Cannon Beach Workshop is just a week away, make sure you get one of the last spots!

Last Chance to sign up for this years Workshop with Eric Jacobsen and Michael Orwick at Cannon Beach,

June 24-28, 2013

Workshop Dates: 6/24/2013 - 6/28/2013
Location: Cannon Beach, Oregon

Phone Number: 503 329 2167
Country: United States

Price: $500.00

Come and join Eric Jacobsen and Michael Orwick for a unique and exciting plein-air workshop at Cannon Beach.

This will be a 5-day workshop:

June 24th through 28th. 2013, 9am-4pm each day

This workshop leads into the Cannon Beach Plein Air and More Event
http://cbgallerygroup.com/plein-air-more-june-28-30-2013

Accommodations in town this year! The artists have arranged for a block of 10 adjoining rooms with views of Haystack and connected balconies.

Eric and Michael will conduct this as a dual workshop and students
will benefit from expert advice and painting tips from each artist.
Along with daily painting demos and informal lectures there will be
group critiques and plenty of one-on-one teaching in the field.

Email either Eric or Michael for a supply list and registration information:
Click here to email Michael Orwick orwickarts@gmail.com
or call 503 329 2167

http://michaelorwick.com/workshop/6840/painting-coastal-color-and-light
http://jacobsenstudio.com/workshops

Two decades! Come join me as we celebrate the Caswell Galleries 20th Anniversary Celebration

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December at the Gallery Our Holiday Group Show & 20th Anniversary Celebration Join us for First Friday, December 7, 5-9 pm

The month of December is full of festivities, starting with First Friday and Holiday Open House and our Group Show with Brenda Boylan, Michael Orwick, Katie Hovis of Whimsy and Ali Peret Designs. Back with lots of brand new work is Brenda Boylan. Most of you know Brenda's gorgeous, landscape pastel work, but she has been working in oils this year and will be showing a body of work including city scapes. Also joining the festivities will be oil painter, Michael Orwick whose beautiful landscapes of familiar Oregon locations are always popular. Also in the Gallery, beautiful blown glass bowls by Russell Ford and unique extruded crystal lamps by Keith Appleman. These glass pieces make wonderful gifts and additions to your home decor. Visit Ali Peret Custom Designs and see what he has available for gift giving. If your in the market for a special Christmas gift, don't wait till the last minute-now is the time to shop! If you love artisan jewelry, Katie Hovisof Whimsy will be here with her gorgeous new rings. Very cute, very affordable! Katie uses fine metals and gemstones for her wire wrapped jewelry. Always unique and one-of-a kind. We will have Rip's sculpture "Mary and Joseph" on view and available for Christmas. Ask to see this beautiful piece. Along with these popular artists, we will have entertainment by songwriter and vocalist, Crystal Larizaand FREE wine tasting with our friends from Phelps Creek Vineyard! Make sure to start your weekend off with us! Festivities start at 5:00 p.m. Most Troutdale Merchants participate in First Friday and this month's will coincide with Troutdale's Tree Lighting Ceremony in Mayor's Square, so we guarantee plenty of Christmas spirit! Troutdale has great restaurants, shops and lots of parking. There will be no First Friday in January, but we'll be back on February 1, 2013. Holiday Open House throughout the weekend Dec. 8th - 9th. Come view the precast offerings and enjoy holiday refreshments. Receive an exclusive Caswell gift with any purchase! And, remember, Caswell Gallery offers a simple layaway plan! Follow our blog! We have launched the Caswell Gallery blog. We are blogging about all kinds of things, so take a look and sign on. If you have any suggestions or ideas of topics you would like to know about or have us look into, let us know, it could be our next blog post.

