Second Saturdays in Astoria are a roar!! All new art in the galleries, bike up the boardwalk to the cannery museum on Pier 39, ride the trolley, free breakfast at the Atomic Motel or the Riverwalk Inn. Climb the Astoria column, take a selfie at the Film Museum, taste absinthe at Pilot House Distilling, eat a bit of creole at the Silver Salmon Grille
Sing karaoke at the salty Portway Inn!! They have a new menu. Semi-cheap breakfast or late night (close at 3 am) cocktails at LaborTemple.
Proudly, my submission made the top 8 in a furious jury. More proudly, I contacted my former Jewish Review editor, Paul Haist, who won the best "View" category with a nicer submission.
Contest winners showing at the Second Saturday opening at Sleeper Coffee Cafe, 1332 Commercial ST., Saturday May 11 from noon - 8pm. with live music by Sapsucker from 6-8 pm. I may end up picking up my art June 8th since I was just there 2 weeks ago.
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Ashley Jennings braved the horrendous chemical stench wearing a respirator. She expected my red top to appear black in results. The results are fun. Look her up at www.alchemytintype.com or Insta @alchemytintypestudio. She works at Blue Moon Camera which processes and prints analog film in St Johns. Blue Moon Camera is crazy busy.
Thanks to a booth sponsored by the generous Great Jones NW (fine decor rentals for weddings and corp events), my art fair booth at 2022 Belmont Street Fair, the above double-decker carousel (Carcassonne, FR) image found a new home. Printed from a transparency, the best quality out there.
Fair attendance was sapped due to Oregon fires, smoke and heavy winds. But we endured!
Thank you to the 164 vendors who made our event a huge success!
Thanks to paralegals Jennifer & David who purchased my linoleum block print for their Chown Pella Loft!
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Many established artists and myself are rejected due to limits on the numbers of art pieces they can accept. But this year, my "Raining Sweets" (Il Pleut du Sucre) was accepted!! This means I am a successful artist.
So many very abstract/angry pieces in the auction, a few dicks thrown in to keep male power alive. View the original local art auction at https://www.capartauction.org/silent-auction. You can find mine using search field and type SUCRE. The event is April 9, 2022 at the new Hyatt Regency on NE Holladay St.- an exciting new venue!
The entertainment is often the hilarious Poison Waters' crew and top rated dancers. The food is fully donated by generous local bars and restaurants for at least 20 years.
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I love their bread and olive oil. The tomato bisque gets high marks from Maura. Happy hour is 4-7 pm and features $5 wine, mimosas and draft beer. The liquor license arrives on Jan 1, 2020.
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My Cuban art is available now on the 2nd floor in the center hallway:
Princess Fowl, a mural of a contemporary bird with a splash of zingy blue in Havana
Muses - amazing vintage frame - this is to die for!
Climbing Catacombs is an original photo transfer under encaustic shown here is on an 11"x14" stretched canvas. Our tour of Parisian Catacombs included a 2-mile underground hike. I then composited the skulls onto painter Jeanine's stone garage with grape vines for the oenophiles of Oregon. The grape cluster in the skull's eye is my pièce de résistance! Enjoy!
LeeAnn Gauthier, City Slicker
December 3, 2018 - January 13, 2019
Bread and Ink Cafe
3610 SE Hawthorne Blvd.
Portland OR 97214
http://www.breadandinkcafe.com
503-239-4756
Mon-Thu: 8 am - 8:30 pm
Fri-Sat: 8 am - 9:30 pm
Sun: 8 am - 8:30 pm
SE PORTLAND - Studio Gauthier presents a portfolio of cityscapes and explorations. LeeAnn is an urban adventuress who rarely visits Andrew Wyeth's grassy knoll or Ansel Adams' majestic parks. As the mid-'90s photographer/lab tech aboard The Love Boat, she had 3 hours and very long legs to explore the rustic fishing ports of Alaska. Skagway was a favorite for their jazzy 1920s vintage cabs. Carporn from Cuba shot with a Lensbaby included for the other four gearheads in Portland.
