High Desert Gallery of Central Oregon

Do-It-Yourself Liposuction and Perfecting the Art of Fart Projection,

According to a National Post article the top sellers are The Nutritional Benefits of Nose-Picking  and Perfecting the Art of Fart Projection.  We would have thought that Laser Eye Surgery at Home or Do-It-Yourself Liposuction, or Coroner by Correspondence, How to Overcome Nymphomania would have been the best sellers.  Per article and the owner of the business ( www.flapart.ca), which is now selling over 20 different titles, there is something about bodily-function humor that takes it to the top.

Next time you are in Sisters Coffee Company or down the street at Depot Deli maybe you should think about covering the book you are reading.  Do you really want your neighbors knowing you are reading  “Helter Skelter” for the 10th time or as the article references, “The Joy of Sex.”

Is it time for a book cover? – Check online at www.flapart.ca or try you local independent book store such as Paulina Springs Books (Redmond and Sisters Oregon) or The Book Barn (Bend Oregon).  Pegasus Books, also in Bend might be able to order them for you.

So you are asking -- Why post about "Do-it-yourself Dentistry" on an art gallery blog?  John Simpkins, a friend and one of the artists that we represent in Central Oregon went to Powell's Books in Portland last week and I asked him to get me a used "Vegan Cookbook."  He came back with one in hand and it is a great reference.  Thank you John!  A couple years ago (early 80's) we lived in the beautiful (and rainy) city of Portland Oregon and frequented Powell's ... Needless to say an internet search on independent bookstores brought me to find the National Post Article ... Now I just need to work on my teeth a bit more. 

Happy Reading!

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Save The Date: High Desert Gallery 2008 Events Calendar Online

Save The Date – Don't Miss A Thing – Plan Ahead – Make Your Hotel Reservations Now!

2008 looks to be a stellar year for events, functions and artist in attendance receptions at High Desert Gallery of Central Oregon.  A boat load of great activities including the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show Poster Preview Party with Paul Alan Bennett, Patrick Horsley artist reception in Redmond Oregon, Lillian Pitt's solo show on May 24^th in our Sisters Oregon Art Gallery  and many many other great events – We have it all.

Artist Receptions:  Paul Alan Bennett and Patrick Horsley in April, Lillian Pitt in May, Kathy Deggendorfer, Rowdy Barry and Kimry Jelen in June, Trisha Hassler, Paul Alan Bennett and Libby Lehman in July, “Where Rivers Meet” with John Simpkins, Paul Alan Bennett and Cary Weigand on July 26, Glen Corbett, Nye Bennett-Miller, Ingrid Lustig, Grace Bishko, Group Shows and many more!  And don't forget that High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing in Redmond Oregon celebrates “National Art & Framing Month” each October – Some not-to-miss great events are scheduled.  To print the complete events calendar visit: High Desert Gallery's 2008 Event Calendar (64 Kb PDF)

The printable pdf file is ready for your refrigerator magnet  -- Print and stick it to your Amana (or Sub-Zero) so you don't miss an event!

You can always find up-to-date gallery events online at www.events.highdesertgallery.com or you can download our printable events calendar at: High Desert Gallery's 2008 Event Calendar (64 Kb PDF)

Plan on attending!  Meet the Artists, enjoy lively conversation, refreshments, cheer and live music!  To stay in touch and not miss new events and gallery activities we suggest that you follow us by one of many available means:  Call 866-549-6250 x 3, visit our art gallery events calendar at www.events.highdesertgallery.com or subscribed to the following: Twitter, subscribe to our blog, RSS, or our events calendar.

Thank you for supporting the arts in Central Oregon!

For additional information about the artists and High Desert Art Gallery please visit: www.highdesertgallery.com or call 541-388-8964 and toll free 1-866-549-6250. High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing, The Art & Soul of Central Oregon™ is an award winning fine art gallery with retail locations in Bend (Opening Fall of 2008), Redmond and Sisters Oregon specializing in Central Oregon Artists & Beyond™ and Stellar Custom Framing. High Desert Gallery's online sales gallery can be found at www.highdesertgallery.biz .

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New Work -- Glen Corbett and Trisha Hassler

"Palatine Hill"  Some of my childhood memories have a way of lingering in my mind. The view of poplar trees stirred by afternoon breezes, Queen Anne's Lace and daisies in the sheep meadow and the view to the west from Palatine Hill is one of those. It felt like days were open forever to explore and the lanes across the fence were there to travel if I wanted. The sounds were soft: cicadas and the occasional robin drunk on cherries. Just beyond the trees on the left was the garden where the grapes were ripening. This watercolor study is a way of returning to timelessness of those memories.

