Introducing Sharon Abbott-Furze. For Making Waves. Fairweather’s exhibition. July 06 through July 30.

 

 

“Shades of Blue” oil on linen canvas by Sharon Abbott-Furze

 

“Fusion” oil on linen canvas by Sharon Abbott-Furze

 

 

“Windswept” oil on linen canvas by Sharon Abbott-Furze

“I paint because I have to … its right up there with food and water for me – a prayer, a meditation, and always an adventure.    I love painting what I see as beauty around me in order to honor and remember those moments – the moments that touch me emotionally in some way.  I paint for myself and when you, my viewers and collectors get pleasure from my art, it honors and touches me even more deeply.  Thank you!   My motivation usually includes the way light and shadow plays over my subject matter.  A well-designed composition, the emotion of rhythm and beautiful colors compel me to paint.   Landscapes, seascapes, and people all have their stories – poetry, music and fun to me.  I love painting beautiful abstract shapes and colors that express that.  I hope that through my art, you feel what I see – and enjoy!” 

 

 

Sharon Abbott Furze

About the artist:

Sharon Abbott-Furze is an oil painter living in Vancouver, Washington.   Her work is expressionistic realism and sometimes heavily influenced with abstract shapes, inspired by people and their stories and the many moods of nature, particularly the sea.

Her passion for art started at a very early age – she used her Father’s linoleum knife to draw figures on the roof of their home when she was 6 years old – not well received but did not stop her from continuing towards her dream.   She loved to draw but only started painting with oils for a short time in the early 1990’s.   Although she did not paint on a canvas again until 2013, during those years, she was consumed with her love of art, continually painting in her head, visiting art shows, museums, studying people, and nature.

Sharon’s award-winning paintings are in collections throughout the United States, Switzerland, Canada and Italy.  Several of her figurative paintings were used in the Portland OR Street of Dreams.  “The Price of Freedom” was published in the 2015 Art Edition of Rain.

Sharon has studied with several well-known artists and continues to study to improve her art and learn new ways to express her stories on canvas.  She occasionally gives workshops in Vancouver and at the beach.

 

 

 

Sharon Abbott-Furze spoke about her art during the opening reception of MAKING WAVES.

 

Photo collage with artist Sharon Abbott-Furze Linda Fenton-Mendenhall.

Fairweather House and Gallery

612 Broadway St.

Seaside, Oregon

July 6 – July 30

 

MAKING WAVES

Fairweather’s July exhibition explores the deep, multifaceted relationship with the ocean.

Art for the exhibition, largely significant pieces include new original work, created entirely by North coast artists.

Featuring selected Fairweather artists: Blue Bond, Victoria Brooks, Paul Brent, Nick Brakel, Karen Doyle, Leah Kohlenberg, Karen Lewis, Emily Miller, Lee Munsell, Richard Newman, Ron Nicolaides, Jan Rimerman, Lisa Sofia Robinson, Peg Wells, Russell J. Young and Dale Veith.

Introducing artists Sharon Abbot-Furze and Phil Juttelstad.

The range in the show reveals the extraordinary impact of the sea and waves.

 

“Summer Storm” oil on linen canvas by Sharon Abbott-Furze

 

“At one time when I was in the Fairweather Gallery, quite a while back, I was absolutely in love with some abstracts – red and black.  Very bold and striking and I have never forgotten them.   In fact, they inspired me to want to paint abstracts.”  

 

 

Read more about the artist  and the MAKING WAVES exhibition at:

Thank you Coast Weekend and reporter Katherine Lacaze for supporting the arts.

https://www.discoverourcoast.com/…/article_7a1c4f88-a704-11…

Grace note received:

“Actually, I have followed your website and have been in your Gallery quite a few times.  I have hoped one day that you would show my work but have not approached you because I cannot seem to keep up a good inventory – thinking that was required.   I am excited to be included in your Gallery. Since you know Stephanie at *Primary Elements… when I joined her Gallery, she asked if I would demo and I couldn’t even imagine painting in front of anyone so told her that I’d prefer not.  She asked that I just try it – which I did and it was such an incredibly fun experience and connection with so many people, that I was hooked and have looked for opportunities since. Let me know when there are special events or a time when you think, it might be helpful to demo, let me know and I will make every effort to be there.”  Sharon

*Primary Elements Gallery in Cannon Beach.

