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http://patlblair.webs.com/Pat Blairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03178237970768498442noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394239333417026638.post-40448704724212900442014-03-06T11:16:00.001-08:002020-10-07T18:08:21.350-07:00Oops! ANOTHER BUSY YEAR HAS PASSED!<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXbVjnZekm1ofcPhMursxs4QnrmPVqPpCR0_lph7HRHQ398W6a7l4BEGuXTZjJnPOPYiuMuPmDSjcmOpRdaMUG5BahvUDPKJ1lumyJ-jrGpeOMQcIdqu4ITLRYQ9ONzBvY7uIA2tXVm_E/s640/blogger-image-562703049.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXbVjnZekm1ofcPhMursxs4QnrmPVqPpCR0_lph7HRHQ398W6a7l4BEGuXTZjJnPOPYiuMuPmDSjcmOpRdaMUG5BahvUDPKJ1lumyJ-jrGpeOMQcIdqu4ITLRYQ9ONzBvY7uIA2tXVm_E/s640/blogger-image-562703049.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Hello World, are you still out there?</span></div>I can't imagine sitting idle for an entire year but that is what I had let this blog site do! <div><br></div><div>Sometimes my good intentions are voiced but then I tell myself that I'm too busy at that moment to do anything. So <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">let me bring this blog up to date!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div>I am still affiliated with Art Du Jour Gallery and busier than ever. For the last year and a half I have been acting as Assistant Director of the Gallery. So the responsibilities became more urgent sense there is no paid staff working in the Gallery. We coordinate all our exhibits and incorporate the artwork of 21 artist in</div><div>this co-op gallery. </div><div><br></div><div>Besides the gallery duties, I am painting, teaching classes, and taking workshops and participating in a weekly pastel class</div><div>with nationally known pastel artist, Richard McKinley. I am so pleased and excited to be spending all my spare time painting and doing pastels!</div><div><br></div><div>The photo below is from a workshop I just completed this past week on painting "Nocturnal Pastels" or as the workshop leader, Christine Ivers, called "painting on the dark side".</div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDoAjNF1Ut6ycJQDBj0CKh1QGBVxgKR-T7YEZdJ6quqxEj4mWsjN3TDFO3gCZLJ5ZF6CbMQ5vZUSJnc1fp4iQXL7sbWdYVsU1bNQ0gYX9TDho3xd6j9PwVOmczuG1HuwnjjubwQu0tKiY/s640/blogger-image-998608774.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDoAjNF1Ut6ycJQDBj0CKh1QGBVxgKR-T7YEZdJ6quqxEj4mWsjN3TDFO3gCZLJ5ZF6CbMQ5vZUSJnc1fp4iQXL7sbWdYVsU1bNQ0gYX9TDho3xd6j9PwVOmczuG1HuwnjjubwQu0tKiY/s640/blogger-image-998608774.jpg"></a></div>Pat Blairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03178237970768498442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394239333417026638.post-76217076895861152002012-07-27T14:48:00.002-07:002013-04-07T16:33:11.442-07:00MY JOURNAL<br />
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<a href="http://artdujourgallery.com/" target="_blank">ART DU JOUR GALLERY</a> <br />
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It's been quite some time since my last entry! I have not been idle however, and I have definitely felt "swamped" at times! <br />
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I am now affiliated with Art Du Jour Gallery. The gallery occupies space with Medford Interiors. <br />
My work is shown along with 19 other artists from the Southern Oregon area. Do drop in and take a look at our work. <br />
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Located in the heart of downtown Medford at 213 E. Main St., we offer convenient free 3 hour parking in the Parking garage at 6th and Riverside.<br />
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Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday 10am – 4pm, Saturday 11am – 4pm<br />
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Don't forget to drop in during the 3rd Fridays Art Walk each month in downtown Medford from 5:00 to 8:00 PM. Have a glass of wine, some cheese and crackers, and lots of conversation with local artists we'd love to talk to you!<br />
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<br />Pat Blairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03178237970768498442noreply@blogger.com0Medford Medford42.327517 -122.84065tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394239333417026638.post-68614688685382639102012-05-31T15:20:00.000-07:002012-06-07T13:42:18.057-07:00MY JOURNAL<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I cannot believe that its already the end of May! My month of May Days have seen a lot of activities and I still have more to do!<br />
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Early in the month there were so many details to keep me on my toes. There were watercolor classes in full swing on Mondays, Tuesday Mornings and Tuesday Evenings plus a drawing and sketching class on Thursday evening. I love being busy but I should know by now that when starting up classes they should be on a staggering start up basis! I had two groups of intermediate painters, one beginning painter and one beginning drawing class student. All needed my immediate attention and unfortunately the beginners began to suffer apparently (since they both dropped out).<br />
