The Emerald Spring Exhibition Blooms in May

Putting Springfield on the Map of the National Art World

By Todd Peterson
For Springfield Connection

Little did Gladys Bacon-Rust know what a success the national juried art show she started three years ago would be today. The Emerald Spring Exhibition at Springfield’s Emerald Art Center this month offers a selection of paintings that any city in the world would be proud to be showing in their art galleries.

Inspired by an annual art show she enjoyed while living in Taos, New Mexico, in 2005 Gladys said “lets do a national juried show” and set about to create it. “There had never had a juried show at the Emerald Art Center and I felt that competition is a great way to encourage artists to hone their skills” she said. “At first I think some artists were intimidated by the process but have since then gotten to understand how being juried can improve your work as an artist.”

Working year-around on the event as a volunteer, Gladys and two other volunteers did all the planning and work on the show for the first two years. “I learned how to do it by the seat of my pants,” she said, “and with a lot of help from other artists at the center. This year I had a wonderful group of eight women artists to work with. I still did most of the money raising and spent untold hours organizing, overseeing, and handling details while incorporating what we've learned from past years. I'm learning to let go and rely on our committee of very talented women with special skills. The results have been amazing!”

The exhibition received a record number of entries from over 200 artists across the nation. It attracted 546 entries from thirty states. The juror selected 55 finalists representing fifteen states. Oregon topped all other states with 22 paintings in the final selection, 11 of which are from artists living in Springfield and surrounding communities.

The juror for the exhibition, Robert Burridge, from Arroyo Grande, California is a fine art painter and teacher who has been an international juror for many art organizations. His colorful works of still life, landscapes, and interiors in watercolor, acrylic, and oil are sold in galleries worldwide. He will be teaching a water media workshop at the art center in January 2009.

“We are very pleased to have such a talented artist serve as our juror,” said Cheryl Leontina, Executive Director of the Emerald Art Center. “He had a very difficult job selecting from the many truly world-class paintings we received this year.”

“I’m so proud of the work Gladys and her committee of volunteers have done to produce the spring exhibition, said Leontina. “They’ve given Springfield, Eugene, and Lane County an extraordinary gift of art that will give everyone who sees the show, I’m sure, a ‘wow’ experience. It’s the only national juried show of its kind in Oregon and, as far as I know, the whole Northwest.”

Among the many awards given to artists in the exhibition are the Joy Woodard Award of Excellence ($2000), Butler Family Gold Medal ($1000), PeaceHealth/US Bank Silver Medal ($750), DariMart Bronze Medal ($500), Sid & Debbie Leiken Award of Distinction ($250), Sanipac People’s Choice Award ($250), and $250 Merit Awards from Sterling Editions, PeaceHealth/US Bank, and the Springfield Chamber of Commerce. In addition, Special Recognition Awards of $100 each are sponsored by Evergreen Title, Vistra Framing, Bess Nobel, Marilyn Stauber, and Gladys Bacon-Rust. Wal-Mart contributed $1000 and Wildish Land Company gave $500 toward the publication of the exhibition catalog and the Springfield Utility Board gave $400 to be used for the reception. LaVelle Vineyard is co-sponsoring the reception by furnishing the wine for the event. Nine other Eugene-Springfield companies have contributed in-kind support for the exhibition.

Through the generosity of Cyd and Casey Woodard of the Woodard Family Foundation, their $5000 per year contribution for seven-years, along with a $500 per year gift for seven years from the Straube family, will assure a well-funded Emerald Spring Exhibition for years to come.

The Emerald Art Center is open from 11 am - 4 pm, Tuesday through Saturday. Phone: 726-8595. There is no charge for art center visitors. Memberships are available for artists, friends, and businesses.

