Smith Rock Paint Out

The High Desert Art League and Smith Rock State Park have come together to create an event celebrating the creativity of the human spirit and the spectacular beauty of Central Oregon's Smith Rock! On June 22, 2013, come experience amazing scenery, geography, and wildlife of Smith Rock State Park. Join us for the Smith Rock paint Out and participate as an artist of simply see it through the artist’s eye as artists create works of beauty as you watch!

Known for it's world-famous rock climbing, Smith Rock State Park is also host to many miles of hiking and mountain bike trails, the meandering Crooked River and views of the volcanic peaks of Oregon’s Cascade Range. Come experience spectacular scenery, geography, and wildlife.  Bring a picnic and explore the park, enjoy free family art activities and artist demonstrations. Along your trip through the canyon, you might see golden eagles, prairie falcons, mule deer, river otter and beaver. A wonderful setting for artists, photographers and nature lovers of all kinds. 

Bring the family and get creative with the Art Station's free family art activities, watch artist demonstrations, listen to a Park Ranger talk on the history, geology and wildlife of the park. Watch and visit with artists as they create and see which works are awarded the Rangers Choice Awards and which move on to the juried exhibition at Redmond's Roberts Field following the event, June 25th through August 18th, 2013.

Artists working in 2-D media (that can be created from start to finish in the park in the allotted time) are invited to participate in this unique plein-air opportunity. The price is right (FREE) and it is a snap to register. Registration and participation information can be found on our website at http://www.smithrockpaintout.com/artist-registration-2/.

Teamwork and great partners make events like this work. We are grateful to have these great organizations and businesses come together making the Smith Rock Paint Out a wonderful cultural family event. Thank you to The Art Station and Arts Central, Roberts Field – Redmond Municipal Airport, Cascade A&E and Redmond Commission for Art in Public Places.

June 22, 2013 - Schedule:

8:00 am – 8:45 am: Registration
8:45 am  – 9:00 am: Welcome and Artist’s Orientation
9:00 am – 1:30 pm: Plein-Air Paint Out
9:00 am – 11:00 am: Family Art Activities
9:00 am – 11:00 am: Artist Demonstrations
11:00 am – Ranger Presentation
2:30 pm – Awards and Closing Remarks

Smith Rock State Park is located at 9241 NE Crooked River Dr. near Terrebonne, Oregon.

For more information:
http://www.smithrockpaintout.com/
https://www.facebook.com/SmithRockPaintOut
http://www.oregonstateparks.org/index.cfm?do=parkPage.dsp_parkPage&parkId=36

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.