The Annual Volunteer Show

December 9 - January 2, 2011/2012
Artist Reception: Saturday, December 3, 6-8 P.M.

The Cannon Beach Gallery will host its annual Volunteer Show from December 9-January 2, 2012 with an opening reception on Saturday, December 10 from 6-8pm.

The Cannon Beach Gallery is a program of the non-profit Cannon Beach Arts Association, and as such it relies on a group of dedicated volunteers to assist with operations throughout the year. Many of these volunteers are also artists, jewelers and photographers.

The Volunteer Show is a way of showcasing the talents of our Docent Staff, Gallery Committee Members, as well as members of the Board of Directors in a group show that will feature original art work in a variety of media.

Included in this years exhibit will be jeweler Elizabeth Pattison, a long time Cannon Beach artist in residence who works at the Gallery year round as a Docent. In addition, Bonny Gorsuch, whose lively assemblages and fabric collages always tell a story (sometimes one which is literally spelled out in Scrabble tiles) will have work on display. Gorsuch is also a long time Docent at the Gallery (ten years and running) and received the CBAA's Individual Artist Grant in 2009 for a project entitled "Random Scraps of Fabric."

In addition, the impressive etchings of Liza Jones and Paul Miller will be on display. Both Manzanita artists help with hanging exhibits throughout the year and Jones is instrumental to the success of the Gallery Committee.

Not to be left behind, several members of the CBAA's Board of Director's will also be displaying work including photographer Don Frank and the watercolor painter, Ireta Sitts-Graube.

There promises to be a lot of variety in the exhibit, including the popular felted creations of Jessica Sund, whose fingerless gloves have been flying out the Gallery doors this fall. In addition, the exquisite jewelry designs of Susie Frances Aoki will be on display, along with more traditional fine art pieces by such talented painters as Janet Bland and Barbara Temple Ayres.


Susie Frances Aoki, Jewelry


Bonny Gorsuch, Fabric Collage


Janet Bland, Untitled Oil Painting

Annual Miniatures Show: Zemula Fleming with a Juried Show
November 5 - December 5, 2011
Artist Reception: Saturday, November 5, 6-8P.M.

On the Docent Wall: Don Frank
The Cannon Beach Gallery's Annual Miniatures Show is always a popular component of the town's Stormy Weather Arts Celebration. This year the exhibition will be a certain draw with collector's from the region with the lovely, folksy art of Zemula Fleming. All of the art work in the juried show will be 6"x6" or smaller in all media. This is always a great show to do a little holiday shopping at for a unique, artful gift.

Watercolor: Featured Artist Doreen Lindstedt with a Juried Show
October 1 - October 31, 2011
Artist Reception: Saturday, October 1, 6-8P.M.
On the Docent Wall: Elizabeth Pattison

The Cannon Beach Gallery is pleased to announce a month long exhibit of accomplished artist Doreen Lindstedt in a show devoted to that most fickle of mediums, Watercolor. In addition to new paintings by Lindstedt, there will be a juried component to the show. The exhibit will run from October 1-31, 2011 with an Artist Reception on Saturday, October 1 from 6-8p.m.

Lindstedt's approach to painting emerged form a strong background in drawing and art history. "My intention is to put down the essential (the light, the gesture, the mood or the warmth that is central to the subject) and to eliminate the distractions," Lindstedt explained of her approach to painting.

Some of her awards include Art in Agriculture, OSU, Corvallis OR, the Northwest Watercolor Society, Seattle WA, and the Signature Invitational, at the Art Institute of Seattle.

In addition to being the featured artist for this exhibit, Lindstedt also acted as the guest juror.



Doreen Lindstedt, Basalt Cliffs, Watercolor, 2011



Doreen Lindstedt, The Tulip Farm, 2011

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Scenes from Cannon Beach - Hanne Greaver and Drenda Duff
September 9 - September 26, 2011
Artist Reception: Saturday, September 10, 6-8P.M.

On the Docent Wall: Sandi Lundy

A celebration of color, light and life in master painter Hanne Greaver's new work, reflecting on her immediate surroundings in Cannon Beach, Oregon. Greaver will be accompanied by Drenda Duff, also an accomplished Cannon Beach painter who is known for her lively use of color and inspiring renderings of every day scenes on the beach.


