Janet Bland & Pam Greene: Plein Air Paintings July 2 - July 27, 2009 and opening reception July 3, 6-8pm.

The Cannon Beach Gallery will be featuring the landscape work of painters Janet Bland and Pam Greene from July 2 – July 27, 2008 with an opening reception on Friday, July 3 from 6-8PM. Both artists work in the plein air tradition of setting their easels up outside to paint directly from nature. The paintings in this show will feature the North Coasts majestic landscape.

Pam Greene is based out of Portland and Manzanita, Oregon. As a former botanist, Greene understands the landscape as both a naturalist and an artist. When she is not working out of her studio on Neahkahnie Mountain, she is often outside painting plein air at Oswald West or Ecola State Park.

Greene is influenced by traditional Asian painting techniques that she translates into her own style of expressionist impressionism in large scale oil paintings. She is known for her compositions of waves that re reminiscent of Japanese woodblock prints.

Greene says that she enjoys capturing the windblown Sitka Spruce as they frame views of the dramatic coastal cliffs of the North Oregon Coast. Driftwood arranged along the shoreline is another favorite subject of her work.

Artist Janet Bland is based out of Gearhart, Oregon where she finds inspiration from the local landscape. The paintings that she will be showing are part of a series called “A Sense of Place,” which were painted within a few miles of her home.

Bland said that her paintings are a conversation – between the paint, the place and the day. “This is a dynamic area, bold and beautiful, a changing environment, dominated by water – rivers, streams, lakes, estuaries, wetlands, and the Pacific Ocean,” Bland added. Bland’s work was chosen for the last two “Au Naturel, The Nude in the 21st Century, shows at Clatsop Community College. More information about Pam Greene can be found on her website www.pamgreene.com.

Janet Bland - "Bird Rocks"


Pam Greene - "Hidden Cove, Oswald West"

"For the Birds" The Cannon Beach Gallery will be hosting a group exhibition for this show, from June 4 - June 29, 2009 with an opening reception on Saturday, June 6 from 6-8 pm.

The featured artists are Tim Peitsch, Dmitri Swain, Brian Cameron, Samuel Harmon, Diane Speakman, Elizabeth Pattison, and Justin L'Amie.

Other events happening at the Cannon Beach Gallery in June include a book signing from 10-4 on Saturday,June 13 with the author of One Night In Frogtown, Philip Pelletier. On Saturday, June 20, jeweler Kate Thurston will be in the gallery for a trunk show from 10-4. On Saturday, June 27, artist Janet Bland will be participating in a Plein Air art event in which artists will be setting up their easels around town and painting from the landscape. The Cannon Beach Gallery is open Thursday - Monday from 10-4 PM. For more information, call 503-436-0744 or