For all of you in Southern Oregon (or visiting!), be sure to stop by the wine tasting room Enoteca this month to see the wonderful collaboration of artists Dana Feagin and Kat von Cupcake. This exhibit, “Animal Ruminations: A Collaboration in Poetry and Paint,” a show of Dana’a paintings paired with Kat’s poetry, will be at Enoteca until November 30. …
Today’s post is courtesy of Survival Skills author Jean Ryan, whose blog you can find on her website. Enjoy! The Lascaux Cave Paintings The hands. That’s what I keep thinking about. Not the exquisite horses and oxen and stags, but the hands, offered singly or in groups, some with truncated fingers—frostbite, scientists say. Were they signatures, the manner in which …
In conversation with Float author JoeAnn Hart and cover artist Karen Ristuben JoeAnn Hart is the author of Float, a “witty, profound, and beautifully observed” (Margot Livesey) novel about family, the environment, and life in a hardscrabble seaside town in Maine. Karen Ristuben is an award-winning artist and educator whose work is environmental advocacy at its core. JoeAnn …
Ashland artist Pegi Smith created the gorgeous painting that graces the cover of Balance of Fragile Things. The original painting, “On the Wings of Butterflies,” was completed in 2010 and is on exhibit at 38 Central in Medford, Oregon. Visit Pegi’s website to learn more about her work as well as upcoming exhibits…and check out this …
I loved reading this article on Ashland artist Dana Feagin, Animal Artists Who Give Back, an inspiring look at an artist who is using her talents to help animals. Dana not only paints adorable portraits of the animals who have been rescued and are up for adoption at Jacksonville, Oregon’s Sanctuary One; she also donates …