SAVE THE DATE! HACC ARTS & CULTURE SUMMIT

SAVE THE DATE!  HACC ARTS & CULTURE SUMMIT Thursday, February 17, 2011 5:00-7:00 pm Don't miss this important night of networking, collaboration, and celebration of Hillsboro's arts and culture organizations! Representatives from a variety of local arts and culture organizations will be on hand to discuss their programs and opportunities.  At the Summit, you can: Learn about the next art opening, concert, or theater performance Find out where to take classes or workshops to increase your knowledge and skills Recruit new members and volunteers for your organization Volunteer yourself for something new Meet HACC members and ask questions about their upcoming grant season and programming Admission is free, but reservations are requested. Light hors d'oeuvres and beverages will be provided. To RSVP,  email katrinah@ci.hillsboro.or.us or call 503-615-3431. Check our website for more details, including a list of exhibiting organizations!    Hillsboro Arts & Culture Council 527 E. Main St; Hillsboro, OR  hacc@ci.hillsboro.or.us www.hillsboroarts.org

The Oneness of the Human Family

Baha'i:
"Blessed is he who preferreth his brother before himself."
          Baha'u'llah, Tablets of Baha'u'llah,71

Buddhism:
"Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful."
          Udana-Varga. 5:18

Christianity:
"All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them."
          Matthew 7:12

Confuciansim:
"Do not unto others what you would not have them do unto you."
          Analects 15:23

Hinduism:
"This is the sum of duty: do naught unto others which would cause you pain if done to you."
          Mahabharata 5:1517

Islam:
"No one of you is a believer until he desires for his brother that which he desires for himself."
          Sunnah

Jainism:
"In happiness and suffering, in joy and grief, we should regard all creatures as we regard our own self."
          Lord Mahavira, 24th Tirthankara

Judaism:
"What is hateful to you, do not to your fellow man. That is the law: all the rest is commentary."
          Talmud, Shabbat 31a

Native American:
"Respect for all life is the foundation."
          The Great Law of Peace

Sikhism:
"Don't create enmity with anyone as God is within everyone."
          Guru Arjan Devji 259, Guru Granth Sahib

Zoroastrianism:
"That nature only is good when it shall not do unto another whatever is not good for its own self."
          Dadistan-i-Dinik, 94:5

Merry Christmas to all.

6x6 Wild Art Project

Owl and the Moon by Maeona L. Urban, Acrylic on canvas

6×6 Wild Art Project

Paint a bird to help the birds!
Download 6×6 Wild Art Project Participation Form (PDF)

The supply of donated canvases from Art Media for the 2010 6×6 Wild Art Project are now gone for this year.
Join the 6×6 project and use your creative talent to support the Audubon Society of Portland. Art Media is donating the 6 inch x 6 inch canvases and we are asking artists to donate their time and talent to create a piece of art that will be sold at the Wild Arts Festival, November 20 and 21, 2010.
The details:
1. Sign out a 6″x 6″ canvas and project form at any Art Media store.
2. Paint, assemble or create your canvas. The theme is birds.
3. Print your name clearly on the back of your canvas.
4. Return your finished canvas along with the completed project form to any Art Media store.
Please be sure to print your full name clearly on the back of the canvas frame. In addition to being part of a fun collective project and supporting Portland Audubon, artists will receive 2 passes to the Wild Arts Festival, and discount coupons for Art Media, the Portland Audubon Nature Store and Urban Grind Coffee. Artists will be recognized in the Festival program and on the Portland Audubon website.
Canvases will be exhibited and sold at the 2010 Wild Arts Festival held at Montgomery Park in northwest Portland. They will be priced at $40 each. All proceeds from the sales will support the conservation, environmental education and wildlife rehabilitation work of the Audubon Society of Portland.

Grandpa & Grandma Barker

I Remember

I remember little things we made

Little things we did and said

Grandpa’s pipe and cool green shade

Clean sheets tucked nicely on the bed

I remember corn ten feet tall

Grandpa hoeing down each row

Seeing my first Hollyhock doll

And Grandma teaching me to sew

I remember good old King

And the yellow cat, the squirrels, the hawks

Hearing that mans bagpipes sing

Quiet times and Quiet talks

I remember sleeping in Grandpa’s chair

Ape man records, owls and frogs

Summer vacations I spent there

The neighbor’s pond and funny dogs

I remember Mrs. East and Mrs. West

The dollhouse we made so magnificent

Christmas presents I liked best

Good times, well spent

I remember little trinkets and little toys

Meeting Jasper Jay and Winnie the Pooh

Special times and special joys

But mostly just that I love you.