As a member of the Architectural Heritage Center, she seeks beauty in texture, reflection and design - such as Yamhill Glistens (shown here). She is sadly addicted to her Etsy shop and aspires to get more than 20 likes on Instagram.
Moving from a 2-person 6'x12' cruiseship cabin to Buckman in 1996, she volunteers as the Board Treasurer for the Belmont Area Business Association (www.BelmontDistrict.org). You're invited to our monthly meetings on second Thursdays (9-10:30 am) at the Historic Belmont Firehouse.
LeeAnn Gauthier
503.235.7964check out stylish pillow covers at http://StudioGauthier.Etsy.com
IG: Studio.Gauthier
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I made an exciting sale last week of an accordionist performing in Montmartre. As a retired photojournalist, I keyword my online photos -- allowing Karla Mi Lugo's parents to find their daughter's image and purchase it. Karla is performing with Emergency Circus to bring joy to a hurricane devastated San Juan, Puerto Rico. The consummate performer -- she sings, whistles and plays instruments.
More travelscapes and pillow covers at StudioGauthier.Etsy.com
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features art by John Donald Carlucci and LeeAnn Gauthier. Southeast Portland normally hosts a First Friday art walk. The threat of snow postponed this particular First Friday. Hence the opening reception is Friday, February 10, 2017 (6-9 pm). Enjoy pastries and great art.
I truly recommend the genius jewelry, "Bad Penny" metallic lipsticks, Trixie and Milo flasks, and black glass decanturs etched with skulls.
LeeAnn makes photo transfers that are covered with encaustic. The wax is hardened using damar crystals. I paint onto canvas or boards. Two B&W gargoyle images were featured in #TheBig500 show. The Mucha Cocktail was photographed at Bathtub Gin Company in a DARK alley of Seattle. "Damsel's Emerald Journey" depicts vixen in Carnival mask at Damsels in this Dress; the artist added a sepia nautical map from SCRAP.
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unrelated topic: What will happen to the unstable Multnomah County Courthouse's marble stairs?
Book your session now. Rates start at $175.
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Studio Gauthier will photograph this event, as we've done three prior galas (we loved Boston comedian Gary Gulman). Our assistant is a Shatner doppelganger.
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Let me know if your local coffee shop shows art. I have a vast selection of framed images of Cuban streetscapes, waterscapes, fun fish and colorful landscapes.
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I've also added new throw pillows and shower curtains to my Etsy shop, so please peruse those.
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I've entered Bumper Crop, a magical blending of a rusty classic car and some glorious coral mums.
Enjoy my press release and a bit of Lawrence Welk.
Next month, we are covering the Tucker Maxon Oral School auction to submit to the beloved Oregonian.
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This year's special plea will fill a need for diapers.
Dinner is just $65. Tickets at: https://snowcapcc.ejoinme.org/MyEvents/2015SnowCapAuction/tabid/570858/Default.aspx
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5941 SE Division St.
Weekdays 6 am - 6 pm / weekends 7-6pm. They make an excellent lavender latte or cardamom latte
Show closes February 9. If you'd like to meet me at 6 pm to take the show down on Monday, Feb. 9, you can get 25% off any art (in this show or online).
Great Cuban streetscapes, vivid/sharp images on aluminum and one profound French landscape by oil painter JeannineEdelblut.com.
If you'd like to meet the artist, just invite me for a latte. Don't miss the newest curios in my tantalizing Etsy Shop or ask me how to get 40 free listings for your new Etsy shop - the world's largest arts, crafts & vintage market.
The image shown here is a Cuban Plymouth made via photo transfer, then coated in beeswax (God save the bees!).
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Artist member exhibit runs Dec. 1- 31, 2014.
Artist memberships run $140 to have legal rights to sell imagery made at the Lan Su Chinese Garden at NW 3rd Ave and Everett Street.
