Gull, Lantern & Cathedral

I had to do one more Brit shot just because...so this is one from our visit to Bath (the actual Roman bath building wasn't nearly as fascinating as the cathedral, if you ask me!).  I took lots of photos, but something about this lone sea gull cruising by all this amazing architecture intrigued me. Hope you like it...now, back to the Palouse, or the sea, or....?

Arts and Travels Exhibit

PRESS RELEASE: 

February 29, 2012 – Join us for the Arts and Travels exhibit at the Third Street Gallery. The show runs through March 23, 2012.

The exhibit showcases works from travel destinations (both near and far). 

Artists participating are: Dana Aldis, Nancy Attebury, Matthew Brehm, Kathleen Burns, Ron Carver, Nancy Chaney, Yolanda Cheng, Doug Davidson, John Farbo, Betty Jo Fitzgerald, Tom Garfield, Lynne Guillot, Lynne Haagensen, Monica Hulubei, Donald Johnson, Flip Kleffner, Linda Lowry, Rene Mattoon, Greg Meyer, Skip Phillips, Pauline Sameshima, Byron Saneholtz, DJ Scallorn, Tom Scallorn, Andy Sewell, John Snyder, Craig Whitcomb, Jane Winters, and Ryan Zimmer.

Meet the Arts and Travels featured Artist of the Week: Tom Garfield. Tom’s work titled “Haystack At Twilight (Cannon Beach, Oregon)” is a piece that is Tom’s favorite seaside spot, Cannon Beach.

 “Long before planes crossed the world, ships were necessary to travel great distances and to see foreign places. Having spent several years aboard a ship in the US Navy, I was privileged to see some of those lands and going there by ship made it all the more delightful,” says Tom.

Tom’s works  titled: “Bristol Harbor (Bristol, England)”, “Haystack At Twilight (Cannon Beach, Oregon)”, and “Toronto Harbor (Toronto, Ontario)” can be seen at the Third Street Gallery Exhibit Arts and Travels at Moscow City Hall.

Pictured above: Tom Garfield, “Haystack At Twilight (Cannon Beach, Oregon)”, Pastel

Third Street Gallery is located at 206 E. Third Street, Moscow ID hours are M-F 8-5 pm.

 For more information:

dscallorn@ci.moscow.id.us

http://www.moscow.id.us/art/gallery.aspx

  

Artwork Featured on Card Front (left to right, top to bottom):

Linda Lowry, “Bellagio”, Photograph

Byron Sanholtz, “Grand Canyon Symphony”, Pastel

Andy Sewell, “Baja Morning Market”, Photograph

Story Contact: DJ Scallorn

Phone: 208.883.7036

Email: dscallorn@ci.moscow.id.us

Brit MG

So, since I haven't been able to bring back anything really cool from England yet, I thought I'd at least add a 'new' car to my collection. This one was parked out in front of the Eagle and Child Pub (no, I don't think Lewis left it there - maybe Sayers). Considering how many little black cars were buzzing around London, this lovely machine stuck out like a Wyeth at the Guggenheim (art slam).

Evening Bins

Julie wanted another autumnal picture, I wanted to do another pastel; they came together in selecting a photo from Bill Church's archives. I'm really enjoying doing pastels on a larger scale (this is 14 X 20) now that I have sanded paper. It's a bit hard on the finger tips though, since that's what I like to use for blending and smoothing colors. Ah well, guitarists get calluses on their fingers, right? Another reason watercolor still is my favorite medium.

For Colin and For Fun

Though I didn't know it at the time (30 plus years ago), I began a tradition of giving my family members copies I made of the marvelous works of Beatrix Potter (Peter Rabbit? You remember...) I made one for my mom, then one each for my own children, then, for some reason, when they married and started having their own cuties, I was commissioned to do one for each of the grandkids as they arrived. Colin Robert Wilson, being half Brit, certainly needed one (Potter was a Brit, too, of course) and his mother had me do the one above.
The shed is from a photo I took last winter. It resides in a cow pasture, just south of us. What can I say - I'm a sucker for these pathetic things!

Hobbes & Madeline

Finally got to work on two of my favorite people - Bray & Kajsa's children: Hobbes and Madeline Wilkins. I still find portraiture very scary - particularly of family, but Kajsa has wanted these two in pastels for some time. They look a lot older today, but these paintings hopefully stop time, for their parents. (Done on 400 sanded paper with Rembrandt pastels: black, gray, and white.) Love these kiddos!