my week

This is my favorite time of the year in Portland.  The late afternoon light is ideal for shooting pictures, there's a slight crisp in th...

welcome back, rothko

  Rothko (Taschen 25th Anniversary Special Edition) by Jacob Baal-Teshuva.  The Portland Art Museum in the background. Mark Rothko (1903-19...

things i'm fond of today

The Obliteration Room.   Installation by Yuki Nakano .  Visitors help "obliterate" a white room by adhering colored dots on walls ...

Dazzling chandeliers made from discarded objects

Drop , 1800 plastic bottles, 2007. According to British designer Stuart Haygarth , one man's trash is another man's treasure.  He c...

When drawing on walls with permanent marker is okay

I love these installations by German artist Heike Weber .  Equipped with only a permanent marker, Heike creates a sea of flowing lines on wa...

"Painting" with reclaimed wood

photo: Nash Baker         Brazilian artist Henrique Oliveira creates incredible sculptures out of old wood fences from construction sites. ...

I spy something red

Ran Hwang , Dreaming of Joy , buttons and pins, 2008. Rein Nomm , Winter Feast , a single strawberrry, 2005.   Labokoff , Trio , mixed media...

The wonders of salt

photo courtesy of The Meadow Last summer, we toured Oregon's wine country for a day with several other couples.  At one of the vineyard...

Seeing spots before your eyes?

Yayoi Kusama started using dots in her art work when she was 10.  She turned 80 this year and has been celebrated as one of the greatest li...

Museum installations that wow

Our family went to the Portland Art Museum a couple of days ago to check out the China Design Now exhibit.  In the courtyard, there was th...

Plan a free family trip to the art museum

Vincent Van Gogh, Starry Night Over the Rhone, 1888. Art is meant to be experienced in person.  It's hard to capture an authentic respon...