High Desert Gallery Events Calendar

Expanded Hours in Redmond -- Now open Monday - Saturday 11am to 6pm

01 Jan 2008 08:00:00 GMT

High Desert Gallery
453 SW 6th Street
Redmond, Oregon 97756
Ongoing through Saturday, May 31, 2008

We've expanded our hours in our Fine Art and Custom Framing Gallery located in downtown Redmond Oregon -- Starting in 2008 gallery hours are Monday through Saturday 11am to 6pm -- closed on Sunday. Please call the gallery for appointments or just drop by our normal hours! For more information call 541-388-8964 x 2 or toll free 1-866-549-6250.

High Desert Gallery -- The Art and Soul of Central Oregon!

More info: www.highdesertgallery.com

Artist Feature -- Fine Pottery By Patrick Horsley -- Redmond Oregon

01 Apr 2008 07:00:00 GMT

High Desert Gallery
453 SW 6th Street
Redmond, Oregon 97756
Ongoing through Saturday, May 31, 2008

Join us in downtown Redmond Oregon for an artist feature and exhibition and sale of fine pottery by nationally known Oregon artist Patrick Horsley.

Make sure you save the date and attend Patrick's artist reception at the gallery on Friday, April 25! Enjoy great art, lively conversation, refreshments and live music!

High Desert Gallery in Redmond is open Monday - Saturday 11am to 6pm. Call 541-388-8964 or 1-866-549-6250 for more information.

More info: www.highdesertgallery.com

Lillian Pitt -- Artist Feature - Sisters Oregon

01 May 2008 07:00:00 GMT

High Desert Gallery
281 W Cascade Avenue
Sisters Oregon 97759
Ongoing through Saturday, May 31, 2008

High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing of Central Oregon is proud and honored to feature work by Nationally known artist, Lillian Pitt.

The exhibition and sales of Lillian's work is scheduled from May 1 through May 31 with an artist in attendance reception on Saturday, May 24 from 4:00pm to 7:30pm. Please join us!

Lillian Pitt is a High Desert Gallery artist and exhibits primarily in High Desert Gallery's Sisters Oregon Gallery. Bronze, Raku, Cast Glass, Tapestries, Silver and more await the visitor of the gallery.

About Lillian Pitt: In her book "Spirits Keep Whistling Me Home", Lillian writes, "My early work began as a playful interaction with clay...I felt that I needed to make work that represented my own culture and who I am (knowing) that my people had a 10,000 year history of living in the Columbia River Gorge...I felt privileged to begin making images in clay of the pictographs, petroglyphs, and legendary beings of my ancestral homeland".

Born in 1943 of Warm Spring/Yakima/Wasco heritage, Lillian often features Stick Indians in her masks, sculpture, and jewelry. "Growing up on the Warm Springs Reservation, we were told Stick Indians living in the mountains would whistle to guide a good person to safety if lost in the woods, and would lead a bad person deeper into the forest. Because my life has been enriched by so many good people, I picture the Stick Indian I make whistling people to good fortune and well being".

Recipient of the Governor's Award for the Arts, Oregon, in 1990, Lillian's work is both nationally and internationally recognized from Germany to Canada to New Zealand to Siberia to Japan! Most identified with Lillian are her Shadow Spirits and Petroglyph Series, including "She Who Watches". Lillian writes, "I have continued to use shells, cones, and other natural objects to create textural surfaces on the pieces in my Shadow Spirit Series, again a collaboration with Nature. The petroglyph and rock paintings of the Columbia River Gorge inspire the form and energy of these works".

For more information call 1-866-549-6250 or visit www.highdesertgallery.com

More info: www.highdesertgallery.com

Artist Reception - Lillian Pitt -- High Desert Gallery Sisters Oregon

24 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT

High Desert Gallery
281 W Cascade Avenue
Sisters Oregon 97759
Saturday, May 24, 2008, 4 – 7:30pm

High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing of Central Oregon is proud and honored to feature work by Nationally known artist, Lillian Pitt.

The exhibition and sales of Lillian's work is scheduled from May 1 through May 31 with an artist in attendance reception on Saturday, May 24 from 4:00pm to 7:30pm. Please join us live music, great art, lively conversation and meet and chat with Lillian!

Lillian Pitt is a High Desert Gallery artist and exhibits primarily in High Desert Gallery's Sisters Oregon Gallery. Bronze, Raku, Cast Glass, Tapestries, Silver and more await the visitor of the gallery.

