Tumalo Art Co.

Helen Brown —The Spectrum of Birthstones
2023-05-03 15:00 - 2023-05-30 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Tumalo Art Co., 450 SW Powerhouse Dr. #407, Bend, OR, 97702, United States
Above Turquoise Deep

What better way to study color than to concentrate on the 12 birthstones of the calendar? Helen Brown will do just that in her May show at Tumalo Art Co. “I like the idea of examining color as a gem because each stone reflects many variations of its color through facets and light.”
“Amethyst Fields Forever” is for the February birthstone and is a scene of Mt. Hood with a lavender field in the foreground.

Helen’s exhibit will include twelve new watercolor paintings, each focused on one gemstone’s color. The subject of her work is broad, including landscapes, flowers, a night-time cityscape and even an old automobile. An award-winning watercolorist, her most recent being an award of distinction in the Watercolor Society of Oregon’s Spring Aqueous Media show now on display at the Barber Library at Central Oregon Community College until May 29, for her painting, Vestiges of Mt. Mazama. She uses a unique process referred to as watercolor batik, using a wax resist process. This, combined with painting on rice paper, gives her images texture and contrast.
The details of the engine grill on an old=time truck is the subject to the Emerald birthstone.

Helen’s natural curiosity helps her to step outside of her comfort zone to explore painting all kinds of subjects. She became interested in the history surrounding the Lewis & Clark expedition which resulted in her show, My Journey with Lewis & Clark, first exhibiting at Tumalo Art Co in 2016, and then at the Oregon Historical Society in Portland from 2017-2018. Helen
regularly paints landscapes from around her home in Central Oregon, from alpine forest and mountains to high desert, as well as scenes from the many places she travels including a family cabin in Montana and the sojourns to the southwest. Previously a french teacher, she has lived in France and Australia.

Finding a Garnet colored prom gown in the middle of white and ivory fancy dresses challenged Helen’s desire to paint.

For this show Helen has chosen unusual subjects like a rack full of gowns for the garnet birthstone and an old green automobile for the emerald birthstone, and a white winter forest of aspen. Many of these various subjects are filled with complexity, which she deals with expertly, retaining the important details that help the viewer explore the piece.

“Ruby Redhead”, a detail of fireweed is the perfect combination of color and simplifying complexity using contrast and highlights.

Find you birthstone!
January — Garnet
February — Amethyst
March — Aquamarine
April — Diamond
May — Emerald
June — Pearl
July — Ruby
August — Peridot
September — Sapphire
October — Opal
November — Topaz
December — Turquoise
For the Topaz birthstone, aspen leaves are a natural.

Helen Brown’s exhibit opens May 5, and will run through May 30. Come in and see the spectrum of birthstones in diverse images.

David Kinker — Grand Escapes
2023-04-05 15:00 - 2023-05-03 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Tumalo Art Co., 450 SW Powerhouse Dr. #407, Bend, OR, 97702, United States
For Tumalo Art Co.’s first solo show of 2023, David Kinker has created paintings of an epic year of adventure. “Grand Escapes” opens April 7, from 3-7pm during the Old Mill District’s First Friday Gallery Walk.

“In the Other World”, the colors of the changing light on a raft trip in Argentina.

In the fall of 2022 David took an 18-day raft trip down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon—for the 5th time. He then spent seven weeks in Chile and Argentina, including hiking and backpacking in Patagonia, and a two-week river expedition down the Rio Grande Colorado of Argentina.
“Patagonia Horizons” is an acrylic painting of the jagged peaks in the far southern hemisphere.

“As a personal practice of meditation I am driven to paint even on wilderness trips. I am emotionally moved by beauty and natural wonders and paint plein air on my trips as a way to be fully present in observation and the senses.” After arriving home, David dives back into the experience by creating large studio paintings in response to his connections to the places and people he meet, hoping to share his sense of wonder with others.
More information and photos or artwork to come as we get closer to the show!
“Daydreaming”, is an acrylic painting from David Kinker’s time floating the Grand Canyon on the Colorado River.

