Kaseberg at Art in the High Desert

Artists setting up for Art in the High Desert in Bend, Oregon.

A village rises on the banks of the Deschutes River in Bend as Art in the High Desert comes together for three days. This is where Cameron Kaseberg spent  most of his time between August 21st and 24th, 2014. Loving every minute!

As a board member and an exhibiting artist, he sees the show from both sides and considers himself very fortunate to be a part of Central Oregon's premier juried fine art festival. The show is produced by artists, for artists, and art patrons and draws top artists from across North America. 

The artists village for three days along the Deschutes River. 

Art in the High Desert was the first art festival Cameron had ever juried for and the first he participated in. "I did not sell a single piece my first show, but I had such a great experience that I immediately applied to a bunch more shows.... and got in," he says. So began Cameron's life on the road for the last seven years, traveling between Texas and northern Washington state throughout the summer. 

"Art festivals aren't for every artists," he says, "but I have had a great time, learned so much, and met so many amazing people that I would not trade these last seven years for anything."

Cameron Kaseberg with his booth at

Art in the High Desert 2014 in Bend, Oregon.

If you have not been to a juried outdoor fine art festival, Cameron would surely encourage you to. "Wether an art lover or an artist, it is worth the time to seek out a quality show near you and explore, experience, and soak it all in," he said grinning. He told us that as an exhibiting artist, the work is hard, the hours long, and that some shows are more rewarding financially than others. But he was serious when he told us he would not trade the experience for anything. 

To learn more about Art in the High Desert visit http://www.artinthehighdesert.com. TO dig a little deeper into Cameron's art and life visit his website at http://kaseberg.com and follow him on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/KasebergDesign.

Solvent in Sunriver

Artist Cameron Kaseberg Joins Sunriver Gallery

Fresh off his recent appearance on Oregon Public Broadcasting’s (OPB) Oregon ArtBeat, Central Oregon artist Cameron Kaseberg has joined the Artist’sGallery Sunriver.  The Sunriver Gallery is a Cooperative gallery showcasing the fine arts and crafts of thirty Central Oregon artists in the heart of the Sunriver Village. 

The solvent transfer process brought to prominence in the 1950’s by Robert Rauschenberg, but has since been relatively obscure. Kaseberg has been exploring, playing with and redefining the process since his college days. The work involves combining his original photographs and graphics (he is also a graphic designer) with dissolved magazine inks, watercolor pigments and other media through an image transfers process using solvents.

Over the course of the last nine years, Kaseberg has been making a name for himself through Pacific NW gallery exhibits, nationally recognized art festivals throughout the western United States, as well as giving back to the community through service with Art in the High Desert, the Smith Rock Paint Out, and the Redmond Commission for Art in Public Places. “Being featured on OPB’s Oregon Art Beat is an honor, a reward, and an experience I can’t really explain,” says Kaseberg. “I found something that I love to do and took that leap of faith in sharing it with others.” His sharing is indeed paying off with collectors across the United States and Europe adding his work to their collections.

“The Artists’ Gallery Sunriver will be a great Central Oregon location for my work and I am looking forward to spending time at the gallery meeting people,” Added Kaseberg. “That personal contact is one of the aspects of art festivals I love so much.”  Susan Harkness-Williams, an artist herself and member of the gallery said "I own several of Cameron's pieces and his unique art will be a joy for the Gallery to share."

The Artist’s Gallery Sunriver is located 57100 Beaver Drive, Bldg. 19 in the Village at Sunriver, OR. For hours please call 541-593-4382 or visit www.artistsgallerysunriver.com. For more information on Cameron’s work visit www.kaseberg.com and view the Oregon Art Beat segment at http://www.opb.org/television/programs/artbeat/segment/artist-cameron-kaseberg.

Through Redmond to Oregon Art Beat

Artist Cameron Kaseberg Makes Oregon Art Beat

Redmond artist Cameron Kaseberg has been pushing, playing with and refining the art of solvent transfer since his college days. It has been an exploration of the process brought to prominence in the 1950’s by Robert Rauschenberg. For Oregon Public Broadcasting it was a unique process and story that will air January 30^th on OPB’s Oregon Art Beat.

For Cameron, the Oregon Art Beat story began at the very first Art in the High Desert festival (Bend’s nationally ranked fine art festival) and the first art festival he had ever done.  There, Cameron met artists who had been featured on Oregon Art Beat. “I was in awe,” he says. “It is a rare Oregon artist whom does not dream of being featured on Oregon Art Beat, and at that festival it became mine, too” he adds. Oregon Art Beat is an Emmy award-winning weekly television series produced by OPB. It profiles artists of all genres, and suggests upcoming events in the Oregon community.

From left to right: Ted Cutler (Audio tech, Oregon Art Beat),
Tom Shrider (Videographer/Editor, Oregon Art Beat),
Katrina Sarson (Oregon Art Beat Co-Host/Producer),
Cameron Kaseberg (artist).

The reality of Cameron’s dream began unfolding in May of 2013 with an unexpected call from Katrina Sarson, a producer for Oregon Art Beat.  Katrina had seen Cameron’s work on the Art in the High Desert website and was intrigued by the process. Within two weeks Katrina and the Oregon Art Beat crew arrived in Redmond to begin filming Cameron’s story. “I was a nervous wreck,” he said, “but the moment they walked in the door all of my trepidation vanished. They were amazing.” He said. Filming took place in Cameron’s home where he works, with a trip to Smith Rock State Park where he sometimes hikes and photographs material for his art.  “In one day we shot elements of every step in the process of making one of my pieces,” Cameron explained. “From photographing at Smith Rock all the way through editing images and putting the final piece together. The last bits of filming were shot as I was setting up for Art in the High Desert to sell my work” he added. 

