Art For Enlightenment Dec 2-4

I was honored to be invited to participate in this fundraiser for Habitat for Humanity.  I have two paintings in the silent auction, and will be working there at the show on Sunday from 11-4.  It should be fun- the show looks great!


I'm also excited to be participating in the Newberg Art Walk tonight, Dec 2 from 5-9.  I have six paintings hanging at the Coldwell Banker Realty Office in Newberg.  The paintings will be up now thru the end of January.  I'm sharing billing with my friends Rosemarie Caffarrelli and Mary McCoy.  

 

                             

Testy ‘Dueling Divas’ prepare for tempestuous performance

  Sunday, December 4, 3 pm

The Oregon Society of Artists will feature ‘Dueling Divas’, Liz Walker and Ed Labadie, at the Grand Finale of the ‘Arts for Enlightenment’, a three-day silent art auction and fundraiser to benefit the Habitat for Humanity. These two prima donna artists have agreed to put their differences aside to collaborate and create two large acrylic paintings in only 35 minutes, offered immediately thereafter in a live auction, all proceeds to Habitat for Humanity. However, rumors persist that these two celebrities may not be trusted to behave, and there may be some comic surprises in store for the audience.

The exhibition features an impressive array of diverse works from outstanding regional artists. Event coordinator, Ed Labadie states, “Art lovers and collectors may bid on scores of fine works from artists working in a broad range of styles and materials, as well as attend free artist demonstrations. In addition, Habitat and their affiliate, ReStores, will provide speakers to describe their commendable programs and community housing goals. Additional guest speakers will provide talks on topics relevant to energy-efficient home improvements and breakthrough ‘green’ building technologies.”

The exhibition opens Friday, December 2, 5 to 7 pm, and continues on Saturday and Sunday, 11 am to 4 pm. All events are free to the public.

Saturday:

12 noon: Cat Hargis, Artist Demo, ‘Bejeweled Glass’

1 pm: Joe Connell, Habitat speaker, ‘ReStore and Reuse, Your First Choice for Savings’

2 pm: Andrew Shepard, Earth Advantage Institute speaker, ‘Green Building: Not just a Niche for the Rich’

3 pm: Shannon Tennant, Habitat speaker, ‘A World of Hope: It Starts at Home’

Sunday:

12 noon: Martin Conley, Artist Demo, ‘The Potential of Pumice’

1 pm: Bonnie Meltzer, Artist Demo, ‘Putting it All Together - Mind and Materials’

2 pm: Ed Labadie, Artist Demo, ‘Creating from Chaos’

3 pm: ‘Dueling Divas’, a live painting event with a surprise comic twist;

            followed by live auction to benefit Habitat for Humanity.

Silent Bidding Closes Sunday, 4 pm.

Oregon Society of Artists is located at 2185 SW Park Place. Visit their site for more information and directions, www.oregonsocietyofartists.com.

You may review the mission and goals of HFH at habitatportlandmetro.org

Contact coordinator Ed Labadie for further information

ed@edlabadie.com

503 372-5663

Visual Arts Showcase November 5-13 2011

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Listings of arts, entertainment and leisure activities in the Tigard and Beaverton areas

The Times, Oct 27, 2011

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“One Last Look Before I Go” by artist Nathalie Equall is one of the pieces to be shown in the Visual Arts Showcase scheduled for Nov. 5-13 at the Beaverton City Library.

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VISUAL ARTS SHOWCASE – The 29th annual event sponsored by Reser’s and presented by the Beaverton Arts Commission is Nov. 5-13 at the Beaverton City Library, 12375 S.W. Fifth St., during library hours. The event is free, the art is for sale. Call 503-526-2379. For more information, visit beavertonarts.org. Also planned is a media workshop for artists and performers presented by the Westside Cultural Alliance on Saturday, Nov. 5, at 10:30 a.m.; Music in Small Spaces presents The Oregon Guitar Quarter on Sunday, Nov. 6, and Flute, Viola and Harp on Sunday, Nov. 13, Teen Art Show Nov. 17-23, Family Art Day presented by the Washington County Museum and Print Arts NW Nov. 19, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and more.

Paintings From Indian Ford Show in Sisters Oregon

Indian Ford Meadow III  12x36 pastel  N Equall

There are a few places in Oregon that really strike a special note for me.  A couple weeks ago I was able to revisit one and found another to add to my list.