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Emerald Spring Exhibition Events Schedule

April 28th: Art Juror Robert Burridge - Demonstration & Lecture, 7 - 9 pm
April 29th: Exhibition Opens in the Art Center, 11 am - 4 pm
May 3rd: Artists’ Reception & Awards, 5:30 - 7:30 pm
May 30th: Last Day of Exhibition, 11 am - 4 pm
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Photos of Finalists from Springfield, Eugene, and Surrounding Communities

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Lori Keets by Shirley Reade (Springfield)

Morning Light on Rhodies by Bev Partridge (Springfield)


End of A Beautiful Day by Genie Roberts (Springfield)


The Guitar Player by Linda Kaye (Springfield)


Chai by Jerry Dame (Harrisburg)

Bella by Jerry Dame (Harrisburg)

A Cut Above by Lavonne Tarbox-Crone (Eugene)


Garlic Dance by Lavonne Tarbox-Crone (Eugene)


Wolf Stare Down by Nadine Lord (Walterville)


Model and Artist by Sarkis Artikajian (Cheshire)

Julia by Sarkis Artikajian (Cheshire)


Samson in the Field by Vicki Fredericks (Eugene)


Wetland Path by Kate McGee (Eugene)

Sleeping Marina by Bernie Herr (Florence)

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Located in the heart of Springfield’s downtown at 5th & Main, the Emerald Art Center opened in 2002 after year’s of renovating the Gerlach Drug Store in the Sutton Block building dating from 1909. It is the cornerstone for the historical cultural district which includes the Springfield Museum, Wildish Theater, and the Academy of Arts & Academics.

Judith Mason-Macomber

Painting Nature's Beauty to Move Us to Action

By Todd Peterson
For "50 Artists" Series


Judith Mason-Macomber sees beauty in the world and brings that beauty to life in her paintings. She enjoys painting the landscapes she sees from highways on her travels as well as pathways in natural settings locally.

Judith's first work of art was created on a bed sheet in her Evanston, Illinois home, much to her mother's surprise. She used crayons to make a design of fish around the edge of the sheet which she turned into a dirndl skirt.

With lots of encouragement from her teachers in grade school and high school, Judith continued her interest in the arts. She went to theater school at Northwestern University, then moved on to the Illinois Institute of Design where she majored in photography. Judith also studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and was active with the North Shore Art League. She worked as a free-lance photographer and later, after becoming the mother of three daughters, in the advertising field for 18 years.

In 1996, Judith moved to Oregon and began painting landscapes of Oregon with acrylics while also working in other media including pastels, fiber, oils, and watercolor. She immediately joined the Emerald Empire Art Association and soon became co-director and later interim director of the Emerald Art Center. Today, she is secretary of the Board. Judith also served for nine years on the Springfield Arts Commission and was chair for the past several years.

At the age of 75, Judith Mason-Macomber is actively involved and committed to the arts in Springfield. She says "everyone who sees my paintings creates their own meanings." Seeing the patterns and colors in Judith's painting brings the beauty of the world to life for every viewer to experience.

In her own words:

Inspiration To Begin: "My aunt, Alice Kolb Mason, inspired me to begin painting. She painted portraits and flowers with oils. She also did etchings and lithography. I remember Aunt Alice taking me to the Art Institute of Chicago to see an exhibit of Renaissance art during World War II. I discovered Vermeer and loved his painting called, "Allegory of the Painting." I recall the black slits on the back of the painter's shirt, the black and white checkerboard floor, and the woman he was painting."

Important Mentors: "After my Aunt Alice, my grade school teacher, Mr. Scheffler, was very encouraging as were my high school teachers in Evanston. While in design school, Aaron Siskind, Harry Callahan, and later, Harry Bouris influenced me. Artists whose work I admire are Wolf Kahn, Richard Deibenkorn, and the figurative artists working in San Francisco in the 1960's."

Value of Art in Life: "If I'm not making art, I get grumpy and cross! Ideas just come to me. I never plan a painting. I just see it and make a sketch, then paint it. I'd like people who see my paintings to experience the beauty ... the colors ... the life I saw when I was creating the painting."

Her Artist's Legacy: "I hope that my art shows people the extraordinary beauty of the world and how important it is to take action to save it. I want to move people to save the world!"

For more information about Judith Mason-Macomber and to see additional images of her art, visit the art center's website: www.emeraldartcenter.org.

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"Bryce With Pink Sky"

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About The Artist

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois

Arts Education: Illinois Institute of Design (Photography Major)

Media of Choice: Acrylics and pastels

Favorite Place to Do Art: In her home studio

Favorite Subjects To Paint: Landscapes (highways, pathways) and animals

Arts Organizations: Emerald Empire Arts Association (Board Secretary); New Zone Artist Collective (Board Secretary)

Gallery Shows: Emerald Art Center (March/April 2008); New Zone Gallery (Eugene)

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"Canoe Canal - Alton Baker Park"

"Back in the Rain"

"De Chelly Overlook"

Kay King

Weaver of Watercolors

By Todd Peterson
For "50 Artists" Series

Kay King creates colorful abstracts by weaving watercolor paintings together. The resulting "woven watercolors" are a unique combination that surprises and delights viewers of her art.

