Online Gallery Notes June 4, 2020

Bhavani Krishnan:  I like to dream of mountains ☺

Regina Atwood:  “Carolyn’s Poppies” en Plein air.

Celeste Bergin: 1& 2:  I got to hang out with Dave and his photographer friends at Lost Creek in Mt. Hood National Forest on Monday. I sat on a rock and painted in gouache. 2. I painted this painting from my imagination (in response to the prompt 'Dream')

Marti Brandtner: 1x14 acrylic This is Rex!! The theme is Dream this week... and since he has a free spirited loving family, I guess you can say HIS dreams have been fulfilled! A surprize gift for his owners! 2.Work in Progress, Painting layers over the underpainting

Bets Cole: Painting 4 Thursday

Sheila Corcoran: This is my latest painting that I have just completed. The inspiration came two summers ago when I was in Bend, Oregon on a nice summer day.  I was walking downtown and I saw this scene unfold and could see the painting that it would make !   The owner had just walked into a shop and left his dog outside. The dog was kind enough to hold the pose while I fumbled for my phone and took the picture.

Hilarie Couture: The theme of Dream I feel is well portrayed with this piece. It is 18 x24 oil and is part of my show from last month at Attic Gallery. It is called Blissful Rhapsody

Tom Daniels: 1. Walking the dike in Washougal. 2. Another view of the dike at Washougal.

Kathy D Allegri: 1 June 2020: I love their healing fragrance. "Bay Laurels," Watercolor Alla Prima. 10.25"x 13.25" These trees grow on a hill above Natural Bridges beach, Santa Cruz, CA, near my former home. 2. 2 June 2020 Today's painting: "Ocean Portal" (Natural Bridges, Santa Cruz, CA) Watercolor 9.5" x 12.25"

Serena Dinsmore:  1. Film still from Chi-Raq...a Spike Lee Joint. 2. In-progress

Pam Eckert: "Of the Universe" Acrylic 16x20 on gallery wrapped canvas.

Steve Ewoldt: Painting 4 Thursday Oil 9x12

Sharman Frances:  Painting 4 Thursday

Lisa Gilbert: With the prompt “Dream”. This was painted from a photograph of a friend’s kids reading on top of their backyard playhouse. I wanted to give them something good to remember about their days during the Covid 19 quarantine

Geri Graley: “Sigh...Wadda Dreamboat!” Acrylic & colored pencil on cradled wood panel, 8x8”.

Cynthia Jeffrey: I cleaned up some paintings during this wacky weather day.

Blaine Johnson: Painting 4 Thursday

Tara Kemp: "The Red Chair", 12 x 16", oil on canvas. A little patio plein air...

Joanne Kollman: Some dream-like paintings and a posthumous Oil Portrait (in progress).

Susan Kuznitsky: 'Day Dreams' pastel 16 x 20

Lisa Marshall: One of my favorite desert plants, the blue agave.

Ken Mazzochi: 1. This (wise man was also inspired from a dream from 15 years ago.
2. This 18x20 oil on canvas is about 10 years old, named Dream.

Mary McNeil: This week’s fun! 8x10 oil. I think the oil & coldwax exercises from last weeks helped me to loosen up and make quicker decisions.

Kathleen Mitchell: My dream has always been to live on the coast of Oregon. This painting was painted at the Honeyman State Park with its wonderful dunes. I named it ‘Honeyman Evening Shadows’

Pamela Orazio-Mlady:  Almost done. Little iris growing alone among ginger leaves.

Mike Porter: Last minute paint out this morning at Grice’s farm with Jim Syfert. Beautiful day for it. Did a warm up sketch of poppies and peonies then this 9x12 piece of the old chicken coop...sadly only two scrawny inhabitants inside. Felt so good to get outside!

Eunice Sause:  “Desert Dreams” & “Desert Dreams II”

Jeffrey Scherer: Painting 4 Thursday

Raphael Schnepf:  Varone Obergo 14" x 11" oil on muslin board.

George Schweser: Urban Sketchers challenged us to do a piece in the style of a master . I chose Edward Hopper for his use of light . His work has a “dream” like feel to it .