Above: Drenda Duff


Above: TUESDAY MARKET, Hanne Greaver
oil on canvas, 30 X 40"

August Invitational - Twenty Five Years of the CBAA
August 4 - September 6, 2011
Artist Reception: Saturday August 6, 6-8 pm.
On the Docent Wall: Clement Lee

In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Cannon Beach Arts Association, the Cannon Beach Gallery will be hosting an invitational exhibit showcasing more than 20 artists who have played an important role within the arts organization. The exhibit will run from August 5 - September 6, 2011 with an opening reception on Saturday, August 6 between 6-8 pm. featuring music by Evan and Lake Jiroudek. The reception is free and open to the public, light appetizers and refreshments will be served.

There will be a variety of work featured in the show, from the colorful watercolors of Carol Riley to the stained glass work of Jim Hannen. The exhibit will be a true celebration of the multitude of talented individuals who have contributed their passion and work to the arts association over the past two and a half decades.


CAROL RILEY, WATERCOLOR, FLEURISTE

Collections: A Summer Fundraiser
July 21- August 2, 2011
Reception: Saturday, July 23, 6-8P.M.

The Cannon Beach Gallery is the only non-profit gallery in Cannon Beach, and as such, it provides a unique venue for emerging and professional artists to exhibit their work. Like all non-profits, the CBAA is a constant cycle of fundraising and grant writing to be able to operate the gallery (as well as its other programs).

This exhibit promises to be a fun, affordable way to support the gallery and enhance your personal art collection.

Artists and CBAA members have donated work to the gallery to sell; including etchings by Liza Jones, Harry and Hanne Greaver and Marilyn Burkhardt.
On the Docent Wall: Linda Cook

The Painted Coast -
Janet Bland and Dee Vadnais
A part of the Cannon Beach Gallery Group's Plein Air & More Event
June 23 - July 18, 2011

Friday, June 24, 5-7 pm; Gallery Group Reception at the Chamber of Commerce: Meet and Greet with the artists from all 16 gallery group members

Saturday, June 25, Paint Out with Janet Bland and Dee Vadnais (come by the Cannon Beach Gallery to see where these two are painting for the day)

Artist Reception: Saturday, June 25, 6-8P.M.


Dee Vadnais


Janet Bland

Past Exhibit: All Juried Show
June 4-June 20, 2011

The Cannon Beach Gallery is pleased to announce that Carl Annala, the Cultural Arts Program Supervisor for the Walters Cultural Arts Center in Hillsboro, will be the guest juror for our All Juried Show. The exhibition will run from June 4-June 20, 2011.

The Juried Show program at the non-profit Cannon Beach Gallery is one of the unique offerings of the Cannon Beach Arts Association. It provides both emerging and professional artists the opportunity to submit their original artwork for consideration by a guest curator.

Born in McMinnville, Oregon into a musical family, Carl Annala is an arts professional hailing from the Portland area. He has exhibited his drawings and paintings at various galleries in the NW for over 20 years. He holds a Bachelors of Fine Art in Drawing from Pacific Northwest College of Art and a Masters of Fine Art in Painting from Portland State University. Annala is currently a Cultural Arts Program Supervisor at the Walters Cultural Arts Center in Hillsboro where he is the gallery director/curator. Jeweler, writer, dancer and rock star are all titles he has enjoyed in the past.

On the Docent Wall: Stirling Gorsuch

Spring Unveiling: The Motherhood Show.
April 28-May 30
Reception on Saturday, April 30, 6-8 pm

The Cannon Beach Gallery is pleased to be hosting a dynamic exhibition, the Motherhood Show, featuring North West artists Nikki McClure, Liz Haley and Sophia Pfaff-Shalmiyev; as part of Cannon Beach's Spring Unveiling Festival the last weekend in April. The exhibit opens on April 28, with an Artist's Reception on Saturday, April 30 between 6-8pm. There will also be a fun loving May Day Mimosa Book Signing with Nikki McClure between 10am -12pm on Sunday.

The Motherhood Show promises to highlight the dynamic artistic abilities of three women who all have ties to the DIY (do-it-yourself) art movement of Olympia, Washington. The most well known of the group, Nikki McClure, creates intricate paper-cut illustrations that celebrate the grace of everyday domestic scenes and nature. McClure's work appears nationally in books, an annual calendar, cards and posters. McClure will be showing 14 original paper-cuts in the Motherhood Show. A fairly recent transplant to Cannon Beach, Oregon from New York City; Sophia Pfaff-Shalmiyev is a self described, "bicoastal feminist artist." Inspired by the many women she has met since moving to Cannon Beach, Pfaff-Shalmiyev aims to capture the ecstatic joy and the humbling vulnerability explored in her series, "Your Love Will Break My Heart," which includes photography and mixed media works.