"The Bench" is along a trail in Nepal during the monsoon season when light is rather flat and muggy. The bench sits under two trees, the male and female trees, planted intentionally to give the traveler a shaded place to pause: to remember "it's the journey, not the destination." Painting this watercolor was a way for me to honor that person who planted the trees and for the person who provided the bench and left the pile of wood that fuels my memory. The bamboo, a renewable resource, is a reminder to daily keep vigilance and remember to leave a light footprint. And then there are the exposed roots and the implication of buried ones that remind me to pay attention to the simplicity of the lifestyle that supports and created the bench.

Glen Corbett -- January 2008

About Glen Corbett:  Glen, an award winning painter, tapestry weaver and print maker makes Central Oregon her home. She has participated in numerous one woman and group shows in the Northwest and beyond including the Oregon Capital, Maude Kerns Art enter, Honolulu Academy of Art, Ithaca Museum and several Fine Art Galleries on the West Coast. Glen’s work is found in private and corporate collections worldwide including AJ Heinz, State of Hawaii, Walsh, Walsh, & Foster, Washington Mutual  Savings Bank, Black Butte Ranch, Brooks Resources, Fred Meyer Inc. and many more. "Art captures a very present moment, sometimes evocative of the past or predictive of the future – but at best taps a timeless core/chord." High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing of Central Oregon is honored to represent Glen Corbett exclusively in Central Oregon.

“Go Ahead and Pile It On” is an Original Mixed Media Fiber/Metal wall hanging  by Trisha Hassler. 

About Trisha Hassler: Lifetime quilter and award winning Oregon Artist, Trisha has enjoyed numerous group and one woman exhibits in the Pacific Northwest.  Former “Art in the Pearl” board member and former member artist of L.O.C.A.L. 14, she has been featured in Fiber Arts Magazine and other national fiber arts magazines.   Trisha Hassler embraces both torch-cut steel and improvisational quilting and through her artistic abilities combines the two mediums in one art form even though they are considered being on the opposite ends of the artistic spectrum.  Trisha Hassler’s artwork is available exclusively in Central Oregon at High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing of Redmond and Sisters, Oregon.

To inquire or to purchase please call 1-866-549-6250 or visit:  " Palatine Hill, The Bench, and Go Ahead And Pile It On.”

"Palatine Hill" a 10.5” x 29.25” (image) Watercolor on Paper  and “The Bench” a 22” x 30” (image) Watercolor on Paper by Glen Corbett.  All rights reserved and © copyright 2008.     “Go Ahead And Pile It On” a 24” x 19.5” mixed media metal fiber wall hanging by Trisha Hassler.   All rights reserved and © copyright 2008. High Desert Gallery's online sales gallery can be found at www.highdesertgallery.biz.

High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing, The Art & Soul of Central Oregon™ is an award winning fine art gallery with retail locations in Bend (Opening Fall of 2008), Redmond and Sisters Oregon specializing in Central Oregon Artists & Beyond™ and Stellar Custom Framing.  High Desert Gallery's online sales gallery can be found at www.highdesertgallery.biz

Original artwork by  Artist(s).  All rights reserved and copyright 2008. Use of image is restricted and prohibited without prior written permission.  High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing of Central Oregon content copyright 2008.  The Art & Soul of Central Oregon™ and Central Oregon Artists & Beyond™ are trademarks of High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing of Central Oregon.

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CASA Voices for Children Auction, January 19, 2008

For the past several years Kathy Deggendorfer has donated a wonderful work of art to the Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) organization and their annual auction to raise funds for Portland Oregon Children. In a previous post we blogged about the very success  “Home is Where The Heart” auction last year and Kathy's donation. Again this year we have donated the framing for Kathy's artwork donation. Kathy really out did herself and provided a wonderful donation for CASA. Here's your chance to bid on and win a great Original Deggendorfer!  It's not too late to get tickets  -- Visit CASA for more information. 

Plan on attending and place your bids on Kathy's “Big City View,” an original watercolor professionally framed by High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing of Central Oregon.

The 17th Annual Voices for Children Dinner & Auction
"Home is Where the Heart is”
Dinner & Auction Benefiting CASA for Children
January 19, 2008 Portland Ballroom Oregon Convention Center

To Reserve your Ticket to this great event and fundraiser visit: Tickets

Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) makes a difference in the lives of children in the Portland Oregon area.  Attend the event .. Bid on great auction items and raise funds for CASA. 

