‘In Full Bloom’ NW artists Melissa Jander, Gretha Lindwood, and more. May 2-25 on-line.

No barriers to art this month – Seaside First Saturday Art Walk will be 100% online May 2-25!

May Art Walk is a concept of gallery-coordinated virtual exhibits.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyYvHpqQI9g

As we continue following the State’s stay at home order,  Seaside galleries remain closed until further notice.

Galleries have gone on-line and are committed to assist you with during  COVID-19 via e-mail and through social media platforms.

Fairweather House and Gallery

612 Broadway St.

Online until further notice

A curatorial virtual NW exhibition titled ‘In Full Bloom’

Fairweather House and Gallery brings together artists’ works in a variety of genres and interpretations, grouping them into an online spectrum of themes and colors.

Features art by Jo Pomeroy Crockett, Christine Downs, Bev Drew Kindley, Dorota Haber-Leligh, Greta Lindwood, Melissa Jander, and Carmela Newstead.

“I love flowers. If I could, I would have flowers for dessert and live in a greenhouse surrounded by them. I actually crave flowers for their lovely colors, textures, fragrance, and beauty,   D. Fairweather, gallerist

Featured floral artwork includes botanical, realism, abstraction, and surrealism.

Research has found that being around flowers increases the level of compassion that they feel for others and are more willing to extend a helping hand to those in need.

Art can be purchased and picked-up by curbside appointment or delivered free locally.

Contact gallery curator @fairweatherkd@gmail.com or message on FB @fairweatherhouseandgallery

We will see you, hopefully, on the other side of the pandemic crisis.

Gretha Lindwood pastel painting

Melissa Jander impasto oil

Carmela Newstead abstract oil

Christine Downs fused glass

Jo Pomeroy Crockett watercolor

Bev Drew KIndley acrylic

Dorota Haber-Leligh colored pencil

Just viewing floral art causes joy in the same way as walking in nature and losing oneself in music.

“For if you think art is not necessary try to spend time without music, books, poems, movies and… art.”

Sharing a video recently posted by North Coast Land Conservancy.

Thank you for reading about the arts in Seaside.

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For ‘In Full Bloom’ Seaside artist Dorota Haber-Lehigh on-line through May 25 @ Fairweather’s.

Stunning spring 2020 magnolia study by Dorota Haber-Lehigh

Ethnobotany and native plant Oregon Coast artist

Watercolor palette for magnolia artwork. Dorota Haber-Lehigh

“Drawing magnolia branch! What a beautiful tree. Trying to find some beauty amidst the chaos of life.”  DHL

Seaside artist Dorota Haber-Lehigh depicts Pacific Northwest native plants, portraying their sculptural beauty and brings attention to importance of ecological diversity of nature to emphasize natures and human fragility.

She is interested in portraying individual plants with their sculptural and ephemeral beauty. Her passion is to bring attention to importance of ecological diversity of nature and emphasize nature’s and human fragility. She is interested in the healing power of plants and nature and enjoys drawing plants that have medicinal properties. She has authored two ethnobotanical coloring books: “ABC of Native Plants of the Coastal PNW” and “Native Berries of the Coastal PNW.”

Dorota Haber-Lehigh

April 19,  2020

“Oregon Grape beginning of a composition. I will keep adding elements throughout the year. Love the resilience of the plant.” DHL

Indeed, reminds ourselves of our own resilience.  This will be a lovely study…

A story on resilience:

To become more resilient, fill your mind with thoughts of stories of resilience. Read stories or biographies of tough people who have overcome hardships. Watch movies that have a theme of courage. Associate with courageous and disciplined people. Ask your courageous friends to share some interesting stories. Humor eases tension and anxiety; pay attention to the things that make you laugh and smile. Keep in mind that your objective is to become a more resilient person – not to escape reality.  Shared by  Susan Peterson, fellow Seasider and cultural arts supporter.  (Boost of Positivity for Professionals).

“The beach, creeks, rivers, parks and waysides are closed from the north end of Seaside to the south end, in support of the governor’s Stay Home Save Lives order.  Our local communities near each area — many of them small– need our support and understanding.” –Oregon Parks and Recreation Department

The closure halts all beach activities, including clamming, surfing, swimming and other activities. “Where the beaches and parks are closed, they are indeed closed for all uses. Closed means closed. Full stop.” Seaside Chief Dave Ham stated that officers are being asked repeatedly if the beach is open or if the closure applies to “locals.” He made it clear, with capital letters, “THE SEASIDE BEACH IS CLOSED!”