I had to drive a couple of paintings over to Sisters for a show(Paintings of Indian Ford) that opened on September 24 (thru Oct 9 at Sisters Art Works).   I could have shipped them, but it was a good excuse to get some more painting time and the weather was gorgeous.

I drove up to Three Mile Lake on Thursday evening, and was there for the sunset. I took photos and a little sketching, but I got there too late to set up my painting stuff.

Friday morning I drove a couple miles east of town and found some beautiful views of fields and the mountains.  Lots of material for future paintings.  I also checked out Camp Polk Meadow, which is just around the bend from Indian Ford Meadow, the site of the paintout in July.  It was beautiful there, and after wandering around taking pictures for a couple of hours I set up to paint at the north end of the preserve under the pines just outside the split rail fence.  I stayed all day, did two paintings, and met a really cool local quilter/photographer/pet portraitist, Mary D Smith.  She straightened me out on what the big flock of birds that swooped almost into my face and landed in the tree right behind and above me was(pinion jays).   I was thrilled when she came to the reception, and brought me a gorgeous digital painting that she had done of my lab Deuce.

Indian Ford Meadow II  11x14 pastel  N Equall

I really feel so blessed.  I can do what I love in beautiful places, and I keep meeting the most wonderful and interesting people along the way.

Oregon Society of Artists Fall Juried Show- Honorable Mention

I attended the OSA reception today, and was thrilled to receive an honorable mention for my painting "Reflect".

My prediction was correct re: Lorraine Bushek  (who runs the Monday Salon group).  Her egg painting won first place. Stunning!  Congrats Lorraine!  https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=161451053938166&set=a.161450490604889.40525.100002198173873&type=1&theater

Also, Gena Keith, also from my Monday Salon group won third place for her striking collage.  I knew it was an amazing group on Mondays, but to get three out of six ribbons from our little group is astounding.  https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=161450897271515&set=a.161450490604889.40525.100002198173873&type=1&theater

Oregon Society of Artists Fall Juried Show

Reflect  pastel  N Equall

This Sunday marks the opening of OSA's fall juried show.  I submitted two paintings. I don't hold out much hope of adding to my ribbon collection this time, as the work being submitted was gorgeous.  If I were placing a bet, I'd put my money on Lorraine Bushek.  She has a gorgeous still life with eggs that seemed to be lit from within.  The awards will be given during the reception this Sunday September 4 around 2 pm.  The reception is open to the public.  Refreshments will be served.

Respite  12x36  pastel  N Equall

Plein Air Wonderland!

Beginnings  11x14  pastel  plein air  painted at The Gorge White House  Hood River, OR

What an amazing summer this has been!  I just finished up the Pacific Northwest Plein Air 2011 in the Columbia River Gorge, put on by the Columbia Center for the Arts in Hood River.  This was a juried event, which means artists applied before the event with an application and samples of their work, and in this case forty artists were selected to participate.  I was thrilled to be selected!  The rules were pretty straightforward- up to five paintings could be submitted, and they had to have been painted in the previous two years.  And they were to be plein air paintings, meaning they were painted in the open air, not in the studio.

Above the Orchards  11x14  pastel  plein air 

I didn't have five paintings to submit.  I had one, and it didn't thrill me.  This event has an associated five days of paintouts.  In previous years, a majority of the paintings sold at the show were created during the paintouts, so I didn't freak out too much about not having completed paintings going in.  OK, I was a bit stressed that I didn't have a backup plan in case my paintout work wasn't up to snuff, but I didn't have a lot of choice in the matter.

Investing in Gold  pastel  plein air  11x14

Before the paintouts started on August 25, I made sure I had all the supplies I would need for framing, the actual frames, and my sand paper mounted onto boards.  I decided to try to frame without mats where possible to make the framing easier, which was a good choice for me.  I ended up with one painting that needed a mat, but I had extras already cut and ready to go.  I cleaned the car out, had dog supplies, extra shoes, and had the housework done and groceries stocked up.  

Haven  8x10  pastel  plein air

My one regret is that I didn't make arrangements to stay in Hood River during the paintout.  I drove back and forth from SW Portland.  The drive is beautiful, but it was difficult seeing that beautiful light in the early mornings and evenings and being stuck driving instead of painting.  There are two hostels in the area that I considered trying out, but they don't allow dogs.  I consider Deuce to be an essential art of my plein air equipment- he keeps an eye out while I'm submerged in painting.  He also insists on occasional breaks and helps me explore an area before settling down to paint.  He rarely complains and is very good company.

