The Cannon Beach Gallery is pleased to host six regional artists in the August Print Invitational. The show opens Friday, August 2 and continues through September 3, 2013. The Artist’s Reception will occur on Saturday, August 3 from 5pm-7pm. Featured artists include Liza Jones, Paul Miller, and Susan C. Walsh of Manzanita, John Clark and Jamie Boyd of Astoria and Nicole Rawlins of Portland, Oregon. Fine art prints require a great deal of skill and artistry to execute. These original works of art are printed from a matrix such as a metal plate or woodblock that has been carved, etched or painted by the artist.Read More →

Randall Tipton: new paintings Ken Grant: new paintings Jeremy Newman & Allison Ciancibelli: glass sculpture Opening Reception: Saturday, August 10th, 4:00 – 6:00pm White Bird Gallery 251 N. Hemlock, Cannon Beach, OR 503.436.2681 www.whitebirdgallery.comRead More →

Sally O’Neill Receives Award at Cannon Beach Gallery Group’s Plein Air & More Arts Festival. The public was invited to vote for their favorite piece in the Group Show, which included work from all of the weekend’s featured artists represented by the twelve members of the Cannon Beach Gallery Group. The winner of the “People’s Choice Award” was Sally O’Neill, represented by Haystack Gallery.  Sally’s oil paintings play with light and shadows and draws the viewer into her world of beauty.   Sally brought us about a dozen new paintings which she has been working on to unveil at the gallery for the summer. Janis EllisonRead More →

  Oregon metal artist Donnie Wanner has created a new wall sculpture titled ‘Arch Rock’, featuring the popular landmark from the southern Oregon coast located between Brookings and Gold Beach. According to Wanner, Arch Rock is the largest arch formation on the Pacific Coast. “You can’t see it from the roadway,” said Wanner. “The best view is actually from private property.” The sculpture depicts the arch, made from cast bronze, standing in a sea of blue surrounded by trees and sea grasses with waves crashing over rock formations. Wanner is a master metal worker and has patinaed the steel and stainless to be realistic andRead More →

Cannon Beach, OR – July 2, 2013   More than 50 artists participated in the Cannon Beach Gallery Group’s 5th Annual  Plein Air & More Arts Festival which drew thousands to the coast June 28-30 to watch them paint and create throughout the town and on the beach.  At the end of the festival, Kimberly Moore from SW Art Magazine announced six awards, three to artists who represented those painting “en plain air” and three to those who represented the “& More” part of the event which opened it up to sculptors, wood carvers, ceramic artists, metal artists, and more. Receiving awards from the magazine, alongRead More →

The Cannon Beach Gallery Group puts on two annual arts events: Spring Unveiling Arts Festival in May, and Plein Air & More in June.  Both festivals have developed into two of the premier art events in the region.  The Gallery Group promotes and organizes the festivals, but what is the Gallery Group and what is its purpose? In talking with several of the group’s founders, recollections vary but everyone agrees that the gallery community in Cannon Beach decided to band together to pool resources and efforts to promote the arts.  “I was along for the ride,” said Icefire Glassworks artist and business owner Jim Kingwell.Read More →

Spring Unveiling 2013 brought to town sunny skies, lots of art lovers, and a stream of visitors to the galleries.  But more than just visitors or clients: friends.  Over the years the galleries see many of the same familiar faces and deep friendships form between artists, gallery staff, and clients. People look forward to seeing each other at events like Spring Unveiling and Stormy Weather Arts Festival where they can visit and catch up with each other’s life events, vacation plans, and art purchases. Icefire Glassworks gallery co-owner Suzanne Kindland related a story: Each year Icefire holds a sale beginning the Saturday of Labor DayRead More →

Two new sculptures by Oregon artist David Crawford debuted at Bronze Coast Gallery during Spring Unveiling 2013: ‘Clown Dog’ and ‘Ninth Life Pajama Cat with Minor Repairs’. Both sculptures reflect on the nature of human-animal relationships and draw from the artist’s personal experiences. Crawford says of ‘Clown Dog’, “With this piece, I see the dog as a bemused partner to the baleful clown; Piglet to Eeyore…a dog that finds pleasure in the simple things, and with a wag of its tail, rubs some of that joy onto those around it.” His work ‘Ninth Life Pajama Cat with Minor Repairs’ depicts a cat whose exterior hasRead More →

Plein air is a term derived from the French expression “en plein air”, meaning “in the open air” and specifically refers to the act of painting outdoors. Cannon Beach’s popular “Plein Air & More” is a three day event which includes a Friday night “meet & greet” with the participating artists and gallery owners, along with a collaborative show of art work. On Saturday and Sunday, more than fifty artists, represented by Cannon Beach’s art galleries will be creating works of art on location throughout town and on the beach. Many will work in the traditional method of plein-aire painting, while others will sculpt, createRead More →

A collaborative project in Oils, Metal and Glass will be on display in DragonFire Gallery during Plein Air & More Weekend. Take three artists working in three different media: Michael Orwick in oils, Ann Cavanaugh in fused glass, Arnie Chupp in metalwork and fabrication. In the first phase of the project, Michael Orwick has chosen a photo of a landscape. Each artist has created a piece from the photo in their respective mediums. In the second phase of the project, Arnie Chupp will choose a subject to interpret in metal. Michael and Ann will then create work in oils and glass to be incorporated intoRead More →