Grandpa & Grandma Barker

Salmon at the Dam

"Salmon at the Dam"
12" x 12"
Acrylic on canvas

Sold American Trails Gallery
27 N. Main Street
Ashland, OR 97520
541-488-2731

At this time they are my exclusive
Northwest Coast Native American Design gallery.
They usually carry about half a dozen of my designs.
I am glad and sad to see this one go. Glad someone else will enjoy it and sad to part with it as I usually am with all of my paintings.

Joy Creek Nursery

"Joy Creek Nursery"
Oil on Canvas
18" x 14"



A great place to buy plants.
A great place to wander the paths.
A great place to paint.

Walters Cultural Center Annual Plein Air Competition

"Eastman Plaza" (Only Blue)
Oil on Canvas
16" x 20"
Here you see both the photo I took when I started the day and my finished painting. Yes, I know the building is tan in real life but tan is so boring that I decided to try painting it my colors gone wild method that I have been toying with lately. It was the 4th annual Plein Air Competition sponsored by Walters Cultural Center in Hillsboro. The painters are fun and the event is great! Even though it is a competition everyone makes you feel special.

Utrecht Portland In the NW park blocks 2010

It was a beautiful day to be painting in the park!  Here you see my subject photographed in the morning light a little while before I started painting.  Above that you see the same subject, and take note of the shadows, photographed close to the time I finished.  On the very top you see the results.

University Club of Portland Submission

I received my notice today regarding my submission for their Artist-in-Residence program.  I'm in a group of 23  now that will be judged and brought down to three finalists.  Then those will be interviewed and one approved for the 2010/2011 year.  Won't know until sometime late July-early August. :-)

Native American Dancer

"Native American Dancer"    Oil on Canvas
    20" x 16"
    Painted by permission from a photo
    taken by William Coberly

Utrecht Portland In the NW park blocks

Utrecht Portland In the NW park blocks between Everett and Glisan. Come out and enjoy painting outside with Utrecht.

This event is free and all are invited to attend. Participate by coming prepared to draw or paint en plein air (that is, outdoors and from life).

We will have snacks and some Utrecht painting materials to try out, so plea...se come even if you're just curious or interested in dabbling.

Hope to see you there!

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Plein Air in the Park

Saturday, July 10, 2010 at 12:00pm

Utrecht Art Supplies

Camp 18 Water Wheel

 

"Camp 18 Water Wheel"

Oil on Canvas Board

16" x 18"

I've been away 5 weeks from the end of April through the end of May and I get home and catch strep and the medicine is supposed to last until the end of June and it makes me not feel so great and the 29th of June I start jury duty and, and, and,....I haven't had a chance to get out and paint so I dug up this one I started to do last year at Camp 18 and finished it while the rest of my painting friends were actually getting to go there. I used photos my husband took to complete the painting from and I see on the Portland Plein Air & Studio Painters behind the scene blog a photo so identical to Ron's that I had to compare them to make sure it wasn't his photo already on the blog. :-)  Great minds run in the same track.

Yachats Watercolor

"Table Rock"
This is a watercolor I brought to the Columbia Arts Guild March meeting. I painted it in layers over several days.  My Uncle used to like to fish there. We often go to Yachats for vacation and I have seen the tide out so far you can almost walk around the end. I have also seen up over the top of the table many times.

Ron's Woodwork

 

Ron's Post Office Box Bank

 

These were just small projects he made. The corners are actually two different shades of dark wood and it doesn't show up well on this one.  Others had more contrast in the wood color so you see three colors at the corners better. The outline strip of color is about one sixteenth of an inch wide.  At the bottom on the right I just barely pushed out the hidden drawer where the key goes. Some of the banks he made were the type that had a combination dial and he etched the numbers inside that hidden drawer area.

Ron has made lots of other projects. I'll have to get photos and share them in my blog.

Bennett's Lily

I should have posted some information with it.

 Bennett's Liliy is 18" x 24" Oil on canvas.

Bennett's Lily

Secret Flower Garden

"Secret Flower Garden"

I just wanted to share that I have joined with Jennifer Hanson (Glass Mosaic Artist) for a showing of some of our work at the Houlton Bakery 2155 Columbia Blvd. St. Helens, Oregon. The work will be hanging until the end of February.  If you are in that area please stop in to see the artwork, indulge in great food, and let them know we sent you.