High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing of Central Oregon and High Desert Frameworks! are pleased to announce the following artist events and exhibitions. Unless noted, all events are free and open to the public. For more information on the gallery, events and the artists please call 1-866-549-6250 or visit: www.highdesertgallery.com.
High Desert Gallery & Custom
Framing – Sisters Oregon
Imaginary Landscapes – New Original
Paintings and Eight New Fine Art Prints by Nationally known Oregon
artist, Paul Alan Bennett.
What: New Original Paintings and Fine
Art Prints by Paul Alan Bennett
When: July 31 through August 31, 2009.
Gallery Hours: Open Daily 10am to 6pm (Summer Hours)
Where: High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing, 281 W Cascade Avenue Downtown Sisters, Oregon
Contact: High Desert Gallery, 541-549-6250 or 866-549-6250, www.highdesertgallery.com
Cost: Free and open to the public
More information: 541-388-8964 and www.highdesertgallery.com
High Desert Gallery & Custom
Framing – Redmond Oregon
Going To The Dogs – Five new
collaborative works by regionally acclaimed Oregon watercolorist,
Kathy Deggendorfer and regionally acclaimed quilter and author, Tonye
Belinda Phillips.
What: Collaborative works by regionally
acclaimed Oregon watercolorist, Kathy Deggendorfer and regionally
acclaimed quilter and author, Tonye Belinda Phillips
When: July 31 through August 31, 2009.
Gallery Hours: Open Tuesday through Saturday 10am to 5pm
Where: High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing, 453 SW 6th Street, Downtown Redmond, Oregon
Contact: High Desert Gallery, 541-548-1811 or 866-549-6250, www.highdesertgallery.com
Cost: Free and open to the public
More information: 541-388-8964 and www.highdesertgallery.com
High Desert Frameworks! -- Bend Oregon
Contemporary Western Images – New
Original Paintings and Monotypes by regionally acclaimed Oregon
Artist, Patricia Freeman-Martin.
What: New Original Paintings and Fine
Art Monotype prints by Patricia Freeman-Martin
When: July 31 through August 31, 2009.
Opening Reception: Friday, August 7, 2009 5-9pm – Bend First Friday Gallery Walk
Gallery Hours: Open Monday – Friday 10am to 5:30pm, Saturday 10am to 2pm
Where: High Desert Frameworks!, 431 NW Franklin at Lava, Downtown Bend, Oregon
Contact: High Desert Frameworks! 541-647-2191 or 866-549-6250, www.highdesertgallery.com
Cost: Free and open to the public
More information: 541-388-8964 and www.highdesertgallery.com
About High Desert Gallery: High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing, The Art & Soul of Central Oregon™ is an award winning fine art and custom picture framing gallery with three High Desert Gallery retail locations in Bend, Oregon (Open Summer 2009), Redmond and Sisters Oregon and High Desert Frameworks! located at 431 NW Franklin Avenue at Lava in downtown Bend, Oregon. The gallery specializes in Central Oregon Artists & Beyond™ and Stellar Custom Framing. High Desert Gallery honored in 2005, 2006 and 2007 by Decor Magazine as a "Top 100 Art and Framing Gallery in America" and voted "Best Art Gallery" in Redmond, Oregon (2006, 2007 & 2008) and Sisters, Oregon (2005, 2006, & 2008). International Framing Awards earned by High Desert Gallery include First Place and Top Honors in the Professional Picture Framing Association (PPFA) 2007-2008 International Open Framing Competition and Third Place in the Professional Picture Framing Association 2008-2009 International Print Framing Competition. For more information please visit: www.highdesertgallery.com or call toll free 1-866-549-6250. Follow High Desert Gallery on Friend Feed -- track and follow the galleries activities in one easy location! Visit: High Desert Gallery Friend Feed. 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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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 sparks many of the themes found in this Sisters artist's work. Paul Alan Bennett's artwork is represented by High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing of Central Oregon.
About Kathy Deggendorfer: Kathy Deggendorfer lives on a cattle and hay ranch just outside of Sisters, Oregon. Inspired by the color, pattern and texture of her surroundings, she creates vibrant and colorful watercolor paintings. Whimsical images of flowers and ranch life fill the paintings with color and life. "Folks tell me they just feel happy when they look at my work-- that makes me happy." Raised in Portland, Oregon, in a clothing manufacturing family, she says ,"Sewing skills skipped a generation with me... but I love fabric. I like to call my creations 'Painters Quilts.' I can prowl around the rounders full of prints at the Stitchin' Post with the best of 'em... I just put my fabrics in with a paintbrush." Kathy's collaborative work with master quilter, Tonye Belinda Phillips, is another fun combination of painted image and textile interpretation. Kathy is currently working on a project about Oregon Specialty Farming and sustainable farm practices. This project takes her out into the fields of Oregon farms to paint and learn about what makes Oregon agricultural practices and people unique. Trips to the cattle ranches of Eastern Oregon and vineyards of the Willamette Valley provide her with plenty of rich and colorful images. Kathy's work is collected throughout the Pacific Northwest and reaches out to all corners of the United States. Kathy was selected to create the official Oregon 2008 ornament for the White House Christmas Tree. Represented by High Desert Gallery of Central Oregon, she has pieces in the permanent collection at Redmond Airport, 2007 Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show Poster Artist, she wrote and illustrated a children's book for St. Charles Medical Center, and her work has been translated into clothing and fabric for Columbia Sportswear. In 2005, Kathy was awarded 'Citizen of the Year' in Sisters Oregon for her contributions to the community and the arts. High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing of Central Oregon is honored to represent Kathy Deggendorfer exclusively in Central Oregon.
About Patricia Freeman-Martin: Patricia was raised in a ranching and rodeo family in Eastern Oregon, graduating from high school in Pendleton, Oregon. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts, magna cum laude, from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. She moved to New York City and spent nearly five years in the East Village. During a visit home, she fell in love with a potato farmer from Southern Idaho and never returned to New York. For 16 years, Patricia and her family lived and worked on their ranch at the foot of the Elkhorn Mountains in North Powder, Oregon. Ranching and cutting horses have been an integral part of her life as well as inspiration for her art. In 2004 Patricia and her family purchased a horse ranch in Terrebonne, Oregon, near Smith Rock. Patricia has woven together a beautiful and complex life of many different themes; cattle ranching, cutting horses, family, and art. She uses a variety of mixed media to talk about her experiences in the western landscape and her style reflects her fresh, honest and whimsical way of viewing the world.
