The Art Studio Tour is a great value in summer entertainment. The tickets cost $10 and include admission to the Black Tie and Tennis Shoe Auction/Reception for the Artists on Friday night -- then two days of touring local artists' studios. The reception was catered by Noel Hanna of C & K Markets and the food was scrumptuous - free engraved champagne flutes included refills. Did we have fun!
Bette Sherbourne received guests on her patio in a setting that looked like a painting of summer itself. Here Brookings Artists Nola Range and Ann Ostrowski greet Bette before touring her "galleries" of acrylic, collage, pastel, watercolor and mixed media work.
Curtis Wohlgemuth led tours through Bette's wonderful studio. But Bette's fun loving spirit went wild and also hung wonderful paintings on most of the exterior walls of the house.
Gold Beach Artist, Sharon Guinn, also showed her work at Bette's. Both are such versatile, experimental and creative artists that you want to spend hours looking at their work and asking "How did you do that?"
Claudia Mach, who is known for her painting, is now showing her baskets. Gorgeous. I felt a little guilty for ruining her display, but I had to take one home. One of Claudia's baskets took a Blue Ribbon in 3-D Art at this year's Azalea Festival.
Claudia Mach's daughter, Susan Mach who is a fine arts instructor in Upland, California, showed her ceramics made with various low-fire techniques.
Sarah Logan showed her florals and portraits and demonstrated calligraphy.
Maryjane Carlson (left), who teaches handbuilt ceramic sculpture and wood relief in Brookings, showed clay, acrylic, pastel, and wood relief.
Jim Liatti showed us his finely crafted wood work. Each piece of wood is carefully chosen and the wildlife creatures he carves out of the exotic woods each have a natural knot for an eye. He does not stain the woods, but uses woods that are naturally diverse colors.
Kara Roberts Hoeppner with one of her beautifully digitized images. She was showing digital photography of nature, coastal scenes, and people at Village Express Mail Center.
Mike Roberts (Kara's father) is also showing his work at Village Express... including many coastal scenes. He showed us a battered, very old photograph that he had just digitally restored. It was a work of art.
Len Burton was at work on his latest oil painting...
Photograher, Violet Burton, gave us a tour of the Burton's showplace chicken coop, and their beautifully terraced, hillside garden.
Also showing at the Burtons:
Jim McCarten worked on two different paintings while we watched... he switches between paintings in order to let layers dry.
Karen Vogel showed her unique fiber art assemblages and greeting cards at the Burtons.
Jewell Johnson also showed her beaded jewelry at the Burtons... She was temporarily not available for a photo, so here she is at the last Brookings Second Saturday Art Walk with her art pieces.
Jean Beebe, famous for her porcelain art, showing a watercolor that took the Grand Marshall's Award at the recent Azalea Festival. Jean has a wonderful gallery that you can see by reservation.
Mureen Walker with her gorgeous Curry Coastal sunsets and beach photography. The image on Mureen's left took two ribbons at the recent Azalea Festival, the Festival Theme Award and the Pioneer's Award.
Bobbie Geney, Pastel Artist and President of Pelican Bay Arts Association, showed art both inside her beautiful and spacious studio, and outdoors.
Craig Barnes demonstrated wood scuplture and showed finished pieces and photography. He is working on a piece of Port Orford Cedar and the aroma of the fresh cut wood fills the air.
Audi Stanton's studio is always a fun place to visit! Amid her realistic watercolors, abstract acrylics, jewlery, crafts, and handmade books, there is always a new surprise; some new "art" that she is experimenting with. This time she had a series of collages that incorporate shells and stones along with paint, tiles, fabric, and who knows what she will use next.
Confession -- we missed a couple of studios on the tour due to stopping by the Snug and having lunch on the 2nd floor, outdoor patio. Yes, the food was excellent! The beverages were relaxing, the chairs were comfortable, the sun felt good... we stayed too long. It was a wonderful day.
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