Kay's watercolor paintings were inspired by a weaving she once saw. Always a lover of combining things, she decided to take two watercolors with a similar palette, cut them into strips, and weave them together to create a new abstract painting. The contrast of the soft watercolors with the hard edge of weaving is striking.

"I learned creativity from teaching," says Kay. She taught science and language arts in both elementary and middle schools for many years in Eugene. Before that, Kay ran a day care center while her children were young. She retired ten years ago and has enjoyed time for traveling, gardening, and illustrating childrens' books. Among the books Kay illustrated with colored pencil art are "Anna Goes Blackberry Picking", "Benji", "Doggy & Kitty Parade", and "The Cabbage, the Wolf, and the Goat."

Having recently joined the Emerald Art Center and displayed her work in the gallery in February, Kay describes herself as an "old artist, newly out." Her abstract acrylic paintings and woven watercolors sold briskly at the show's opening.

With a laugh and smile, Kay King says, "I create abstracts because I'm petrified of being trite!" Without a doubt, the direction she has taken with her art has moved Kay's artistic creations far away from "trite" and much closer to her heart's "awakened" muse.

In her own words:

Inspiration To Begin: "I remember always looking closely at things when I was a kid. That way of 'looking' continues to get me started. And I like combining things. That's what inspired my woven watercolors."

Important Mentors: "Marji DeBuse mentored me on the subject of creativity. She teaches a creative problem-solving class at the U. of O. Among the masters, I appreciate Miro, Klee, and Picasso. I also love the work of Andrew Wyeth."

Value of Art in Her Life: "It's a focus for me ... a context in which I live. Creating art makes me 'be awake'. For people who see my art, I hope they see something they haven't seen before ... something that surprises them!"

Her Artist's Legacy: "My legacy lives in the many kids I have taught over the years ... in their sense of awe as they look at our incredible world. And especially in the art of my two sons who are both very creative."

For more information about Kay King and other artists interviewed for this series, visit the blog: www.emeraldartcenter.blogspot.com and the art center's website: www.emeraldartcenter.org.

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"Particle Wave" by Kay King

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About The Artist

Birthplace: Uniontown, Pennsylvania

Arts Education: Seton Hill University (B.A - Fine Arts)

Media of Choice: No preference (use watercolors, acrylics, colored pencils)

Favorite Place to Do Art: In her home studio

Favorite Subjects To Paint: Abstracts

Arts Organizations: Emerald Empire Arts Association (Education Committee)

Gallery Shows: Emerald Art Center (February 2008)
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"Before Time" by Kay King



"Icarus Path" by Kay King



"Aloft" by Kay King

Marjorie Sutton: Celebrating life in her realistic paintings

50 Artists: 50 Years of Art in Springfield
Celebrating arts and culture in our community

Featured in The Springfield Beacon (February 13, 2008)

By Todd Peterson
Springfield Beacon

Marjorie Sutton
Celebrating life in her realistic paintings

Marjorie Sutton is an energetic woman who loves life and has lots of painting she wants to do. At the age of 83, she feels "young and raring to go on the fast track" to create more paintings that bring happiness to the people who see them.

Marjorie has painted with oils for over 30 years and plans to learn acrylic painting this year. "Oils take so long to dry and I'd like to begin using acrylics which dry faster," she says. "I have so many things I'd like to paint and you never know how long you have left in this life."

Her first oil painting was of an Indian girl. She painted it from a black and white photograph and the colors just "came to her". Marjorie sold the painting to a lady who had it hanging on her wall for over 20 years. Then Marjorie, knowing that her mother had been upset that she had ever sold it, bought it back. What a surprise it was when her mother unwrapped the painting her daughter had done so many years before.

Marjorie likes her paintings to be "as near to real life as possible." She wants to share reality as she sees it and hopes that what she paints will be pleasing to others.

Anyone who looks into the eyes of the animals and people Marjorie Sutton paints will experience the delightful reality she sees (and celebrates) in her life.

