'Creating
a painting
is a renewing experience,
time stands still
and you are able to
let go of everything else.'
What's New!
Emerald Spring Exhibition
2013
National Juried Show Sponsored by the Emerald Art Center
Fine Art Painting Competition
April 30 - May 31, 2013
500 Main Street, Springfield,
OR 97477

Orioles on wood 10" x 10" and Tulips
on wood 10" x 10"

The Open Door Resource Center (a non-profit organization)
in Upper Sandusky, Ohio
has featured my painting "The Open Door" on
the cover of their fundraiser cook book.
The services at Open Door Resource Center include financial
assistance and referral
for emergency needs; a financial planning program; free
student tutoring; and life-skills triningdesigned to
encourage clients to become self-sustaining individuals.
They saw
the painting on my web site.

The Open Door
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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