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Matt Eaton SpenT TWO DayS With Terrible tilly

12/23/2018

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And This happened...


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​"Stand ALONE"

"Terribly Tilly" sits 1.2 miles off the north coast of Oregon.  She endures the wrath of wind, wave and weather, and she is much tougher than me.   - Matt Eaton

When I texted Matt on December 16th to see if he was near to come meet a client who was buying his beautiful (big!) Cannon Beach oceanscape for his wife for Christmas, I got back, "At the coast shooting waves".  

Of course you are.  Because it's nasty wet cold blowing weather, and that makes great oceanscapes.

Matt was out in it for two days to get this shot.  Exposure time was 3.5 minutes (think about that in terms of what happens when your hand shakes in the 1/60th of a second that it takes your camera to get the shot). 

This is what gives "Stand Alone" that beautiful soft alive look... Tilly and her rock held their spot on the planet, while ocean and fog and light moved around them. 

​This is a color photograph, grayscale courtesy of Mother Nature.

​- LH

The Story Of Terrible Tilly
For more information on the Tillamook Rock Lighthouse and why she has been nicknamed, "Terrible Tilly", see the great article on our friends at Travel Oregon's website.

I've lived here the entirety of my life and somehow missed this amazing story... I am always in awe of how remarkable things were built before (1878) we had all the tools we have now.  So thanks, Matt.

"The Mystery Of Terrible Tilly" 
"Stand Alone" In Your Home
 "Stand Alone" is fulfilled in full glory,  in a large-format metal print.  See it for the first time outside of Troutdale Art Center as Matt starts the show year off at the Convention Center January 4-6, 2019.
Roadshow Photography at the Build, Remodel, & Landscape Show 

If you are hopelessly out of area, you can purchase "Stand Alone" on Matt's Roadshow Photography site .
 Just don't frame it until you get Matt's signature :).


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STOCKING STUFFER SUNDAY IN loree's studio_Tac Holiday arts

12/9/2018

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Join us for the last day of TAC's 2018 Holiday Arts Open House
11-6 Sunday, December 9th!


Loree Harrell's studio is to your right in the hall between the entry gallery and
Caswell Sculpture Studio, and she is gifting a free ornament to everyone who comes in,
plus has a lot of great stocking stuffers under $25!
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Pick an ornament off Loree's tree... a gift just for coming in!
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Art Card packs of 8-10 notecards - $10
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And... 5x7 Prints & Cards - $5
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5x5 /5x8 notebooks under $10!
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78 pairs of artist-crafted earrings $35-45,but any 2/$50!
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Art Mousepads [someone is still using a mouse, right? $5
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Also look for $5 cards
in Matt Eaton & Sandi Nail's studios,


Art sale in Matt Eaton's studio,

and Martha Denham's 
Jingle Bell necklaces $25-35!

We have a lot of Christmas here...
and look forward to seeing you!


Inventory on all items is limited to stock on hand.  Show up early!

Enter to win one of nine grand prizes,
including photography [Matt Eaton's turbine room metal print & Loree Harrell's Multnomah Falls Mirror}, sculpture from Caswell Sculpture, Sandi Nail's "Mary", and 3) of Martha Denham's Jingle Bell necklaces.

Drawing 6p Sunday, but come in any time.  You don't need to present to win, and no purchase required.

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Troutdale Art Center'
903 E Historic Columbia River Hwy
Troutdale OR 97050
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TAC HOLIDAY ARTS OPEN HOUSE - and the winners are!...

12/6/2018

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Thank you to everyone who came* and made the weekend a delight!
[* particularly for braving the weekend weather... yikes :) ]

We drank some cider and wine,chose ornaments off the tree**, and it was an entirely fun three days.
Thank you.

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      "Lights Out" Turbine Room - Matt Eaton                              Multnomah Falls "Mirror 027" - Loree Harrell                        Congratulations, Diana J.!                                                                  Congratulations, Tressa A!.    
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"Mary" - Sandi Nail
Congratulations, Lori C.!
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CASWELL SCULPTURE
SURPRISE DRAWING
!

Three lucky winners got to choose from a Caswell Duck, Beaver, or Nimitz statuette!

Congratulations, Alan D, Evette B, and Malinda K.! 
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3) "Jingle Ball Necklaces" - Martha Denham
Congratulations,
​Crystal H, Denise G, Ron T.!

"These necklaces are reminiscent of the "Harmony Bell" popular in the nineties. The Harmony Bell was a metal ball with a jingle bell inside. When shaken it gave off a "double jingle sound in a minor key". It was a strange, yet intriguing sound. My jingle-ball is pine needle coil woven into a ball. Inside is a jingle bell. Not quite the sound of a Harmony Bell. But hopefully as interesting. Using this bell for a necklace I added wood/metal/stone beads and bells. This is maybe the only application of "pine needle coil weaving" in jewelry. Maybe" - MD
​Troutdale Art Center
903 E Historic Columbia River Hwy
Troutdale OR 97060


​Missed this weekend?  We're open till Christmas!

Fridays, Dec 14 & 21            11:00a - 4:00p
Saturdays, Dec 15 & 22      11:00a - 4:00p
Sundays, Dec 16 & 23         11:00a - 6:00p
and stop in any time you see the flags flying or signs lit!

** Didn't get your ornament?   Stop by the tree in Loree's studio and pick one!


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