Erica is from the country, but she lives in the city. Her parents have horses, she has a desk job. Although she loves her work, and enjoys the city, she’s still a country girl.
And then there’s the rain:
Leslie and David are getting married in Astoria this summer. I’ll be there. She said that when she was researching northwest wedding photographers online, that my photographs made her cry. So she hired me. I like that.
I included this one, because I deserve a little face time here and there.
August 28, 2008 - 6:08 am - L - For me, the magic of what you did with these photos, and these people in particular, including the wedding, was that you really did capture the happiness these people have with each other, and the love between them, you can see it in the eyes... and the energy of the joy, and joy of the energy, they have. That's a great photographer and it was actually quite moving to see that, in them, in these pics for that reason. Keep up the great work. DL.
April 23, 2007 - 3:44 pm - These are so great. I'm giggling as I view them.
You may have seen his work around. He was commissioned, in the 1930s, to create mural panels for the Works Project Administration (WPA) at Timberline Lodge.
Some of his work is incorporated into Lynda Wysong’s installation at the Delta Park/Vanport Max Station.
And his flag, designed in 1969 (and revamped in 2002), flies at Portland City Hall, the Portland Building, Pioneer Courthouse Square and other locations.
And he still designs labels for a local vintner, updating annually a label he first designed several decades ago.
Douglas and his sweet wife Alix still live in the same house they’ve had for fifty years, sitting inconspicuously right off busy NW 23rd. It’s filled with their collections of books, folk art, and music–more LPs than I’ve ever seen in one person’s collection.
Over his 94 years, Douglas has worked as a commercial artist (back before the term ‘graphic arts’ even existed), taught for 30 years at the Museum Art School (having graduated from there in the 1930s…he has some interesting stories to tell about it’s history…), was the president of the Portland Art Commission, and more.
July 17, 2008 - 12:59 pm
- Doug Lynch's wife Alixandra spells her name with an i not an e. It's Alix.
Rob Vukovic' (a family friend)
May 30, 2007 - 8:26 pm
- I just saw some of Douglas' incredible work at the Timberline Lodge on a PBS special. How moving his work is.
I am blessed to now know of Douglas.
At 90 years old, Portland artist Eunice Parsons has more spunk than many 60 year olds I know. She also has one of the finest handshakes of any woman I’ve met; her fingers, curved with age, fit my hand like a glove. Like most of the senior Portland artists I’ve photographed in this series, she has a lot of stories, knows a lot of people, and has produced a lot of work.
Eunice is a well-known collage artist; you can see some of her work here, at the 12×16 Gallery. (She also has a show and lecture this month at the Helzer Gallery at PCC Rock Creek.) She is known and adored by her many students, from her many years teaching at the Museum Art School (now PNCA) and PSU, many of whom still visit her in her West Hills home and studio. This year, she is being honored, along with a select few others, as a Faculty Emeritus at PNCA.
Up in her attic studio, Eunice seems to melt right into the floor. She kneels to work on collages she constructs from boxes and boxes of collected and sorted materials, setting antique irons atop them to help them dry flat. As she talks, her face is animated, and as she makes a point, her face lights up and her eyes sparkle.
I could have stayed several more hours, talking and photographing, if I weren’t so allergic to her dogs and cats….
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