Caswell Gallery & Studio 253 & 255 E. Columbia River Highway Rip Caswell opened his gallery in Troutdale in 1992 and quickly gained a reputation as both an acclaimed sculptor and curator of fine art of all mediums.The Gallery has recently relocated just blocks from its original space, alongside Rip's sculpting studio and Ali Peret Jewelry Designs Studio. Inside you will find a special collection of Rip's limited edition fine art sculptures along with a variety of works from the region's top artists.    We are now open on Monday-Saturdays 10-5:30, and Sunday 12-5. Call us at 503.492.2473 or email kathy@caswellsculpture.net for more information. We look forward to seeing you!                                                                    www.RipCaswell.com

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Weathering the Arts - Stormy Weather Arts Festival 2011 canon Beach Oregon at Dragon Fire Gallery

Weathering the Arts Cannon Beach celebrates the 24th Annual Stormy Weather Arts Festival, whether the weather cooperates or not. To see the full schedule please visit http://coastexplorermagazine.com/features/cannon-beach-stormy-weather-arts-festival-november-4-6-2011                               Cannon Beach has long been regarded as a premier destination for art lovers, and Stormy Weather Arts Festival, held every year the first weekend in November, is the city's celebration of that designation. Three days of art, music, literature, theatre and poetry showcase the artists and galleries of Cannon Beach. This year's festival takes place November 4-6, and thirteen galleries will participate, each of them highlighting new artists or new work from those who show regularly. In addition to offering nibbles and libations to welcome all art lovers, browsers and buyers, galleries will provide opportunities to meet the artists, and in some cases, to watch them create.                                With over 15 new paintings this is just a sampling of the paintings from the upcoming show.  Pre-sales have started! so please contact Dragon Fire Gallery for information and availability. To see the work on my website please visit. http://michaelorwick.com/collections/13256                                                                                                                                                                                                               Michael Orwick's Fine Art - Available Works: Click the following link to view Michael's portfolio of available works: http://michaelorwick.com/works http://www.facebook.com/MichaelOrwickArts Sent From: http://michaelorwick.com Michael Orwick Arts | 16115 SW Autumn Dr | Beaverton, Or 97007 | USA

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Little Creek, new painting from Oregon

Publish Post

"Little Creek" (working title)
30x40 oils on Raymar panel

On the way from Portland to the Oregon Coast the HWy follows along this beautiful little creek.
This is for the show opening up in June at the Caswell Gallery in Historic Downtown Troutdale, Gateway to the Scenic Columbia River Gorge.
201 W. Columbia River Hwy, Troutdale, OR Phone: 503.492.2473 Fax: 503.661.2946
www.michaelorwick.com

WOW! Another interrogation I mean interview and please help Raise awareness for our “Save Cinnamon Roles from Raisins” Campaign

Dolphin Parent Questionnaire (My Daughters preschool) Hi dolphin parents! Since Fall is beginning we are looking forward to a fresh start to a new school year. In order to help us understand you better we would love to get to know you better! We would appreciate it if you would take a few minutes to fill out this questionnaire. Thank you! Name: Michael Orwick, Elena’s friendly Pet Dad 1. What are your hobbies? Art, travel, outdoor stuff (Hiking Gardening Camping Photography). 2. Do you have any secret talents? If so what are they? They are Secret, but one of them rhymes with orange, the other involves time travel and messing with the phenomenon of time dilation based on velocity in the theory of special relativity (exemplified by the twin paradox) as well as gravitational time dilation in the theory of general relativity, it is currently unknown whether the laws of physics allow for traveling back in time…I’ll let you know. 3. What do you really like and what do you not like very much? I really like Cinnamon and I really don’t like raisins so cinnamon roles with raisins make me cry a little each time I see them ( I eventually pick around the disgusting ugly little dead grapes). 4. What are your favorite kinds of gifts to receive from your child? Sleep and money. 5. How do you prefer to communicate (in person, telephone etc.)? phone and interpretive dance mostly. 6. How would you like to be addressed? (Mr. Mrs. First name. nick name. pet nameJ) I want everyone to start calling me Daddy, except my father who can continue to call me son. Most people still just call me Michael. 7. What is your favorite color? Green, and after four years of raising a princess I don’t hate pink anymore, and I now know what fuchsia looks like (electric magenta). 8. What was your favorite toy as a child? Star wars figures, except Ewoks. 9. Where is your favorite vacation spot? The woods near a beautiful clear creek. 10. What is your favorite thing to do with your child? Explore and have adventures often around beautiful creeks. Travel into the future. Raising awareness for our “Save Cinnamon Roles from Raisins” Campaign. Telling overly long bed time stories about an epic space opera in a galaxy far far away, where two robots (one cute one British sounding) save the princess and the entire rebel fleet with a little help from Yoda and a thing called The Force. Learning about how much pink is actually too much pink and when a touch of Fuchsia is needed to save the outfit and the day. 11. Where did you and your significant other meet? She was dating my “too pretty” roommate in Salem Oregon . I saved her.