In her own words:

Inspiration To Begin: "As a very young child, I was able to draw and my teachers from first grade on encouraged me to continue doing art. Many of my paintings are inspired by the personalities of animals ... their winsome look thrills me and I want to capture it so others can see it in my paintings. I love seeing the little faces of animals!"

Important Mentors: "Clem Hall with Disney Studios in Burbank was a mentor and so was Walt Tyler, who painted for Cecil B. DeMille at MGM. They became close personal friends. And I love Norman Rockwell. His paintings tell such meaningful stories."

Value of Art in Her Life: "I enjoy the camaraderie with other artists and creative people. And I feel so free when I'm painting. I can share with others and experience myself on a level much deeper than on the surface. I hope people will feel happy when they see my paintings and enjoy whatever they see in them."

Her Artist's Legacy: "I hope my children and grandchildren will say 'Mummer' (what they all call me) used her God-given talents to create happiness in her paintings. My legacy as an artist will be in my paintings hanging on the walls of family members and the walls of others who have purchased my paintings."

"Awesome Ocelot" by Marjorie Sutton

"My Precious Dee Dee" by Marjorie Sutton

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About The Artist

Birthplace: Burbank, California

Arts Education: Self-taught and classes at Saddleback College and Santa Monica College in California.

Media of Choice: Oil Painting

Favorite Place to Do Art: At home in her studio

Favorite Subjects To Paint: Animals, especially cats; and people

Arts Organizations: Emerald Empire Arts Association, Maude Kerns Art Center

Current Show: "Happiness is a Thing Called Painting" at the Emerald Art Center (through March 1)
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"Chloe" by Marjorie Sutton



"Catching the Wind" by Marjorie Sutton



"Half Dome Yosemite" by Marjorie Sutton

Richard and Janet Reed: Creating art that delights and dances with light

50 Artists: 50 Years of Art in Springfield
Celebrating arts and culture in our community


Featured in The Springfield Beacon (February 6, 2008)

By Todd Peterson
Springfield Beacon

Janet and Richard E. Reed
Creating art that delights and dances with light


In an old barn on the north bank of the McKenzie River, Janet and Richard Reed are creating art that delights the viewer – colorful mosaics, oil and acrylic paintings, and sculpture.

Richard does oil paintings that capture the character of the person, showing what “you never see” even if you know the person. He also creates sculpture from clay, wood, alabaster and river rock. Richard says “I love to “moosh’ malleable materials and want people to touch my pieces of sculpture and experience the delight I feel in creating them.”

Janet creates “textured light” mosaics from very small pieces of glazed tile and glass. She uses a wide range of colors, placing the tiny pieces with many dimensions in ways that create light and shadow. Janet says “I like to experiment with the play of light in my work.”

Richard and Janet Reed are creating delight for viewers of their art (and for themselves) as they enjoy the “dance of life” together as artists and partners.

Inspiration To Begin: As a young person, Janet thought about doing “rice and beans” mosaics but never did. In 1963 while in Florence, Italy she bought a small mosaic pin which she says may have influenced getting started with her art. Doing needlepoint and her love of small, detailed, colorful art inspires her creativity.

Richard traces his beginning in art back to carving a polar bear out of Ivory Soap to enter a contest in first grade. But he didn’t take drawing classes until he was in his 30’s. Then about 15 years ago, Richard began painting classes in which he found inspiration in the work of Leonardo da Vinci, the French and Dutch Impressionists, and some of Picasso’s work.

Important Mentors: Janet’s mentors have been the authors of books on mosaic art – Elaine Goodwin who wrote “Encyclopedia of Mosaics” and Sonya King’s “Mosaic Techniques and Traditions.” She loves Byzantine mosaics and the works of Velázquez, El Greco, and Murillo.

Richard’s important mentors have been Adam Grosowsky who he says has “intuitive courage” and Victoria Andrea Doria who taught him painting in the style of Leonardo da Vinci.

Value of Art in Life: Richard says his art has “given me courage to push the envelope of my experiences in my life. I’m having fun in my ‘old age’ sharing my art and writing about the art of aging on my blog (www.artofaging.blogspot.com).

Janet’s art is a form of “meditation, allowing me to loose myself as the concentrated, detailed work pulls me closer to my center.”

Their Artists' Legacy: “I never thought people would buy my work,” says Janet, “but I’ve sold nearly everything I’ve created. Like being a teacher who never knows how far their words will go in their student’s lives, an artist never knows how their art will impact people who see it. I hope my art will give people something to think about, some new ideas and thoughts about life.”

