Siuslaw Viewfinders announce photo contest winners
Vardanian
Gallery to
host talk with
Don Prechtel
COURTESY PHOTOS
From left: photos by Curt Peters, Bill Stone and John McMahan of the Siuslaw Viewfinders photography club.
FLORENCE — The Siuslaw
Viewfinders Camera Club
members submitted an interest-
ing variety of photos with the
theme of “Floating.”
First place was taken by Curt
Peters with a striking image of
a stream with a beautiful maple
leaf floating in it.
Second place went to Bill
Stone for his imaginative
cloud deck with a red chair
floating on it.
John McMahan’s photo of a
bird, wings tucked in free fall,
earned third place.
The next meeting of the
Siuslaw Viewfinders will be
Monday, Nov. 7, in the
Bromley Room of The Siuslaw
Public Library.
The theme for November
is “Automotive,” which should
be interesting.
Empty Bowls fundraiser to include ‘Joyful Balance’
FLORENCE — The 2016
Empty Bowls Committee has
been presented with the origi-
nal artwork for “Joyful
Balance,” by local artist Jeff
Kernan.
This colorful graphic will be
featured on the 2016 Empty
Bowls posters and advertising
media.
Jeff Kernan moved from
Seattle to Florence in 1999, in
search of “peace and quiet,”
and has settled in to the
Florence area with his cat,
Diesel.
He has been an artist since
he was 20 years old, and
worked in the printing business
in Seattle prior to moving to
Florence. He has worked at
Food Share for 14 years and
currently drives the Food Share
truck for the warehouse.
After a long break, Kernan
took up his artwork again about
10 years ago. His art consists of
digitalized photos, or the digi-
jects. In his own words, his art-
work is photo art work, or
“phartwork.”
Kernan has displayed his
work at the Siuslaw Public
Library at the encouragement
of Mary Colgan-Bennetts, and
said he looks forward to new
avenues to display his work.
“Joyful Balance” will be
offered to the public via raffle,
with tickets available at various
locations throughout the
Florence area prior to Empty
Bowls, as well as at the event
itself.
The
winner
will
be
announced Sunday, Dec. 4, at 2
p.m., at the Empty Bowls event.
Winner need not be present to
win.
Empty Bowls 2016 will be
held at the Florence Events
COURTESY PHOTO Center on Friday, Dec. 2,
Florence artist Jeff Kernan with his colorful graphic through Sunday, Dec. 4.
This is a free family friendly
“Joyful Balance,” which will be featured at Empty Bowls.
event with all proceeds benefit-
tal manipulation of photo- graphs, he has taken of his sub- ing Florence Food Share.
Florence Presbyterians to host Fall Church Bazaar in November
FLORENCE — The
Presbyterian Church of
the
Siuslaw,
3996
Highway 101, will hold
its annual Fall Church
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Bazaar on Saturday, Nov.
5, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Items and gifts avail-
able for purchase will be
high quality homemade
craft items, including
sewn, crocheted and
carved wood items.
There will also be a
variety of baked goods,
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jams, jellies and candy.
Christmas decorations
and “white elephant”
items will be available for
sale as well.
Come get holiday
shopping done early.
For more information,
call the church office at
541-997-7136.
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“Buena Vista” by Don Prechtel
FLORENCE — The Vardanian
Gallery will host a question and
answer session with Don Prechtel,
one of Oregon’s most renowned
Western and historical painters, on
Saturday, Nov. 5, from 1 to 2 p.m.
This event will be an opportuni-
ty for artists, collectors and histo-
ry buffs alike to meet the artist in
person and learn about the rigors
of conducting historical research
with extraordinary artistic skill.
Experience the magnificence
and grandeur of the old west and
Oregon’s landscapes in Don
Prechtel’s breathtaking exhibit at
the Vardanian Gallery through
Jan. 2, 2017.
Prechtel is a career painter and
muralist of historical and western
art of almost 50 years. His works
are featured in museums and his
paintings are collected worldwide.
He is the recipient of many
awards, including the highly cov-
eted National Arts for the Parks
Juried Competition and his paint-
ings are featured on numerous
popular historical and western
publications.
Vardanian Gallery is located at
1300 Bay St. in Old Town
Florence.
The gallery is open Friday
through Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.,
and by appointment by calling
541-997-1508.
For more information, visit
www.VardanianGallery.com, or
contact the show’s curator, SK
Lindsey, at 916-554-0044.