About Lillian Pitt: In her book "Spirits Keep Whistling Me Home", Lillian writes, "My early work began as a playful interaction with clay...I felt that I needed to make work that represented my own culture and who I am (knowing) that my people had a 10,000 year history of living in the Columbia River Gorge...I felt privileged to begin making images in clay of the pictographs, petroglyphs, and legendary beings of my ancestral homeland".

Born in 1943 of Warm Spring/Yakima/Wasco heritage, Lillian often features Stick Indians in her masks, sculpture, and jewelry. "Growing up on the Warm Springs Reservation, we were told Stick Indians living in the mountains would whistle to guide a good person to safety if lost in the woods, and would lead a bad person deeper into the forest. Because my life has been enriched by so many good people, I picture the Stick Indian I make whistling people to good fortune and well being".

Recipient of the Governor's Award for the Arts, Oregon, in 1990, Lillian's work is both nationally and internationally recognized from Germany to Canada to New Zealand to Siberia to Japan! Most identified with Lillian are her Shadow Spirits and Petroglyph Series, including "She Who Watches". Lillian writes, "I have continued to use shells, cones, and other natural objects to create textural surfaces on the pieces in my Shadow Spirit Series, again a collaboration with Nature. The petroglyph and rock paintings of the Columbia River Gorge inspire the form and energy of these works".

For more information call 1-866-549-6250 or visit www.highdesertgallery.com

More info: www.highdesertgallery.com

Artist Feature -- Kathy Deggendorfer -- Sisters Oregon

01 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT

High Desert Gallery
281 W Cascade Avenue
Sisters Oregon 97759
Sunday, June 1 – Monday, June 30, 2008

Join Us for a wonderful month of new work by Kathy Deggendorfer! Nationally collected and regionally acclaimed the work of Kathy is bright, fun and always with a bit of humor!

Don't forget the Artist in Attendance reception for Kathy on Saturday, June 21, 2008 -- Meet Kathy -- view new work and enjoy lively conversation, great art, live music and refreshments!

More info: www.highdesertgallery.com

Artist Feature - Kimry Jelen - Redmond Oregon

01 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT

High Desert Gallery
453 SW 6th Street
Redmond, Oregon 97756
Sunday, June 1 – Monday, June 30, 2008

Artist Feature with original paintings by regionally acclaimed Oregon Artist, Kimry Jelen. Kimry's work will be on display and sale at High Desert Gallery and Custom Framing of Central Oregon's Redmond Fine Art Gallery from June 1 through June 30, 2008.

An Artist in Attendance Artist Reception will be hosted on Friday, June 27th from 5-8pm. Please plan attending the event! Meet Kimry, view great art, enjoy lively conversation, live music and refreshments. A Hoot For Sure!

Make sure you read about the show by visiting our weblog at www.highdesertgallery.info and clicking on the Kimry Jelen link!

About Kimry Jelen: In a moment of clarity, Kimry Jelen left the corporate world and her life as a fashion designer to train and paint horses. The accolades she received from companies like Nike, Royal Robbins and O'Neill pale in comparison to the joy she receives from interpreting her love of these magnificent creatures. Her contemporary style flows freely, from abstract to representational, and demonstrates an intimate understanding of her subjects. Each painting seems to be a celebration of her new life of balance and purpose. While still considered an emerging artist, Kimry's astonishing volume of work has found its way into exhibitions and corporate and private collections throughout the West.

In the Spring of 2007, Kimry went even deeper into her vision of equine art by training and studying in the classic arenas of Portugal and Spain. Today she continues to work as a professional horse trainer and painter in Central Oregon.

High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing of Central Oregon is honored to exclusively represent Kimry Jelen in Central Oregon.

More info: www.highdesertgallery.com

Rowdy Barry Artist Feature - High Desert Gallery - Sisters Oregon

01 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT

High Desert Gallery
281 W Cascade Avenue
Sisters Oregon 97759
Sunday, June 1 – Sunday, June 15, 2008

Special Exhibition of artist and nationally known rodeo bullfighter! Rowdy has created the 2008 Sisters Rodeo Poster and we are honored host Rowdy and his original paintings in the gallery from June 1 to June 15th. A special Artist in Attendance reception will be held at High Desert Gallery in Sisters Oregon on Thursday, June 12th. Plan on attending the reception and the world famous Sisters Rodeo. For more information on Rowdy please visit: www.rowdybarry.com… and www.sistersrodeo.com

A Hoot For Sure!

More info: www.highdesertgallery.com