Equilux — Group Show
2023-03-03 15:00 - 2023-04-04 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Tumalo Art Co., 450 SW Powerhouse Dr. #407, Bend, OR, 97702, United States
“Bright Bay” is an acrylic by Mollie Jurgenson details

When Day & Night Are Equal

For March, the artists in Tumalo Art Co. create art about the “Equilux” with a group exhibit opening March 3, from 3-7pm during the First Friday Gallery Walk in the Old Mill District.

Susan Luckey Higdon’s, “The Edge of Day and Night” is an acrylic on cradled board.

Twice a year, day and night reach a perfect balance of 12 hours each, creating a little-known event called the Equilux. The Equilux happens just a few days before the much more well-known equinox, which happens March 20 this year. Equilux means “equal light” in Latin and describes when day and night are equal.
“Red Sky at Dawn”, an oil painting by Janice Druian.

This is a compelling subject for artists who are often enthralled by that moment when day becomes night and the incredible light effects that are produced. Art in many mediums and sizes will describe the effect of light and dark on the land and objects in this exhibit.
Helen Brown paints in watercolor on rice paper using a batik technique, “The Cat Pack”, showing the felines rimmed in moonlight.

Our artists work in all mediums, from watercolor to oil and acrylic, mixed media, Digital art and photography. There are also a variety of sizes to choose from. Complimenting the 2D art are hand-blown glass, ceramics and wood-turning and wood segmented objects as well as sculpture. One of our goals as a gallery is to provide art for the beginning collector as well as those who are looking for large pieces for their homes or corporate settings.

“Between Here and There”, a monoprint by Adell Shetterly shows the even light of day.

This is just a cross-section of the art in the show. Come in and experience the shifts in light and dark, daylight and night in our March “Equilux” Group Exhibit. We are open 7 days a week!

The sun goes down over Haystack Rock in Katherine Taylor’s, “Coastal Sky”.

"The Heart of Winter"—February Group Show
2023-02-03 15:00 - 2023-02-28 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Tumalo Art Co., 450 SW Powerhouse Dr. #407, Bend, OR, 97702, United States
February is both the month of love and the Heart of Winter. Our group show by that name opens during the Old Mill District First Friday Gallery Walk, February 3, from 3-7pm. The show will continue through February.
Improvisation with a Blue Note, Dorothy Freudenberg

Our artists are bringing works that embody the warmth of winter—even when it’s cold.
A Rose for Valentina, Dee McBrien-Lee

Landscapes, figurative work, symbolic pieces…in all mediums, large to small.
A Winter Night, Marty Stewart

Artists look beyond the expected in this show, to the feelings of winter, often finding the warmth and color in the depths of winter.
Winter Sage Bouquet, Susan Luckey Higdon

Come in the gallery to see the full breadth of creativity in depicting the Heart of Winter.
Winter on the Westside, Katherine Taylor

Custom valentines for your love are in stock, with one-of-a-kind jewelry by four local makers, ceramics, glass, turned wood and original cards by our artists.
One-of-a-kind glass hearts and balls by Nancy Becker, in several sizes make distinctively personal gifts for Valentines day, as well as any day of the year!

Our four maker jewelers, left to right, Danica Curtright, Judy Clinton, Amber Bremmer, and Alison Wahl.

Shelli Walters makes original hearts in mixed media for Valentines Day.

"Wonderland"—December & January Group Show
2022-12-02 15:00 - 2023-01-31 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Tumalo Art Co., 450 SW Powerhouse Dr. #407, Bend, OR, 97702, United States
The holidays and winter months conjure up sparkle, joy, and wonder. And our artists will be contributing art to this show that captures that feeling. Whether it’s the shimmering white of snow covered mountains, lights twinkling on water, a bird on a twig….whatever moves our artists into a state of wonder. “Wonderland” opens during the First Friday Gallery Walk in Bend, Oregon’s Old Mill District, December 2, from 3-7pm.
Tumalo Art Co. is home to over 25 artists. Each has a distinctive medium and approach to art-making. Photography, digital media, paintings made with oils, acrylics, mixed media, fabric and more, ceramics, wood (both turned and segmented), glass, jewelry.
Our tiny art is a way to give small original art as gifts.

