Our Excellent Art Harvest Studio Tour Adventure: Chris Stubbs

Chris Stubbs studio

It was a beautiful sunny morning.  The winding road past mansions and vineyards on the was up to Chris Stubbs house is a wonderful part of Yamhill County.  Her studio is at one end of a large house.  Stepping across a landscaped water way make you feel as if you are stepping into an enchanted place.  Well yes you are.  Lining the walls of her studio are her sensitive water color paintings.  When one of her portraits looks out at you, there is the feeling that it is not only you who is being looked at.


The flowers, the lily, the iris, the daffodils all float with color and calm.

Our Excellent Art Harvest Studio Tour Adventure: Brad Speer

Brad Speer at his pottery.

I'm a potter and clay worker so going to see Brad Speer at his new studio is a special treat.  It is clear that Brad works with his hands, with his mind, and with his heart when he is crafting his utilitarian pottery.  He is developing mastery of all levels of the art.

His work is made to be used and to become part of your every day life.  The elegance of one of his cups or bowls is a pleasure to hold.  It in riches a person's morning even before that first sip of coffee. 

Our Excellent Art Harvest Studio Tour Adventure: Dwight Evalt

Dwight Evalt at his studio

Dwight Evalt's studio reflects his multi-media interests.  His sculpture, his pottery, and his paintings all show his expertise and his quest for discovery and surprise.

Dwight is one of the leaders of the Art Harvest Studio Tour.  He helped put together the wonderful all Tour show at the Chehalem Cultural Center in Newberg.

Our Excellent Art Harvest Studio Tour Adventure: Jeanne Drevas and Adele O'Neal

Jeanne Drevas talks with Liz

Jeanne Drevas does unique art.  She lives at the end of a long curving dead end road on a side hill in a very unique house.  Adele O'Neal's jewelry is designed and crafted.

Visiting them at Jeanne's house was worth the trip. 

Our Excellent Art Harvest Studio Tour Adventure: Maggie Bowman

Maggie show Liz a work in progress

Maggie Bowman is a jeweler who is expanding her techniques.  A Tour visit to her studio is an education.  Her enthusiasm is contagious.  If you missed going to her studio you can see her work at NW Wine and Gifts on the corner of 3rd street and Evans in downtown McMinnville.  

Art Harvest Studio Tour Gallery Show at Chehalem Cultural Center

Art Harvest Studio Tour Show  Chehalem Cultural Center

Looking at Dwight Evalt paintings

There is still time.  You have until December 12th.  The absolutely fantastic show of the Art Harvest Studio Tour Artists is a pleasure.  Each of the Tour artists has two or more works in the show.  If you did not get a chance to visit the artists studios give yourself a treat.  Go to the Chehalem Cultural Center and see some of the truly beautiful art works being made here by our local artists.

Our Excellent Art Harvest Studio Tour Adventure: Marc and Veronica Bartlett

Veronica Bartlett

Marc and Veronica Bartlett live in an elegant old house in downtown Yamhill.  Marc's furniture is beautiful and Veronica's paintings and masks are colorful and playful.

Veronica talked to Liz about her work.  One of the great things about the Tour is learning from the artists about how they approach their work.

Our Excellent Art Harvest Studio Tour Adventure: Mike Bittle

Mike Bittle

Mike Bittle lives on a hill in a house with a steep driveway.  His abstract paintings are vibrant with color and humor.

With an exuberant pallet he is obviously having fun putting paint to canvas.

Our Excellent Art Harvest Studio Tour Adventure: Ralph Kraft

Ralph Kraft explaining a work in progress

Ralph Kraft is truly a master glass art craftsman.  His work is narrative and whimsical as well as stunningly beautiful.  He talked about design and inspiration. 

Liz is enjoying looking at a work in progress.

Our Excellent Art Harvest Studo Tour Adventure: Glori Redfern-Sayler and Wendy Thompson

Glori Redfern-Salyer

Glori Redfern-Sayler's studio, the GRS Artisans Boutique, on SE Baker in McMinnville is small and very much a working artist studio.







Wendy Thompson is a master.  This Tour she was showing at the GRS Artisans Boutique with Glori.

Wendy talking with Tour visitors

The Tour is a great way to see master artists in creative spaces.

Our Excellent Art Harvest Studio Tour Adventure: Dee Boyles, Doug Roy, and Marilyn Worrix

Liz & Marilyn look into a book

To visit Marilyn Worrix's 3rd Street, McMinnville apartment is to experience a place of elegance.  Then with the Art Harvest Studio Tour we get to see not only Marilyn's master crafted books from practical to whimsy.

Liz talking with Doug Roy

Doug Roy, who has been showing on the Tour with Marilyn for at least years, is a meticulous craftsman.  His paper cuts are sometimes so tiny and so precise it is hard to believe they are made with individual pieces.

Dee Boyles explains etching process

Multi-media artist Dee Boyles was on the Tour at Marilyn's.  His etchings and prints are done by someone who definitely knows what they are doing.   

Our Excellent Art Harvest Studio Tour Adventure: Martin Banke and Marcy Bell

Martin Banke & Marcy Bell

Water color painter Martin Banke and jeweler Marcy Bell are a pleasant walk up Evans Street from Marilyn Affolter's studio.  We had not seen their work before so is was a perfect second stop.  To see Martin's work you need to go by his house 1134 NE Evans Street, McMinnville.  There is one more weekend for the Art Harvest Studio Tour

Marcy Bell handcrafted jewelry is elegant and haunting.  She has a website where can see more of her work.

Our Excellent Art Harvest Studio Tour Adventure: Marilyn Affolter

Marilyn Affolter

It is Friday, October 2nd, first day of the 23rd Art Harvest Studio Tour.  The Art Harvest Studio Tour opens early at 10 am.  Since Marilyn's studio is a nice morning walk for us from home, we bought our buttons, and looked at Marilyn's beautiful work. Her studio is on Evans Street just off 3rd Street in downtown McMinnville.

Marilyn's downtown gallery/studio is small and flows through hall like rooms which are lined with amazing art work.   It is not the luxury of expansive rooms that makes her studio shine, it is the quality of work so close you can look closely.
 
Marilyn Affolter's enthusiasm for life and the world around her is reflected in her person and in her work.
Last year Marilyn talked about her work with Arts Alive TV host Lynda Phillippi

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