Breakfast Meeting, Bread & Ink, 9am, Sept 13, 2012

(Slideshow at end of post)

Stephanie Cissna

Stephanie Cissna

David McBride

David McBride

Joanne Kollman

Joanne Kollman

Joanne Kollman

Emily Graham

Hilarie Couture

Vicki Zimmerman

Eunice Sause (from color theory class)

Eunice Sause

Celeste Bergin (timed plein air exercises)

Mary Luzinski

To read notes from the meeting click: HERE

Breakfast Meeting, Bread & Ink, 9am, Sept 13, 2012

An opportunity to catch up with your art friends....old and new!

Bring some of your current paintings or projects, if you want, to show what you have been doing "art-wise".

Bread and Ink, 3610 SE Hawthorne Boulevard, Portland OR 97214

Thursday, September 13, 9am

(no RSVP necessary..."impromptu" just come if you want!)

Painter's Workshop & Conference in Surprise Valley (Ca)

(Ray Roberts)

Esteemed artists Ray Roberts, Jean LeGassick and John Budicin, Signature Members of the Plein Air Painters of America, will be instructing at the first Surprise Valley Plein Air Painters Workshop & Conference, Oct 4 - 7. Surprise Valley is an undiscovered painters’ paradise. Visit Modoc forum.org for details or call 530/ 279-2099. (MAP)

Jean LeGassick - www.jeanlegassick.com
Ray Roberts - www.krollroberts.com
John Budicin - www.johnbudicin.com

Best,
Barbara March
Surprise Valley Plein Air Painters' Workshop & Conference
www.modocforum.org
530/ 279-2099

Congratulations to the Pacific Northwest Plein Air 2012 Award Winners

1st Place Award ● Eric Jacobsen, "Birches"

2nd Place Award ● Cathleen Rehfeld, "Fish With Confidence"

3rd Place Award ● Sergio Lopez, "Sleepy Town"

Green Home Honorable Mentions:

William Hook, "Now Showing Steak Feed"

Scott Gellatly, "Hood River Hillside"

Karen E. Lewis, "Fishing Platform"

Kat Sowa, "Wapato"

Best Farm Scene ● Brenda Boylan, "Dahlia Repose"

Best River Painting ● Diana Moses Botkin, "Morning Sails"

Best Sky Painting ● Amanda Houston, "East Gorge View"

Best Mountain Painting ● Michael Orwick, "Mountain into the Morning"

Best Waterfront Scene ● Yer Za Vue, "Escape"

Best Western Scene ● Aimee Erickson, "Truck and Chickens at Sakura Ridge"

Viento Winery Vintner’s Pick ● Sergio Lopez, "Mt Adams Sunset"

Todd Smith Memorial Artists’ Choice Award ● Eric Jacobsen, "September Moon"

Upcoming plein air opportunities/paint-outs (from Brooks Hickerson)

(The following message is from Brooks Hickerson...(Editor's note: All dates have been added to the calendar at the bottom of this page).

Oregon Society of Artists, OSA, and Oregon Maritime Museum, OMM, will sponsor a joint art show “The Great Nautical Art Show 2” during April 2013. To provide paintings for this show I am scheduling several paintouts along the Willamette River front this fall.

**Hillsboro is hosting its annual Plein Air Paintout Sept. 14-15, all day. Reception 3pm, Saturday, Sept. 15.

Tuesday Sept. 11, 10am to 2pm, Paint Hillsboro to practice for the weekend event. (Meet at Starbucks across from Washington County courthouse about 10:10 am. We will find a place to paint from there).

Friday/Saturday, Sept. 14-15, Hillsboro Plein Air, Register ahead of time by calling 503-615-3485. The cost is $40 in advance, $45 on Friday Sept. 14^th. Check in and reception are at the Walters Cultural Arts Center 527 E Main, Hillsboro, OR

http://www.ci.hillsboro.or.us/Arts/HACC/PleinAir.aspx

Wednesday , Sept. 19. 1-4pm, Portland Steamer Paintout. I will be near the steamer where SW Pine crosses SW Naito and disappears into the Willamette River. You can paint anywhere along the waterfront.

Friday/Saturday/Sunday Sept. 21-23, Sarkis Antikajian workshop will be held starting at OSA, 9am Friday morning. Cost is $300 for OSA members or $330 for non-members. There are 2 or 3 places left in the workshop. If you would like to enroll let me know. There is a cap of 15 students for this workshop.http://www.sarkisantikajian.com/

Brooks Hickerson

Three Upcoming Receptions

........You are invited to First Thursday Art Walk Sept. 6, 5:30pm to 8:30 pm, at The Poster Garden (630 NW 14th Ave.), where Joe Howard and Brooks Hickerson will be have some of their art. The Poster Garden always has nice refreshments and live music...in addition to the art.

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Sponsors are:
Joe Howard Art http://joehowardart.com/
Poster Garden 630 Northwest 14th Avenue, Portland, OR
Geezer Gallery
Oregon Society of Artists (OSA)

.......You are invited! The third annual Johnson Creek Art Show presents art and photography inspired by the watershed. Art show on display in Reed College Vollum Lounge, September 7- October 12, 2012. Join us for the Artist Reception, Friday Sept. 7, 6-8 PM. Artists include Stephanie Cissna and Vicki Zimmerman. 3203 Southeast Woodstock Boulevard, Portland, OR

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.....You are invited to the 8th Annual Pacific Northwest Plein Air Competition Artist Reception: Friday, Sept. 7 at Columbia Art Gallery, 215 Cascade Street, Hood River.

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Meet the Artists!
Join us on Friday, September 7 from 6 - 8 pm for the opening of the show. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners will be announced at 6:30pm. (Juror: Randall Sexton)

Celeste Bergin
Don Bishop
Brooke Borcherding
Diana Botkin
Brenda Boylan
Greg Caudell
Jackie Clark
Janice Druian
Nathalie Equall
Aimee Erickson
Scott Gellatly
Bonnie Griffith
Rachel Harvey
Norma Holmes
William Hook
William Hoshal
Amanda Houston
Eric Jacobsen
Aaron Johnson
Christine Knowles
Mark Larsen
Karen Lewis
Gretha Lindwood
Sergio Lopez
David McBride
Michael Orwick
Anton Pavlenko
Cathleen Rehfeld
Rowena Sandford
Bill Sharp
Kat Sowa
Eric Voigt
Yer Vue
Janice Wall
Karen Whitworth

Painter painting

This artist on top of his van was spotted by Ken Ratcliff (a Flick'r photographer) at a public access parking lot adjacent to Fort Moutrie National Historic Park near Charleston, South Carolina. Ken says he was taking part in a bicycling event called Festivelo and the lunch stop was at Fort Moultrie. He unfortunately doesn't have any info about the artist who "seemed to be enjoying himself immensely in spite of a very strong wind. (Source: About.com)

For more photos of painters painting (for the Pacific NW Plein Air Competition) go HERE.