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Breathing did not become easier because I was gearing up for some non-art related commitments at the same time. Fundraising activities for my P.E.O. group's scholarship program and also planning for the June P.E.O. Statewide Convention in Grants Pass has taken more time that I expected. <br />
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Lastly as of May 31st I have joined Art du Jour Gallery, an artist co-op, in downtown Medford. This required that I gather some paintings to be juried as appropriate for the gallery. The two watercolors posted above are now hanging in Art du Jour Gallery, along with two other paintings.<br />
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There are 18 other artist from the greater Rogue Valley area in this co-op. Be sure to drop into Art du Jour Gallery, 213 E. Main Street to see some of my artwork there. The Third Friday Art Walk is coming up on June 15th from 5:00 to 8:00 PM. Stop by and say hello!<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I'm taking a deep breath, reading a book, painting a new pastel and planning for my next round of classes. Actually I did begin a class last Monday but it was an easy in since all three painters are experienced painters and have been in one or more of my classes already! They are delightful women and I love spending this class time with them! The routine is easy . . . first a cup of coffee and a gentle critique of the work they've just finished or currently working on, then down to business! I'll introduce a new or review topic and do a short lecture. . . then we proceed with the painting techniques of the day or return to their "in progress" works.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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Winding down 2011 was an eventful time for me! I had been teaching a series of watercolor classes for a delightfully energetic group of painters! We ended the summer with an art show, "Six Artists Who Love To Paint" which was a very successful event. I looked forward to a bit of time off from my art activities and planned to spend lots of quality time with my family but at the same time participate in the Member's Invitational Exhibit at The Rogue Gallery & Art Center which was called "Smaller Than A Breadbox". Members were asked to paint a new painting with food as the subject. I painted a still life with onions and garlic (two ingredients that find their way into most of my favorite recipes). The painting below called, "Distant Cousins" is the result.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbrml8FM7hosgz4O75Gtmy6qec5loo6X5m0zW6ovEdyrmfw6NfhyYE2n7U2WdHcd4YzN7AcF5JVY7tipOeG-wC6jXs-uALtSgi6UlP1Y9R6U8rvv8bXUSyccrOhcimDTEDXyOZYO9MaBM/s1600/Two+For+Dinner.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div>
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On December 30th I mounted a collection of 14 en plein air paintings at the wonderful exhibit space in The Good Bean Coffee Company in Jacksonville, Oregon. The show is curated by Hannah West of Southern Oregon Artists Resources (SOAR.Com). On January 20th we held an artist's coffee/reception for that exhibit and was I pleased to see so many of my friends come out on a very rainy afternoon for the event. The show will be there until January 30th. A friend and I will pick them up and relocate them back into my studio/gallery space in my home.<br />
I just heard from one couple who saw the exhibit & is interested in a purchase. Negotiations have begun! You are welcome to drop in anytime to see my paintings if you are interested!</div>
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Our Art Show and Reception was held on October 2nd at my home/studio/gallery and we all were very pleased with the attendance! We sent out 119 invitations to our relatives, friends and acquaintances and we estimated that 72 actually came and spent a nice sunny Sunday afternoon with us! My garden, deck and house were filled with appreciative art viewers! There was plenty of wine, cheese and bits to bite and even guitar music provided by my friend Tim Fankhauser who is a very accomplished musician! </div>
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The exhibit was quite large since there were six of us showing our paintings. The artists had just recently completed a round of classes I conducted in my studio. All are so very talented that I wanted to show their work and perhaps jump-start their art activities. Several paintings sold that day... a real boost to an artist's ego!</div>
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In 2010 and 2011 six artists have taken watercolor painting classes from Pat and are ready to show their paintings! We are having a wine and cheese reception for friends and invited guests on Sunday, October 2nd. The six artists, Glenda Cossette, Karin Dailey, Mary Hanenburg, Ruth Moore, Nancy Moran and Pat Blair will show their latest paintings. Many of the paintings will be for sale.</div>