12. Would you ever be interested in coming in and hanging out with the Dolphins a little? (example: A special project, a special holiday you celebrate, a neat talent…) I did and I loved it. PLEASE BOTH PARENTS FILL THIS OUT INDIVIDUALLY AND SEND IT BACK OR PICK UP A FORM FROM OUR CLASSROOM! Mike aka Daddy, LOL thank you sooo much for the wonderful response to our email! That was the best way to start this morning. I don't think we have laughed that hard in a long time! Have a great day Carrie and Sarah PS Sarah would love to join your "save cinnamon rolls from raisins" campaign! lol All the best,

Michael Orwick Orwick Arts http://michaelorwick.blogspot.com/http://fineartstudioonline.com/michaelorwick My art hints at a story and then invites you to finish the narrative. My style has been called Inspired Expressionism, which combines impressionistic brush strokes and a touch of realism to create the atmosphere and lighting woven into my work. The easiest way to see my work is at www.michaelorwick.com

Off to Idaho to paint with Scott Christensen

Taking the (painter's) trip of a Lifetime

"To say that an artist is born and not made is only partly true. Actually, while it is an important qualification, there is no proof of real worth in talent until it has been developed by a tremendous amount of serious study and plain hard work." ~Edgar Payne~

Thank all of you who took time to give me great feedback on my new website http://www.michaelorwick.com/ I think we all agree it is easier to use and navigate.

Also thanks to those of you who took the time out of your busy Memorial day weekend to stop in at the beautiful Freed Galleries to see their Landscape show, they really did a great job setting up and it was fantastic getting to meet the different artists and gallery staff.

http://www.freedgallery.com/

My BIG news now is I leave tomorrow to drive to Victor Idaho to study with one of the truly great landscape and plein air painters Scott Christensen for 10 Days! Please take a couple minutes to visit his new website http://www.christensenstudio.com/ and see why I am so excited to learn from this guy. He has recently been written up in SW Art Magazine, and Wildlife Magazine.

http://www.christensenstudio.com/

(10) Day Intensive Workshop June 2 - 11, 2008

The Good News keeps on going, from there I pick up my wife and daughter in Jackson Hole and we camp for a few days in the Grand Tetons then to Yellowstone for a few more days then up to Missoula Montana to see my cute 3 month old Niece.

So I'll see you all late June and I expect my head to be full of new information, ideas and visions of grandeur.

EXTRA:

I have about eight portrait paintings to be shown at the Kingstad Center Gallery for the next few months. These have proven to be a great way for me to unwind at the end of the painting day, I use my left over paint and a palette knife and build up layers of color and texture and slowly, some times over months build up portraits of Native Americans and other emotionally charged nearly abstracted faces.

http://www.kingstad.com/gallery/index.html

All the best to all of you, and as always thank you all for your great support.

Big Love,

Michael Orwick

Orwick Arts

http://www.michaelorwick.com/

Art is a Language - Part 2

" What makes truly great art is its ability to communicate on some level with viewers."

Art is a Language - Part 2

Why do some works of art have the ability to bring us to tears while other works go unnoticed? Why am I drawn to some artworks while you are attracted to others? What makes truly great art is its ability to communicate on some level with viewers. For communication to take place, both the artist and the viewer need to engage in the conversation. Communication is not one sided. The artist needs to have something to say. The viewer also needs to have something to say. ‘Listening’ is likewise important in good communication. I will define listening as an attempt to understand and gain deeper insights through observation and study.