Annually the artists also make tiny, original, hand-made art. These are hung on our sparkly, white trees and can be used as ornaments and permanent, year round art on your walls. We encourage you to “give art” as that most original gift. The tiny art is priced reasonably as well, to keep it within your means to give this one-of-a-kind, tiny art.
Tiny art from our 2021 selection…so many to choose from

We look forward to seeing you during this special time of year!

Nancy Becker & Susan Luckey Higdon—Dreaming of Water
2022-11-04 15:00 - 2022-11-30 19:00 UTC | OR
Glass artist Nancy Becker and landscape painter Susan Luckey Higdon are combining their love of color and shape in Dreaming of Water, opening November 4, from 3-7pm, during the Old Mill District’s First Friday Gallery Walk.
Transitions is a hand-blown glass platter by Nancy Becker.

Finding an affinity that resonates for both artists about the mystery and movement of water, Nancy and Susan have joined forces to create art in their respective mediums, in 2D and 3D for this November exhibit.

Clear Your Mind is an abstracted composition of the crystalline waters of Oregon’s Metolius River.

Glass becomes liquid when heated, swirling with color that Nancy shapes with mastery and wizardry into vessels, vases and platters. She is inspired by the natural world that surrounds her creating colors and shapes that remind her of rivers, lakes, a gust of wind or the shades of autumn reflections.

Both sides of Nancy Becker’s Reflections on Sparks Lake hand-blown glass vessel

Some of Nancy’s vessels are dense with color and others are clear with notes of color swirling loosely throughout. The making of glass is challenging all the way through the process. After the initial hand-blowing of the glass at the furnace, it must be annealed, meaning it needs to cool very slowly so that it doesn’t crack. Only after the annealing is complete are the true colors of the piece revealed. The last step, polishing, must be handled with extreme care.

Restful Waters — Steelhead at Steamboat Creek by Susan Luckey Higdon

Susan is transfixed with the movement and color of water, capturing it’s layers, from the pebbles on the bottom to the creatures in the stream, to the continually changing reflections. For the past few years she has been abstracting her work with composition by cropping closely to find the essence of the scene. Her rendering is representational and impressionistic to capture what has moved her to paint. Susan wants to express the chaos of pattern existing in nature.
Both artists have been working in their chosen mediums for over 30 years. They continue to challenge themselves to interpret nature in a way that connects emotionally, intuitively and joyfully with the viewer.

Anne Gibson—Topophilia : Into the Canyons
2022-10-07 15:00 - 19:00 UTC | OR
On the very first day of Anne Gibson’s first visit to Central Oregon, a morning hike at Smith Rock and an afternoon ski at the Nordic Center up in the Cascade mountains cemented her dream to move out West. Over the decades, this place became home as she lived through both uplifting and painful life experiences, all sharpened and cushioned by the pinch-me joy of actually living in a place most people only come to vacation in.

Crooked River Canyon

Though rendered in a representational way, Anne’s Canyon paintings are a retrospective of the artist’s internal journey during the pandemic years when life changed dramatically all over the world. It was a time to take stock, to look and feel deeply, and to find ways to love this troubled, exhilarating, maddening, gorgeous world.

Glow on the Canyon Rim

During the pandemic, our homes became both refuges and prisons. The places where we used to meet friends and family and feel community were mostly shuttered to us. Here in Central Oregon trailheads leading to our favorite spots to walk, float, climb, play, and find peace were closed. Initially Anne found solace by painting favorite places she couldn’t go anymore. Working from dozens of her own source photos, she virtually visited places like Smith Rock in her studio, creating a series of soaring pinnacle paintings such as Golden Hour – Smith Rock. Another in this series, October Skies – Smith Rock, was chosen for purchase by a panel of writers, artists, designers, curators, and Multnomah County staff in the 2022 Regional Art & Culture Council’s Public Art Purchase.

The force of Stillness

Eventually, as cabin fever built, the people in Anne’s pandemic household cast about for new ungated places to walk and breathe. Somewhere beyond neighborhood streets. New-to-them trails up in the BLM became favorites. They returned again and again to the Crooked River, Deschutes River, and Whychus Creek canyons viewing the cliffs and water from the rim at dawn, or the river-level depths when the late afternoon sun cast deep shadows or the flat light of a cold gray winter day. Each visit inspired new color palettes and compositions to Anne as she began to paint portraits of these places.