Karen Shawcross: Thanks so much for keeping the Alla Prima group going!  I've loved reading the blog and seeing the posts each week. Finally getting around to sharing a pastel painting.  Photograph of the work is by Jim Garrison

Nancy Smith-Klos: 1. Allium and Iris beds Oil on 14 x 18" canvas Dreaming of returning next year Schreiners Iris Garden 2. Rose Test Garden Oil on 14 x 18" canvas Dreaming of painting here again. 3. South Garden Iris beds
12 x 24" oil on canvas Dreaming of painting here again.

Linda Sprau: “One With Nature” Acrylic on canvas Painting from photo taken on Audubon trail in Portland

Jim Syfert:  Don’t think any of these apply to the week theme of “dream”, but just a few of what was worked on this week. Have a great day, stay safe and healthy
Joanne Thorpe: I’m dreaming of old cars this week. And maybe a trip to Cuba someday.

Kathy Towne: 1. Did a little Plein Air today with Regina Atwood and Bobbie Lee Mathews and painted this charming barn, about 100 years old, Tualatin OR  8x10" oil on board. 2. "Hell's Canyon". 18x24" oil on canvas. Painted from a photo Bill Towne took on a backpacking trip last week. Beautiful country!

Loretta Unger: "I dream my painting and I paint my dream." Vincent van Gogh

Za Vue: Painting 4 Thursday

Bonny Wagoner: Peace can be found doing some of the simplest things like doodling while the dogs are playing at Trojan, the former nuclear power plant in Prescott, Oregon. I used a water soluble ink to create this effect in my sketchbook.

Tim Young: 1. 8x10 oil on panel The storyteller 2. 20x16 oil on canvas panel.
The Dreamer

Yong Hong Zhong: 1. A beautiful sunset in Brooklyn NY. I would be painting this en plein air if I could have it my way. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world. Stay safe everyone, I will be back soon. 2. I came across a small patch of daisy at a nature park near my house.

Diane Bestor: This is a drawing I did of my great granddaughter when she fell asleep on the couch as I read her a story. She was backlit by a ray of late afternoon sun. It turned the edges of her head a soft red gold. I think she may have had a fairytale dream  but given her personality, she may have been dreaming of volcano before it awakened. I can hear her singing from the Disney Pixar song about a lonely boy volcano wishing to find a girl volcano and the song he sings to her.
“I have a dream
I hope it will come true
That you're here with me
And I am here with you
I wish that the earth, sea, and the sky up above
Will send me someone to lava“ 
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 Our next Thursday Online Gallery is Thursday, June 11. The optional prompt is ‘Summer’ The prompts remain optional, we continue to be interested in your current projects, whatever they might be  :)

Next Zoom Meeting Thursday June 11 10am 
email Alla Prima Portland allaprimaportland@gmail.com if you need the meeting link.

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PORTLAND PLEIN AIR and ALLA PRIMA ART SHOW – July 2 - 28
 Opening reception: Thursday, July 2 | 6-8pm

Portland Plein Air and Alla Prima Art Show opens in July and is open to all.  Plein Air artwork must have been created outdoors on location in Oregon or Washington, between September 2019 and June 2020. Alla Prima artwork entered must fall within the same timeframe.

The Juror this year is Yer Za Vue.  Za worked for Disney on traditional animated films and shorts for over 10 years. Za taught animation, illustration and on-location painting at The Art Institute in Portland, OR and now teaches part time at PNCA. "Painting is one of my greatest loves, and I am happy that it plays such a prominent role in my life now”.

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Dear Alla Prima Portland,

Hello! My name is Natasha Luepke. I am the Arts Program Assistant at the Chehalem Cultural Center in Newberg. In July, we host the Willamette Valley Lavender Festival and Paint Out. This year, the festival has been moved online.

In addition to moving the festival online, we are opening up registration for the paint out to anyone, with the theme "The Landscapes Around You." The only requirements are that artists pay the registration fee and create their painting en plein air, whether the subject be their backyard, a park, or some place else.

The submission deadline is July 11, 2020 and the exhibition will be online until August 31, 2020.

Please read the Call to Artists here: https://www.wvlavenderfestival.org/plein-air-pandemic-paint-out 

We also have a Facebook group for painters: https://www.facebook.com/groups/pppout/  

If you have any questions, please let me know! 

Sincerely, Natasha
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Natasha Luepke
Arts Program Assistant (She/Her)
Chehalem Cultural Center




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