The New Space

Kelty and I just walked to our new studio.  If I walk the long way, I go by Boneyard and Crux.  If I walk the short way, I reach the Old Ironworks District slightly quicker, and can wave in the window of Sparrow Bakery.  Either way, the walk is pleasant, with a view of the Cascades and plenty of people that I know along the way.

I am pretty much ecstatic about having a studio space out in the community again.  I enjoyed working from home the last two years, and I feel like I got a lot done, but I miss the camaraderie that I felt at the PoetHouse, at Evergreen Studios, and in my good ole college days.  And what a community am I about to be submerged in! The space is technically called Studio 3.  Started by Tambi Lane Photography, it is in the building right next to Cinder Cone Clay Co-Op (where my dear friend Jacob just moved in- I posted about him a while back).  Cinder Cone is right next to The Workhouse, where my friend Alicia of Howl has her sewing studio, as well as my friend Karen Eland has her painting space. The Workhouse is right next to Stuart's of Bend (I wrote an article about Stuart for the Source a few years ago, he's an awesome jewelry maker and one of the masterminds behind the Workhouse).  All these creative spaces, along with the fore mentioned Sparrow Bakery, surround a common patio area complete with fire pits, where I will be singing with the Rural Demons for the district's Last Saturday celebration this month.

More photos will come when I get all moved in, but until then...

Jacob

I love how someone can be such a kindred, yet work so differently.

My friend Jake is putting up paintings in Lone Pine as I type this.

He is pretty much amazing.
Jake paints with oils. He bundles them up in his bike cart, and bundles himself, and rides (usually in the morning) to Shevlin Park, or Tin Pan Alley, and he paints.  It's plein air, but kinda more than that.   His paintings are much more expressionistic, they capture things Jake Sees.  And Jake sees things differently (more on this later...). There is urgency and quickness to the method of capturing that which is often fleeting, but Jake does it with such excitement and non-attachement, with genuineness and gentleness.

We keep talking about going on a little trek to work on the Aspens as they turn and sparkle.  It's hard for me to take tiny bits of paper and an iron out in the woods though, so I would be happy to just sit and watch Jake work his magic.

bike, easel, beret, coffee, scarf.