The Oregon Art Beat episode will air Thursday, January 30^th at 8:00 p.m. on OPB. For more information on Cameron’s work visit www.kaseberg.com or through the High Desert Art League website. To learn more about Oregon Art Beat, visit http://www.opb.org/programs/artbeat.

Interpretations set to open at St. Charles Medical Center in Bend, Oregon

Sanctuary, Smith Rock Series - Watercolor, 21 x 29
By Cindy Briggs

The High Desert Art League is pleased to announce a new exhibit entitled Interpretations: Working in a series” set to open Tuesday, October 1st in the second floor gallery at St Charles Medical Center in Bend, Oregon.

The members of this group are all accomplished artists who exhibit a wide range of talents in various media. Luminous watercolors, vibrant oils, and pastel paintings are specialties of several members - Vivian Olsen and Cindy Briggs create art in all three media and their subjects range from birds and European scenes to regional landscapes. There is more in the watercolor realm, with the graphic figures and dramatic landscapes by Helen Brown and Jacqueline Newbold. Working in oils, artist Barbara Slater paints large, vivid florals on canvas, and Pam Jersey Bird creates colorful experiences of nature in her semi-abstract mixed media paintings. Janice Rhodes uses hot wax as her medium creating encaustic paintings.  Richard Frederick is a fine art photographer, producing both black & white and color images.  Cameron Kaseberg uses a solvent transfer process to combine inks and images from various printed media as well as his own photos and graphics, chemically dissolving them and transferring the images onto a new surface. Pat Clark produces abstract images using a variety of skills, including the techniques of relief printing, embossment, chine collé, mixed media, and drawing. David Kinker is known for his larger mural and also for his colorful acrylic paintings.  Joren Traveller is our 3-dimensional artist, and creates bronze sculptors of horses and birds.

The exhibition opens October 1^st and runs through December 31st, 2013 at St. Charles Hospital, located at 2500 NE Neff Road in Bend. You can find the gallery space on the second floor near the cafeteria.

Artist Spotlight: Cameron Kaseberg

Cameron Kaseberg

Cameron Kaseberg has been described as the artist who has taken the solvent transfer process of image making further than any artist working today. He has developed the once obscure process, brought to prominence in the 1950s by Robert Rauschenberg, to new levels of expressiveness.

From his earliest memories, Cameron has been involved in the creative and artistic world in one aspect or another. From finger painting and stitchery as a youngster, to a lifelong fascination with photography and digital imaging.

His interest in photography took him on a wonderful journey beginning with a job as teenager copying old photographs in the darkroom at Mel O’s Camera shop in The Dalles, followed by classes at the University of Minnesota and a stint as newspaper staff photographer at Lewis and Clark College. His photography brought him ribbons and awards, images published on magazine covers, time spent with friends and a great deal of satisfaction.

"Tall Tales" Solvent Transfer on clayboard

It was after Lewis and Clark College and the University of Minnesota that he found his place at Portland State University.  With guidance and mentoring from friend and professor, Robert Kasal, Cameron made his way to the Bachelors Degree in graphic design. In a drawing class taught by Mel Katz at Portland State Cameron discovered a new creative experience; the solvent transfer process. This was a new way of combining his background in photographic imagery with his desire for artistic expression.

 The solvent transfer process involves "borrowing" inks and subject matter from various printed media as well as his own photos and graphics, chemically dissolving them and transferring the image onto a new surface. Much as a photographer can manipulate the camera image in many ways, the solvent transfer can be changed, arranged, composed and continually altered to express the artist's aims. Additional treatment with drawing or painting techniques may contribute to the uniqueness of each of Kaseberg's works. Although called transfer prints, each is one-of-a-kind.

"The Story Tree" Solvent Transfer on clayboard (box)

In Northwest regional exhibits and at national art fairs, Kaseberg's works have been received with enthusiasm for their inventiveness and as expressions of human sensibilities. Today Cameron exhibits in galleries and travels the west coast exhibiting and selling his solvent transfer work at juried fine art festivals, which allows him to meet and interact with those that collect his work.  He continues to explore the solvent transfer process and draws inspiration for his work from his life experiences and those he interacts with.

Cameron on the art festival circuit.

What Kaseberg expresses in his work is based on his background of having been raised on a ranch in Eastern Oregon, having been educated in excellent schools and having lived long enough to reflect on life through his art work in ways that seem to appeal to the many who collect his work.

Work with community art organizations has also had a lasting impact on Cameron's artwork as well as personally. In 2009 Cameron was invited to join the High Desert Art League, professional artists' group working to support the advancement of its member artists through exhibitions, education and related outreach. That same year Cameron was appointed to the Redmond Commission for Art in Public Places, working to introduce art into select public locations and situations in order to create a unique sense of place and enhance the community identity of Redmond, Oregon. He gained an inside view of the art festival world when he joined the Art in the High Desert board of directors in 2010, a fine art festival in Bend, Oregon.

To learn more about Cameron's artwork and exhibition schedule visit www.kaseberg.com. For more information on his work in graphic design visit www.kasebergdesign.com.