'Creating
a painting
is a renewing experience,
time stands still
and you are able to
let go of everything else.'
What's New!
Barnes & Noble Booksellers - coffee shop
will be hosting a display of "Birds & Butterflies",
acrylic paintings by Shirley Reade during
the month of April 2012.
Store hours are 9 am - 10 pm at 1163 Valley River Drive, Eugene, Oregon.
"Emerald Art Center's 10th Anniversary
Founder's Show" honors many of the
founding members that helped make the Emerald Art
Center happen, with a large exhibit of their work.
Shirley with be showing her newest acrylic painting "Shoshone Falls, Idaho" (
24" x 48") on canvas with a beautiful, locally handmade walnut frame.
The exhibit is shown from April 3rd through April 27th, 2012. Gallery hours
are Tuesday through Saturday from 11am-4 pm at 500 Main Street, downtown Springfield,
Oregon.
Reception and celebration for the public and the artists will be
on April 13th - 5:00 - 7:00 pm.
Emerald Art Center's "Emerald Spring
Exhibition": National Juried Show, May 1st -
June 1st, 2012
500 Main Street, Springfield, Oregon. Included in the show will be Shirley's
acrylic painting of " Ruby Beach, Seastacks".
Reception & Awards Presentation on Saturday, May 5, 2012, 5:30 - 7:00 pm
at
the Emerald Art Center.
Umpqua Valley Art Association's 44th Annual
Summer Arts Festival - June 22, 23, and 24, 2012.
Shirley will be displaying original paintings, prints, giclees and
note cards in Booth #74.
The festival is located at 1624 West Harvard Avenue, Roseburg, Oregon.
Festival hours: Friday, June 22, from 4pm until 8 pm, Saturday, June 23, from
10am to 8pm, and Sunday, June 24, from 10am to 4pm.
Come and enjoy a variety of music and great food!
Small Bird Paintings
 
Juvenile Bluebird. and American Robin
 
Eastern Bluebird and Rose breasted
Grosbeak

Garden Angel, Acrylic 9 x 12 painting ... just
for fun!
"Birds & Butterflies" a
selection of small paintings for fun!

Gold
Finch |

Mountain Blue Bird |

Monarch Butterfly |

Western Meadowlark |

Cedar Wax Wing |

Barn Swallows |

Yellowheaded Black Bird |

Mallard Family, Pass Creek
Park
Springfield Mayor's Art Show, Acrylic
Animals - First Place

Springfield Farmer's Market - Acrylic
painting on masonite board by Shirley Reade.
Springfield Farmer's Friday Market
is a great place for artists' from the Emerald Art
Center to create paintings!
The paintings will be on display at the Springfield
City Hall Gallery during the month of November 2009.
The show is sponsored by the Springfield Arts Comnmission.
Upper McKenzie River in Oregon ©

Shirley Reade June 2009
Upper McKenzie River painting created by permission
from a photo by
Deigh Bates of DeighLight Images.
See
larger image.
Mossbrae Falls ©

Dunsmuir, Siskiyou County, California
See
larger image
I will be participating in the Umpqua
Valley Art Association's 41st Annual Summer Arts
Festival
June 26, 27 & 28, 2009 at Fir Grove Park
in Roseburg, Oregon. (1624 West Harvard Avenue)
My booth
will be inside the art gallery in Studio East.
Winchester Bridge

Winchester Bridge ...w/fish ladder in the background & local fishermen
in foreground
(located in Winchester, just north of Roseburg, Oregon)
Here beneath the Winchester Bridge, the Umpqua River
has long been as favorite spot for river rafting and sports fishing.
Acrylic Painting (24" x 48") is now on display at the
Totem Market in Winchester Oregon.
Giclees are available...Contact Steve Agee, Owner/Totem Market 541-672-8486

"Artist's Retreat" © Self Portrait by Shirley Reade
WHAT IS A GICLEE?: Giclee's are scanned from the original painting, printed on canvas, backed with foam board and ready to frame.
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