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If you have been thinking about taking a watercolor class but have been putting it off .. now is the time to jump right in! My next class is scheduled for 8 weeks and will begin on Tuesday, September 20th. This 9:30 am session is designed for beginning watercolor students. </div>
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I have scheduled a drawing and sketching class that will be held on Wednesday Evenings from 6:00 to 8:30 PM beginning September 21st. The class begins with the basics and builds as students become more proficient. We will definitely work on shapes, form and perspective first. </div>
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This is one of my latest plein air paintings done on location just below Shady Cove, Oregon.</div>
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The Rogue River was running high due to the excessive rain we had experienced in Southern Oregon during the entire month of June. Now that Lost Creek Dam is full there is plenty of water to release. Fishing is great and lots of boats and fishermen can be seen wherever the fish are spawning.</div>Pat Blairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03178237970768498442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394239333417026638.post-83981949688463329062010-07-16T22:17:00.000-07:002011-10-26T11:02:32.352-07:00MY JOURNAL: DANCING WITH THE MUSE MEMBER EXHIBIT<div style="text-align: justify;">
Friday, July 16th marked the First Annual Membership Art Exhibit, "Dancing With The Muse" at the Rogue Gallery and Art Center. This is my contribution to the exhibit below. This is a "must see" show! As Liz Robinson wrote in these poems especially for this occasion:</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">Impressions of</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">Pat Blair's Hayfield </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">by <i>Liz Robinson</i></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Six hay bales</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>rolling over the gold grass hills</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>rounded hay bales</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>leaping their own shadows</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>down and pounding</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>in watercolor movements</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>scattered by the benevolent hand of the goddess of harvest hay</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">rolling leaping rounding down the midsummer day</span></b></div>
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<b>ROGUE GALLERY MEMBER'S EXHIBIT 2010 by <i>Liz Robinson</i></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>hung on the walls</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>painted, printed, sculpted, sewn,</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>glazed, jeweled, woven, blown.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Not the usual minimal,</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>maximum cheers,</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>media shoulder to shoulder</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>crowding the space,</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>realized on white-washed walls</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>where art's hung out for fifty years.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Community on display--</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>new lives that join us,</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b> decades--old lives, proud of the site</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>and insight gained in this gifted place.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>The friendliest night, </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>greetings warm as smiles</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b> and sun ripe tomatoes. "How are you?</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>How are the kids?"</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>An Opening,</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><i>Liz Robinson</i></b></span></div>Pat Blairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03178237970768498442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394239333417026638.post-30157582307032998232010-05-31T14:10:00.000-07:002010-07-03T13:02:32.608-07:00ART JOURNALS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVQa_1jewH8jtjCL32DIT5S7zWOHUBXXeFbZ-B2KKvpFfOnc2vRLRRcY8CfBHegn9h6AXFJH5NyKlBLsSIqFPWD3JUcCsP9KxMvEx8R7X8DbP898z7OZxaAOBGBi7q9CVh20SxsY0JAPI/s1600/My+beach+journal+cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><b></b><br />