 

Karen Blue, artist Blue Bond’s wife, suggested Sharon Abbott-Furze as an artist for Fairweather’s.

“I have shown the three small seascapes previously. I have had them in our home recently.  I painted them just as Stephanie was closing her gallery so although I showed them to her, she could not hang them. I originally had 11 in that series and have sold all but the three I am bringing and one other.  I am adding more birds to it and will bring them to you  when I am done.”  Sharon

For Making Waves. Fairweather’s July exhibition. Artist Paul Brent.

 

 

 

“Buoy Composition II” oil on canvas by Paul Brent

 

 

“Needs to dry and be varnished. I have the frame.  You can use this in publicity for the July show.”  Paul Brent

Paul Brent

About the artist:

Paul Brent is an artist whose work has become internationally known to represent the coastal lifestyle. From his watercolors to his recent oil paintings he captures nature in its best and most idyllic form. While being best known for his beach subjects, he has painted landscapes that are equally indicative of his talent to recreate all aspects of nature. He especially enjoys painting local scenes and beachscapes that he views near his two home studios in Panama City, Florida and Seaside, Oregon.

Paul Brent was born in Oklahoma City and lived in rural Southwest Oklahoma with his family until he was thirteen. His parents, who were educators, moved their family to Long Beach, California, and Paul attended high school and California State College in Long Beach. He majored in art but in his junior year of college he transferred to the University of California at Berkeley to study architecture. He completed his Bachelors of Architecture and joined the Air Force where he was stationed in Panama City, Florida. There he met his wife, Lana Jane and after they were married he left the service and they returned to California where he completed his Masters degree in Architecture at Cal Berkeley.

 

 

During a MEET and GREET event at Fairweather’s in July, 2019, Paul Brent offered an artist talk about his newest painting.

Paul Brent celebrated a ten year anniversary at Fairweather’s on July 6th, as well as artist Victoria Brooks and photographer Neal Maine.

 

Fairweather House and Gallery

612 Broadway St.

Seaside, Oregon

July 6- July 30

MAKING WAVES

Fairweather’s  July exhibition explores the deep, multifaceted relationship with the ocean.

Art for the exhibition, largely significant pieces include new original work, created entirely by North coast artists.

Featuring selected Fairweather artists: Blue Bond, Victoria Brooks, Paul Brent, Nick Brakel, Leah Kohlenberg, Karen Lewis, Emily Miller, Lee Munsell, Richard Newman, Ron Nicolaides, Jan Rimerman, Lisa Sofia Robinson, Peg Wells, Russell J. Young and Dale Veith.

Introducing artists Sharon Furze and Phil Juttelstad.

The range in the show reveals the extraordinary impact of the the sea and waves.

2019 is the tenth year that  Paul Brent has exhibited during the summer months at Fairweather’s.

Paul Brent  has painted LIVE during the summertime Fairweather events for years and years, indeed… for a decade !

Enjoy the slide show of ten years with Paul Brent in Seaside at Fairweather’s.

 

 

 

 

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Recent Q and A with Paul Brent and R. J. Marx, editor of the Seaside Signal

A resident of Seaside, artist Paul Brent shows art in Seaside during the summer. Paul and his wife Lana Jane own a gallery in Panama City, Florida, where they also have a winter home and property. They are cleaning up debris from Hurricane Michael, a devastating storm.

Panama City October 2018

Q: Where were you when the hurricane hit?
Brent: We were still in Seaside for the hurricane. We left on the 18th (of October), almost a week after the hurricane hit. We moved the art from our gallery to our residence even though there was no power. At least it was dry. That stopped any mold growing on damp surfaces. Friends of ours whose home was totally uninhabitable are now in the condo.

