| By soar, 592 contributed posts About the author: SOAR: The Southern Oregon Artist's Resource is a directory of Southern Oregon artists, artisans and those who serve them and calendar of their art events, and Art Matters!, our blog posting Southern Oregon art events and matters of interest to artists and patrons of the arts near and far. SOAR was created and is maintained by art advocate and web designer Hannah West in Jacksonville, Oregon to promote our diverse and talented arts community to our visitors and the rest of the world.  Six years ago Stefan’s desire to live in a place of natural beauty and to paint what he loves with integrity brought him to the Shasta Forest where he paints stunning views of Northern California and Oregon in his home/studio in Mt. Shasta. He shares his talent, knowledge, and enthusiasm for art with others by featuring his artwork at the Gallery in Mt. Shasta and Central Art Supply Studio and offering weekly oil painting classes in Medford, Mt. Shasta, and Redding. He also posts a monthly blog with plein air paintings, offers 3-day outdoor painting workshops in Mt. Shasta, and his series called “The Grand View” airs periodically on local Create TV and PBS stations. Continue reading SOAR Welcomes Stefan Baumann! By Brett Baker, 286 contributed posts About the author: John Yau reviews the exhibition Chuck Webster: Paintings at ZieherSmith, New York, on view through May 25, 2012. Yau writes: "The structure that Webster is here exploring is a stepped form that owes something to Navaho blankets. He uses a thic… Continue reading Chuck Webster: Moving House By Brett Baker, 286 contributed posts About the author: Jonathan Goodman reviews Brice Marden: New Paintings at Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, on view through June 23, 2012. Of Marden's painting Ru Ware Project, 2007-2012, Goodman writes that the "monochromatic panels effectively join Marden&… Continue reading Brice Marden: Eastern Promise By Brett Baker, 286 contributed posts About the author: James Kalm visits the exhibition Dana Schutz: Piano in the Rain at Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York, on view through June 16, 2012. Kalm writes: "With this exhibition, the artist appears to be thinning down her paint, exercising a more virtu… Continue reading Dana Schutz: Piano in the Rain By Brett Baker, 286 contributed posts About the author:  Aimee Walleston talks to painter Rita Ackermann about her new series of work Fire by Days, on view in a solo exhibition at The Journal Gallery, Williamsburg (through June 3, 2012) and in the group show Mix/Remix at Luhring Augustine, New York (throug… Continue reading Rita Ackermann: Fire by Days By Brett Baker, 286 contributed posts About the author:  M. Hoetger blogs about the exhibition Cy Twombly: The Last Paintings at Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, on view through June 9, 2012. Hoetger writes: "The Last Paintings includes eight untitled works from 2011—all known under the monike… Continue reading Cy Twombly: Last Paintings By Brett Baker, 286 contributed posts About the author:  Charlie Finch visits Norman Bluhm's monumental painting Coney Island Beauty, recently installed at 499 Park Ave, New York. Although Finch finds that the painting owes an "overwhelming debt to Pablo Picasso," he writes that "a dou… Continue reading Norman Bluhm: Coney Island Beauty By Brett Baker, 286 contributed posts About the author:  Maria Calandra visits the studio of painter Ariel Dill whose exhibition Oscillations is on view at Southfirst Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn through May 27, 2012. Calandra writes: "Ariel's paintings are lush musings on color, pattern, and… Continue reading Ariel Dill: Studio Visit By Brett Baker, 286 contributed posts About the author:  Jeffrey Collins posts video conversations with painters Ronnie Landfield, Michael Brennan, Ruth Ann Fredenthal, and John Zinsser as part of his on-going documentary project, "a 21st century version of the legendary 1972 film Painters Painting by… Continue reading Conversations with Painters By Brett Baker, 286 contributed posts About the author: Howard Hurst reviews the exhibition Four Paintings featuring a single painting each by Britta Deardorff, Jackie Gendel, Juan Gomez, and Eric Sall at Regina Rex, Ridgewood, Queens, New York, on view through June 3, 2012. Hurst writes that "thes… Continue reading Four Paintings at Regina Rex |  DISCLOSURE: SOAR/Art Matters! has affiliate relationships with the providers of great products and services below. If you make a purchase from one of the sites below, it helps defray the cost of promoting Southern Oregon Artists, so please use our links!   Utrecht's online discounts have been updated, though the graphics remain the same. The link above saves 40% off your highest priced item (coupon code AP1), the one below gets you 15% off any order of $100 or more AND Free Shipping! (coupon code AP3)    Ashland artist Pegi Smith sells her art on Yessy.com - View her Yessy gallery hereNow thru April 30: 
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