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September 23, 2019

Just in from Sharon Abbott-Furze.

“The Path I’ve Chosen” by Sharon Abbott-Furze.

Original oil on canvas

24x36x1.5

“Her work is expressionistic realism and sometimes heavily influenced with abstract shapes, inspired by people and their stories and the many moods of nature.”

Reprinting Neal Maine’s driftwood story, as requested.

Seaside naturalist Neal Maine lectured about the local driftwood on the first Saturday in September at Fairweather’s.

Maine speaks about the local habitat every first Saturday at 6:pm.

Photo collage by Linda Fenton-Mendenhall from the opening reception of CONTRASTS, a Fairweather exhibit, on view through September 25.

The Art of Seeing: Driftwood

Naturalist and educator Neal Maine helped found NCLC in 1986, becoming its first executive director. Since his retirement from the land trust in 2010, he has pursued his passion for making deeper connections with the coastal ecosystem through his nature photography and by developing and encouraging what he calls the Art of Seeing.

“I was on the beach one day last winter after a storm had tossed all kinds of things onto the beach. What caught my eye that morning was the driftwood. I started looking at the pieces of driftwood, their shapes and forms, and then I started looking closer. Some people look at clouds, mountain profiles, or driftwood and try to find recognizable shapes, like a cat or a house or Grandma Moses smoking a pipe. I was just interested in the artistry inherent in the wood itself, and in the story that created that artistry. Those patterns were once the living tissues of a tree generated one cell at a time, over decades.

I noticed this particular piece of driftwood at the Cove in Seaside last summer, high-watered onto the rocks, nearly in the parking lot. It’s 6 or 7 feet long and has this beautiful honeycomb color. It looks like some kind of hardwood. We don’t know what its adventure might have been. It could be from anywhere: Alaska, maybe, or South America. The beach is full of driftwood from all over the planet. There’s enough of it to last all of us the rest of our lives, inspecting it for its unique characteristics. Once I started looking closely at it, I got going on it and I couldn’t give it up. It’s become kind of a career. I love it when the ocean delivers these big gifts.”

Year-round Neal’s photography is on display at Fairweather House and Gallery in Seaside. Sales benefit North Coast Land Conservancy.

“Sharing is caring.” North Coast Land Conservancy

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September 19, 2019

Where, in the world, is the traveling Ode to the Tides Art Show and Sale, you ask?

https://www.orartswatch.org › 40-years-and-363-miles-along-the-oregon-c…

A show at the Newport Visual Arts Center celebrates the rambling stretch … It’s part of the Ode to the Tides exhibit, celebrating coastal estuaries …

¾ of the collection will be in Newport through September 26 at three locations:

Visual Arts Center, 777 NW Beach Drive

Hatfield Marine Science Center, 2030 S Marine Science Drive

Pacific Maritime Heritage Center, 333 SE Bay Blvd

Ode to Tides Art Exhibit & Sale through Sept. 26 – Oregon …

OregonState.edu › events › event › ode_to_tides_art_exhibit_sale_august_1-_…
Ode to Tides Art Exhibit & Sale through Sept. 26. This art exhibit celebrates the aesthetic and ecological significance of Oregon’s estuaries and tide pools. … A portion of the sale of each piece of art will support The Wetlands Conservancy’s program to conserve Oregon’s Coastal estuaries.
Aug 1 – Sep 26 Hatfield Marine Science Center

Ode to the Tides exhibit and sale – Newport News Times

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Ode to the Tides exhibit and sale … Council for the Art and the Lincoln County Historical Society hosts the Ode to Tides art exhibit and sale through September.

In addition, ¼ of the Ode to the Tides collection is at the Hood River at the Columbia Center for the Arts at 215 Cascade Avenue, through September 28.

“The exhibit in the main gallery is all black and white – so I chose lots of black and white for the lobby,” Sara Vickerman, volunteer curator.

In November and December it will be in Beaverton at City Hall and the Library (Nov 4 – Jan 2)

Just in from Lisa Wiser.

“Into the Woods” original oil by Lisa Wiser.

Into the Woods is an expression alluding to having been lost in a forest, dates from Roman times; it was first recorded in English in a play where famous fairy tale characters wish for things and the wishes come true.

“Scout Lake Reflection” original oil by Lisa Wiser.

The scenic Scout Lake is located in the Deschutes National Forest in Central Oregon in a mixed conifer forest.

“Mountainside at Red Hills” original oil by Lisa Wiser.

The Red Hills of Dundee is a mountain range in Yamhill County, Oregon in the heart of Oregon wine country.

Fairweather Gallery table display featuring the art of Lisa Wiser.

Also pictured is pottery by Suzy Holland, ceramics by Emily Miller, Root ™ candles and selected vintage pottery.

Photo by Linda Fenton-Mendenhall.

Honored to have Seaside artist Dorota Haber-Lehigh @ Fairweather’s.

“Oregon Grape” on wood block, colored pencil with walnut ink and wax by Dorota Haber-Lehigh, artist, educator and naturalist with a passion for native plants of the Pacific Northwest.

Work in Progress.

“Oregon Grape” on wood block, colored pencil with walnut ink and wax by Dorota Haber-Lehigh.

Dorota enjoys staining the paper with walnut ink to create unique surface, and uses artist quality colored pencils such as Faber Castell Polychromos or Caran d’Ache, 100% cotton hot press 140 lbs acid free paper. For art mounted on woodblock she uses multiple layers of Dorland wax as protective cover.

“Lobster Mushroom” on wood block, colored pencil with walnut ink and wax by Dorota Haber-Lehigh.

Dorota loves foraging for berries, mushroom hunting, field sketching and collecting specimens.

“Rose Hips” on wood block, colored pencil with walnut ink and wax by Dorota Haber-Lehigh.

Dorota is inspired by her grandparents, who were avid mushroom hunters and gardeners, her father’s travels, and her mother’s fabric art and ikebana arrangements.

“Pumpkin” on wood block, colored pencil with walnut ink and wax by Dorota Haber-Lehigh.

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.

Dorota 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.

Dorota enjoys depicting flora of the Pacific Northwest, often native plants. 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. Dorota is interested in the healing power of plants and nature and enjoys drawing plants that have medicinal properties. She has e authored two ethnobotanical coloring books: “ABC of Native Plants of the Coastal PNW” and “Native Berries of the Coastal PNW.”

“I am on the cover of Columbia Memorial Hospital newsletter and be featured in their article “Healing Arts.” I am working on an installation of 25 botanical illustrations of native plants of the Pacific Northwest, which were used medicinally by Native People. The installation will be part of a permanent collection in the hospital. Super excited about this. Yew, Red Huckleberry, Oregon Grape and Rose Hips.” DHL

“Here is the article.” DHL

October 24, 2019:

We are pleased to announce that Dorota Haber-Lehigh has selected Fairweather House and Gallery to represent her work covering the North coast territory of Seaside-Gearhart-Warrenton and Astoria. Dorota Haber-Lehigh is one of one hundred well-known and widely collected artists being represented. The gallery features a variety of artwork that includes both paintings and sculpture crossing the spectrum from contemporary abstracts to representational subjects.

Learn more about the gallery at http://www.fairweatherhouseandgallery. com