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A6 Community wallowa.com April 5, 2017 Wallowa County Chieftain Kathleen Ellyn/Chieftain Kathleen Ellyn/Chieftain Wallowa artist David Reinke puts finishing touches on a more abstract painting. Many of his paintings are commissions of people of places and are much more detailed. This watercolor of a scene in Wallowa County is an example of the pastoral work David Reinke enjoys doing. Artist finds inspiration in county By Kathleen Ellyn Wallowa County Chieftain Dennis Reinke is not ex- actly a new artist in the area – he’s a returned artist. Return- ing to the county is a theme for many here. Twenty years ago, he had a studio and gallery behind Stewart’s Jewelry in Joseph. And he was a well-known architect in the area at the time, as well. He worked for Bill Bronson of Bronson Log Homes and is the designer of the Creating Memories lodge, Lightning Creek Ranch house and guest quarters and other local landmarks. “I still work every once in a while for Bronson’s (now owned by Dean Hines)” he admitted. But life carried him away to other locations, other gal- leries, new artistic communi- ties and friends. Once one begins to know artists, one fi nds that it’s not that unusual for architects to turn to art. Reinke is one such character. In fact, Reinke was never trained as an artist. He was trained as a bricklayer and stonemason and archi- tect. “I’ve always been more artistic, it’s always been in the back of my head to do art,” he recalled. “My goal was to retire by 50 and be an artist.” And when he turned 50 he began his art career in ear- T HE B OOKLOFT AND Skylight Gallery nest. He is profi cient in many styles including hand cast pa- per bas reliefs, bronze sculp- ture, abstract acrylics and others, but enjoys plein air painting the most – and many of those pieces are done in watercolor. “Because of my work in architecture it was an easy transition to watercolor,” he said. Nowadays many of his paintings are commissions of homesteads, animals and wildlife and some are me- morial portraits or family portraits he is able to create either from a collection of good photographs or in life. He is not at all concerned Church Finding books is our specialty 541.426.3351 • 107 E. Main • Enterprise • www.bookloftoregon.com Directory Church of Christ 502 W. 2nd Street • Wallowa 541-398-2509 Worship at 11 a.m. Mid-week Bible Study 7 p.m. St. Katherine’s Catholic Church Fr. Francis Akano 301 E. Garfi eld Enterprise Mass Schedule Tues-Fri 8:00 am Saturdays 5:30pm Sundays 10:30am (541)426-4008 stkatherineenterprise.org St. Pius X Wallowa Sundays 8:00am All are welcome Joseph United Methodist Church CLUES ACROSS CLUES DOWN 1. “Be back later” 4. Hoover’s office 7. Brew 8. Philo and Reglis are two (“Star Wars”) 10. Actress Remini 12. Moghul emperor 13. Alaskan glacier 14. Constrictor 16. Prohibit 17. Ancient Brittonic tribe 19. Chinese pastry 20. Razorbill is of this genus 21. Beloved holiday decoration 25. Dutch football club 26. Aggressive dog 27. Small piece of glass 29. “South Park” creator __ Parker 30. Leisure activity 31. Someone’s story 32. Record-setting swimmer 39. Hillside 41. Unit of measurement 42. Famous for its potatoes 43. Insect secretion 44. Gate in Marrakesh 45. Cain and __ 46. A set of moral principles 48. Repair 49. Two-terminal semicondcutor device 50. Strongly alkaline solution 51. Former CIA 52. Satellite laser ranging 1. Sea 2. Cleans things 3. More skinny 4. Supervises flying 5. Talk rapidly and excitedly 6. Intestinal 8. Don’t know when yet 9. Soluble ribonucleic acid 11. Chinese and Vietnamese ethnic group 14. Wild cattle genus 15. Rock formation 18. Makes up 19. Resembles a pouch 20. Having an aerial quality 22. Windpipe 23. Million barrels per day (abbr.) 24. Bitterly regret 27. Soft creamy white cheese 28. Renamed when EU was incorporated 29. ‘__ death do us part 31. Sound unit 32. Men proud of their masculinity 33. Clergy member’s vestment 34. Hello 35. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls 36. Marks 37. Derived from benzene 38. Low-melting alloy 39. Lost blood 40. Quantitative relation 44. Academic degree 47. Many subconsciousses about working from a photo- graph because his method is to “connect” to something he sees in the individual. “I want to know, who is this guy, what does he mean to the person who commis- sioned it?” That might take some time, he said. “I want to fi nd something that I relate to and that’s what I put on the canvas.” Other times he’s drawn to the architectural construction of the subject – even if that construction is a natural for- mation in nature. Over his lifetime and trav- els he sold paintings in Taos, Bend, Loveland, Colo., and other cities. 