<b></b><div align="left" class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZszc62QU8dmoTvXPaHXVnSKbRVwxX4FKxLgcQam7YamZtGio0yVCVk-edP5eUaL6tNGawo9r-Lh6Nq75Z95KEkvMXDyDJAU8Zca_FJXuWMjlOYrZH8qOGILNA1l-6QT5Hf0q2kFxUCbs/s1600/COVER+OF+OREGON+COAST+JOURNAL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="192" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZszc62QU8dmoTvXPaHXVnSKbRVwxX4FKxLgcQam7YamZtGio0yVCVk-edP5eUaL6tNGawo9r-Lh6Nq75Z95KEkvMXDyDJAU8Zca_FJXuWMjlOYrZH8qOGILNA1l-6QT5Hf0q2kFxUCbs/s200/COVER+OF+OREGON+COAST+JOURNAL.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_6bQhe7-UDaNBi37ZMXJMNUtHetEsMP7Ge3qZ4PIo6-9HqzZlDJxjbJaH2pkLeD7RI3XtMb6zbb19af97fxUrp_xeyT8es-OJ-mqKnh6svGLuHDSWps_4fd93WxN3RjS4lmezVoXxFec/s1600/HAYSTACK+4-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="156" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_6bQhe7-UDaNBi37ZMXJMNUtHetEsMP7Ge3qZ4PIo6-9HqzZlDJxjbJaH2pkLeD7RI3XtMb6zbb19af97fxUrp_xeyT8es-OJ-mqKnh6svGLuHDSWps_4fd93WxN3RjS4lmezVoXxFec/s320/HAYSTACK+4-5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b> This Spring I tried out a new class offering in Creating Art Journals. It was a challenge to me although I have done journals for myself for many years. Teaching a person to create something that they would be pleased with is difficult since we all come from a different mold. What I would want to feature is most definitely not what another creative person wants to do. At best the instructor becomes a coach and not a teacher. It is a matter of discussing ideas and techniques that will assist an individual in becoming successful. Sometimes the progress is slow but in the long run well worth the effort!</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br />
</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8r1WrGrzus86mxiGVuFwqymo5qcb5bcJbZob7AYRhSp4vBzx-tCiLhYQoFvZEmuBdqrjBrIsNZGfEpAWGq0GdgeBB0SwO4v_MoXHdk1uj7T5dc-gGeXaaHWoaKNmnEtKTju1q3ZbIEXQ/s1600/galapagos_wideweb__470x330,0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>My theory is that art journals are a personal picture book that you may or may not want to share with other people. If a person were to take photographs and place them in a photo album... that picture book is only seen once or twice because you must be with that book in order for the photos to be fully interpreted. When you do an art journal... you will write something about the photo...something that describes where you took the photo... how that scene made you feel... and you may even include a diagram, a hand drawn map, or a small sketch to enhance that scene. Voila! A story book! </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>My student, Lorrie, worked on an art journal of her trip to the Galapagos Islands. Her journal pages take the viewer along the cruise route and hiking paths where she and her husband took many photos of wildlife found only on these islands. I think she was quite successful!</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>I concentrated on My family beach excursions on the Oregon Coast. I used my photos and simple drawings as page development examples. My pages featured ocean views, family photos taken on the beach and the more common wildlife which can be seen any day on an Oregon beach.</strong> <em>The family, however, is unique and amazing</em><strong>!!</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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My good friends, The Duncans, who used to fly a small private plane quite a bit were out for a day trip to Florence, Oregon. Once they landed they went to a popular local eatery in town called, "The Blue Hen". When they were seated, Ann looked up on the wall at the large painting just above their table. The artist signature on the painting was mine, Pat Blair! When they returned to Medford, Ann called and asked if I had ever done a painting of chickens for a restaurant in Florence. The answer of course was yes I had done chickens but not for a restaurant. I, in fact, had painted several different paintings with chickens (which was a popular thing to do in the mid-seventies! ) When I tried to determine which painting it might have been Ann could not remember the details of the painting... just the artist's signature on the piece. The next time I visited Florence, Oregon was about 6 months later. I made a point of having lunch at The Blue Hen so that I could see the painting. It was not anywhere to be seen! I asked the hostess about the painting and she did remember it and said "Oh that sold right off the wall!" So I decided that I could not solve the mystery. I told my ex next door neighbor about this story and asked if she still had the painting I had traded her for a kitchen range. She did. I asked another friend who now lives in California about the painting her mother-in-law had purchased. She told me that her in-laws had moved from Medford to Florence and that she sold the painting she had in a big moving sale when they down-sized for retirement. Case solved. Except I still don't know what painting it was... just that it must have been that one. All