In honor of All Hallow's Eve two paint out opportunities at Lone Fir Park/Cemetery 10/13 & 10/15

Join PPASP on Tuesday and/or Thursday at Lone Fir Cemetery.
This park fills several city blocks and is known for its interesting gravestones and lovely old trees. We plan to start near the entrance at SE 26th and Stark at 11:00. MAP

Join up with the Hood River Painters at Pheasant Valley Winery Tuesday, 9/22/09

Here is a message from Bonnie White together with photos from last week's Mosier paint-out:

This Tuesday (9/22/09) we are going to paint at Pheasant Valley Winery. If you've always wanted to paint the grapes just before they were picked, this is the opportunity. There is a My. Hood view from the top of the winery and lots of grapes on the vine. If you want to enter the vineyard, your shoes must be wiped with bleach to prevent you from carrying a disease or insect into the vineyard. Scott Hagee will meet us at 9:00 a.m. to give us the rundown. If you want to paint without actually entering the vineyard, you can do that without the bleach.


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Tuesday, May 12, painting opportunity with Hood River Painters..and a message

The weather on Thursday was NOT any better than Tuesday. Six of us met at Dog River Coffee. We came up with a list of places where we would like to paint this summer. Here is the list, to date: Tom McCall Preserve, Husum Falls, Dog Creek Falls, Bonneville Dam, Skamania Interpretive Center, Skamania Lodge, Columbia Gorge Discovery Center, Conboy Wildlife Refuge in Glenwood, Wind River Winery, Oakridge Vineyard, Starvation Creek, Drano Lake, Balfour or Lyle Point, Horsethief Lake and Butte, and Deschutes Park. I would like to add The Gorge White House and Rasmussen Farms (when the sunflowers are in bloom) to that list.

A couple of the locations mentioned are private and are subject to agreement and arrangement with the property owner, so, it is a suggested list and will be worked out over the next couple of weeks.

The list has only three repeat locations from last year, so you can see that we have an exciting summer ahead of us.

Thursday's group actually did run out to Mayer State Park and attempt to paint. A couple of the easels were damaged by the strong wind and we all ended up folding before much painting was done.

Jan M. and I drove up to Tom McCall Preserve and walked around taking photos. The balsam root was beautiful and the lupine was just opening up. The flowers should be in full bloom this Tuesday which is why we have chosen Tom McCall Preserve for our painting location. The closest restroom is Mayer State Park.

Here is a mapquest link. I hope it works. If not--go to www.mapquest.com and type in Tom McCall Preserve and The Dalles, OR

http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=The+Dalles+&state=OR&zipcode=97058&cat=Tom+McCall+Preserve#a/search/l:::the+Dalles:OR:97058:US:45.5918:-121.2072:zip:Wasco+County:1/m::7:45.498467:-121.338951:0:::::/so:Tom+McCall+Preserve:::r::25:::::/e

Hope to see you on Tuesday...... Bonnie

UPDATED! Tuesday, May 5, painting opportunity with Hood River Painters

(Photos from last Tuesday)
Message from Bonnie White:
The BZ Corner Store plan has been scrapped (for now)!

Let's meet at Dog River Coffee in Hood River tomorrow morning at 8:45 a.m. and go from there. We can either paint on the library lawn, move down to the port, or go to some other park in town. The weather doesn't look any better for Thursday so it is tomorrow or cancel. I will be there. Thanks. Bonnie

P.S. If it is raining, I am sure we can paint from a table from Dog River, using the interior lights.
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Portland, OR, MT. TABOR Park Centennial Paint Out and Exhibit (July)

Greetings Friends, Artists, and other Notables!

As part of this summer's Mt Tabor Centennial Celebration, I'm inviting you to a Paint Out. Simply put, we'll be celebrating art-making, community, and Mt Tabor by painting/creating within (or close to) Mt Tabor Park. This event also includes (staffed/secure) display and sales tents for the fresh/wet art that is created.

The form below outlines the basics of the Mt Tabor Centennial Celebration Paint Out with application information. To keep things simple, you can reply via e-mail with basic information (name, phone, e-mail) if you would like to participate. A small fee of $15 to cover tent, security, and other expenses can be paid during the event. I've decided to extend the official Paint Out time from the Saturday before the event (July 25) through Sunday (August 2). This way, when the tent goes up Saturday morning, we'll have art for it - and if you like to spend more time on your paintings/art - you've got it!

Reply by July 1st to participate: mttaborpaintout(at)gmail(dot)com

Please note that this is an unjuried event - any any media or approach/style is welcome.

The Centennial Celebration is shaping up to be a large, fun happening. Expect music, booths, a parade, classic car show, and more. Visit www.mttabor100.org for additional information. Also, there is a juried art exhibit that will be housed in a tent adjacent to ours. You can find information about this event on the website as well.

As part of the Paint Out, I'm looking for a handful of artists to demonstrate their art-making as part of a public plein air demonstration. Please let me know if this interests you.

Freely share this information with other artists - the more the merrier!

Shawn Demarest

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