The Vortex

“Standing on a canyon rim or scrambling down rocky switchbacks, you witness layers of history in the cliff faces formed over millennia. These many Central Oregon canyons—and there are dozens of them, some hundreds of feet deep—were formed during the Pleistocene, as many as 5 million years ago. Venture far enough and all trace of human intervention fades. It might leave you feeling insignificant or expansive and part of a much greater whole. But it definitely makes you feel something. These canyons open-up new worlds.”
—Anne Gibson
“There is a word for love of a place: topophilia, popularized by the geographer Yi-Fu Tuan in 1974 as all of ‘the human being’s affective ties with the material environment.’ In other words, it is the warm feelings you get from a place. It is a vivid, emotional, and personal experience, and it leads to unexplainable affections.”
– Arthur Brooks, “Find the Place You Love. Then Move There.”  The Atlantic, January 14, 2021
This exhibit will run through October.

Dorothy Freudenberg—Quiet Moments & Lively Interactions
2022-09-02 15:00 - 2022-09-30 19:00 UTC | Tumalo Art Co., 450 SW Powerhouse Dr. #407, Bend, OR, 97702, United States
Quiet Moments & Lively Interactions, a retrospective by photographer and digital artist Dorothy Freudenberg, opens September 2, from 3-7pm, during the Old Mill District’s First Friday Gallery Walk. Juxtaposing introspective images with expressively vibrant digital compositions, Dorothy blends different artistic mediums by incorporating them all in her imagery. Her work transcends the graphic arts, suggesting that music, the written word, and the visual arts all overlap.

An accomplished pianist Dorothy references music as inspiration for her artwork. During the opening she will be offering musical improvisations on her electric piano—the melodies are interwoven with the creation of her images. Musical improvisations support the different images presented, or make suggestions of musical works to which one can reference.

Contemplative photography, implying the seasons, are displayed along with lively and unique digital compositions that are an expression of the artists inner world. The pieces are printed on metal and individually framed for a vivid, lustrous presentation.
Dorothy’s images have two distinct sides—her layered digital images that use multiple photos, textures, and filters and are created overall using a computer program. These “Lively Conversations” are literally painted with digital tools. Dorothy’s digital media images tend to be quite colorful and vibrant with lots of detail.

“Quiet Moments” are Dorothy’s contemplative images. These compositions come to her during her morning walks where a single ray of light filtering through branches, or a blossom with out-of-focus colors from a building in the background or other plants, become a rich expression of awareness. The commonplace and overlooked becomes magical. These moments are captured in a single photograph.

Dorothy Freudenberg set out to college many years ago intending to study art and literature. Four years later she came out with a degree in Piano/music. Family circumstances prevented her from pursuing her dreams in that field, but before long her life changed once again and she emerged on a motorcycle with a camera strapped on. This would be the start of a journey where, even though some threads got dropped, the pursuit of art became a passion that carries through to today. Finding creativity in photography captivated her but it wasn’t until recently that the threads of visual art and music came together. As she once again is taking music seriously all of the threads have converged. This time with a creativity and freedom that wasn’t present the first time around. In this show Dorothy is expressing all these forms simultaneously and it is a joy.
Come into the gallery and enjoy the show. Or, shop online anytime.

Katherine Taylor—Thinking Wild
2022-08-05 15:00 - 2022-08-31 19:00 UTC | OR
Thinking Wild, opening August 5, from 3-7pm during the Old Mill District’s First Friday Gallery Walk, features a new collection of Katherine Taylor’s poignant wildlife portraits. The exhibit will be up through August.
Katherine’s oil paintings of animals are so intimate, their spirits and personalities shine through. This exhibit includes a bobcat, raccoon, wild horses, a fox, an owl and many more…all in action and with eyes that that make you feel you can see into their reality. A “painter of light and dark”, she succeeds in portraying their wildness and their natures by employing the dramatic chiaroscuro lighting and luminous glazing she learned from her classical art training.

