Southern Oregon New» Review, AHhland, Thura., Nov. 18, 1948 Interest Mounts In A rt As Ashland Colony Cjrows ASHLAND AIL I IS I | pluccs in the action .section und Ashland at lists have found one in the landscape. Miller and (hut an Intriguing hobby can pro Vioinan each placed one picture duce cash und in one case the in the landscape section. Davis hobby bus become a vocation won two aw ards in the Still Among the artists of the A sh -|l4 fe section and one in the por lund school who huve displayed trait section, und Mrs. Borden their work locally and through- placed in tin- Still life section the state are Beil Miller, Miss with a pastel. Marlon Ady, Otto Wllda, L. It They all plan to exhibit w hen­ DeMille, Dr George Hull, Mrs ever possible and to continue Evart Borden, .lack Davis and with their hobby. Some of them Robert Vroman. have i xpressed a desire to create DeMille, Miller, DaVis and an urt center or u yearly South­ Mrs. Borden dom inated the art ern Oregon Art Show in Ash­ exhibit at the Fall Harvest fes­ land, where the best paintings of tival held recently In Ashland. Northwest artists would be ex­ Dr. Hull hus exhibited his wuter hibited. colors throughout the Northwest. The artista got into p Mi s Ady and Otto Wllda, who und draw ing In a vuriety of dif. Southern Oregon College— Vroman are with Southern Oregon col­ ferent ways. Jack Davis, who lege, huve been strong support­ specialize;, In pastel portraits, be- Later he wa a m em ber of the pay, and the small chance of sue- family insisted that he enter his art seriously. He works with all ers of the nil m ovement in this gan his pastel work while In the fBakersfield, California, A rt As- cess. This cooled his ardor, and work in the Harvest Festival a rt mediums, particularly oils w ater region for some tune Robert Vro- servici While stationed on Snip- sociation and was a m em ber of also that of his father. exhibit. colors, and pen and ink HL* man, whose pen and Ink sketch an and Tinian with a Seabee con­ the board of directors of the as Today he is specializing in por­ He plans to continue to work W(>rk is rem iniscent of the work of Southern Oregon college ac­ struction battalion Davis got lots sociation. traits in pastel. He does some oils in oils. ° Russell. DeMille spent six' companies this story, has studied nf practice doing portraits of the some ater r--------- colors L but Speaking of pastels, the m ed­ and fha, h i. , w ™ - R. states DeMille, the artists whose years on tbe M°ntana range and urt Ixith locally and in California men in the outfit. Before e n te r­ ium which he now uses, Davis ma wdl 1 r J l v h n? Wk C h n t i hobby has turned into a busl- iW° , years wltb the Indians and schools. ing the navy Davis did a lot of explained that they are pure col­ mas will largely be taken up do-1 ness studled a rt with c h a rlie he draw s on this experience for At the Harvest Festival De- work with oils. He took a course or with a glue binder. They are Mille walked off with three at St. M ary’s college in Oakland used in pencil form. Most of the mg pastel portraits which are us- ' Ru sell, at G reat Falls. Montana. hls P'ctures. H i tu* StniaS PrT nti 'T h a t was batk ^ e early days V * work with pastels is done on a Bert Miller began his draw ing when both DeMille and Russell ° £ • Evart Borden, Congrega- • i- . tionai m inister, works chieflv in sand finish paper or velour in high school at Newburg, O re­ n eM g range *“ | M,:ntanha Pastels and does still lifes. board. gon, and has continued it as a DeMille reminisces about the At one tim e in his career Da­ hobby since. He does mostly oils num ber of Charlie's paintings vis planned to be a cartoonist. .nd some pen and pencil sketch-, which were hanging in every sa­ He had been draw nig for the es. At Linfield college he studied; loon, billiard parlor, and hotel in school paper and his father felt mechanical draw ing and took ¡G reat Falls. that he could go Into It com m er some courses in art. At one time 1 n eMille, who hopes to makr cially. Davis, with some urging , in his career life work ----- wun Miller took u a v course u u i o v | ! v commercial u iiiiiic iu d i d a i rt i n his w m e worn. One of Oregon’s most abun­ from his father, got an Interview !in cartooning from the Landon spent 27 years in Ashland as a , with the head of the a rt depart- school of Cartooning, and d id 'sig n painter. His father was a dant waste p ro d u c ts-sa w d u st— I m ent at the San Francisco E x -, cartoons for his college paper, i painter and sign painter, and shows every indication of mak arnm er where he was told of the, Miller had never e x h ib ite d !from him he learned the _ trade ____ ( ing a place for itself in the state’s Men With Hortet—DeMille long apprenticeship, the poor before prior to this year. His He now has the time to go into , horticultural industry as a heav” mulch. Y O U R A S H L A N D E N T E R T A IN M E N T G U ID E A. N. Roberts, OSC horticul­ NOVEMBER DECEMBER. 1948 turist, will report on favorable progress made thus far in wood- P h o n e «17H1 t ’ Il < 111 e . . •> 1 - 1 1 « waste experim ental w etk at the annual m eeting of the Oregon State H orticultural ’ocietv m eet­ ing in Corvallis Novem ber 17 and 18. Tests made at the college in ­ dicate saw dust is the best mulch A i I i i i I h m i o i i : A i I u I I h &&<• . H lu d r t i t M 4 6 c - C h A d m is s i o n - M a g e hue . A d u l t « 5 5 c - 5 t u d e n t 4 5 ^ ^ * h ï î d î ^ ^ 0 c m aterial for blueberries, and it Sun. - Mon. looks promising for use on stra w ­ Tues. - Wed. Thors. - Fri. - Sat. Sun. - Mon. - Tues. I W ed. - Thur. - Fri. - Sat. berries and other sm all fruit NOVEMBER 21-22 NOVEMBER 23-24 crops. NOVEMBER 25-26-27 NOVEMBER 21-22-23 NOVEMBER 24-25-26-27 Ladies D innerw are Niqhtc r ------------------- * M I R I ! OBERON . ROBERT RYAN The OSC horticulturist is one No Advance in Prices! Robert • •AlEXAWDttt KOr.JA siabti CHARLES KORVIN * P A IR LUKAS ON THE CHISHOLM T R A IL " ' of a num ber of speakers who W A L K E R : M yrt»« - i • r-2- will take p art in the h o rticultur­ FOUR FEATHERS LOY GARDNER j $htrf«y ■ LllASIO TH«V UMHIO ABTtSTS^ k . aiLBABI al society’s tw o-day m eeting D.ck : TEMPLE which has been arranged this H A Y M E S- : year for both vegetable crop U N t lu u L H '• v J ONtlOUCH. '.'(¿»J II4 MJ 1 Mr growers as well as tree fruit A rt B i itjIM fl . O F V fN U S ■nd KIBBY GRANT In producers. Sim JACK » ------- — r - — - Sawdust Mulches Found to Be OK EW.LITHI F ¡ .ALLAN Rocky LAI J I t r S ib ili j 1 Final Chap. "Superman" NOVEMBER 28 29 NOV. 30-DEC. 1 Ladies Dinnerware Nights CUNCHO! M (-1 M m OAW Technicolor Musical Technicolor Featuretlee Cartoon _________________Cartoon News DECEMBER 22 23-24 25 DECEMBER 19-20-21 N ext m orning you’re a t your destination rested and ready for the affairs o f the day. O ride in com fortable coaches a t still lower fares. Overnight service returning, also. ) TEMF FAIRBANKS, J r * Meiureen Chap. 3, G-Men Never Forget * WA»Nt« LAOS. « U .«( THE IN TEC H N IC O LO R ! 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