We are all looking at a new normal and are following Seaside’s guidelines.

Without our daily dose of being able to be outisde with nature, about living near a lot of parks and not being able to visit the parks, about living at the beach and not being able to walk on the sands, all the while honoring the state’s order to being safe and saving lives during the pandemic crisis— art can help us all cope and offers us hope.

Dorota Haber-Lehigh

April 25, 2020

“Playing with watercolor landscape. From my own photo reference -Seaside Tillamook Head Oregon.”  DHL

Dorota has two degrees in Art and International Studies with a focus on indigenous cultures, and a master’s degree in teaching. She also holds a graduate bilingual certificate in Teaching English as a Second Language. She has earned a Diploma in Botanical Illustration from Society of Botanical Artists in London in May 2019. She is a member of Oregon Botanical Artists, Pacific Northwest Botanical Artists and American Society of Botanical Artists. Dorota exhibits and teaches drawing regionally.

No barriers to art this month – Seaside First Saturday Art Walk will be 100% online May 2-25!

May Art Walk is a concept of gallery-coordinated virtual exhibits.

As we continue following the State’s stay at home order,  Seaside galleries remain closed until further notice.

Galleries have gone on-line and are committed to assist you with during  COVID-19 via e-mail and through social media platforms.

Thank you for supporting the arts in Seaside.

Fairweather House and Gallery

612 Broadway St.

Online until further notice

A curatorial virtual NW exhibition titled ‘In Full Bloom’

Fairweather House and Gallery brings together artists’ works in a variety of genres and interpretations, grouping them into an online spectrum of theme and color.

Featuring art by Jo Pomeroy Crockett, Christine Downs, Bev Drew Kindley, Dorota Haber-Leligh, Greta Lindwood, Melissa Jander, and Carmela Newstead.

“Through Dorota’s realistic paintings, no matter how far apart we are, her art brings us closer together, with appreciation for the flowering spring season of 2020,” D. Fairweather, gallerist.

Featured artwork includes botanical, **realism, abstraction, and surrealism.

Art can be purchased and picked-up by curbside appointment or delivered free locally.

Contact gallery curator @fairweatherkd@gmail.com or message on FB @fairweatherhouseandgallery

We will see you, hopefully, on the other side of the pandemic crisis.

Until then,  we will continue sharing and connecting in the arts with the artists and you…

Enjoy a flash back photo of  Dorota Haber-Leligh offering an artist lecture at Fairweather’s.

Q: What is realism in the arts, you ask?

A: Realism, sometimes callednaturalism, in the arts is the attempt to represent subject matter truthfully, without artificiality and avoiding artistic conventions, or implausible, exotic, and supernatural elements.  This is the type of art Dorota Haber-Leligh creates.

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A Fairweather commitment to persevering through the spring of 2020.

Yes, Fairweather House and Gallery shut its doors mid-March following the Governor’s order that nonessential retailers and services must be closed. All Seaside galleries must remain closed until further notice.

Fairweather House and Gallery attends to the well-being of family, community and business through an uncompromising commitment to honesty, fairness, integrity and excellence. Mission Statement.
A Fairweather promise

“At a moment when our physical location is closed temporarily due to the health crisis, online viewing is offered as a primary means to present art and to connect with art enthusiasts,”  galleriest D. Fairweather.

Check out the stories about Fairweather artists and their art at https://fairweatherhouseandgallery.com

“If you see anything you like, want more information, would like place a hold on an item, or would like to purchase,  just call 503-738-8899 and leave a message on voice mail. We will call you back.”

Fairweather House and Gallery is a premier source for stylish, chic, one-of-a-kind furnishings, unexpected original fine art, and the most extraordinary accessories. Offering original works by noteworthy regional artists from traditional to transitional, contemporary to realism, impressionism to emerging art and products made by Northwest hands.

Yes, we are in “pause” mode until the State of Oregon allows nonessential retailers and services to reopen.

Oregon, together with Colorado, Nevada, Washington, and California are using health outcomes and science as a guide to recover from this pandemic. It is called the Western States Pact – a working group of Western state governors with a shared vision for modifying stay at home and fighting COVID-19.

Fairweather House and Gallery,

612 Broadway St.

On-line until further notice

A curatorial virtual NW exhibiton titled ‘In Full Bloom’

Viewing available May 2-25

Fairweather House and Gallery brings together artists’ works in a variety of genres and interpretations, grouping them into an online spectrum of themes and colors.