Born in Russia in 1978, Pfaff-Shalmiyev immigrated to New York City in 1990 and then attended college at the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. In Olympia, she deepened her interest in feminist politics and art, joined bands, wrote fanzines and curated art shows that explored the validity of confessional and confrontational narrative.

Another recent transplant to the coast, Liz Haley, is living in Seaside, Oregon with her young family. Born as the youngest of six children in 1972, Haley is equally inspired by the concepts of community and escape. An artist, filmmaker, musician and curator, Haley's work has been widely exhibited, including at the Anthology of Film Archive, New York; the Miami Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Center of Contemporary Art, Seattle. In 2005, she co-founded Valentines, an art, music and performance space in Old Town, Portland, Oregon. Haley will be showing a series of photo-collages and drawings.


Above: Source, Nikki McClure


Above: Your Love Will Break My Heart, Sophia Pfaff-Shalmiyev

Above: Space Homestead, Liz Haley

Current Exhibit:
Under 18 Regional Art Show
April 2 - April 28, 2011
Reception on Saturday, April 2, 6-8 pm

The Cannon Beach Gallery will be hosting a regional youth art show entitled Under 18, from April 2 - April 28, 2011, presenting student artwork from schools stretching from Rockaway Beach to Seaside, Oregon. The show was inspired by the desire to highlight the creative talents of young people along the coast and the importance of art in our communities and schools.


Above: Art by Nick Burns, Nehalem Elementary

As Above, So Below: The Astrology Show
Featuring Liza Jones and Claudia Johnson
March 5 - March 31, 2011
Opening Reception, March 5, 6-8PM.

The Cannon Beach Gallery will be hosting a new exhibit in March; As Above, So Below: The Astrology Show. The exhibition will feature two artists based out of Manzanita, Oregon; Liza Jones and Claudia Johnson.

A well known northwest print maker, Liza Jones will be showing both etchings and pastels based on the Chinese Zodiac and Western Astrology.

A graduate of Princeton Seminary, Claudia Johnson has led classes and workshops in astrology, as well as other programs based in transformation. In addition, Johnson is known for her whimsical mixed media collages featuring such cultural archetypes as Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, the Tin Man and Charlie Chaplin paired with the constellations in vibrant compositions. The exhibit will include a juried component, also based on the theme of Astrology, that will be curated by Portland based astrologer, Carol Ferris. The Juried Show Program at the Cannon Beach Gallery is one of the unique programs that the CBAA offers for both local and regional artists, both emerging and professional.


Taurus Box, Claudia Johnson

Form and Function: Neo-Traditional Art Reclaiming Intimacy in a Global Community
An Invitational Show, Feb. 3 - 28

The Cannon Beach Gallery is pleased to announce that it will be featuring a group show entitled Form and Function, Neo-Traditional Art: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Global Community during the month of February. The show will run from February 3 - February 28, with an Artist Reception on Saturday, Feb. 5 from 6-8PM; and features an exciting array of Oregon artists working in clay, fiber and glass.

The artists for the show are Richard Rowland, Randy McClelland, David Campiche (who will all be exhibiting Anagama fired clay work); Jamie Boyd and John Clark (glass fritz painting); Marchi Wierson (felted jewelry and objects); Julie Reisner (traditional ceramic vessels); Donna Crispin-Sakamoto (woven cedar wall hangings); and Mark Terry (pit fired figures).

In addition, there will be a Valentine Weekend trunk show featuring the Marchi Wierson and her fabulous felted creations on February 12 and 13 from 10-12pm each day.


"Self-portrait," by John Clark, glass fritz painting.


A Mark Terry figurative piece.


"Happy with Gift," Mark Terry with his anagama-fired figure; Terry is a professor at George Fox University.


A piece by artist Randy McClelland.

An All Juried Show
January 8 - 31, 2011

The Cannon Beach Gallery is pleased to announce that it's first exhibit of the new year will be an All Juried Show curated by Astoria artist and Clatsop Community College instructor, Kristin Shauck. The exhibit will feature original pieces in all media and opens on Saturday, January 8 with an Artists' Reception from 6-8 pm. which is open to the public. Light refreshments will be served and many of the artists will be in attendance, along with guest juror Shauck.