Q: Can you describe what the region looks like?
Brent: Downtown Panama City and the major commercial corridors were hit badly with missing roofs and blown-out windows. Large metal buildings were especially hit, like warehouses and boat storage facilities. Marinas and church after church were destroyed. Residential areas that had oaks and large pines received major roof damage with trunks and limbs making holes, sometimes cutting buildings in two. Every roof has a blue tarp on it. Many people called it a war zone. Farther east, complete structures were wiped out.

Q: Where is your gallery and how did it make out?
Brent: It’s in the downtown area very close to the water. My studio was on the second floor. I had a glass block wall that was facing north. I had excellent lighting for painting. Half the roof peeled, the glass wall collapsed and my studio became ground zero for our office.

Q: Were you able to rescue the artwork or was much of it destroyed?
Brent: We have a cleanup crew. They’ve stripped all the wood and Sheetrock. We’re drying it out now and getting ready for reconstruction. Even at this point it’s hard to determine. All the paintings and two-dimensional artwork are mine. We carry jewelry, wood, glass, and ceramics by other artisans.

Q: Did people evacuate? Was there a warning?

Brent: The surprise was, everybody knew pretty much where it was going to going to hit. But it was first predicted to be a Category 2, then predicted to be a Category 3. It was not until the last day, that they said “Oh, no, it’s going up to Category 4.” We’ve had several 3s come through this area. People were sort of like: “We can live through a (Category) 3.” It suddenly went up to a 4, went to a 4-plus, it was right on the edge between a 4 and 5. There were some places that winds were clocked at over 150 mph. That will pretty much destroy any structure. Homes in Mexico Beach that were not on pilings are just slabs now.

Q: Seaside is vulnerable in a Cascadia Subduction Zone event. Do you find lessons to be learned from Hurricane Michael?
Brent: With homes on both coasts, it looks like we’re being hit by a double whammy. We enjoy living here during the cooler months and we enjoy living in Seaside in the warmer months. We don’t think that it’s going to change that part of our lives. If you’re in any coastal area, no matter where it is, you’re in danger of some sort of natural disaster. I have relatives in Oklahoma. I remember as a young child going through areas hit by tornadoes. It was like looking at what I’m looking at now.

Q: Are you putting your gallery and house together?
Brent: We have a professional construction crew doing the final cleanup and dry-out of the structure. Then we’ll be working with another crew to do a build-back. People have said, “Do you think people will stay here?” “Do you think our businesses, our downtown will come back?” Every business owner (has said) “We’re building back.” So there’s really a very positive feeling. We’ll make it a better place.

 

Notes:

Paul Brent recently shared notes  about…

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For “Making Waves” Fairweather’s July Exhibition. Artist Victoria Brooks.


“Bring in on” original oil on linen by Victoria Brooks

 

“The Challenge” 20 x 24 oil on linen by Victoria Brooks

 

 

“Luminosity”  18 x 24 oil on linen by Victoria Brooks


“Her Pinkness”  19 x 24 oil on linen by Victoria Brooks

 

Victoria Brooks

About the artist:

Through numerous gallery exhibitions and shows, art lovers around the world have come to admire and enjoy the art works of Victoria Brooks. She captures the essence of sun-drenched summertime-at-the-beach images in a vibrant, impressionistic style.

Victoria’s paintings are characterized by intimate moments set in romantic, richly conceived landscapes and seascapes. The result is a hauntingly personal connection with the viewer that resonates at the deepest emotional level. Her special talents are particularly evident in her expressive portraits where she reflects the mood and inner nature of her subjects.

After a successful career and many national awards as an art director in television and motion pictures, she pursued her love of painting, which she has been doing for 20 years.

In addition to being a talented studio artist, she is an accomplished plein air painter as well. She has won numerous “Best of Show” awards for her studio and plein air works. Victoria loves teaching oil and watercolor painting and is a favorite of art clubs for her informative art demonstrations. She teaches plein air painting workshops in California, Italy, France, Ireland and Greece.