About CASA:  Each year, thousands of children in Multnomah and Washington (Oregon) Counties become wards of the juvenile court system because they have been victims of abuse and neglect. While many of these children remain at home while efforts are made to provide safety, others are placed in foster or other substitute care placements.  Due to complex home situations and lack of resources, some children can spend years in foster care until they are reunited with their birth families, or placed in an adoptive home. Oregon's child welfare system can only devote so much time and attention to each individual case. That’s where CASA steps in.  To Read More visit About CASA.

For additional information about Kathy and the gallery please visit: www.highdesertgallery.com or call 541-388-8964. High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing, The Art & Soul of Central Oregon™ is an award winning fine art gallery with retail locations in Bend (Opening Fall of 2008), Redmond and Sisters Oregon specializes in Central Oregon Artists & Beyond™ and Stellar Custom Framing.  High Desert Gallery's online sales gallery can be found at  www.highdesertgallery.biz

Original artwork by  Kathy Deggendorfer.  All rights reserved and copyright 2008. Use of image is restricted and prohibited without prior written permission.  High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing of Central Oregon content copyright 2008.  The Art & Soul of Central Oregon™ and Central Oregon Artists & Beyond™ are trademarks of High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing of Central Oregon.

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2008 Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show and Quilters Affair Week Receptions at High Desert Gallery – Sisters Oregon

The world famous Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show ^TM Quilters Affair Week, and the Weeks Events are long traditions in Sisters and Central Oregon.  Jean Wells Keenan, Val Wells Kennedy and the folks at the Stitchin' Post have done a great job these past 33 years!  People from all walks of life come to visit Sisters Oregon, participate in quilting activities and of course – See over 1200 quilts hanging from every available building in downtown Sisters on Quilt Show Day. We hope you can come for the fun as well as visit High Desert Gallery during Quilter's Affair week.  High Desert Gallery of Central Oregon has three great exhibitions and artist in attendance receptions during Quilters Affair week.   This is a wonderful opportunity to view and purchase works by Nationally known Oregon Artists, Trisha Hassler and Paul Alan Bennett (2008 Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show Poster Artist) and Internationally known quilt artist and instructor Libby Lehman.  Artist reception information, dates and times are in date order and as follows:

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High Desert Gallery is pleased and honored to host an artist reception for nationally known mixed medial fiber artist, Trisha Hassler. Please join us during the 5th annual "Around the Block" Fiber Arts Stroll in Sisters Oregon and meet Trisha!  For our Trisha collectors and gallery clients this is the best time to see a major exhibition of Trisha's work. 

Artist Reception with Trisha Hassler
Saturday, July 5, 2008 -- 4:00 - 7:30 PM
Meet and chat with Trisha while enjoying great art, lively conversation, live music and refreshments!

About Trisha Hassler: Lifetime quilter and award winning Oregon Artist, Trisha has enjoyed numerous group and one woman exhibits in the Pacific Northwest.  Former “Art in the Pearl” board member and former member artist of L.O.C.A.L. 14, she has been featured in Fiber Arts Magazine and other national fiber arts magazines.   Trisha Hassler embraces both torch-cut steel and improvisational quilting and through her artistic abilities combines the two mediums in one art form even though they are considered being on the opposite ends of the artistic spectrum.  Trisha Hassler’s artwork is available exclusively in Central Oregon at High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing of Redmond and Sisters, Oregon.

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High Desert Gallery is pleased and honored to host nationally known Oregon Artist, Paul Alan Bennett. Paul created the 2008 Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show poster and will be in the gallery to talk about his new work. Paul's work is on permanent display at High Desert Gallery and available for viewing and purchase now.  Please join us for Paul's artist reception during the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show Quilters Affair week long activities. 

Artist Reception with Paul Alan Bennett
Wednesday, July 9, 2008 -- 3:00 - 6:30 PM
Meet and chat with Paul while enjoying great art, lively conversation, live music and refreshments!