was fine with my not knowing anything more and I let it go. Then...my ex-neighbor, Fran, came into our Hot Pots! shop Anne Duncan, Arlene Kramer and I owned with the large acrylic painting of Three Hens and a Rooster shown above. She wanted me to have it back since she has no room for it now that she has down-sized in her retirement years! </div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Amazing things happen all the time but rarely do they happen to me! This is a short story, really, but I'll just make a condensed version here:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I painted this acrylic painting of Black Neck Stilts in 1968. At that time I was still painting on very large canvases. Several of my paintings sold during an art show/sale that was a part of Westminster Presbyterian Church's Annual Fall Festival. Many artists who belonged to that church brought their paintings to the festival and displayed them there. The festival was always well attended and sales were brisk. I sold several paintings, prints and pen and ink drawings that day. A couple from Grants Pass purchased this piece. They were very excited to purchase this one and hang it in their newly acquired home. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">In October, 2009, (exactly 41 years later) I received a telephone call from a woman living in Winston, Oregon. She asked if I were the Pat Blair in Medford who painted and had I ever painted a clutch of black and white birds with long legs. When I answered yes, she explained that she had inherited the painting from a dear friend who had passed away recently. The woman said she had no room on her walls for a painting this large (30" x 34") and that the colors nor subject matter would match her decor. She wanted it to return to the original artist. She dropped the painting off just this past December 20th and asked that I take a photo of the painting with me and my three daughters sitting in front of the painting. </span></div>
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</div>Pat Blairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03178237970768498442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394239333417026638.post-74653320391630457902009-11-17T14:15:00.000-08:002011-01-24T14:46:17.766-08:00MY JOURNAL: Fall Classes Students<div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYmy8MSZxzqdmDqacTOL3heqBKukkwWFiF7ZwQsk9nqfXPd-YItk0rWkDj53scm9Pqut0Evv3WjB0EzYGJ_HwoaegoV9ICMwSCgMGDhKeZj86xJmkt8c2dUlW8sPF1E2xHfFoGK0CStHg/s1600/Judy+Mooster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
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Bonnie Miller, Mary Hanenburg, Anne Duncan,<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Seven paintings sold today during my Wine & Cheese Reception. </span> <span style="font-size: small;">How nice that they have found good homes!</span></div></div>The major activity I have had in the past week and a half is to prepare for my Bi-Annual Art Reception and Studio Sale. For this show I sent out about 50 on-line invitations to my family and friends primarily. Usually about 20 or so people come by for Wine, Cheese and conversation. At the same time I hoped to sell some of my paintings. This time I have over 30 framed paintings and my studio, hallway living room and dining room walls have been taken over by these paintings. Selling seven doesn't even make a dent but I am happy! Thank yous go to the new owners! I'm so happy you liked one of my paintings! There were many good and faithful friends who were unable to come today for one reason or another... but there were many, many good and faithful friends who did come and we were able to have some wine and conversation together. I was so pleased to see some of my favorite paintings become favorites of someone else! That is true validation for a painter! My darling daughters, Leigh (& her friend, Kenneth) and Marcia, were so kind to help me set up the studio show and also to serve the wine and appetizers. My granddaughter Caienna was also a tremendouis help as were her sisters, Sascha and Maia! I have a lovely family!Pat Blairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03178237970768498442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394239333417026638.post-86964565739848102332009-07-13T11:11:00.000-07:002010-03-26T12:17:20.614-07:00MY JOURNAL<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjQmJ_Pd4xypQPqne22uYrGri4ZPPmPSQVmfrrD5J2HSjnyQdmXD3xvJ1xeBU4IEnxDWSm3cDxr3PlDBsXxgECvuYQundg85H9b6DE9Xp2FgQJNFKYuPmCm8M8WEaYhkzOaT1cBywG8bI/s1600-h/Old+Girl+Pat.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358018094647619810" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjQmJ_Pd4xypQPqne22uYrGri4ZPPmPSQVmfrrD5J2HSjnyQdmXD3xvJ1xeBU4IEnxDWSm3cDxr3PlDBsXxgECvuYQundg85H9b6DE9Xp2FgQJNFKYuPmCm8M8WEaYhkzOaT1cBywG8bI/s320/Old+Girl+Pat.