(Jewelry by Sara Krempel) Looking at a sterling silver pendant made by Sara Krempel is like gazing at an aerial photograph of the Deschutes River. The river forms a squiggly line of negative space through a landscape textured to look like rocky banks fringed with reeds. Krempel loves to combine “organic shapes and man-made shapes…
((Left) Mary Moore in her studio. (Right) Lion and Lamb by Mary Moore) Among Pablo Picasso’s memorable quotes is this one: “Everything you can imagine is real.” A vivid imagination inspires Mary Moore to create ceramic sculpture that transports the viewer to mythical worlds. It’s a place where human figures have animal heads, wizards or…
(Pendant by Denise Harrison) “Don’t forget to be present, or you might miss something unbelievable.” That’s jeweler Denise Harrison’s advice for everyone. Each day, she tries to practice a mindfulness that allows her to find interesting textures and patterns for her jewelry. These range from beer bubbles left in glasses to tree branches, brick walls…
((Left) Deb Borine in her home studio (Right) Landscape bowl) Deb Borine’s fused glass bowls pulsate with rich color and her glass “landscapes” shimmer with painterly trees and sunsets. She has been working with glass for nearly 20 years and still manages to come up with fresh ideas for her creations. Her work is on…
(Walruses in Svalbard Archipelago by Sue Dougherty) Wildlife photography is not an easy pursuit. It requires hiking long distances to remote areas while carrying heavy equipment, enduring all sorts of weather, sometimes not finding the animals you seek, and possessing incredible patience to wait for the right moment to click the perfect shot. Sue Dougherty…
((Left) Implosion beads by Larissa Spafford (Right) Larissa Spafford in her studio | Photo courtesy of Red Chair Gallery) Larissa Spafford has been making glass beads for more than two decades. During that time, she has experimented with many different techniques for forming vividly colored torch-made beads, yet she still is learning new methods to…
((Left) Kenneth Marunowski painting at Black Butte Ranch | Photo courtesy of Red Chair Gallery (Right) Painting by Kenneth Marunowski) Painter Kenneth Marunowski’s work combines two artistic styles: abstract impressionism and abstract expressionism, both of which hail from the Baby Boom era, the 1940s and 1950s. The difference between them, respectively, may be boiled down…
((Left) Journal page by Jacqueline Newbold, (right) Orvieto by Jacqueline Newbold) For Jacqueline Newbold, a watercolor and mixed media artist, adapting to the social distancing of the COVID-19 pandemic meant reviving her interest in a childhood hobby: bird watching. On trips to locales such as Mexico and South Africa, she was inspired to paint tje…
((Left) Support with Joy (Right) Instincts Call Me Home | Sculptures by Alisa Looney) Creating art as an instrument for change is the goal of many artists. In creating her art, Alisa Looney’s goal is to foster ecological and social healing. “I want to bring into light the interdependence of all living things,” she explains….
(Multimedia mosaic art by Joanie Callen) The mosaic art pieces made by Joanie Callen are a feast for the eyes. They sparkle with crystal beads, flash with iridescent dichroic glass, shimmer with gold and silver glass feathers, and bristle with pointy dagger beads. Her shapes are also distinctive: Animal shapes like birds and frogs are…