“In response to the beauty of nature, art celebrating  hope, appreciation and the goodness of the world around.”

NW art that includes botanical, realism, abstraction, and surrealism.

Art can be purchased and picked-up by curbside appointment or delivered free locally.

Contact gallery curator @fairweatherkd@gmail.com

Although some would think that art is not essential, however, in our world,  indeed, art saves.

“For if you think art is not essential try to spend any shelter-at- home time without music, books, poems, movies and time to create.”

We respect the Governor’s guidelines for business restrictions in the wake of  COVID-19.

We are continuing in a course of action despite difficulty or delay in achieving success.

We hope to see you on the other side of the pandemic.

We are persevering.

“We promise you that we are taking time to stay in touch with the art community that surrounds the gallery, including staff, artists, fellow curators and collectors. Enduring relationships have always been integral to operating the gallery. We hope to weather the storm.” D. Fairweather.

We are committed to carefully reopening our doors when the government begins to lift business restrictions.

“I will be more than thrilled to be opening when it is safe to do so. Our gallery cannot exist in an online-only world. The gallery is a personal social space where every visitor is greeted personally by myself or my staff. We are always happy to answer questions and talk about the art we represent. That is what we live for.”  D. Fairweather

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Bev Drew Kindley. On-line exhibition ‘In Full Bloom’ at Fairweather’s May 2-25, 2020.

May 2020
Country Garden 18″ x 24″ x .75

Bev Drew Kindley watercolor En Plein Air

“Painted outdoors in my backyard garden with the sunshine highlighting the fresh spring colors and helping us forget all the rain that makes Oregon so green.” Bev Drew Kindley

“I’m a native Oregonian who paints to understand, and enjoy the inspiration of unique moments of light and weather. My impressionistic works of art are to viewed as visual celebrations, connecting with light, color, form, texture and design. It’s my way of communicating with the world. My hope is to encourage appreciate and protection of our heritage and world.”  Bev Drew Kindley

Bev Drew Kindley

About the artist:

“I have taught painting classes and worked in the art business for quite some time. At present, my greater enthusiasm is painting “en plein air”, a French term, meaning to paint working outdoors, and capturing the light without a short time frame because of the immediacy of the experience, as well as, the abundance of visual information along with the possibility of sudden breakthroughs in methods due to improvising.

“Sanctuary” original by Bev Drew Kindley

All of my recent work begins with the experience of the real location, later finished in the studio, oftentimes with the aid of sketches and photos of the location.”  Bev Drew Kindley (degrees in Art and Philosophy/ Portland State University)

Sea Grass Waterfall by Bev Drew Kindley

Looking for something to refresh your space? Shop for Bev Drew Kindley’s art with us!  Contact us! We will meet you at the gallery or coordinate a home delivery.  fairweatherkd@gmail.com

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 “Always inspired by outdoor scenes and growing things,  I want to share to share the sense of life and joy I feel through the spontaneous nature of water and paint.  My painting is a celebration of our precious environment, an act of mindfullness, and a poem of gratitude.  Discovering ways to express this is my journey.”  Bev Drew Kindley

No barriers to art this month – Seaside First Saturday Art Walk for May will be 100% online!

So, here it goes, the May Art Walk  will be a concept of gallery-coordinated virtual exhibits.

As we continue following the State’s stay at home order,  Seaside galleries remain closed until further notice.

However, a few of the galleries have gone on-line and are committed to assist you during this COVID-19 time via e-mail and through social media platforms.

Virtual tour movie will be May 2-25.

Thank you for supporting the arts in Seaside.

Fairweather House and Gallery

612 Broadway St.

Online until further notice

A curatorial virtual NW exhibition titled ‘In Full Bloom’

Fairweather House and Gallery brings together artists’ works in a variety of genres and interpretations, grouping them into an online spectrum of themes and colors.

Features art by Jo Pomeroy Crockett, Christine Downs, Bev Drew Kindley, Dorota Haber-Leligh, Greta Lindwood, Melissa Jander, and Carmela Newstead.

“Happiness is being outdoors absorbing nature– watching, waiting, sensing, and beginning to notice the poetry of the flow of shapes and colors, the grand design.  Next best are my many reminders and memories of the beauty seen and felt.”  Bev Drew Kindley

Featured art  work includes botanical realism, abstraction, and surrealism.

Art can be purchased and picked-up by curbside appointment or delivered free locally.

Contact gallery curator @fairweatherkd@gmail.com or message on FB @fairweatherhouseandgallery

We will see you, hopefully, on the other side of the pandemic crisis.