About Paul Alan Bennett:  Award winning professional artist, educator, and art advocate, Paul Alan Bennett has garnered national attention. Paul's imagery is passionately detailed and manifests a unique perspective and style resulting in colorful, vivid imagery sought after and collected nationally. Honors graduate of Maryland Institute of Art and Master of Arts from The University of La Verne (Athens Greece), Paul has excelled in the field of watercolor and most recently in the release of a select group of Limited Edition Fine Art Giclee Prints and worked closely with Pendleton Woolen Mills to release limited edition tapestry blankets. Paul's work has been reproduced for two Sisters Folk Festival Posters and the 2008 Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show poster. His style and perspective originate from memories, life experiences and travels that spark the playfulness in this Sisters artist. Paul Alan Bennett’s artwork is represented by High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing of Central Oregon.

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High Desert Gallery is pleased and honored to host Internationally known quilt artist, Libby Lehman for a special exhibition and sale of her quilts during Quilter's Affair week of the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show. The exhibition from July 5th through July 12th at High Desert Gallery in Sisters will also include:

Artist Reception with Libby Lehman
Thursday, July 10, 2008 -- 3:00 - 6:30 PM
Meet and chat with Libby while enjoying great art, lively conversation, live music and refreshments!

About Libby Lehman:  Libby Lehman began making quilts 34 years ago when her mother, Catherine Anthony, signed them up for a basic class. Over the years she has evolved from a traditional handworker to one of the leaders in innovative machine stitching. Her studio art quilts have won many awards and appear in private, corporate, and museum collections, including VISA International, Fairfield Processing Corporation and Cogen Technologies.

She is the author of Threadplay with Libby Lehman (That Patchwork Place, 1997) and her quilts have appeared in many books and international publications.

Her quilt Joy Ride was chosen as one of the Best 100 American Quilts of the 20th Century. In addition to making quilts, most of her time is spent teaching, judging & lecturing in the US as well as internationally (Japan, Australia, the UK, Germany, Spain, New Zealand, and Switzerland).

Libby lives in Houston, Texas, her native city, with her husband, Lester. They have a 34-year-old son, Les, Jr., who is an acclaimed fly fisherman. Libby and Les have a great time exchanging threads and gadgets.  For more information on Libby and her work please visit her website:  http://www.libbylehman.us

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Please join us for the 5th annual Fiber Arts Stroll -- "Around the Block" on Saturday, July 5th, Quilters Affair week, the Artist Receptions for Paul Alan Bennett and Libby Lehman and of course -- The Big Day -- The World Famous Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show on Saturday, July 12, 2008.  The gallery will have extended hours starting July 1 and running through July 13^th. For more information please call 866-549-6250 x 3 or visit our events calendar at www.events.highdesertgallery.com or subscribed to the following: Twitter, subscribe to our blog, RSS, or our events calendar.

For additional information about the artist, the work and the gallery please visit: www.highdesertgallery.com or call 541-388-8964 or toll free 866-549-6250.  High Desert Gallery's online art gallery is found at www.highdesertgallery.biz

Original artwork by listed artist(s). All rights reserved and copyright 2008. Use of image is restricted and prohibited without prior written permission.  High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing of Central Oregon content copyright 2008.  The Art & Soul of Central Oregon™ and Central Oregon Artists & Beyond™ are trademarks of High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing of Central Oregon.  Subscribe to our Feeds:  Follow us on Twitter, subscribe to our blog, RSS, or our events calendar.

Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show^TM is a trademark of the Sisters Outdoor Quilt show and used with permission.

 

Reflections on Nature -- Grace Bishko

"The Ravens Are Back"  Original Painting by Central Oregon Artist, Grace Bishko

When I first moved to Bend, Oregon I had a studio space on Greenwood Avenue, with an abundance of windows, overlooking a parking lot. The view was disappointing and distracting, but at least I had good light.  So, every day at 9am I climbed the stairs to my space, and settled down to sketch ideas in my sketchbook.  Soon, I became aware of various raven calls coming from a tree on the other side of the parking lot, and before long, a large flock of these strong, black beauties were filling the tree.  One raven perched itself at the very top of the pine tree with a mate on a limb just below.  The others kept circling the tree, flying in and out of the branches to change their positions – working their way throughout all of the branches. After about half an hour, the couple at the tip of the tree called out, and flew away, as the others followed.

The next day, they returned at the exact time as the day before, and repeated their ritual, much to my delight. From that day on, I heard their calls as they gathered together before they even came on the scene, and stayed at the window sketching their movements and listening. For the next 6 months, until I moved out of this studio, they were there – same time, same dancing performance.  Their unified movements, voices and various positions, shaped my days into creating a plethora of drawings and paintings of these intelligent, gallant birds.

