Artists in Cars

Barry Geller, one of America's most prolific designers in the 60'through the 80's has anew show up at OPUS6IX called "Artists in Cars". It is a rather tongue in cheek look at the painters and there vehicle of choice, or in some cases, their models get to drive.
Take a look and we will see you for First Friday!
Fiddlers on the roof, 32x40, $3,500
Moulin Rouge, 32x38, $3,400
Secrets of the Sistine Chapel, 32x19, $2,000…coming as soon as I finish
Nascar Kiss, 32x38, $3,400
Andy and Marilyn, 32x32, $3.000
Picasso drives to the nude beach, 32x40, $3,500

"CITY WALLS" opens First Friday

Anne Teigen's new show at OPUSXII is an excitingly new approach to urban detritus. While visiting Spain she took photos of the graffiti and marking that is everywhere in the cities and was impressed by its dramatic effect. She has transformed her paintings by infusing them with the edginess and undercurrent of urban angst creating a rare beauty quite unlike any we have seen.

Showing in February

Opens First Friday

Special First Friday

This First Friday will see all of the Gallery District businesses open and having special events.
Here at OPUS6IX we are showing new work by Jenny Gray(Type Muse shown here, 24x42, $1,500
and we have 10 artists in the main gallery showing recent work and talking about their work. Steve Reinmuth, who has a foundry here in town, will be here as a new artist to OPUS6IX.Judith Alison,Donna Beverly, Carolee Clark, Steve Daniels,David Campbell, Rich Norman, Harold Hoy, Katie Swenson, and Joey Blum will be signing his new book.

First Friday

First Friday ARTWalk
August 1, 2008 - December 5, 2008
This event occurs on the 1st Friday of every month
Lane Arts Council's First Friday ArtWalk on
November 7, hosted by Opus6ix's curator, Robert Canaga and accompanied by KVAL's Shelley Kurtz as guest host, begins at 5:30 p.m. at Jacobs Gallery.

The guided tour includes stops and interviews at White Lotus Gallery, Sacred Traveler Gift and Gallery, Goldworks, and DIVA. These galleries and stores are also open during the ArtWalk: Meet Your Maker presents a craft show at Broadway Wine Bar, Eugene Public Library, Fenario, Harlequin Beads, Karin Clarke Gallery and Annex, La Follette Gallery, Letterhead, Museum of Unfine Art, New Zone, Opus6ix, and SMJ house. ArtWalk Intinerary
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Downtown
Eugene
Lane Arts Council presents the First Friday ARTWalk each month in downtown Eugene.
Cost: Free
Website: www.lanearts.org
For more information, call: (541) 484-5307

New Look for OPUS6IX!

Sally has decided she does not work hard enough so she has rehung the entire gallery salon style, that is (almost) floor to ceiling! It is a very good look and worth seeing on First Friday after the election. Come and celebrate!

New Paintings by Jeff White!

Jeff White, now famous for his 2006 Bach Festival poster, will return to Eugene with new and exciting works on October 31st.
He will be present on First Friday November 7th to talk about his art and his love of painting!

Hannah Goldrich at OPUS6IX

Hannah's visit to Italy a year ago with her family inspired her creation of the pieces in this show. She had not expected to be so enthralled by the landscapes, buildings and environments that she saw. She took hundreds of photos with her simple digital camera. She shot ordinary scenes like the clothes line and the home in Ambra, magnificent scenes like the waterscape in Venice, and many photos depicting the magic of the towns in Cinque Terre. When she came home, She had a wonderful record of the richness of their trip. As she perused the images over and over, she felt the strong urge to recreate some of them in her medium-jewelry. She took two of the photos- the clothes line and the plates-thinking she wanted to make a piece of jewelry, she had no idea how she would do it and both pieces were difficult to do.

She chose her images and started working - Each piece took from 4-10 days. Some were very hard to figure out how to translate the feeling of the image into metal which was also wearable. She obsessed how to do the plates - until she found the watch crystals that she finally used. Some of the pieces are especially complicated. The pendant of Rioggiore has over 50 solder connections. The pieces were impossible for her to plan out - She worked without knowing how it would look or whether the whole piece would collapse at the minute. It was very tense and also rewarding. What occurred, which she had not expected, is that by making each piece, she became extremely involved in the image. She saw the parts and the whole of it as she hadn't before and that was thrilling. The whole experience of working on this show was more interesting and fun than she had ever expected.

Hannah would like to thank Opus6ix for giving her the venue to show this work and for all their support. Thanks to her husband, Dan, for his artistic advice.Thanks to Christine Sundt for her generous help in photographing the pieces.

Show dates: June 6th through July 13th