Victoria is a Signature Member of the National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society (NOAPS) and the American Impressionist Society (AIS). She also is an Artist Member of the Oil Painters of America (OPA), California Art Club, Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, Plein Air Painters of New Mexico and Plein Air Painters of Hawaii.

Please visit the artist’s tab/ Victoria Brooks at http://www.fairweatherhosueandgallery.com

 

 

Victoria Brooks offered a Seaside Painting LIVE ™ event during the opening reception of MAKING WAVES on July 6.

 

 

Victoria Brooks lectured about her MAKING WAVES art during the July MEET and GREET event for Fairweather’s Seaside First Saturday Art Walk.

 

Victoria Brooks received a 10 year anniversary celebration cake for exhibiting at Fairweather’s on July 6. In addition, hostess Joan Smith, artist Paul Brent and photographer Neal Maine celebrated 10 years with Fairweather’s.

 

Fairweather House and Gallery

612 Broadway St.

Seaside, Oregon

July 6- July 30

MAKING WAVES

Fairweather’s  July exhibition explores the deep, multifaceted relationship with the ocean.

Art for the exhibition, largely significant pieces include new original work, created entirely by North coast artists.

Featuring selected artists: Blue Bond, Nick Brakel, Paul Brent, Victoria Brooks, Leah Kohlenberg, Karen Lewis, Emily Miller, Lee Munsell, Richard Newman, Ron Nicolaides, Jan Rimerman, Lisa Sofia Robinson, Peg Wells, Russell J. Young and Dale Veith.

Introducing artists Sharon Furze and Phil Juttelstad.

The range in the show reveals the extraordinary impact of the sea and waves.

2019 is the tenth year that  Victoria Brooks has exhibited during the summer months at Fairweather’s.

Victoira Brooks has painted LIVE during several Fairweather events.

Enjoy the slide show of ten, 10 , TEN!!! years with Victoria in Seaside.

 

 

 

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Q: Where in the world, recently, was Victoria Brooks, you ask?

A:  “We just returned from our first trip to Africa. It was a photo safari, led by the same instructor we went to Patagonia with a couple of years ago. First we went to the Serengeti, in Tanzania  and then to hike to the gorillas in Uganda.  We saw over 90 lions, almost every imaginable animal native to the area. We stopped at a Maasi Village for a performance and cultural exchange. I hope to paint some of these beautiful people as well as the animals in their environment.”  Victoria Brooks

“I love reading your blogs, looks like the Gallery is the most happening place on earth! I’m very excited about my show with you in July. I’m attaching images of the work I will be bringing. I’m also working on a series of small wave paintings. I will send photos of the waves when I get them. Thanks so much. See you soon.”  Victoria Brooks

 

 

Welcoming Pam Haunschild, artist, to the Fairweather Gallery.

 

Pam Haunschild in her studio

About artist Pam Haunschild:

In her artistic practice, Pam explores nature.  She goes beyond realism and provides a different, very powerful vision of her natural subjects that deepens the connection between the viewer and the natural world.  Her distinctive style is colorful, highly textured and semi-abstract, but the natural forms can be identified.  She works in watermedia — both acrylics and watercolor, often in the same painting.   She builds complex, textured layers, often using natural materials that leave impressions in the paint.

Although she had a scholarship to attend art school when she was young, she went into academia instead.  After a career as social science professor at Stanford and University of Texas-Austin, Pam turned back to her first love and has been painting full time ever since.

She has been fortunate to have been selected as artist-in-residence at three National Parks:  Lassen (CA), Glacier (MT), and Lake Clark (AK), and continues to be inspired by her time there.  She has also received several private and two key public commissions:  to produce the 2019 Britt Festival playbill cover and poster art, and to design and coordinate the painting of a native plant mural at Southern Oregon University.  Her work is held in many private and public collections, including the National Park Service.

She has had her work shown as part of several juried one-person and group exhibitions and has won awards for her art, including an Award of Distinction from the Northwest Watercolor Society for her painting “Octopus Garden”.  She was juried into the Watercolor Society of Oregon and is also a member of several other arts organizations.  She has been on TV and radio, and her paintings have been used in Southern Oregon literary journals and catalogue covers.

