High Desert
Gallery will be hosting a special event during during Bend Oregon First
Friday – February 5, to premiere three new Original hand pulled
linoleum block prints by Oregon artist Paul Alan Bennett, as well as
original paintings from the artist's Imaginary Landscapes Series.
The evening reception, from 5 to 9pm, will provide live music with Doug and Katie Cavanaugh,
refreshments and more.
Starting with a knitted pair of gloves from Istanbul, and drawn to their symbolic and decorative nature, Paul has developed a unique “knit-stitch”style most recently expressed in the Imaginary Landscapes, a series of original paintings that tell a story, pulling the viewer into the textures and creating a sense of dimensionality that makes people want to touch the painted surface. “I had been looking for a style of my own since graduating from The Maryland Institute of Art in 1972. I wanted to find my own voice and this seemed to be it. I have enjoyed doing the little knit stitch over and over in paint, letting the style slowly unfold,” he says.
Please join us during the First Friday Bend Gallery Walk, Friday, February 5, from 5 to 9PM, at our downtown gallery location, 10 NW Minnesota Avenue at The Oxford
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.
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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, 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 2009) and Sisters, Oregon (2005, 2006, 2008 and 2009). 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.
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