Just in news and art from Jan Rimerman.

News to share from Jan Rimerman, FH&G artist and curator for Rain Spark Gallery.

2022 Holiday Rain Spark Gallery
Nov. 1st to Dec. 24th, Corner of 2nd St. and A Avenue in downtown Lake Oswego
 

 Rain Spark Gallery, curated by Jan Rimerman, is a group of professional artists who exhibit their work seasonally once a year. Member artists work cooperatively to maintain the gallery.

 

As experts in our own fields of fine arts and crafts, we support and promote each other in all of our artistic endeavors.”  JR

Just delivered “Whirling” to Fairweather Gallery on Broadway in Seaside.

Can you find the only pod that is realistic? Most of the pods reflect Northwest Coast Indian artwork. JR

Mixed media is 24″ x 24″ and is inspired by the evolution of changing forms. The various textures of color reveal in the lights of the day is part of Jan’s unique style. The work presents a new perspective each time it’s viewed.

Just in from Jan Rimerman.

And, too, another companion piece, “Pewter Peat Pots” mixed media 24″ x 24″ on board, by Jan RImerman. Nov. 2022.

“An under painting of powdered charcoal gelled onto heavy watercolor paper gives the finished painting a hint of visual textural mystery. As many as 22 layers of transparent fluid paint are applied on the initial powdered charcoal foundation.” JR


Jan Rimerman

Artist/Art Administrator

Visual Art Coordinator Lakewood Center for the Arts

Curator Dee Denton Gallery

Director/Curator Rain Spark Gallery

Director Rock…Paper…Turtle…Art for Wetlands
Neptune Studios

Resident Artist Fairweather House and Gallery

Fairweather House and Gallery

612 Broadway

Located in the Historic District of downtown Seaside, Oregon

Please read more about our Seaside Gallery, our commitment to N.W. artists, and our products made by N.W. artists.

“Fairweather House and Gallery has become one of the historic Gilbert District’s most sought-after destinations offering an ever-changing and unique visual experience.” –The Seaside Signal.

Find where original art is integrated daily with irreplaceable humanity, friendship, and beauty.

Beautiful things. Beautiful art.

This is Fairweather’s.

https://fairweatherhouseandgallery.com

Lovelies from mixed media artist Jo Pomeroy-Crockett.

Creative watercolor, mixed media with salted paper and gold dust by Jo Pomery-Crockett.

“The essence of all beautiful art is gratitude.” F. Nietzche.

Jo Pomeroy-Crockett celebrates new life, freshness, hope, and the goodness of the world around us.

The artist works in watercolor, mixed media, and collage. “Art celebrates life– all the joy, the pathos, the ridiculous, the cruel, the sad, the whimsical, and the playful.”

An artist creates art because a relentless inner force compels action. “When one is given a gift, one must nurture it.”

The artist’s body of work includes painting, assemblage, Zentangle-inspired art, and unusual painting supports such as yupo, a paper made from birch tree bark.

Jo Pomeroy-Crockett, a North coast resident, strives for dramatic patterns, vivid colors, an emphasis on the play of light, and a touch of whimsy marking her paintings. She has exhibited in numerous juried art competitions in the Southwest and the Pacific Northwest. She works as a freelance writer and educator, is the co-founder of Astoria’s Art Loft, and, most recently, is the owner of the Dots ‘N Doodles art and framing store.

Artist Jo Pomeroy-Crockett

The artist spoke at a Fairweather opening exhibition on gratitude as a complex quality. According to psychology professor Robert Emmons, the world’s leading scientific expert, gratitude is not just an affirmation of goodness. Still, the recognition “that the sources of this goodness are outside of ourselves…we acknowledge that other people– gave us many gifts, big and small, to help us achieve the goodness in our lives.”

Jo Pomeroy-Crockett, Ph.D., has written a variety of materials, the latest includes the Why Series:  “Why Did I Lose My Teeth?”,  “Why Do I Need to Sleep?”, “Why Do I Need to Exercise?”, and “Why Do I Need to Eat Fruits and Veggies?”. Published by Educational Activities, Inc.

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Please read more about our Seaside Gallery, our commitment to N.W. artists, and our products made by N.W. artists.