I was out painting four out of the five days, and went to three of the painting locations.  I absolutely adored one the the locations on a plateau above the town of Mosier, five miles east of Hood River, and spent two very full days painting there.  Three of the paintings I submitted were painted there- Haven, Looking Back and Investing in Gold.  The other two (Beginnings and Above the Orchard) were painted at The Gorge White House, up hwy 35 south of Hood River.  

The show starts this Friday September 2, 2011 at the Columbia Center for the Arts in Hood River with a preview party from 4-6pm and the opening reception from 6pm to 8pm.  The public is invited.  The gallery show will continue thru September 25.

Looking Back  10x20 pastel  plein air

A Wild Sequel- sold!

Thanks to an anonymous comment here on my blog, I called Currents Gallery and found out  my painting "A Wild Sequel" sold.  Apparently it is hanging in Manzanita.  Yeah!  What a lovely surprise!

I painted it at Wild Rain Lavender in Yamhill, one of my favorite places.  It's funny how every once in a while you find a place that just feels right.  This is one of those places for me.  I love painting for the Yamhill Lavender Festival, and I'm thrilled my poppies are brightening up a corner of Manzanita!

A Wild Sequel  pastel  24x24  -sold

Indian Ford Meadow- Judges Choice!

I had a great time in Sisters. My husband Paul rode his motorcycle over, and we stayed in Camp Sherman.   The paintout site (Indian Ford Meadow) was stunning.  I was fortunate to be able to visit the site the evening before the paintout.  This was a timed paintout, so we could start painting at 9 am and had to have framed pieces delivered to Sisters Art Works (about 3 miles away) by 1 pm.

There were about 40 painters , and a couple of photographers and support people with bottled water for the painters who came by at least every hour during the painting period.  I was working near the creek that runs through the property, and had a sweet little view of lupines growing in their own little meadow.  I even had a deer hanging out with Deuce and I for a while.  Apparently she didn't think we were any kind of threat since she browsed for about ten minutes less than twenty feet away from us.  Deuce is getting used to deer, although he would love to have a little chase if I said it was ok.  He has listened to me (so far) when there are wild creatures around, and has had wonderful manners.  If I said go to him, he'd be off like a shot, but that isn't going to happen on my watch.

Later in the day at the artists reception, I was shocked to find out I won the Judges Choice Award.  My painting will stay in Sisters and will be on display in September at Sisters Art Works.  My friend Patty Gifford's painting was also selected as the poster award winner, and both of our paintings will be used for promotional purposes.  

Bravo to the Deschutes Land Trust for preserving some of this beautiful and irreplaceable country!  Indian Ford Meadow is a real gem, and I look forward to visiting (and painting) it again when I'm in the area!

Paint-out in Paradise

Posted by Karyn Verzwyvelt at Jul 27, 2011 12:50 PM | Permalink

Meadow View by Denise Rich. Photo: Maret Pajutee

Paint-Out In Paradise
By Maret Pajutee, July 23, 2011

White parasols bloomed on Indian Ford Meadow this weekend as 40 painters captured personal visions of the Deschutes Land Trust’s Indian Ford Meadow Preserve. 

Plein Air painters bloom at Indian Ford Meadow Preserve. Photo: Maret Pajutee

The event was the third “Tale of Two Rivers” open air painting competition, an idea of artist Kathy Deggendorfer, to help connect the talents of the art community to local watershed restoration work.  In the past two years, the partnership between the Roundhouse Foundation, the National Forest Foundation and the US Forest Service has produced striking images of Whychus Creek and the Metolius River that tell the story of wild places, water, forests, and people, without using words. 

Meadow Musings by Marty Stewart

The Deschutes Land Trust’s first property, Indian Ford Meadow, has a poignant story of its own that painters were ready to translate into swirls of color.  Indian Ford Creek is a spring fed tributary of Whychus Creek.  It headwaters emerge from the ground in a shaded grove at Paulina Springs located on Black Butte Ranch.  The creek feeds an unusual number of large moist meadows and aspen groves, a rare habitat in dry Central Oregon landscapes.  