3rd & Lake St. • Joseph Pastor Cherie Dearth Phone: 541-432-3102 Sunday Worship Service 10:00 am St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church 100 NE 3rd St, Enterprise NE 3rd & Main St 541-426-3439 Worship Service Sunday 9:30am Summit Church Gospel Centered Community Service time: 10:30 am Cloverleaf Hall in Enterprise Pastor Mark Garland www.summitchurchoregon.org Faith Lutheran Church 409 W. Main Enterprise, Oregon Worship 2 nd & 4 th Sundays - 2 pm Bible Study 2 nd & 4 th Thursdays - 11 am JosephUMC.org LCMS (Lutheran Church Missouri Synod) Enterprise Christian Church Christ Covenant Church 85035 Joseph Hwy • (541) 426-3449 Pastor Terry Tollefson Church Offi ce: 541-263-0505 Worship at 9 a.m. Sunday School at 10:30 a.m. Evening Worship at 6 p.m. (nursery at A.M. services) Family Prayer: 9:45am Sunday School: 10am Worship Service: 11am “Loving God & One Another” David Bruce, Sr. - Minister 723 College Street Lostine Lostine Presbyterian Church Enterprise Community Congregational Church Discussion Group 9:30 AM Worship Service 11:00 AM The Big Brown Church Childrens program during service Blog: dancingforth.blogspot.com 541.398.0597 Hwy 82, Lostine Stephen Kliewer, Minister Wallowa Assembly of God 606 West Hwy 82 Wallowa, Oregon 541-886-8445 Sunday School • 9:30 Worship Service • 10:45 Pastor Tim Barton wallowaassemblyofgod.com with an open door Pastor Archie Hook Sunday Worship 11am Bible Study 9:30am Ark Angels Children’s Program Ages 4-6th grade, 11am Nursery for children 3 & under 301 NE First St. • Enterprise, OR Find us on Facebook! 541.426.3044 Seventh-Day Adventist Church & School 305 Wagner (near the Cemetery) P.O. Box N. Enterprise, OR 97828 541-426-3751 Church 541-426-8339 School Worship Services Sabbath School 9:30 - 10:45 a.m. Worship Hour 11:00 a.m. - Noon Pastor Jonathan DeWeber For a time he settled in Loveland, Colo., and opened his own gallery, “Grassworks Studio.” Loveland, much like Joseph, was an art town with three foundries and a com- munity of about 150 artists. In fact, most of the places he lived while he was away from the county were artistic plac- es, and he found the commu- nity of sharing evident among artists was very important to him. So, when he and wife Nancy decided to move out of Colorado and fi nd a more remote location he began looking, not just for the wil- derness he loved, but for a community of sharing where a man and woman could live “small” and be engaged in what mattered to them. The Reinkes could have lived anywhere, but after they drove 6,000 miles looking for the perfect place, Nancy said, “let’s look at that lot on East Second Street in Wallowa again.” So the Reinkes came home in 2013. At fi rst they lived in the old saddle shop on E Street in Joseph, and Dennis put his artwork in Kelly’s Gallery. But soon they were in their dream cottage with a studio attached – one that Dennis had designed – in the city of Wallowa. Now 76, Reinke is pleased to be at home in what he hopes is his dream location and life, “doing art just for the love of it.” He has time for his studies on early civilizations. “Did you know that Chief Joseph wore an amulet from 2042 BC?” he asked. He studies the Bible with an analytical eye, an anthro- pological understanding and a heart for spirituality. “I love Bible study,” he said. He reads new books on so- cial psychology. He writes poetry. And he continues to make art in a variety of mediums. “I love doing paintings of the people and the landscapes of Wallowa County,” he said. “It’s not about the money. I don’t have to make a lot of money – and I don’t,” he laughed. “I’m not out to make awards anymore (though he does win awards for his Wal- lowa County paintings). I’ve never been an elitist when it came to anything. I’ve been around a lot of sharing art- ists, (painter) Clyde Aspevig was a good mentor – and I see that sharing very much in the community of Wallowa.” Nancy fi ts in as well. She has an interest in small dwell- ings and has an international blog on small homes “Ajoy- fulcottage.com.” She is also an accom- plished crafter and makes tied rugs, which Wallowa Coun- tians may have seen at the Joseph Christmas Bazaar last December. You can learn more about Dennis and his art by visiting Dennis Reinke Artist on face- book or DennisReinke.com.