“Fairweather House and Gallery has become one of the historic Gilbert District’s most sought-after destinations offering an ever-changing and unique visual experience.” –The Seaside Signal.

Find where original art is integrated daily with irreplaceable humanity, friendship, and beauty.

Beautiful things. Beautiful art. This is Fairweather’s.

Just perfect for CREATIVE CLASS, collector and artist JoAnn Pari-Mueller.

“Butterflies,” three dimensional watercolor by JoAnn Pari-Mueller

I have always been a collector, continuously amassing interesting objects of nature and hand-made textiles and crafts. After fifteen years as an art museum tour guide in Oregon, I began immersing myself in art classes at area art schools and colleges. I am an active member of the Oregon Society of Artists, the Watercolor Society of Oregon, and the Portland Society for Calligraphy and have participated in numerous exhibits throughout the state.”  JoAnn

I use watercolors, pastels, marbling, collage, and/or calligraphy to put down on paper the observations I make about the colors, lines, shapes, and patterns of these natural and handcrafted items. It is my goal to have others take away some of the awe I feel when studying their intricacies.

Often fine details catch my eye; other times I’m interested in the relationship between objects – the “collector mentality.”  I like the starkness of a subject against white, but may also intersperse geometric lines or shapes with the mostly curvilinear subjects. Often I use richly colored or detailed borders or backgrounds – influences of the many patterns and colors in my collections.”  JoAnn

Fairweather House and Gallery

612 Broadway St.

CREATIVE CLASS

Art sale and exhibition

November 5-25

CREATIVE CLASS introducing N.W. artist Cherisse Mia, who applies ammolite gems to abstract art. 

Featuring watercolorist Bill Baily, photographer Linda Fenton-Mendenhall, and collector/ artist/ calligrapher JoAnn Pari-Mueller with pen and ink artist Vanessa K. Stokes. 

 
It doesn’t make any difference if you’re creative in the art world or the business world, it just matters if you’re able to use your imagination to arrive at unique, inventive ideas or solutions to problems. Being curious and always thinking about “what if I try …” can lead to exciting, novel results. In this grouping of works, I have taken traditional watercolors and tweaked them by combining them with pastels or cyanotypes, cutting them up and regrouping them in collages, or turning them into 3-dimensional images. Some have fairly traditional subject matter, but others are abstract – mostly color to just get lost in.”  Artist statement November “Creative Class” by JoAnn Pari-Mueller

Celebrating more than 15 years of representing more than 200 regional artists by showing original art on display with a new themed exhibition each month.

Please read more about our Seaside Gallery, our commitment to N.W. artists, and our products made by N.W. artists.

https://fairweatherhouseandgallery.com

“Fairweather House and Gallery has become one of the historic Gilbert District’s most sought-after destinations offering an ever-changing and unique visual experience.” –The Seaside Signal.

Find where original art is integrated daily with irreplaceable humanity, friendship, and beauty.

Beautiful things. This is Fairweather’s.

For CREATIVE GLASS, artist Vanessa K. Stokes, of course.

“Night Dahlia” pen, ink, and watercolor by artist Vanessa K. Stokes.

For CREATIVE CLASS, Fairweather’s November 2022 show.

In 2017 Vanessa K. Stokes was introduced at the gallery as an emerging artist to watch when she was fifteen. As an emerging artist in her early stage of a career in the artist, she caught the eye of an art critic and our gallery and was mentored for twelve months before her first reception. In 2020 Vanessa earned her position as a resident artist in our gallery world.” FH&G

Picture of Vanessa’s art from the 2021 November display. Indeed, the artist signs up for themed Fairweather exhibitions nearly one year in advance, which allows the gallery to incorporate her art in a carefully curated tablescape.

She loves exploring any artistic tool she can get her hands on and uses a blend of watercolor, pencils, pens, and ink to create her art.

She creates her art from her home art studio and office and finds Oregon’s rain especially calming and inspiring.

“Vanessa’s love and family support has a strong, shared connection to all things beautiful, in fashion, in makeup, and vintage jewelry. And, too, her sense of creativity acts as a shield against the unpredictability and lurking chaos of the outside world.” FH&G

Nov. 5 through Nov. 25

Fairweather House and Gallery

612 Broadway St.

 

CREATIVE CLASS introducing N.W. artist Cherisse Mia, who applies ammolite gemstone to abstract art and featuring watercolorist Bill Baily, photographer Linda Fenton-Mendenhall, calligrapher JoAnn Pari-Mueller with pen and ink artist Vanessa K. Stokes. 