Over 1,200 acres of meadows are directly associated with Indian Ford Creek, including Big Meadow at Black Butte Ranch, Glaze Meadow, Black Butte Swamp and Indian Ford meadow.  Tapped by early settlers for irrigation, the creek  often runs dry in the summer, rarely having enough flow to connect with Whychus Creek.  

In 1857 when adventurous engineers camped at Indian Ford Meadow their accounts describe “a little stream called by the

Youth winner Cole Seymour studies the view with Clay Warburton.<br /> Photo: Dennis Schmidling<br />

Indians Que-y-ee” which ran through a “fine open prairie at the foot of the black conical butte”.  Thanks to willing landowners and the Deschutes Land Trust, 154 years later the view is much the same.

Sisters Glow by Winnie Givot

Painters had 4 hours to create and deliver their framed images to Sisters Art Works for the competition.  

Local Artist Winnie Givot found the experience blissful, saying “I loved it... it was finally a glorious summer day.  We were well provided for.  I love painting at Indian Ford Meadow- its one of my favorite places”.

The next generation was also on task.  Seven students from Sisters Park and Recreation Painting class taught by Clay Warburton were intent in creating their own visions of the meadow.  Their bright graphic paintings had imaginative names, like Haley Schmidlings “Lessons from the Sage”.  

Haley and her seven year old sister Meike arrived by bike.  Meike won honorable mention with her piece “Black Butte Rising” and said “I thought it was really cool.  I like how there is space to see a lot of things.” 

Several painters found beauty in a scene graced by a fellow painter.  Both Jerry Dame and Norma Holmes captured other artists at work. 

Norma Holmes creates. Photo: Dennis Schmidling

Norma won the “Peoples Choice Award” with her ethereal watercolor titled “A Painters Paradise”.  Norma paints at the meadow often and appreciates the Land Trusts protection.  “Just knowing it’s been preserved it is a true painter’s paradise. You feel like you’re in a divine place, it’s just so easy to paint here”.  

The 40 painters captured images of a sunny July morning in a meadow surrounded by mountains in a variety of mediums ranging from pastels to acrylics to oils. 

Where Lupine Grow by Nathalie Equall.

Some found a pine that framed a special view, while others were captured by sage and snowy peaks.  Many dreamy landscapes contrasted with bold graphic images.  

Jean Nelson- Dean, Public Affairs Officer for the Deschutes National Forest introduced social media to “The Paint-out” through the Deschutes National Forest Twitter Feed.  She sent over 30 tweets with photos of the day as she roamed the preserve.  “It’s a great way to talk about an event in in a live way. Even if people couldn’t be here, they could experience it through photos and see the amazing artwork being created”.    

Nathalie Equall of Portland drew the judges approval for “Best of Show” with her image of lupines along Indian Ford Creek.  Nathalie had never been to a Deschutes Land Trust preserve before and was eager to see more.  “ There are a hundred paintings out here.  I took 400 pictures here last night.  I’m excited to see the other Land Trust properties.”

To see more photos from the Plein Air Paint Out, visit our Flickr page.

http://www.deschuteslandtrust.org/news-reports/blog/paint-out-in-paradise

Indian Ford Paintout Saturday July 23

I'm heading over to Sisters for tomorrow's plein air paintout.  It looks like it's going to be a beautiful weekend!

Scroll down for the paintout flyer- this was the only way it was readable.  I need a tutorial on blogging  :-)

Umpqua Plein Air- Blue Ribbon!

Tricks of Light  14x18 pastel  First Place

My trip to Roseburg last week for the Umpqua Plein Air event was fantastic.  I had a wonderful time and was shocked and surprised to win first place for my painting "Tricks of Light".

I drove my own car to Roseburg with my dear friend and fellow painter Rosemarie Caffarelli following along in her car.  We would normally carpool but we had each signed up for different painting locations during the event.  It worked out well since we both had our cars packed to the rafters with painting stuff.  I had made reservations at the Rose City Motel in Roseburg based on recommendations on www.tripadvisor.com- $50/night for a room with two beds.  When we unlocked our room's door and walked in, we were very surprised to see a suitcase and shoes on the floor...oops, occupied.  We went back to the office and after a few minutes of head scratching the manager decided to move a frequent customer into another room so we could have his room with two beds.  We had to leave for an hour while they cleaned the room, but it all worked out fine.  We drove out to the next day's painting locations to check them out.