Katherine Taylor paints “Wild Wild Horses” in oil

A portion of the proceeds from this show will be donated to the non-profit, Think Wild, a local animal hospital dedicated to providing care to injured or orphaned native animals so as to facilitate their successful release back into the wild. “I am a big fan of the work that Think Wild does in our local community; these dedicated individuals not only volunteer their time to rehabilitate native birds and mammals, they advocate for wildlife conservation. Their hospital compound off Neff Road in Bend continues to grow to accommodate the many species they treat, as well as to provide a venue for public educational events. I wanted my August art exhibit to help highlight the good work this group does,” says Katherine.
Katherine Taylor paints a wild gray wolf in oils for her August exhibit at Tumalo Art Co.

Katherine’s original love as an artist is painting the human figure. However, wildlife portraiture has proven to be just as compelling for her. “It’s the spirit of a sentient being that I am ultimately most interested in capturing, and animals have spirit in spades.”
A Red Fox is Katherine Taylor’s collection of wild animal portraits

In choosing which wildlife to paint for the show, Katherine handpicked mammals and birds local to Oregon that best captured the spirit of the species. Only two of the animals featured, the Kiger Mustangs and the mountain lion, are not treated at the Think Wild hospital but are included in their Oregon wildlife conservation-education efforts.

Peregrine Falcon, an oil by Katherine Taylor

Katherine’s initial wild animal easy picks were from the lynx genus, the bobcat and the mountain lion. They are closely related to the domestic cat, and being a cat caregiver herself, she is a fan! Though she has never been granted her life-long wish to experience a red fox sighting, painting one turned out to be the next best thing. She discovered foxes have the most fascinating eye color and came to appreciate the eyes of many of the animals she painted. “The bobcat and cougar have riveting eyes, but so do hawks, owls, and falcons. And the bald eagle I captured in paint really surprised me with its pale green glitter-eye.”
Canadian Geese in the golden light of autumn

This quote by Anthropologist Loren Eiseley partly explains why Katherine chose to paint close-up portraits of the wild animals in her August exhibit:
“One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other than human.”
If you come across an injured or orphaned wild animal that needs help call the Think Wild hotline at 541-241-8680.

Adell Shetterly—P3 Press | Pull | Print
2022-07-01 15:00 - 2022-08-03 19:00 UTC | OR
Beaming Up above—remember Star Trek and the myriad worlds that the crew landed on and explored? They transformed into small particles to beam down or up. Perhaps this is one of the worlds they explored.

Bend artist, Adell Shetterly, has followed her own artistic path as defined in ink. Her July show at Tumalo Art Co. P3 Press | Pull | Print, opening July 1, from 3-7pm during the Old Mill District First Friday Gallery Walk, features original hand-pulled prints which investigates the processes and various techniques in print.
She presents new work, rich and diverse in wealth of marks, color, layers and lines drawing on imagery that ranges in style from abstract to deconstructed landscapes, inspired by nature, memories and moments of daily life.

Using her own press, every image Adell inks on a plate is pulled by hand. The impression is transferred from the plate to paper creating a unique image. As she works Adell unlocks her imagination to the possibilities in print questioning, “what would happen IF?”
For Entwined, the past and the present are interwoven revealing the stories of a lifetime. To tell this story Adell used glue to make the circles that the dried and became a relief when run through the press.

Adell used hot glue stencils for Quantum Entanglement, playing with abstract design and shapes. Initially printing the plate with light gray on cream paper she placed the stencils first, then inked plastic wrap and ran it through the press.
Quantum Entanglement is the physical phenomenon that occurs when a group of particles are generated, interact, or share spatial proximity in a way such that the quantum state of each particle of the group cannot be described independently of the state of the others. “This piece kept pulling me in, and when the title emerged it all came together.”

Magnetic field lines near sunspots often tangle, cross, and reorganize. This can cause a sudden explosion of energy. “I played off this idea to create a landscape strongly influenced by the sun.”

Come enjoy all of the art in the show—see you Friday, July 1st and throughout the month.

