Tumalo Art Co. features new fine art photographs by Bruce Jackson in September focusing on “The Language of Trees”. The show opens during Bend’s First Friday Gallery Walk September 6, from 4-8pm.

Exquisitely composed, zen-like images of Central Oregon and beyond, are Jackson’s hallmark. His iconic photos titled, “The Summit-Mt. Bachelor” and “Pine Marten-Mt. Bachelor”, reproduced as open edition prints, have become collectors items. A Sierra Club Photography Competition Grand Prize winner, Jackson defines his photographic process as moving meditation.

“With each season, deciduous trees express a multitude of unique personalities, and once again remind me why I love photographing them”, says Jackson. “Vulnerable bare shapes revealed in winter, speak to the strength at their core. As spring arrives, trees offer up shockingly vibrant greens, stating their ability to thrive through adversity. As temperatures rise and leaves settle into deeper shades of green, they seem to be saying;’rest your eyes, the real show is yet to come.’ Fall arrives, and trees shift from summer slumber, to all out riotous expression. Having shed their coats of gold, the cycle begins anew.”

Tumalo Art Co. is an artist-run gallery in the heart of the Old Mill District, open seven days a week. www.tumaloartco.com; 541-385-9144.

“Déjà Vu: Reinterpreting the Oregon Landscape Through an Altered Lens”, new works in oil by Katherine Taylor opens August 2, from 4-8pm during Bend’s First Friday Gallery Walk at Tumalo Art Co. in the Old Mill District.

For this show Katherine was inspired to create art commemorating some of the places she hiked and camped during the first year she moved to Central Oregon in 1996. Coming from dry New Mexico desert country, she was blown away by the many beautiful snow-capped mountains, sparkling lakes and emerald pine trees found here. “Recently I came across an old backpack that still had a journal I kept whenever I hiked to a new Oregon landmark. For this show, I decided to read a random entry, then paint an image reflecting the excitement and wonder my words described about the beauty I was witnessing,” she explains.

The altered lens in this case represents the nuance, the nostalgia, the growth and experience that Katherine has amassed since that first year she laid eyes on Central Oregon twenty-three years ago.

Working exclusively in oils, Katherine’s artwork employs the dramatic chiaroscuro lighting and lustrous glazing she learned from her classical art training in the 1990s. Her inexhaustible desire to excel in oils has taken her into the studios of many contemporary masters to study a variety of creative methods; each technique learned has continued to inform her painting style, which some have described as “soulful and luminous.”

Tumalo Art Co. is an artist-run gallery in the heart of Bend’s Old Mill District open 7 days a week. tumaloartco.com; 541-385-9144.

“Colors of the Spirit”, a semi-abstract collection of landscape paintings in mixed media, reflecting Sarah B Hansen’s interpretation of the West Coast, opens June 7, from 4-8pm during Bend’s First Friday Gallery Walk at Tumalo Art Co.

Instead of painting exactly what she sees, Sarah paints how she feels. Each landscape painting has a dominant color, and that color has it’s own meaning within the piece. For instance, yellow is the dominant color in Balance (shown here) and signifies both balance and clarity. A hallmark of Sarah’s work is her use of unique marks, including hand-writing, and layers of texture from other materials.

Sarah will also be introducing her series of paintings featuring birds that are part of a bird life list she began in 1979. She has committed to painting one bird per week and says, “I will only be painting birds on that list, which will also include recent additions from Costa Rica and Italy where I have recently hosted painting workshops.”

Tumalo Art Co. is an artist-run gallery in the heart of Bend’s Old Mill District open 7 days a week. tumaloartco.com; 541-385-9144.

On 5/10/19 as part of Sisters Folk Festival’s My Own Two Hands celebration, Sisters Art Association galleries will be part of the event’s Art Stroll. Galleries with many other Sisters businesses, will also be displaying art to be featured at the following night’s art auction. Sisters Arts Association galleries are an integral part of this event and will be open 4-7pm for an Art Stroll format similar to SAA’s 4th Friday strolls. Enjoy beautiful art, good company, refreshments, music, demonstrations, hors d’œuvres and more. The celebration features:
Community Parade – 4pm; On Main Ave., starting at Spruce St. and ending at Oak St.
Art Stroll – 4–7pm
Community Arts & Music Celebration, free at The Belfry – 6:30–10:00 pm

See:
http://www.sistersartsassociation.org/map
http://www.sistersartsassociation.org/4th-friday-art-strolls
https://sistersfolkfestival.org/my-own-two-hands/

Visit some 20 Art Galleries in Sisters: Have a great time, beautiful art, good company, refreshments, music, demonstrations, hors d’œuvres, plus additional sponsoring restaurants and food venues for during and following the stroll. Visit with actual artists and their work including: Fine art and contemporary paintings, photography, sculpture, ceramics, glass artistry, jewelry, and many more types of artistry.

The Sisters Arts Association was formed in 2015 by a group of artists and supporters that believe the arts are an important part of a healthy community and an essential component of the enrichment of culture. The association exists to provide its members with a unified voice for the nurturing and enriching of the arts and to create a spirit of togetherness among artists, community and all who visit Sisters, Oregon. More at www.SistersArtsAssociation.org