Kristin Shauck holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting and drawing from Baylor University in Waco, Texas (1989) and a Masters of Fine Arts degree in painting and drawing from Texas A&M Commerce (1993). Having taught at the college level in both Texas and South Dakota for over a decade, she is currently in her seventh academic year teaching painting, drawing, and design at Clatsop Community College in Astoria, where she also serves as founding director of Au Naturel: the Nude in the 21st Century, and annual international competition of figurative art. She has exhibited her own artwork in various regional and national exhibitions as well as internationally in England, Japan, and India.

Annual Volunteer Show
Dec. 9 - Jan 3

The show opens on December 9 and runs through January 3, 2011 with an Artist's Reception on Saturday, December 11 from 6-8PM. Volunteers are the life blood of the not-for-profit Cannon Beach Arts Association, an arts and culture organization that is entering its twenty fifth year in 2011!

As a special promotion, any gallery patron who purchases $75 or more during the month of December will receive a free CBAA tote bag. A logo, designed by Drenda Duff, featuring a raven and the famous Haystack Rock grace the canvas bags that normally retails for $12.

Current Exhibit:
25th Annual Miniatures Show with Amulets and Talismans
November 6 - December 6, 2010

Opening Reception and Raffle Drawing: Saturday, November 6, 6-8 pm

The Cannon Beach Gallery will be hosting its 25th Annual Juried Miniatures Show, which will feature Amulets and Talismans by jewelers Elizabeth Pattison and Lisa Kerr. The guest juror for this event is sustainable architect, Tom Bender from Manzanita, Oregon.



Image: Lisa Kerr, Sea Fever Design



The Raffle Drawing will be held at 8pm on November 6th for Sharon Amber's Australian Opal Pendant, (valued at $2,000, see image below) which the artist donated to the CBAA to raise money for its Annual Artist Grant Program.



Every year, the CBAA selects one outstanding artist from the Cannon Beach community to complete a project with the help of a $3,000 grant.

Artists Lisa Kerr and Elizabeth Pattison are among the Cannon Beach Gallery's regular jewelers. Both artists have focused their incredible talents to create a group of Amulets and Talismans.

In addition, artists from all over the Northwest submit work to the Annual Miniatures show, which is a juried event.

All of the artwork in the show is 6"x6" or smaller and includes a variety of media.

Ecola: Landscape of the Whale
October 1 - November 1, 2010

Illustrations, Stitchings, and Remembrances by Sally Lackaff with a Juried Show and Reading by Local Authors

October 2, 6-8 PM:
Artist Reception

October 9, 7 PM:
Reading

The Cannon Beach Arts Association will be hosting a reading and art show at the Cannon Beach Gallery with theme of Ecola: Landscape of the Whale in collaboration with the Ecola Creek Awareness Project during the month of October, 2010. The art show, which opens on October 1 - November 1, with an artist's reception on Saturday, October 2 from 6-8 PM features illustrations and stitchings by Sally Lackaff as well as a juried show. The reading on Saturday, October 9 at 7 PM will feature Tricia Gates-Brown and Peter Lindsey.



Nestled into the watershed of Ecola Creek, Cannon Beach has a rich ecosystem and history of community that is the basis of Sally Lackaff's new body of work. Born to a Cannon Beach family and returning as a young adult, the town and its environs were a pivotal shaping force in her life and career as an artist. Her new work ties elements of her own personal history in the town together with her fascination, as an amateur naturalist, in the populace of faunae centered around and nurtured by Ecola Creek.

The paths of Ecola (Whale) Creek and its tributaries, when seen from the air, form a shape resembling, discernibly, the head of a Grey whale. The yearly migrations of the whales, and the historical instance of the Lewis and Clark Expedition's visit to the native village at the mouth of the creek to view a whale's remains, have always been significant elements of Cannon Beach's makeup. Ecola Creek is an even more vital component of the region's biodiversity and allure. Designated the Landscape of the Whale, there is currently local work afoot (spearheaded by ECAP) to honor the influence of the creek on Cannon Beach's culture and atmosphere, through the enhancement and construction of a series of trails along and near the water's route. The aim is to quietly showcase the calm, essential beauty of the creek as it weaves its way down to its estuary with the ocean.

Sally Lackaff's new artworks entwine memories of departed friends and family, scavenged fabrics, wood and metal, and multi-media to illustrate some of the small and large lovely things that make up the Landscape of the Whale.

September 10 - 28, 2010: Small Portraits Group Show

The work of eleven Oregon artists will be featured in a new show at the Cannon Beach Gallery entitled, Small Portraits. The exhibit will run from September 10-September 28, 2010 with an opening reception on Saturday, September 11 between 6-8 PM. The event is free and open to the public, appetizers and libations will be served.

