“One of America’s Top 30 Coastal Arts Towns”
— US News & World Report
NW By NW Gallery: Earth & Ocean Arts Festival
September 20-22
Join us for a weekend of art, music, and community!
Friday:
Live Music with Jim & Abagail, 5:00 – 7:30 PM
Saturday (Featured Event Artists):
- Explore our Sculpture Garden on Spruce Street, featuring Ivan McLean’s Sphere and Dave Haslett’s Orca Fin.
- 1:00 PM: Join us for Kent Suter’s Surreality by the Sea, an exploration of surrealism at Hackstack Rock National Wildlife Refuge.
- 3:00 PM: Talk by Don Stastny, renowned architect known for the Warm Springs Museum and Bandon Dunes Golf Resort. Featured artist: Laura O’Brien with Imaginary Neighborhoods.
- 5:30 – 8:00 PM: Enjoy live music with Bobcat Bob on guitar.
Featured Gallery Artists:
- Georgia Gerber: New bronze sculptures, including Pair of Kings (penguins).
- Christopher Burkett: Celebrated master of fine art film photography, featured on PBS NewsHour.
- Angelina Surmon and Ruth Brockmann: Master class in glass artistry.
- Mathew Stern: Glass artist and designer.
Explore stunning works from Kent Suter (oil on board, part of a triptych), Laura O’Brien (Doot and Doot, acrylic on canvas), and Dave Haslett (stone sculptures).
Community Commitment:
NW By NW Gallery is proud to support the local Animal Shelter with a donation, reflecting our stewardship close to home.
NW By NW Gallery has been featured on public and international broadcasts numerous times.
NW By NW GALLERY presents American Masters. Regional Artists.
Ivan Mclean’s signature sculpture “Sphere” & “ReInvention” welcome visitors to
the gallery sculpture garden. Re-Invention was just pictured in the NY Times.
Laura O’Brien’s Contemporary Paintings of “Imaginary Neighborhoods”.
see film on site
Kent Suter “Surrealism” explored in Oil Paintings of Haystack Rock National Wildlife Refuge and Marine Garden Island Sanctuary .
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Don honors those who came before us in sculpture & Oil Painting.
The noted Warm Springs Museum, Native American Study Center for Portland State.
Projects include Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, The US Embassy in London U.K.
Heather Adamek . “Abstract Oil Paintings of a NW Nature”. Adamek won an International Competition for an Artist’s Residency in Provence France.
Kent Suter Oil Paintings of Haystack Rock explore scale and story and humor.
5 to 7 enjoy the music of Bobcat Bob on guitar.
Sineann Winery with Patrick McELLIGOTT a wine educator and wine facilitator.
1$ admission benefits our local animal shelter .
Northwest By Northwest Gallery gallery stable of Artists include Christopher Burkett Master of
Fine Art Film Photography PBS NEWSHOUR feature artist.
Georgia Gerber one of the leading Public Sculptors in America. In Cannon Beach Gebrer’s
Tufted Puffins mark the location of the Farmers Market .
In Portland’s Pioneer Courthouse Square 26 Sculptures and fountains define Portland’s Pioneer Courthouse Square. The Pike Place Pig in Seattle is one of the most beloved Public Sculptures in America. Gerber has an extensive collection of sculpture on exhibition.
Featured artists and selections include:
Master of Fine Art Film Photography, Oregon’s own Christopher Burkett (of PBS NewsHour). A collector’s selection of work by Bronze Sculptor & Public Artist Georgia Gerber—recognized as the leading Public Sculptor in America and creator of “Rachel,” the renowned Pike Place Market Pig in Seattle. Pieces by sculptor Ivan McLean, known for his Stainless Steel Spheres & Sculpture “Re-Invention.” His contemporary sculptures are featured in the Landmark Sculpture Garden on Spruce St. in Cannon Beach, outside the gallery.
NW BY NW GALLERY FEATURED ARTISTS
Ivan McLean
“Sphere” & “Reinvention”
Laura O’Brien
Heather Adamek
Abstract Paintings of a Northwest Nature
Kent Suter “Surrealism”
Don Stastny
Geologic History of Oregon with Haystack Rock
Georgia Gerber
Pair of Kings
Christopher Burkett
Oregon’s Master of Fine Art Photography
“Burkett uses his masterly eye and remarkable printing skills to catch the divine beauty of nature untouched by man. Burkett’s photos catch in meticulous detail the magical convergence of light, form and color that only nature commands. The pictures are a tribute to his unflagging energy, keen eye and absolutely brilliant ability as a color printer.”
The Washington Post
©Christopher Burkett, “Cottonwood and Light, Utah”
Ivan McLean
From 3ft to to 30, McLean has five massive sculptures in front of his alma mater, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CA. “Re-Invention” & “Sphere” are signature works for the sculptor. For the City of Santa Monica, McLean created several signature Spheres.
Hazel Schlesinger
Hazel Schlesinger, or “Haze,” is a member of the prestigious Oil Painters of America, has been featured in Southwest Art magazine, and won the “People’s Choice” award for Plein Air Painting in Cannon Beach. She is a Cannon Beach native and has a lifelong love affair with painting the iconic Haystack Rock.
Laura O’Brien
Laura O’Brien is a contemporary painter and local artist. Cannon Beach’s famous Haystack Rock is a favorite subject for her work, leading to whimsical paintings of home.