Call To Artists: Smith Rock Paint Out 2015

The 3^rd Annual Smith Rock Paint Out and competition takes place June 20, 2015 at Smith Rock State Park, one of Central Oregon’s most spectacular locations. Artists of all levels are invited to participate. Registration, awards and participation information can be found www.smithrockpaintout.com. Pre-registration is strongly encouraged. The event is followed by a juried exhibition at Roberts Field/Redmond Municipal Airport June 23 through August 23, 2015. 

Central Oregon Artist and the Barnyard Boss

Oil Painters of America 2014 Western Regional Exhibition

Central Oregon artist Barbara Slater has been accepted into the Oil Painters of America 2014 Western

Regional Exhibition with her oil painting entitled "Barnyard Boss,” 30x30 on gallery wrap canvas. The show is being hosted by Mountainsong Galleries, located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. Paintings will hang from August 30 through September 30, 2014. 

The Oil Painters of America (OPA) is a national organization dedicated to the preservation of representational art. The Juror of Awards for this regional show is internationally renowned master painter Marilyn Simandle.  There are a total of 107 paintings that have been selected from entries submitted from 27 eligible states and provinces. What the juror is looking for is confidence in the handling of paint, composition, design, color, value, movement; an overall looking at paint manipulation and how edges are done.

A member of the Oil Painters of America, the California Art Club and the High Desert Art League, Barbara is represented by galleries in Utah and Oregon and has collectors throughout the United States. Barbara had a thirty-five year career in education. She was also a children’s book illustrator and an advertising and graphic design artist.

Wildlife Exhibit at the Sunriver Library

PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURES   

by artists Vivian Olsen and Joren Traveller

The artists - Joren and Vivian, Secretary and President of the High Desert Art League

Vivian hanging "Raven Outside the Box"
 one of her 12 paintings - Oils and Pastels

Helen Brown, HDAL Treasurer and Library art curator,
and Joren hang one of her many Sculptures,
both bronzes and ceramics

The exhibit will be on display from Jan. 25 to March 29, 2014

WILDLIFE ART - Paintings and Sculptures

Two HDAL Members Exhibit at Sunriver Library

Ravens, owls, and antelope . . . and maybe an occasional horse, too . . . are the subjects depicted by artists Vivian Olsen and Joren Traveller. Both artists are members of the High Desert Art League. Their exhibit opened at the Sunriver Area Library January 25th and will stay up until March 29th.

Vivian paints from her studio in Eagle Crest, Oregon and exhibits her artwork regularly throughout the Northwest in group shows with the High Desert Art League or in solo exhibits. Her artwork may be viewed on her websites:   www.vivianolsen.com and www.highdesertartleague.com. She is President of the High Desert Art League, and a member of Oil Painters of America, and American Women Artists.

Joren Traveller is a sculptor and painter. Sculpting in bronze has been her favorite medium but she has expanded her interest to include hand built ceramic sculpture and also does animal portraits by commission. Her artwork may be viewed on her websites: www.jorentraveller.com and www.highdesertartleague.com. She is a member of the Red Chair Gallery in Bend and also a member and Secretary of the High Desert Art League.