Hours: 10 am - 5 pm, 7 days per week
Closed Christmas
Built by Chinese artisans from our sister city Suzhou (home of China's famous ancient gardens), it's among the most authentic Chinese gardens outside of China. Much more than just a beautiful garden, Lan Su is a creative wonder -- a powerfully inspiring experience based on a 2,000-year-old Chinese tradition that melds art, architecture, design and nature in perfect harmony.
http://lansugarden.org/
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Congratulations!! We visited Buzz's studio in Paris in September when getting these great new images. Check out the Venetian sunsets and rainbows of Burano.
December art show
I'm working on printing and framing Mumgate and other flying persimmons for the December show at Lan Su Chinese Garden. Contact me for a free ticket if you'd like to visit the garden in that very peaceful month. The tea shop is always cozy and offers a nice overhead view. Contact me at [email protected] to get your ticket. The garden is open late on First Thursday and is free to all from 5-7 p.m.
It was fun to see Christina, Grace, ElizaBeth, Phuntsok. Susan even brought a virgin art friend, and many great purchases were made. Laura & Josh brought Elmer. Bill Failing purchased an antiqued polaroid transfer of Skimore Fountain and wrote a historically accurate review.
Cheers!
However, we had a GREAT turnout!
Christina Britton's art collection expanded as she snapped up the fresh painterly Bumper Crop AND Vegas Gold!
Tiffany Ruth glowed as she frolicked off with Princess Fowl for her fancy Victorian abode.
- V, from Visual Producers, directed some mirrored images then pressed on to meet his next lucky client
- Former Oregonian staffers: Connie Newton & Fred Joe. Fred just photographed Larry Hagman and the Emmys.
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Plenty of painters: Suzy Kitman -- visit her work at Visage Eyewear in the Pearl district this month
- Quin Sweetman - master of soft, moody portraits
- Christopher Mooney -- he's in the Rental Sales Gallery spring show on April 18
- Mason Parker (we love his octopus chandelier! His gorgeous watercolor cards are at Flower Temple by Audrey),
- Encaustic master/portait artist Bill Rollins who fundraises with my favorite group - the Oregon Lions. Bill has a long history in Portland retail and was a member at Talisman Gallery on Alberta until it closed
Kea Chiang overheard Buckman Mayor Sheila Baraga be approached by a gritty rock star who asked "Are you married?" When [matchmaker] Sheila replied "No," rockstar became so flustered that he could do nothing shy of walk away confused by her rare reply.
We saw kitschy photos of the colorful vintage radios being refurbished by Kea's husband who is launching Retro Radio Farm. Randy delighted all with his lovely sax music. We still need a name for the mink hat by Elizabeth Rohloff. We like "Fido."
This show is up all of April 2014. The hours are a bit spotty -- 11-3 weekdays and 8-1 on Saturdays. It's well worth the walk!
Blondie: A Salon is at 1225 SW Alder. Loo for white lettering in the window, as it is hard to find, but well worth the hunt!
Next month we are showing at Hawthorne near 7th.
]]>Raised in Saginaw Michigan, and spending considerable time in the Tri-Cities area and on the waters of nearby Lake Huron, Gauthier began to display both generative and reflective creativity in her mid-adolescence. After a relatively idyllic childhood and conventional undergraduate education, she soon took to camera assignments. After a few projects close to home, she came under the employ of a cruise line and signed on as ship photographer. She found that though the setting was less than ideal, the work and the frequent travel suited her desire to experience and document a world of constant change. After leaving the cruise ship, and resettling to the Pacific Northwest, Gauthier soon found herself immersed in the region's almost inexhaustible supply of new projects.
Gautheir's expanding body of work has been characterized by a relentless drive to produce in her exhaustive explorations of new approaches. Those close to her intimate that as a passionate and tireless student of the art, Gauthier is notorious for being heedless of her own health, ever-searching for for new ways to enrich her life, and reportedly often unable to find rest even when not actively pursuing a project.
Famously guarded about sharing information about her private life, in past interviews, Gauthier has indicated that the events of her personal life closely mirror the ever fluctuating motions of the artistic life. Without going into great detail, she explained that she lives with frequent transitions, and that she has experienced "precious successes and great disappointments on both ends of life's spectrum."]]>
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