 

 

 

 

By request, enjoy the writing of the artist:

“For the theme of Turning, October’s show, I wanted to channel the elegance of ballet and the grace of the seasons into one art piece. Oftentimes we don’t realize how fast time is truly moving until the seasons turn over and nature reminds us how much has truly changed. And through these variations, we stop and reconnect with the world around us. The sun setting early or late, fog rolling across the mountains, and beaming heat. All are reminders that we’re alive and the world around us is well, even when things seem chaotic or uncertain. Nature turns and shares with us its beauty. And in return we love and appreciate it back.”  Vanessa K. Stokes, artist talk

Celebrating more than 15 years of representing more than 200 regional artists by showing original art on display with a new themed exhibition each month.

Please read more about our Seaside Gallery, our commitment to N.W. artists, and our products made by N.W. artists.

https://fairweatherhouseandgallery.com

“Fairweather House and Gallery has become one of the historic Gilbert District’s most sought-after destinations offering an ever-changing and unique visual experience.” –The Seaside Signal.

Find where original art is integrated daily with irreplaceable humanity, friendship, and beauty.

Beautiful things. This is Fairweather’s.

CREATIVE CLASS, a Fairweather show.

For CREATIVE CLASS, a Fairweather exhibition, Cherisse Mia, N.W. artist, that magically combines paint and gems, including Alberta ammolite, with abstract art. Completely unique, powerful art and very imaginative. 

I am an amateur geologist due to my fascination for all things gemstone which led to the totally
unique idea of combining gemstones and art into a unique three dimensional collage.  I like the
backgrounds to resemble earthy elements for setting off the gemstone arrangements.”  CM

As a young girl growing up in Washington State I was steeped in art and culture and as a child of the seventies was specifically drawn to modern art.  The West Coast imprinted on every cell of my being oceans, mountains and rain forests.  CM

My paintings incorporate a background in art and design.   Much of my work is lavished with rare Alberta ammolite, a vivid opalized gemstone with gorgeous metallic colorations found in no other place in the world. I enjoy ammonite hunting expeditions where I become a living part of the landscape as I imagine what it may have looked like aeons ago when all the land was covered by a shallow sea. CM

Cherisse Mai, newest Fairweather Gallery artist, personally delivered her latest gemstone paintings in November, after a 14 and 1/2 hour drive from Canada.

Pictured with her Forest Nights art, in the background is forest art by Thorn Valley, “Elk Spray” by Neal Maine, landscapes by Linda Fenton-Mendenhall, pastels by Gretha Lindwood, oils by Sharon Kathleen Johnson, watercolor by JoAnn Pari-Mueller, vases by Mike Brown, encaustics by Peg Wells, live edge console by Stuart Dittbrenner, twig baskets by Charles Schweigert, wood sculpture by Martin Conley, glass by Christine Downs, pottery by Marilyn Cohn, cloches by Linda Olsen, necklaces by Pat Tulip, and earrings by Mary Truhler. All Made by NW Hands ™.

The next Seaside First Saturday Art Walk will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on December 3 in the Historic Gilbert District.

Nov. 5 through Nov. 25 

Fairweather House and Gallery

612 Broadway St.

CREATIVE CLASS featuring watercolorist Bill Baily, photographer Linda Fenton-Mendenhall, textile painter Cicely Gilman, calligrapher JoAnn Pari-Mueller with pen and ink artist Vanessa K. Stokes. 

Introducing N.W.  artist Cherisse Mia, who applies ammolite gemstones to abstract art.

Celebrating more than 15 years of representing more than 200 regional artists by showing original art on display with a new themed exhibition each month.

Please read more about our Seaside Gallery, our commitment to N.W. artists, and our products made by N.W. artists.

 

https://fairweatherhouseandgallery.com 
 
“Fairweather House and Galleryhave become one of the historic Gilbert District’s most sought-after destinations offering an ever-changing and unique visual experience.” –The Seaside Signal.

 

Find where original art is integrated daily with irreplaceable humanity, friendship, and beauty.

Beautiful things. This is the Fairweather Gallery.