Northwest By Northwest Gallery features sculptors, oil painters

Published 8:00 am Tuesday, June 23, 2015

“Floral” by Douglas Granum at Northwest by Northwest Gallery.

CANNON BEACH — During this year’s Plein Air & More Arts Festival June 26 to 28, Northwest by Northwest Gallery will feature leading regional artists, including Georgia Gerber, Ivan McLean, Jeff White, Hazel Schlesinger and Douglas Granum.

Gerber, known for her sculptures in downtown Portland depicting Oregon wildlife, will create clay sculpture in front of the gallery.

McLean is a contemporary steel sculptor who has created numerous pieces throughout Portalnd’s Pearl District. He has just returned from installing six spheres on Hollywood Boulevard in California. He is known for his numerous site-specific installations.

White is a master oil painter. He has been an OBP “Oregon Art Beat” featured artist. His work can be seen in numerous public collections, at the Hawaii Temple Visitor Center, San Francisco Bay Wildlife Refuge and Columbia River Gorge Visitor Center.

Schlesinger grew up in Cannon Beach and is a devoted plein air oil painter, belonging the Oil Painters of America and the Plein Air Painters of Hawaii. Her work has been featured in Southwest Art Magazine, and she is also known for her abstracts.

Granum works in sculpture from super realism, like his project for the Gig Harbor History Museum called “The Big Catch,” based on a 1909 photograph of a cannery worker with a king salmon taken by Asahel Curtis. The sculptor and painter works in a broad range of styles. He is currently creating a sterling silver canoe based on an earlier carved wooden canoe by the artist.

A Friday evening reception will feature jazz guitarist Bobcat Bob and Patrick McElligott pouring Sineann Wines. Northwest By Northwest Gallery is located at 232 N. Spruce St. For more information, call 503-436-0741.

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