Video of K. Ikeda's "Face Fruits and Leaves and Branches of the Tree Exhibition"

Kanetaka Ikeda "Face Fruits and Leaves and Branches of the Tree of Life" sculpture art installation at Blackfish Gallery, December 2010.

Mario Caoile paintings at Blackfish, Dec 2010

 Mario Caoile recent work at Blackfish. Interviewed by Kanetaka Ikeda.

Small works group show, Dec 2010

In the back room space of Blackfish

Installation views, Dec 2010

Installation & panoramic views, Dec 2010
Kanetaka Ikeda - Face Fruits and Leaves and Branches of the Tree of Life
Mario Caoile - Recent paintings

Barbara Black & Angela Passalacqua, Nov 2010

Barbara Black paintings 'Dreams'




Angela Passalacqua paintings 'Honeyed Moon'

Panoramic pictures, Nov 2010

Barbara Black

Angela Passalacqua

Robert Shotola in backroom

Video >> Shotola at the opening

Barbara Conyne video interview>> Enlightened Ladies

Michael Knutson, Oct 2010

Michael Knutson, October 2010

M. Knutson 1 of 2
'Translucent Fields & Cubic Knots'



M. Knutson 2 of 2
'Translucent Fields & Cubic Knots'

Judith Wyss & Christopher Shotola-Hardt, Sept 2010

Christopher Shotola-Hardt





Judith Wyss

August 2010 exhibits

Blackfish at Gallery 110 in Seatttle




Gallery 110 at Blackfish

Ellen Goldschmidt & recent grads art opening, July 2010

Ellen Goldschmidt



Recent grads art opening

Stephan Soihl kinetic sculpture 'time-variable volumes'

Stephan Soihl talks about his kinetic sculpture. Videotaped by Priscilla Carrasco.

Howard Neufeld 'recent prints' and fishbowls june 2010

Howard Neufeld recent prints. Steven Soihl commentary.

Exhibit announcement

a poetics of place

Each painting a place,
And painting a way
Toward a mute poetics
Of Earth. Light. Water. Wind.


An exhibit of oil paintings by
JoEllyn Loehr


June 21 - July 31, 2010
Rotunda Gallery - Barber Library
Central Oregon Community College, Bend OR


Opening reception: 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. Thursday, June 24
(ADA parking in front, visitor parking immediately west of library)
Summer library hours vary; please check COCC website: www.cocc.edu.


www.loehrdesign.com

My work is a blend of painting and drawing.
Paint is used as a drawing medium.
Each painting consists of layers upon layers of drawings, creating a world out of paint itself, becoming more complex over time.

The goal is to make a gestural, intuitive drawing with the lush, sensuous, physical qualities of paint.

Often people see landscapes in the paintings. Though I don’t set out to paint landscapes, I do enjoy back-country walking and looking at aerial photos and maps - especially old ordnance surveys and topographic maps. So having landforms show up in the paintings is not surprising.

Abstract visual art is unmediated experience.

"Any awareness is an increment to consciousness,
an added light, a reinforcement of psychic coherence . . .
There is a growth of being in every instance of awareness."
Gaston Bachelard
Poetics of Reverie

Greg Conyne sculpture 'Flora'

David Selleck paintings 'Still somewhat crazy'

Reading

Susan Rothenberg, in an interview, says that she spends 90% of her time in the studio reading. Back when I was neck-deep in my thesis project, a friend recommended the P.J. O'Brien series of 20-some novels, which carried me through that process.

So I'm curious. Are there other Blackfishers who read as part of your art-making project - either for relaxation/escape or as part of your source material? And what do you read?

I'm drawn to long novels or series that I can get totally immersed in. I've read the O'Brien series twice and will probably do it again in a couple of years. Dickens is good, and Austen too. Lately I've begun the Your Face Tomorrow trilogy, but it is much slower-going.

Sometimes poetry is like a welcome blast of cold air clearing out the cobwebs, as effective as a run around the block - Christian Wiman, William Stafford, William Meredith, Mary Oliver. Lately I've started Wiman's book, Ambition and Survival - On Becoming a Poet. Reading about someone else's creative process is usually pretty instructive, and writers are better at describing it than visual artists are.

If you have favorite books and authors, please - share!

Blog

Blog test!! After much e-angst in getting set up (thank you, Mario, for your patience and perseverance), perhaps I'm blogging at Blackfish?

blackfish retreat 2010

blackfish members meet at bob's for their annual retreat

Welcome JoEllyn to the Blackfish Blog

I hope the two of us can start an art dialog that others at the gallery will join. We as out of town members miss the impromptu visits to the gallery. Because of this I think we miss the chance to interact with other artists other than at the monthly meetings.

Perhaps the blog can be used as a platform of what's going on in our studios, what we are thinking about as we work, and what goals we set for ourselves. I'm not sure how we could handle a studio critique, but maybe we could post an image and invite comments.

These past couple of weeks, I who am a oil/brush purist, discovered the small rollers at the hardware store. I have been rolling on layers upon layers of color on about 8 canvases. I'm not sure where this will lead, but the Colorfield experience has, so far, been quite satisfying.

Paul Missal & friends again, March 2010

Paul Missal with William Owen & Nancy Lindburg. More info.
Backroom: Palmarin Merges & Julie McNiel
Fishbowl 1: Palmarin Merges
Fishbowl 2: Ann Christenson 'Fling'

Opening slideshow

Steve Tilden, February 2010

Steve Tilden 'Migrating Messages' collaboration with composer Tomas Svoboda and writer Paul Merchant. More info.

'Kindle' window installation by Jim Neidhardt & Kerry Davis
'Urban Aquarium' window installation by Sayuri Sasaki Hemann

Kanetaka Ikeda sculpture & drawings

Kanetaka Ikeda talks about his show of mixed media sculpture and drawings
"Everyday Scenes from Leaves and Branches of the Tree of Life"
January 2010

Drawings by Blackfish artists, January 2010

'Drawings' group show, at opening reception

Drawings group show and Kanetaka Ikeda focus show opening

Opening reception of group show 'Drawings' by Blackfish artists and Kanetaka Ikeda new member focus show at Blackfish Gallery, January 7, 2010. Photos by Helen Koba.