Until then,  we will continue sharing and connecting in the arts with the artists and you…

Enjoy a flash back LIVE painting demonstration by Bev Drew Kindley at Fairweather’s in 2017.

“I have a strong wish to share ideas, sketches, and choices.I feel watercolor best expresses the mood with its depth of color and independent ways of spontaneously creating shapes and textures suggesting nature.”  Bev Drew Kindley

For May, 2020. On-line exhibition. ‘In Full Bloom’ through May 25. Artist Jo Pomeroy-Crockett.

In my professional work, I listened to many people talk about their goals, their problems, and occasionally, those things they really loved doing. More often than not, the things they really loved were not the work-related activities they considered essential to earning a living. They relegated their personal passions to sometime in the future, when “the kids are out on their own when I can have time to myself.” Many gifts seem to be pushed into the background to earn a living. One can understand, certainly, but what a price we pay.

I think each of us is responsible for developing our gifts and talents. And yes, we also have a responsibility to support our families. And yes, life does interfere with developing our skills. HOWEVER, I have observed that most of us, at some time in our lives, manage to heed that inner voice and develop our talents.

I taught art classes for many years, often in retirement communities such as Sun City, AZ; I worked with many budding artists who were finally tapping into their artistic gifts. Whether their creative talents were just appearing in the lifelong developmental process or the artists finally acknowledged their artistic bent, I have no way of knowing. But, at last, the budding ar ists were listening to their inner gifts demanding to get out. At 96 and with macular degeneration, one painting student never missed a watercolor class because he was determined to “paint well.”

I was able to have a grandfather who was an artist and an engraver. From the time I was 3 yrs. Old, he encouraged me to draw and regularly critiqued my creations. When I was about 10, he added a nose extension to one of my ballerinas, to this day, I am conscious about drawing people with plenty of noses.

As for today, I am thankful for the gifts I have been given. I work hard to develop my art gift and do something artful, thinking, and planning every day.

I believe that gratitude is essential as a mindset. I think it helps avoid arrogance, the sense of self-importance, and depression. In art or other artistic endeavors, I believe it leads to a willingness to experiment, try new materials, and grow as an artist. (Reprinted lecture JPC)

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

As part of her lifelong interest in and enjoyment of art, Jo Pomeroy-Crockett, Ph.D., for many years, has been painting in watercolor and water media, including marbling and inks, pastel, and collage. In combination with her freelance writer and educator work, her painting allows her to continue developing her creativity and technical skills.

Pomeroy-Crockett works primarily wet-into-wet and strives for dramatic value patterns. Bright colors, an emphasis on the play of light, and a touch of whimsy mark her paintings. Her work includes florals on unusual painting supports such as yupo, a paper made from recycled products, challenging glass-like surfaces, and birch bark. When asked what she likes to best paint, she answers “Anything that will hold still for a few minutes.”

Pomeroy-Crockett was a juried member of the Arizona Artists Guild and is currently a juried member of the Watercolor Society of Oregon. She has exhibited in numerous juried art competitions. Her work is in private collections in various parts of the U.S., England, Canada, and Switzerland.

There are no barriers to art this month – Seaside First Saturday Art Walk for May 2 will be 100% online!

So, here it goes, the May 2 Art Walk will be a concept of gallery-coordinated virtual exhibits.

Seaside galleries remain closed until further notice as we continue following the stay-at-home order.

However, a few galleries have gone online and are committed to assisting you with your art needs during this time via e-mail and social media platforms. The virtual tour movie will be released on May 2. Thank you for following the arts in Seaside.

Fairweather House and Gallery, 612 Broadway St./online until further notice.

A curatorial virtual NW exhibition titled “In Full Bloom.”

Fairweather House and Gallery combine works in various genres and interpretations, grouping them into an online spectrum of themes and cocolorsFeaturing art by Jo Pomeroy Crockett, Christine Downs, Bev Drew Kindley, Dorota Haber-Leligh, Greta Lindwood, Melissa Jander, and Carmela Newstead.

In response to the beauty of nature, the artwork by Jo Pomeroy-Crockett celebrates hope, appreciation, and the goodness of the world around.

Her work includes botanical realism, abstraction, and surrealism.

Art can be purchased and picked up by curbside appointment or delivered free locally.

Contact gallery curator @fairweatherkd@gmail.com

Visit http://www.fairweatherhouseandgallery.com or contact@fairweatherhouseandgallery.com