Danae Bennett-Miller—New Sculptures & Printmaking
2022-06-03 15:00 - 2022-06-30 19:00 UTC | OR
Small birds, cranes, eagles and elk and other wild animals show up in Danae Bennett-Miller’s
June show, “Spirit Found”, opening June 3, from 3-7 pm during the Old Mill District’s First Friday Gallery Walk. The show is up through June. For this exhibit Danae has created both bronze sculpture and collage monoprints with polyurethane layers on cradled board.
Detail of Danae Bennett-Miller’s “Grassland”, a monoprint of a buffalo.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
The animals who live with and around Danae are her inspiration. They connect to the spirit of the earth and fill her soul. A rancher who raises chicken and other farm animals, Danae has a close relationship with her surrounding environment and is well-known for her organic, life-filled forms of animals. To create their dynamic shapes she flows out strips of wax with ripples and texture and forms them into the shapes she is imagining for each creature. This technique gives an organic aliveness to each one. Once cast her pieces are one-of-a-kind. Augmenting her sculpture works with printmaking has given a new avenue to express form, texture and line to all of her animals.
“Sunburst Raven” is cast in bronze and glass by Danae Bennett-Miller.

Besides sculptures for residential and corporate placement, Danae has had many public sculpture commissions. These include roundabout art of a horse on Greenwood Ave. in Bend, Oregon; herons in a pocket park at the end of Minnesota Street in downtown Bend and a heron sculpture in downtown Sisters, Oregon. The most ambitious of her public art installations is a tableau of life-size elk and pronghorn bronze sculptures with towering basalt rocks, in the roundabout on Highway 20 in Sisters, Oregon.
See more of Danae’s available sculpture and monoprints

David Kinker—"Over Water" New Paintings
2022-05-06 15:00 - 2022-05-31 19:00 UTC | OR
Exhibit runs through the end of May. The first solo show of the year at Tumalo Art Co. features new works by David Kinker.
With “Over Water”, Kinker dives into his entrancement with all things water.
David Kinker’s 24 30 painting, “Hyptomist”, looks directly down into swirling water.

An avid rafter and river guide and adventurer on wild rivers from the Pacific Northwest to South America and beyond, Kinker has learned water. As a painter, he is able to describe the mesmerizing movement and atmosphere, and colors and feeling of water, bringing it to the viewer as a felt experience. A colorist by nature, Kinker’s painting are the perfect focal point to a room.

“Doubletree”, is a 24 x 36 acrylic painting of Oregon’s Metolius River in the autumn, with a snow-covered Mt. Jefferson in the background.

Many of the works in this show are large. Kinker also makes plein air study paintings in the field and these are available. Well-known for murals across Central Oregon, he was recently commissioned to do murals and original paintings for the Partners in Care facility in Bend, along with many private residences. Multi-talented, Kinker makes the frames for all of his paintings, mixing exotic woods, many that are reused materials, to complement his paintings.
Tumalo Art Co. is an artist-run gallery in the heart of the Old Mill District, open 7 days a week. Call 541-385-9144 for details.

20 Year Anniversary Retrospective
2022-04-01 15:00 - 19:00 UTC | Tumalo Art Co., 450 SW Powerhouse Dr. #407, Bend, OR, 97702, United States
Tumalo Art Co. celebrates with its 20 Year Anniversary Retrospective show, which will include art from about 40 members and represented artists from over the years. Join us for music, libations and special food from Luckey’s Woodsman Off-Grid Provisions!
From its beginning in the Tumalo Junction in the tiny burg of Tumalo, to moving just off the hub of Downtown Bend on Greenwood Ave., and then moving to the Old Mill District just as the great recession began in 2008, Tumalo Art Co., has always been filled with some of the best art the Northwest has to offer. Owned and operated by artists, the gallery has thrived through the years through good times and hard times.
Artists who were the in the first show in 2002, Marta Batha, Chari Rich (Grenfell), Karen Piedmont, Annie Ferder, Tracy Leagjeld, Deanna Hansen, Janet Guiley, Mary Marquiss and Susan Luckey Higdon are all represented in the 20 Year Anniversary Retrospective. And well-known artists who have been represented by the gallery will come back for this show, among them Kim Chavez, Ingrid Lustig, Kathy Deggendorfer, Vicki Shuck and Gary Vincent. Cheri-Lee Helfenstein, who taught art at COCC after her membership at Tumalo Art Co. will present her book of poetry illustrated with her paintings. Loved artist Pamela Bird will have a painting in the show loaned by her husband Dave Hewitt.
Tumalo Art Co. is built on relationships, both between the artists themselves and their collectors. When you visit Tumalo Art Co. you are greeted by one of the 14 member artists. As artists themselves they can talk knowledgeably about all of the art, explaining their colleagues techniques, styles and stories. Customers meet the artists whose work they love. One of the groups goals is to make art accessible to all and take away the intimidation of entering a gallery. People coming in for their “art fix” are encouraged, whether they purchase art or not to stay and be inspired. They also offer many ways for people to get started collecting art, from original art cards, limited edition Giclée’s and tiny art. Collectors looking for large pieces for their homes and offices will also find many pieces of art to choose from. The gallery represents artists making ceramics, glass, sculpture, photography, digital media, original hand-pulled prints, hand-turned wood and hand-made jewelry from four local makers as well as painters in all mediums.