The Small Portraits show will showcase printmakers, photographers, painters, and the three dimensional work of Anagama Kiln artist, Richard Rowland. The other artists in the show are Don Frank, Timothy Pietsch, Zemula Fleming, Susan C. Walsh, Liza Jones, Deanne Johnson, Angelle Soans, Harold Hutchinson, Nancy Prior and Nicole Rawlins. The portraits will be of real and imaginary people and pets.


"Ralfie," Susan C. Walsh, oil on canvas, 2010


"Jenny," Don Frank, photograph, 2010

August 6 - September 7, 2010: Vessels, Wood Cuts, Monotypes, and Etchings

The August art show, Vessels, Wood Cuts, Monotypes, and Etchings, will provide the "set" for the production. The show features nine regional artists: Susan Walsh, Liza Jones, Paul Miller, Claudia Johnson, Manda Beckett, Stephan LeFlar, Mark Perry, Donna Crispin-Sakamoto and Kathleen Kanas. Reception: Saturday, August 7 from 6-8PM.


Basket, Donna Crispin-Sakamoto, featured August artist

June 26-August 2, 2010: Sea Creatures, An All Juried Show Curated by Jennifer Zika of the Portland Art Museum's Rental Sales Gallery

Reception, was Saturday June 26, 6-8 PM and included a special fundraising event, a Gourmet Cake Walk and Wine Basket Raffle. Eleven Cannon Beach chefs donated amazing deserts for an old fashioned cake walk fundraiser.

Collage/Print, Claudia Johnson, Title: Cetus--Is that you?

On the Docent Wall from June 22 - July 12, 2010
Janet Bland: A Sense of Place

These paintings are part of a series called "Sense of Place," painted within a few miles of where I live on the North Coast. This is a dynamic area, bold and beautiful, a changing environment, dominated by water - rivers, streams, lakes, estuaries, wetlands, and the Pacific Ocean.

My paintings are a conversation - between the paint, the place and the day. I work in paint - and I want the viewer to know that. The painting is in the canvas. My task is to pull it out. It can resist and hide. Work it and it starts to reveal itself. Some paintings uncover easily; others, it takes time. The image is not placed on the canvas from elsewhere, but comes out of the canvas as I work and look. The paintings encourage looking - at ourselves, at our surroundings.

There is an importance in what you see each day - here, the moist coastal light, the ocean, the beach, the tide and clouds - such regular occurrences, so dependable, so different, always a surprise.

--Janet Bland

Random Scraps of Fabric: A Green-Inspired Fashion Show - June 3rd

The Bonny Gorsuch Fashion Show was held at the Coaster Theater at 7PM on Thursday, June 3, 2010 displaying garments and accessories all created from 100% recycled textiles and fabrics. Oregon current events used as subject matter and basis for the garments. All garments were on display at the Cannon Beach Gallery from June 5-20.

Birds of a Feather: April 29-May 31

Susan Keizer and Cornelia Schulz from April 1-26

Susan Keizer's work, shown over the last 30 years in California and Oregon, can be described as expressive narrative using line as a structural device while addressing the drawing/painting dichotomy. This melding of drawing and painting goes hand in hand within the context of containment and expansion that characterizes her work. In recent years, there has been a greater focus on works on paper, as either paintings or monotypes.

Cornelia Schulz is a painter who has lived and worked in the Bay Area for over thirty years. She has exhibited both regionally and nationally since 1962 with an occasional hiatus where other involvements took precedence in her life. Her work addresses issues of abstraction, light, space, pattern, surface tension and relationship. The bold perimeters of Schulz's paintings matched with the intricate and refined surfaces, result in an engaging dialogue between grand modernist ideals and reflective, personal reverie.

Resurfacing -- Susan Keizer


Carryon, Cornelia Shulz

Water:  A Group Show at the Cannon Beach - March 4 - March 29, 2010

The Cannon Beach Gallery hosted a group show with the theme of Water from March 4 - March 29.  Six Oregon artists interpreted the theme of Water in their chosen media.  Cannon Beach artists Cory Burnett and Richard Gorsuch had photographs and paintings on display; Manzanita area artists Paul Miller and Susan Walsh exhibited prints, while Tori Williams had his concrete sculptural fountains on display; Portland area artist Jerry Hise had mixed media work in the exhibit.

Cory Burnett, photograph, Water, 2010


Susan Walsh, Dark Waters, reduction color woodcut

Richard Gorsuch, Oil Painting, Needles, 2009

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