New Life For Strange Voices

There is new life for the art show, Strange Voices From the Abyss, that Destree and I put together and was featured in downtown Salem at Venti's Cafe during the months of May and June. The show has been taken on the road and is now hanging in downtown Portland at the Bean and Tree.



Howard helped hang the show (well, actually, he hung it all by himself) while we were in Portland last week. All of the pieces that we hung are available for purchase (cash and carry). The Bean and Tree is located on the Portland Waterfront with an amazing view of the Willamette River.






Here is the great Bean and Tree staff: Brian, Traci, and Gina. If you're in Portland, stop by for a look see and grab yourself a latte or sweet treat. And tell them Dayna said hi!

Strange Voices From the Abyss: The Opening!

The opening for Strange Voices From the Abyss was held on Saturday night at Venti's Cafe. We had over 60 people attend! (And we have sold five paintings as of this afternoon.) Thank you to our many supporters who turned out to party with us and celebrate the accomplishment of Destree and I creating 19 pieces of art. At first I thought I would try and identify who was who in the photos, but instead, I'm just going to post way too many photographs in a random fashion so you can get a flavor for the evening.





































Post Script:

Destree made a beautiful guest book, which will be left at Venti's for the duration of the show. She had us each write thank yous on the first page, left lots of room for comments, and then at the end we attached some of the notes we wrote to each other back and forth when we were working on the pieces separately.





Sweet Destree handed me a lovely little gift during our show - a card with an image of a Jasper Johns painting (one of our inspirations) and a beautiful necklace that I had coveted earlier in the day at our local Saturday Market!




And finally, thank you to the following:

Howard, Destree, Champ, Olivia, Deven, Derek, Cathy, Paul, Michele, Sam, Stewart, Cindy, Jasmine, Skeeter, Jill, Nayla, Jill, Ron, Kathleen, Kathleen's friend from the coast, Joanne, Susan, Robert, Carol, Bobbie, Stan, Sandra, Sue, Steph, Nicole, Tory, Mike, Amy, Jackson, Emmett, Candace, Candace's husband, Cindy, Cindy's husband, Alicia, Jeremiah, Max, Theresa, Jami, Beth, the two teachers from Bush School, Pat, Pat's wife, Tasha, the cute family of four, the guy in the white sweat shirt, and several of Destree's work mates.

Whew! Not sure if I got everyone, but enough to shout out: THANK YOU FOR COMING!