The 20 Year Anniversary Retrospective Show is open until April 30th.

Tweet: A Group Show about All Things Birds
2022-03-04 15:00 - 19:00 UTC | OR
Spring is in the air and art for our Tweet group show. As the birds serenade us with their songs, our artists have turned their minds toward depicting their favorite winged ones.
“Mojo”, by printmaker Adell Shetterly is one of a series of three linocuts.

“Courage” is a mixed media on cradled board by Sarah B Hansen.
Waking up to birdsong, watching the ducks land on the water, a peacock in full plummage, an owl camouflaged in the trees but with those blazing yellow eyes…birds take so many forms. From the unassuming to the majestic, our artists portrayals are are completely unique from artist to artist.
Helen Brown’s watercolors on rice paper are representational but at the same time loose and capture her peacock in full plumage. Adell Shetterly’s two linocuts of song birds are whimsical and graphic in bold blue. Majestic birds hidden in the abstract multi-media Central Oregon landscape by Judy Hoiness leave so much to the imagination and honor the lands history. Ravens cavorting in the air by Janice Druian and a sweet yellow birdie semi-abstracted with flowers by Dee McBrien-Lee—any mediums, lots of perspectives. This is a joyous exhibit of our feathered friends to celebrate a new season.

“Harlequin Around” is an acrylic on cradled board by David Kinker.
The Tweet Group Show is open until March 30th.

Loving Central Oregon Group Show
2022-02-04 15:00 - 19:00 UTC | OR
For the month of love, Tumalo Art Co. artists are presenting artwork about what we love – our home, Central Oregon. Expect to see art that celebrates the beauty of our unique landscape from every perspective—paintings, sculpture, photography and even jewelry.

Katherine Taylor’s oil, “Kaleidoscope Sunrise at Sparks” is in the February “Loving Central Oregon” group show at Tumalo Art Co. in Bend, Oregon this February.

Dee McBrien-Lee paints her favorite hike in the Badlands of Central Oregon for the “Loving Central” Oregon group show at Tumalo Art Co. in February.
Bruce Jackson’s iconic fine art photograph of Sparks Lake, “Where Cranes Speak Freely”, is print on canvas and has wrapped edges.
Inspired by their majestic surroundings many of the artists in this show worked large for the show. Dee McBrien-Lee painted a 30 x 48 canvas of Dry River Canyon, a favorite hike of hers with a more high desert landscape. Katherine Taylor painted the Cascades mountains at sunrise from Oregon’s Sparks Lake using oils. While Anne Gibson choose a the rocky river rim in a dramatically wide horizontal painting. Digital media photographer Dorothy Freudenberg presents a pine forest with a winding path printed on metal with rich rust and green tones. Nancy Becker interprets the rich green, blue, purple and rust of Central Oregon is swirling hand-blown glass. These are only a sampling of the many pieces in the show during February focusing on the diverse Central Oregon landscape.
A portion of sales from this show will benefit a local nonprofit with a cause dear to the artists’ hearts, the Hunger Prevention Coalition. Not surprisingly, some indigenous societies call the February full moon, the “Hungry Moon,” and as we enter what is often the coldest month, hunger is with us today. Hunger Prevention Coalition raises funds to support partner agencies that feed the hungry through meals or groceries that that are nutritionally dense, as these foods are less likely to be donated because of perishability and expense.

The Loving Central Oregon Group Show is open until February 28th.