 

“Salmon Swim” mixed media watercolor by Pam Haunschild

 

Pam Haunschild, Artist’s Statement:

Being outside in nature is everything to me!  So it’s no surprise that nature is my subject.  In my paintings, I attempt to capture the essence of nature without copying it exactly.  I want to get past the obvious — to the essence of why many of us find being outside in nature soothing to our souls.  Whether this is conveying the power behind a falcon’s gaze, the wonder of the vast number and variety of creatures that live in a tidepool, or the majesty of a salmon swimming upstream to spawn, I hope to capture something that will inspire viewers to connect more deeply with the natural world.

 

I find artistic inspiration from living on a wooded high-elevation property near Ashland, Oregon, as well as from having held several National Park Artist-in-Residence positions (Lassen, Glacier, and Lake Clark (Alaska)). 

 

 

“Tidepool VI” mixed media watercolor by Pam Haunschild

I work with both watercolors and acrylics — often together in the same painting.  Much as nature is created through the addition and washing away of materials over time, my artistic process involves creating layers in my art.  I build textures in the paint, often using natural objects like leaves, stones, and shells.  Although later removed, they leave their impressions.  I often use paint in a way that mimics natural processes, e.g., washes of very wet color produce rivulets and wave-like patterns like those found in the ocean.  Stones texture paint in patterns that mimic wind-blown surfaces and geological layers.  The resulting paintings are colorful, highly textured, and semi-abstract, but the natural forms can still be identified. 

 

As John Muir says, I hope “Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees” when you view my work. –Pam Haunschild

 

 

 

“I just got back from my trip to the coast and wanted to write to say what a pleasure it was to meet you.  And I am so honored to be represented by your beautiful Fairweather Gallery!”  Pam

 

Fun fact:

A series of  Pam Haunschild’s tidepool mixed media paintings were selected for the Wetlands Conservancy Ode to the Tides Art Show and Sale.

Read more at https://wetlandsconservancy.org/stewardship/ode-to-tides-art-exhibit/

 

 

 

 

Save the date and time. For Odes to the Tides. A Neal Maine lecture. June 13, Thursday at Seaside Public Library.

Jan and Jay Barber, Sara and Jeff Gage with Neal Maine

 

“On Thursday, June 13th, the Friends of the Seaside Library welcome award-winning biology instructor and naturalist, Neal Maine, sponsored by the Fairweather House and Gallery. Joann Pari-Mueller, Leah Kohlenberg, and Paul Brent will talk about their creations for the Ode to the Tides exhibit at Fairweather Gallery and Beach Books. 

 

Neal will speak on estuaries and how they gather nutrients from land and sea, forming an ecosystem that contains more life per square inch than the richest Midwest farmland.  He will detail how Oregon’s major estuaries are ecologically essential for fish and wildlife which includes salmon, herring, flounder, crab, oysters, clams, wading birds, ducks, and otters, providing habitat for reproduction, rearing, resting and foraging.

 

After a thirty-year career as a teacher at Seaside High School, Neal Maine has pursued his passion for nature photography through Pacific Light Images. “Dedicated to raising awareness of coastal ecology and the wildlife with whom we share the region’s estuaries, freshwater wetlands and forests.”

 

The program will be presented in the Seaside Public Library, 1131 Broadway Street, in the Community Room at 6:00 p.m. A selected grouping of the Ode to the Tides art will be displayed and the gallery will provide refreshments.

 

If you haven’t visited Fairweather Gallery and Beach Books to see the exhibit, you have until the end of June. It features 90 artists and 200 pieces that focus on coastal estuaries and tide pools, and benefits the Wetlands Conservancy.”   Sara Vickerman-Gage, Ode to the Tides art curator

 

 

https://wetlandsconservancy.org/stewardship/ode-to-tides-art-exhibit/

 

For more about the nature photography by Neal Maine, please visit the artist’s tab Neal Maine and Michael Wing  at http://www.fairweatherhouseandgallery.com