For Richard, “just to have done it is enough.” He hopes people will see in his art that “you’re never too old to do new and interesting things.” And he hopes that his many pieces of art will find a good home … he laughs “maybe even snatched up by the art galleries of the world!”

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"Bird of Paradise" by Janet Reed

"Looking for Love" by Richard E. Reed

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About The Artists

Birthplace: Brooklyn, NY (Janet); Wautoma, WI (Richard)

Arts Education: Self-taught in Mosaics (Janet); LCC art classes with Adam Grosowsky and painting with Victoria Andrea Doria (Richard)

Media of Choice: Mosaics (Janet); Oil Painting (Richard)

Favorite Place to Do Art: In my studio in our old barn (Both)

Favorite Subjects To Paint: Landscapes, abstracts with color and shapes (Janet); People, landscapes, and abstracts (Richard)

Arts Organizations: Lord Leebrick Theater, Eugene Ballet (Janet); Maude Kerns Art Center, Playback Theatre, Writers Guild (Richard)

Current Shows: Downtown Athletic Club – March/April 2008; Full City Coffee – July 2008 (Both)

Contacts: For a studio showing, email: rreed@ram-mail.com
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"Pomegranate" by Janet Reed

"Birth of Hope" by Richard E. Reed

Ed King: A well-traveled artist

50 Artists: 50 Years of Art in Springfield
Celebrating arts and culture in our community

Featured in the Springfield Beacon (January 23, 2008)

By Austin Berger
For the Beacon

Ed King
A well-traveled artist

You’ll find two things in many of Ed’s signature Christmas cards: A church and deer. The deer are a kindred spirit of sorts. Actually, fans are a better term. “They come down, look in the window, and watch me paint.”

In his home studio nestled in the Eugene hills, he finds it most conducive environment for creating art. However, his inspiration comes from all over the world. This 77-year-old retired sign maker turned watercolorist is as well traveled as he is an artist.

Inspiration to begin

“Ever since I was a kid, I got called in to do the art stuff,” says Ed, recalling his early childhood days in upstate New York. He we went to Montana State University in Bozeman as an art major, but in the middle of the term he started to wonder how he was going to make a living doing that, and thus switched over to graphic advertising design.

After graduating and working in Bozeman by making signs and billboards, he moved in ’61 out to Eugene to work as the art director for Martin Brothers. After a little work, he began to freelance. “I’d be heading into bed at two, and going to work at eight.” laughs Ed. His first sign company was called Eugene Signs, and was located right next to the new Fire station on West Second Avenue. He then went into the interior design field with fellow Bozeman sign maker, Gordon Obie; father of former Eugene Mayor Bryan Obie. Afterwards, he started his own company, King Design Inc., which among other things did store designs for chains in upstate New York, Florida, and Montana.

Eventually, King Design Inc. got so big, that he had to hire more designers, and spent more time managing designers than designing signs. About ten years ago he retired, finding more than ample time to fully engage his watercolor painting. This was also around the same time that a friend told him to join the Emerald Art Center. “He said to me ‘if you’re doing this art thing, you gotta join this art center.’” He also joined the Oregon Watercolor Society, but he never makes the meeting because he’s usually out of town.

Mentors

His world experience has played a crucial role in his watercolors. He and his wife are quite the travelers, traveling anywhere from six to eight times a year, as far as Europe, South America, and Asia. He uses these opportunities to gather scenes to paint as well as take the occasional workshop. In the Florence area of Italy, he took a workshop with renowned artist Joseph Bohler; however, his approach was more unorthodox than the rest, but obviously more effective. Although being a well-traveled artist, he’s not one to paint on location.

“I’d go into the towns and start taking pictures, then I’d take the pictures home and make paintings of them,” says Ed. “At the end of the day, I would have 60-80 paintings, and they would only have one.”

Ed also credits Ron Ranson as an influence in helping him loosen up. "He told me to just paint a door. Not the knob and the keyhole, but just a door. And he got me to use a bigger brush,” he says. Ed cites Portland artist Gene Gill, and his treatment of light, as an important influence.

Quality of life as an artist

Like any person who is lucky enough to make money while painting something, he’s living proof of the adage that if you do what you love, you’ll never work a day in your life.