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 288px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 256px;" /></a><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Journal page I did at Marti Peet's workshop</span> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Already it is Mid-July and I have only painted once! I spent a half day last Friday painting with an artist friend , Elizabeth M. who lives in San Francisco. Glenda C. was supposed to join us but was ill that day. and she was missed! We painted The Antique Furniture Barn in Jacksonville and Glenda would have loved that! Elizabeth is a watercolor painter turned journalist painter. We met a few years back in a Journaling workshop and struck up a friendship immediately. At that time Elizabeth was living in Jacksonville. We enjoyed that first journaling workshop so much that we repeated the workshop the following summer! I believe it was the instructor, Marti Peet of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and the other seven artist in the group that made it so special. Everyone came back for the second workshop that was held at The Willows, a Bed & Breakfast Inn just outside of Jacksonville. I have not pursued my journaling in the same manner as Elizabeth (who is very accomplished) but have managed to keep up my journaling since then too. Mine have taken on the form of illustrated record-keeping. I use drawings, colored sketches and photographs to keep my blogs, that is my main journal and another one about painting in plein air :<span style="color: #6666cc; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> </span><br />
<span style="color: #6666cc; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> <span style="color: #6633ff;">http://paitblair.blogspot.com/ <span style="color: black;">&</span> </span></span><br />
two blogs for The Children's Festival:<br />
<span style="color: #3366ff; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">http://blair67.blogspot.com/</span>and<br />
http:<span style="color: #6633ff; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">//blairsfredspot.blogspot.com</span><span style="color: #6633ff;">.</span><br />
I also keep my artist sketch journals I use when I go out to paint En Plein Air! </div></div>Pat Blairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03178237970768498442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394239333417026638.post-62734642363449181582009-07-05T14:31:00.000-07:002009-07-05T14:48:39.189-07:00MY JOURNAL -- 4TH OF JULY IS PAST<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH49hn6UWQB-Cy8tt1SoYwVwE5NchGA1Bnn8rouFJQjVQEiB-IPIpXbe2pAyq6ukyY4S1jrrie360lGZ9hL50QGZX01cPEyrGopGbWIvG69I33yX4PUARCTkOB1oF-72Tmj8lALeiMCEU/s1600-h/PAT++6-15-05+025.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 421px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH49hn6UWQB-Cy8tt1SoYwVwE5NchGA1Bnn8rouFJQjVQEiB-IPIpXbe2pAyq6ukyY4S1jrrie360lGZ9hL50QGZX01cPEyrGopGbWIvG69I33yX4PUARCTkOB1oF-72Tmj8lALeiMCEU/s320/PAT++6-15-05+025.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355093662215332418" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:78%;">TABLE ROCK FROM TAYLOR ROAD
</span></span><div style="text-align: justify;">Although I had thought I would take the summer off -- I have an unexpected opportunity to begin a new series of watercolor classes for a select group! My dear friends, Anne and Rob Duncan and my new dear friend, Judy Mooster came over this past Thursday for a 3 hour painting lesson. They all agreed that they wanted to continue with the "whole enchilada" so I will begin a class for them on July 28th! We will have a great time since they are all already experienced artists and just need to work in watercolor! I am definitely looking forward to this class! We will begin with the rules of painting and work from there! It will be a challenge for me to keep ahead of them!
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<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">MacKenzie, Caitlin and Caienna sketching Butler-Petrozzie Fountain in Lithia Park
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<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> MacKenzie, Caitlin and Charlie painting in my studio
</span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">For the past two Fridays and again today I have made a concentrated effort to get my grandchildren involved in doing their art. Each one of these teens have exceptional talent as artists! I enjoy their different approaches</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> to art! MacKenzie wants to become a designer. Caienna is interested in abstract art and is quite</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> accomplished! Caitlin has exceptional drawing and painting skills and Charlie is becoming quite the</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> painter too! I am so fortunate to have all of my grandchildren living either in Medford or Ashland and very pleased that they enjoy spending time with me in my studio!
I have two additional granddaughters who are also very interested in art. Sascha and Maia were both away at camp when the "olders" were doing their thing!
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