Today we will discuss the viewers’ side of artistic communication. Next week we will discuss what an artist’s role is in the communication process.

First, I would like to illustrate a point. Let’s try an experiment. Dear reader, close your eyes. . . ok, now open them (ha, your eyes weren’t closed were they?!). Actually, read the next paragraph and then close your eyes for a few minutes.

Think about your favorite place in the world. Is it the beach? Your childhood home? Your grandparents’ farm? The park where you fell in love? Wherever it is, think about that place. Try to picture it in your mind. Try to go there for a few minutes.

. . . are your eyes closed?

Now that you’ve thought of someplace, I want you to write down a description of the place. Go on, write. What does the place look like? What smells are there? What colors do you see? What sounds? What are you doing? What season is it? And most importantly, why do you love that place?

Now read what you wrote. Is there any mention of the number of grass blades or leaves on the trees? Is there any mention of any superficial detail? My guess is, ‘No’. You remember only the essential elements that are tied to your emotional memories of the place. The reason you love the place is because of fond memories there. There is certainly some element of emotional attachment.

You are the sum total of all of your experiences. Take this experiment and multiply it by every experience (good or bad) that you have ever had in your life. These are the things you (and I) bring to the conversation. How?

If an artist creates a work of art that communicates with you, it has most likely triggered a memory of something you have experienced or has struck a chord with your philosophies or your ideals. In short, you respond because of the cumulative experiences that have made you who you are. You don’t need to know exactly how or why a work of art spoke to you. The artwork may even appear very foreign to your life experiences, but something in the artwork communicated with something within you. A work of art is incomplete without your side of the dialogue. You as the viewer complete the communication process.

Now ‘listen’ to the artwork. The message that you are taking from the artwork is probably not what the artist was saying. Even if it was close, it would be viewed through your eyes, not the artist’s, and therefore would different (even if only slightly) from the artist’s point of view. Therefore, if you engage yourself in the process, you can gain deeper insights by listening to what the artist is trying to say. You may not be able to completely understand the artist’s intentions, but the conversation does not have to end with the first level of communication. Art has the ability to go much deeper. Look for it. There is no right or wrong.

Art is a very complex language, but it is magical. It does have power to speak deeply. If a piece speaks to you, engage yourself in the dialogue. Go deeper. Listen. Respond. It will enrich your life.

Best Wishes,
Keith Bond

Thanks again to Mr Bond,

all the best,

Michael Orwcik

http://www.michaelorwick.com/

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This article is reproduced with permission. Copyright 2007 -Keith Bond.To get more of Keith Bond insights into the life of an artist, or to see his beautiful oil paintings, visit his web site at:http://keithbond.com/

95% of art being sold on the art market is rubbish

I wanted to post this essay and my short response to start the dialogue about art the art world and the "emperors New Clothes" syndrome that is all too prevalent.

I spend most my time on this blog talking and writing about the joys of collecting, an enjoyment that should only increase as one begins to trust your gut, learn what they like and continue to educate themselves about the artist and their art.

I want to warn new collectors against being swindled, nothing I can imagine would turn me off more then realizing that I had been fed a line and took home “art” that sits in storage. Collectors should remember the event of buying a painting as a special experience. We artists should feel confident that when we are selling or our work is being sold for us that the buyers are having a great time, one they can remember each time they look at the painting.

It is important to find people you trust and to learn to trust yourself.
The first rule of collecting is to buy what you like, I would be very wary if an artist or a dealer tried to sell art on investment purposes alone.






It’s True, 95% of Art is Rubbish !!!





Nicholas Forrest is an art market analyst, art critic and journalist based in Sydney, Australia. He is the founder of artmarketblog.com, writes the art column for the magazine Antiques and Collectibles for Pleasure and Profit and contributes to many other publications.