When signing up for the event, we had to pick between winery, farm or urban locations.  That was all we knew- no details.  I picked farm, and Rose picked winery.  My farm was gorgeous.  It was owned by a retired veterinarian, and had lots of out buildings, rolling golden hills with oak trees, and some lowland along the Umpqua river that was planted with food crops.  They had a very nice farm store with a bakery out by the highway, with the home and barns about 1/3 mile south of the store, down a gravel road.

The event was great.  All the details were spelled out ahead of time.  All artists had to have their blank canvas/paper time stamped before painting.  Start time was 8 am and you had to stop painting by 4 pm.  All work then had to be stamped out of the location, and they shot photos of each painting with the artist.  You then had until 5 pm to deliver your framed and ready to hang (D rings and wire) work to the art center in Roseburg.  If you finished early you had one hour to get your work to the center.  You could submit up to three paintings.

I had three frames with me, two of which had glass for pastels.  I wandered around the farmhouse area for a good hour and a half taking photos, and trying to decide what I wanted to paint.  I'm a slow starter, and really have to feel like I know what I'm going to do before I jump in to the painting process.  I did a few thumbnail sketches, and kept going back to an area to the north of some golden hills with interesting tree groves curving over the slopes and a farmhouse.  For some reason, I decided to start with a 12x12 piece of Wallis paper mounted on a board.  I realized about 30 minutes in that I didn't have glass for that size, so I would have to stick with oil on it.  I love to underpaint with oil paint on Wallis, so the start of the painting was the same whether I stuck with oil or made it a pastel painting.  I rarely paint with oil while painting en plein air, but decided to go ahead and go for it.

Four hours later (after 1 pm) I was still pushing oil paint around on that first painting, and it wasn't pretty.  The morning clouds had burned off, and everything looked different from when I started.  I knew that the painting I was working on was a stinker, and that I needed to get my act together.  I decided to put the oil away and get my pastel box out.  I had been painting out of the back of my car in a little parking area by the house, and had several potential scenes available just by turning my head.  I moved my easel about twenty feet so I'd be in the shade of a shed, changed the playlist on my ipod to a dance mix, and got out two prepared boards with Wallis paper that would fit into the two pastel frames(an 8x10 with no mat and 14x18 with a white mat).  I quickly pencil sketched in each painting, and used the leftover oil paint to underpaint both paintings.  It was nice and warm in the sun so the thinned oil paint dried in just a few minutes.

Once I got to the point where I could use the pastels, things went very quickly.  It was after 2:30, so I knew I didn't have a lot of time to mess around.  I figured I'd just have fun since I had wasted most of the day on a painting that wasn't good.  I was in love with those golden grass hills with their scattered oak trees, and I'd been watching the breezes move across them all day, making patterns in the grass.  I did an 8x10 of a couple oak trees with those overlapping golden hills.  The larger paintings was of the farm fields looking towards the river and a little break in the trees where I could see the distant blue and purple hills peeking through.  There were a lot of different types of food crops growing there, so there was a lot of variety of color and texture in the field.  I didn't have time to get much detail, but tried to keep things cool in the distance, warm in the foreground, and keep that split in the trees.  I really was just trying to get the pastel on as fast as possible.  And have enough time to get both paintings into their frames within the time allotted.

I was the last person to check out of the farm, and second to the last to check in to the art center at 4:40.  The organizers had a nice catered dinner for the 70+ participants and a band out on the lawn of the art center.  It started at 5, so I had a few minutes to clean up.  The band was great, the dinner was nice, and we were happy to be able to get back to the motel before 9.

The next day was the reception at 5, so while the judge (Mitch Baird) doing his thing and the show was being hung all the artists had the option of watching painting demos in oil, pastel and watercolor at River Bend Park, a few miles out of town.  We stayed all afternoon and painted since we had checked out of our motel that morning.  After a quick stop at the Fred Meyers restroom to change into clean clothes, we went to the reception.  

There were 71 registered artists, and almost 200 paintings submitted from the one day paintout.  Out of those paintings, 40 were chosen to hang in the main gallery.  I was thrilled to have both of my pastel paintings chosen for the gallery.  Rose had a beautiful painting from the winery in the gallery too.  It was funny, but they hung us side by side.  My other painting was hung on a glass dividing wall, right as you walked into the gallery.  There were a lot of really nice paintings, and it was amazing that they had all been painted the previous day.   I had no idea that I had won anything, and I was really happy to have made it into the gallery.  It was such a fun couple of days, and I had met so many nice people,and the weather had been perfect, and the motel was awesome...  The winning part was great, but even without that part it was a really fun time.