Recently, I heard a raven call out among the trees near my window, and I recalled the days back at the parking lot.  “The Ravens Are Back” emerged on canvas slowly, but eventually, I realized how I could portray the movement of the flock, and the stationary position of one raven at the same time.  The nuthatch is me, the witness.

Grace Bishko -- January, 2008 – Bend Oregon

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"August” Original Painting by Central Oregon Artist, Grace Bishko:

This past summer, it seemed to me that there were more groups of deer within the perimeters of Bend, Oregon than last year.  Driving around town, I saw them running across the streets, regardless of the cars whizzing by; and also, twice I saw a dead deer by the side of the road.  At home, looking out of my window each day, there were deer in the fields among the parking lots of the buildings around me.  Sometimes they were there all day eating the tops of the bushes, laying down to rest, and then nibbling more.

By August, the fawns were born, and they were fresh and beautiful – and added to the numbers.  At that time, the different family groups became evident – the “female yearlings” stayed with their mothers and the fawns.  Seeing this portion of their yearly cycle was tender and satisfying.  However, there was something I intensely wanted for them, and that was for the deer not to have to adapt to human beings, the surge in building and development, parking lots and cars. Rather than having to adapt to the human element, I wanted them to live, give birth and migrate in lush meadows and forestlands.

And so, as a reaction to my thoughts and feelings, I painted the pastoral, freshness of a grove of aspen trees in August – a haven of lush vegetation to nibble on for the fawn and his mother – to prepare them selves for the barren winter.  It seemed a perfect environment for them, but it’s just a painting.

Grace Bishko -- November, 2007 – Bend Oregon

"The Ravens Are Back" and "August" are Original Paintings by Grace Bishko.  For additional information about Grace, her work and the gallery please visit: www.highdesertgallery.com or call 541-388-8964 / 866-549-6250.  High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing – An award winning fine art and custom framing gallery with retail locations in Central Oregon including Redmond, Sisters and Bend Oregon (open Fall of 2008) specializing in Central Oregon Artists and Stellar Custom Framing.  High Desert Gallery's online sales gallery can be found at www.highdesertgallery.biz.  To purchase online visit:  "The Ravens Are Back" and "August"

Original artwork by listed artist(s).  All rights reserved and copyright 2008. Use of image is restricted and prohibited without prior written permission.  High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing of Central Oregon content copyright 2008.  The Art & Soul of Central Oregon™ and Central Oregon Artists & Beyond™ are trademarks of High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing of Central Oregon.  Subscribe to High Desert Gallery's art gallery weblog via Feedburner RSS or our permission based email service.  Don't worry -- We won't spam you or give, rent or sell your email address and you can always unsubscribe. We promise!

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Happy Twitter Year -- Microblogging our Activities

According to Twitter's web site ... Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?

We don't know exactly how to describe Twitter or how High Desert Gallery will use it exactly.   For businesses like High Desert Gallery  it's a microblogging platform that allows us to push small bits of information - opinions, links, updates, events, offerings, specials, new artwork notices - to people who are interested. It's become a part of our everyday life, and a great way to stay up to date on what the gallery is up to.  HDG's Twitter is located on the left nav of our blog or at:  HDG Twitter

For now we plan on using Twitter for just that --  Quick exchange of information on opinions, links, updates, events, offerings, specials, new artwork notices and more. As you explore Twitter you will notice that the program has "follow" and "following" options.  If you are interested please feel free to follow us!  But as we plan on using Twitter as a quick notice tool we can't guarantee that we will do much if any following.  For personal use, Twitter is great for keeping up-to-date.  For the gallery it is a quick and easy way for you to follow us.  Subscribe, follow and Join The Fun!

If you can't Twitter then make sure you are subscribed to our art gallery blog Feedburner email notification tool or directly to RSS for your RSS Reader – You can always unsubscribe at any time!

Our gallery events calendar also has RSS, iCAL and subscription capabilities so please do sign up.  Once again – RSS is the best way to stay up-to-date with High Desert Gallery events!  Visit:  www.events.highdesertgallery.com and click on the subscription icon in the right hand corner.

Speaking of Events – We have them! 2008 is stacking up to be our best Artist Reception Year!  About 80% of our artist events and receptions are uploaded to the calendar so take a look.  We are still working on a couple more events for our Sisters Oregon art gallery and four major events in our Redmond Oregon art gallery so stay tuned for more information.  Better yet – Subscribe to our events calendar and get the update automatically.

Regardless – Follow us on Twitter, subscribe to our blog, RSS, or our events calendar.

Happy Twitter Year!

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