
Two years ago, she moved
to Astoria, where she now
works full time as a server at
Carruthers Restaurant, and
continues to carve out time
for her art.
“There’s no way I can let
this go,” she said. “This feeds
me, it fuels me to do the other
things. If I let it go, it would
wilt away a lot of who I am.”
Her schedule, now per-
petually overbooked, is pow-
ered by multivitamins, B ar-
leyM ax, krill oil and the
right kind of shoes. It’s also
steeped in her relationship
with God, which she relies
project to her plate. She has
teamed up with seamstresses
and is planning the launch
of her handmade clothing
line, Ruth. The inspiration
for the clothes comes from
her desire for simple, elegant
wearability. The inspiration
behind the name, however, is
a bit more personal.
Ruth is a character in
the Bible who faced heavy
losses.
“It’s the story of an out-
sider who was brought in
on heavily throughout her
creative process.
“It gets really intense
when you’re alone and you’re
pouring this out. You have
to be poured back into,” she
said. “I pray a lot and I sing a
lot through my painting. For
me, it’s a lot of prayer and
worship time. It’s extremely
raw and vulnerable.”
Finding inspiration
Even in this busy time,
Hanour is adding another
Starts with words
to favor and kindness and
regained something that was
lost. It’s a story of redemp-
tion,” Hanour said. She
found herself identifying
with Ruth’s story so much,
she painted the character this
year.
“To me it’s really inspir-
ing,” she said of the biblical
tale. “When I came to Astoria
I lost a lot, and coming here I
found a lot of kindness in the
community. It’s close to my
heart.”
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Now, I’m talking about it.
Though her art has no let-
ters, that’s typically where
her creative process begins.
“I guess it starts with
words for me … thoughts
and words,” she said. Even-
tually, the words evolve to
mental images, but before
she puts them on a canvas,
she recreates them in real life
by turning to women in the
community.
Before each painting,
Hanour sets up photo shoots
in the ballroom at the Odd
Fellows B uilding. There,
she takes hundreds of photo-
graphs of her female friends
and creative partners, most
of them clothed in dresses
Hanour has helped make to
re-create those initial words
in her mind.
One of the models is Jes-
samyn West, who co-owns
the building and serves on the
City Council .
“She lives and breathes
her art,” West said of Hanour.
A few weeks after the photo
shoot, Hanour invited West to
see the completed painting.
“For me, it’s timeless to
be able to stand in front of
her work,” West said. “When
I’m looking at her paintings, I
can’t feel or think of anything
else but their stories. What
those women are talking
about — it’s timeless and it’s
iconic and it’s inspiring and
heartbreaking and all of these
different things.”
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