“I'd like to look back and say I did something I like to do."

Ed's art seems to get around as much as he does. His line of Christmas cards are a hit, some of his art is in private homes in Europe, and his watercolors frequently makes their way into auctions at Northwest Christian College and the Rotary Club. You won’t find his art in any galleries though. He can’t stand to have his art marked up so high by galleries, so he offers tours of his home studio where he sells his art.

Legacy as an artist

Whether art is one of those genetic traits that skip a generation is anyone’s guess, but his granddaughter is already showing promise as an artist at age 16. “She’s already starting to develop her own technique,” says Ed proudly. For the rest of the kids, Ed advises not to get into the “crazy abstract stuff. Just do what you like to do, and do something so you can put it on the wall and keep looking at it and like it,” says Ed.

By now, Ed and his wife should be in Mexico or Arizona, on another adventure. Hopefully he will find some other great things worth painting while down south.

For an appointment to visit Ed’s studio, call 484-0285.

"Italy" by Ed King

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About the Artist

Hometown: Auburn, N.Y.

Media of Choice: Watercolors

Favorite Subjects to Paint: Old Ships and Mountains

Favorite Place to Paint: In his home studio

Arts Organizations: Emerald Empire Arts Assoc., Oregon Watercolor Society

Gallery Showings: At home - call for an appointment: 484-0255
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Sally LaMarche: Bringing figurative sculpture to life

50 Artists: 50 Years of Art in Springfield
Celebrating arts and culture in our community

Featured in the Springfield Beacon (January 16, 2008)

By Todd Peterson
Springfield Beacon

Sally LaMarche
Bringing figurative sculpture to life

Sally LaMarche began sculpting in grade school, winning a soap-carving contest at the age of twelve. While living in Arizona in the 1960’s, she began making pottery and creating sculpture from clay. Year’s later, when she moved to Oregon, Sally sold pottery at Saturday Market and began making bronze sculpture which she continues to do today.

Sally calls her figurative sculpture “representational” of what she sees in subjects of her sculpture. She says having two or three pieces always in progress “keeps her amused.” But creating bronze sculpture is getting more costly and there is only one local source for casting – Steve Reinmuth’s Bronze Foundry.

Sally also volunteers to teach sculpture through an international organization, Cross-Cultural Solutions. She went to Tanzania where she taught for four weeks, using local clay and their meager stream water for teaching her art to young students. Her journey included going on a weeklong safari and having a “hang out” week in the country after her teaching assignment.

Sally enjoys going to a weekly gathering of sculptors in our community led by Paul Buckner, UO emeritus professor of sculpture. She joined the Emerald Art Center in mid-2007 and is presenting her first show as a member-artist this month.

Viewers of Sally LaMarche’s sculpture at the art center – most of which are figures 12 to 24 inches tall – will see the beauty of the human body, the struggles of human experience, and the imagination of an artist.

In her own words:

Inspiration To Begin: “My teachers in grade school got me started and many other people have inspired me throughout my life. When I was a young mother, my one-year old daughter was an inspiration for a sculpture. And my mother inspired the creation of a garden sculpture – an elf, two feet tall. I had to learn how to put pieces together to make such a large sculpture.”

Important Mentors: “At the Tucson Museum Art School, Tom Beranger mentored me. Later, my teachers at Lane Community College -- Bill Blix, Eric Land, and Ellen Tykeson -- were important influences. Among my favorite sculptors are Michelangelo, Bernini, Houdon, and Rodin.”

Value of Art in Life: “Sculpting is something I love to do -- so I do it. I hope people who experience my work will enjoy seeing my view of people and the other subjects I sculpt.”

Artist’s Legacy: “I haven’t really thought about it. I suppose my legacy will be the sculpture pieces I’ve given to my children and a public sculpture I created that is in the Lewis & Clark College Library.”

“Quest” by Sally LaMarche

“Maasai” by Sally LaMarche

All art images and photos of the art are copyright of the artist.

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About The Artist

Birthplace: Glendale, AZ

Arts Education: Tucson Museum of Art; Lane Community College

Media of Choice: Clay

Favorite Place to Do Art: Anywhere

Favorite Subjects To Sculpt: People & Animals

Arts Organizations: Emerald Empire Arts Association & Maude Kerns Art Center


Current Show: At the Emerald Art Center (thru Feb. 2)
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