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LIFE FORMS exhibition and art on display through April 25.

LIFE FORMS vignette #1 facing left to right: Oregon crab still life oil painting by Michael Muldoon, dragonfly themed lampwork earrings, handmade glass sandpiper coasters by Bob Heath, pottery by Marilyn Cohn, seeded glass bubble mushrooms, felted textile bunnies, handmade…

The displays for Lush, an exhibition through March 25.

Vignette #1: Original oil paintings by featured LUSH artist Emily Schultz-McNeil, art glass by NW makers, Illume candles, handmade paper spheres, balsa wood flowers, bamboo runner, cut crystal candle sticks, cloissone picture frame, Fine Art buffet lamp, vintage faience tulip…

Just in from Neal Maine, NW nature photographer.

Fairweather House and Gallery, 612 Broadway St. Opening reception for LUSH, the exhibition is featuring N.W. artists Toni Avery, oil painter Emily Shultz-McNeil, watercolorist Mary Lyn Gough, and encaustic artist Peg Wells. Introducing vintage textile artist Jessica Stokes. Artist talks at 5: 30 p.m. Neal Maine, naturalist, biologist, and photographer, lectures at 6 p.m.

New 2022 arrivals from Charles Schweigert, mixed media sculpture artist.

These pieces are made entirely of bamboo and waxed linen, and although they suggest basket shapes, they are more sculptural than functional. The bamboo is bent using heat, interwoven, and secured using waxed linen knots. The shapes are inspired by traditional Japanese baskets, which use humble materials to suggest movement and energy associated with natural forces in the environment.