14A • October 23, 2015 | Cannon Beach Gazette | cannonbeachgazette.com
Mermaid to make a ‘splash’
at Stormy Weather festival
‘Stormy’ debuts
at 28th annual art
festival
By Dani Palmer
Cannon Beach Gazette
A mermaid in a gray sweater with
windswept hair and an umbrella stands
on the beach, dark clouds and waves
rolling in behind her. “They Call Me
Stormy,” she says. Artist Ken Grant’s
piece sets the mood for the 28th Annual
Stormy Weather Arts Festival.
The festival surges to life on Nov. 6
and runs through Nov. 8.
They’re not very useful in Oregon’s
coastal winds, but they will be pretty
to look at during the festival. New this
year is umbrella art, said Jim Paino, ad-
ministrative assistant for the Cannon
Beach Chamber of Commerce.
He added that Bonnie Gilchrist
with the Cannon Beach Gallery Group
helped out, using her Portland connec-
tions to ¿nd artists to do the paintings.
The Coaster Theatre is also holding
its ¿rst “Dancing in the 5ain” Fashion
Show on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. Cham-
ber Director Court Carrier said many
shops “jumped on board to make that
happen.”
“They’re all stormy weather wear-
ables,” he added.
Local galleries will feature a variety
of artists and demonstrations through-
out the weekend. A map is included in
the Stormy Weather brochure, provided
through the Chamber of Commerce.
The main events include Art in Ac-
tion on Friday, Nov. 6, at 7 p.m. in the
Surfsand 5esort Ballroom, where artists
will demonstrate their techniques while
ticketholders enjoy music, food, wine
and a silent auction, and the Spotlight
Concert with blues musician Lloyd
Jones on Saturday, Nov. 7, at 7:30 p.m
in the Coaster Theatre. Music Around
Town will feature a variety of other mu-
sicians before the concert.
Tickets for Art in Action are $55 per
person, and $35 per person for the Spot-
light Concert. They can be purchased at
www.cannonbeach.org.
Grant, a former Cannon Beach resi-
dent, isn’t able to participate in the event
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Watercolor by Judith Judith Frederikson will be part of
the Palette Puddlers exhibit at Stormy Weather.
Palette Puddlers to
hold Stormy Weather
Art Show and Sale
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Stormy Weather poster by Ken Grant, “They Call Me Stormy.”
this year, but hangs his art in White Bird
Gallery where he has a show going
now. The original piece for his Stormy
Weather art is on display there.
Grant’s partner Frances Johnson is
the one who suggested he paint a mer-
maid when he was asked to do the post-
er. It was inspired by a John William
Waterhouse painting, he said, and was
“something different” as he typically
paints sunny skies rather than dark ones.
Grant lives in Depoe Bay now, but
his children grew up in Cannon Beach
and he began painting in the city in the
1960s, “so I still feel connected.”
“I think anything they can do to
stimulate the interest in arts in Cannon
Beach is good,” he said.
The Palette Puddlers
annual Stormy Weather
weekend art show and sale
will be held at the Cannon
Beach Chamber of Com-
merce, 207 N. Spruce St.,
Friday, Nov. 6 through
Sunday, Nov. 8. Admis-
sion and refreshments are
free. Artists will be pro-
viding morning and after-
noon demonstrations of
their particular art styles
throughout the weekend.
Artists are also willing to
sell their “hot off the easel”
work to interested buyers.
The Palette Puddlers
are a group of profession-
al women artists, many of
whom have painted togeth-
er for more than 12 years.
The following members,
Louise Birkenfeld, Susan
Bish, Betty Brower, Shei-
la Brown, Patricia Button,
Judith Fredrikson, Mary
Ann Gantenbein, Jeannette
Gran-Davis, Ireta Sitts
Graube, Suzanne King, Jo
Pomeroy-Crockett, Susan
Thomas and Ellen Zimet
will be showing and sell-
ing original works of art
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A watercolor by Ellen
Zimet of the Palette Pud-
dlers in Cannon Beach.
in a variety of mediums,
including watercolor, li-
no-block prints, acrylics,
mixed media, oils, and
pastels. There will be also
be art reproductions, cards,
small matted prints and
gallery wraps for holiday
shoppers, and a bargain
bin with original unmat-
ted, unframed works of art
for $20 each.
Hours are Friday,10
a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday,
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and
Sunday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
This year’s calendar con-
tains art from 13 members
and is available at www.
palettepuddlers.com.
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