Old Friends  8x10 pastel

I'm very grateful to the organizers and all the volunteers who made the event such a joy to participate in.  Everything was great, and my only suggestion would be next year to extend or change the hours to be able to paint in the evening when the light is more interesting.

2011 Yamhill Lavender Festival

Arrival  9x12  pastel  -N Equall

This weekend is the Yamhill Lavender Festival in beautiful Yamhill Oregon.    The festival takes place in Beulah Park, three blocks west of Hwy 47.  This is also the site of the Yamhill Plein Air Art Show.  I'm thrilled with how great the show looks and the many beautiful paintings that were submitted this year.

Over fifty artists participated in the paint-out and show.  This is a plein air show, meaning that all paintings were painted in the open air (plein air) in the lavender fields.  Registered painters had access to more than twenty lavender farms in Oregon for the two weeks prior to the show.  This year was a challenge due to weather (the first week was cloudy, cool, and wet), and the late blooming of many varieties of lavender.

Yesterday was the day to submit paintings in Yamhill, and I had a great time checking the paintings in, making tags, and helping to hang the show.  The show was judged by Eric Bowman, and there was an artist's reception in the evening.   The festival and art show are today and tomorrow.

My painting "Arrival" got an honorable mention.   I thought that was pretty funny since I considered not bringing it.  Isn't that how it always goes?  I did the painting at Stonegate Lavender in West Linn, and really thought it was too simple/simplified.  I have a similar version of the scene done on a large (24x24) canvas that I didn't finish, but probably will work on later.

I submitted three paintings total to the show.  The other two are "A Wild Sequel" and "Jackson School Lavender".

A Wild Sequel   24x24  pastel -N Equall

A Wild Sequel was painted at Wild Rain Lavender Farm in Yamhill.  I love this farm!  The Yamhill River runs just down the slope from the field, and the farm itself is a little jewel at the base of the coast range.  Laura Grady, the farm's owner has poppies planted along the border of the field, and I've honestly never seen that deep shade of crimson before.  I couldn't begin to capture the color of those poppies.  There are lots of song birds that hang out in the trees along the river, and the day I was there was one of those perfect summer days with hot sun, a cool breeze and that intoxicating smell of lavender wafting through.

My sweet lab Deuce got to come with me, and he had a great time playing with the farm's dog Indie.  They swam in the river and spent a lot of time laying paw to paw in the shade.  The dogs met four years ago and acted like they were old friends even though they hadn't seen each other in several years.  Such a nice day!

My deer visitor at Wild Rain Lavender Farm

I stayed and painted until about 9 pm, and just before I started packing up I heard a rustling in the bushes.  I figured it was one of the cats, but after a while saw a pair of what I thought were rabbit ears.  I told Deuce to stay, and was surprised to see a deer finally come walking out of the brush.  It was maybe ten feet away from us, and didn't seem at all bothered by us.  It browsed its way down the field, in no hurry.  I could hear other noises in the bushes, and expected more deer to appear, but they had other ideas and took an alternate route.

Jackson School Lavender  16x20 pastel   -N Equall

My third painting was painted at Jackson School Lavender on my first day painting for the festival.  I painted until the rain obscured my view of the neighboring farms.  I bumped the color a bit since the lavender wasn't in full bloom yet.  It will look more like this in a week or two.  I figure it's my world on the paper, so I can do whatever I want.

Lake Oswego Art Market- Tonight!

New Beginnings   24x48  acrylic    N Equall

Tonight (6/30/11) is the last Lake Oswego Art Market.  It runs from 4-8pm in Lake Oswego, Or.  It's in Millenium Park, which is at the south end of First Street, by Wizer's, Chico's, and St Honore.  There is live music, 40 artist tents, food and wine tasting.  And it's free to attend.  The plaza area where we're set up is all paved and leashed pets are welcome.  There is lots of on street parking as well as a somewhat hidden parking garage (go down First and take a left into the driveway before the last restaurant (St Honore) and the turnaround.   The food vendors are great, especially the wood fired pizza guys who make fresh cannolis.  I'm bringing along a new big painting (two feet by four feet) of my favorite place down by the Siletz River.  I hope to see you there!