Posted on January 4, 2008.


http://artmarketblog.com/2008/01/04/its-true-95-of-art-is-rubbish/


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I am here today to tell you that 95% of art being sold on the art market is rubbish, yet only a small percentage actually gets recognised as being rubbish. The fact that there is so much shit art on the market could be a good thing for the art market because it makes the good art look even better but there is a problem in that people actually buy the rubbish art.
One of the main reasons that there is so much rubbish art on the market, and so much rubbish art being sold, is that people are afraid to say anything negative about an artwork. The reason that people are afraid to voice a negative opinion of an artwork is that they think that other people will think that they are naive, stupid, or not culturally advanced enough to be able to appreciate or understand the artwork. Because everyone is so afraid of looking stupid they say that they like an artwork even when they don’t which has a snow ball effect to the point that so many people say that they like an artwork that they actually begin to believe it, which causes other people to believe it, and so on..
One of the tactics that galleries, auction houses and other art sellers use to create the impression that an artwork is better than it really is, is to create over-intellectualized, complicated and indecipherable descriptions or analyses of an artwork that are designed to sound extremely impressive yet be so complex that people don’t realise that what they are reading is complete rubbish. For some reason people seem to think that what a gallery or dealer says about an artwork has to be true and that an artwork must be good if the description or analysis of an artwork is complex and sounds impressive.
When investing in art is of the utmost importance that you stick to the factual information and statistics that can’t be manipulated because almost any artwork can be made to sound good.

Nicholas,


This blog could so easily come off as mean spirited and angry, but you have really nailed something that has bothered me for as long as I have been looking at art. When I read long and esoteric explanations of what is in essence a form of visual language it often becomes obvious that they are compensating or worse yet even trying to trick or guilt an audience into examining a not very good piece of work.

I would like to learn what your thoughts are on the place of beauty as a subject and celebration of is in art.

All the Best,
Michael Orwick

Our job as professional creators is to filter our own efforts

The Long Tail

by Robert Genn

(Some of you may have seen this article posted at the Fantastic Robert Genn Twice-Weekly website if not, please consider this link my little gift to you. I have been reading his essays for a few years now and they always seem to motivate and and start great dialogues.
http://www.painterskeys.com/ )



Dear Michael Orwick,



In 1847, Karl Marx wrote that working for wages would be superseded by what he called "self-activity." With the economy humming along, surplus time would free people to study, privately create and generally improve themselves. He suggested they might also hunt, fish, or even become critics in their spare time. Of course, this was going to happen under the Communist system. It didn't. But Marx's prophetic vision continues to prove him right. What Marx did not foresee was the remarkable variety of interests that folks would pursue. Only a few years ago a person who painted on the heads of pins would be considered an eccentric oddball.

The Photographer

18x24" Figurative Oil painting

by Michael Orwick

Available Soon

Today's Internet can bring a world of pinhead painters together to share techniques, one-hair brushes, magnifying devices, exhibition ploys, pinhead history and pinhead lore. A pinhead society is formed and a pinhead president is elected. Chris Anderson's "The Long Tail," while essentially a book on economics, talks about these sorts of esoteric pursuits and issues that will affect the lives and livelihoods of artists. The long tail is a graph that describes the vast variety of niches now available beyond the more standard fare. Amazon, for example, by offering more than 800,000 CD titles as compared with the average Wal-Mart at 4500, is an example of the retail long tail in action. Without "the tyranny of the shelf," and with its ability to tolerate a great deal of what they call "noise," Amazon offers stuff that is otherwise hard to find. Niches rule. We've put long tail graphs and their implications at the top of the current clickback. See URL below. With the remarkable democratization of human activity, older attitudes of scarcity may be waning. The bonanza of choice is affecting the ways people buy art. The "Star system" may be on its way out. Not only will people make art for their own consumption and those of their friends, but they will buy locally and value individuality and connectivity rather than name. "Young people today," says media mogul Rupert Murdoch, "don't want to be told what's good and bad, they want control over their media, instead of being controlled by it." The growing presence of large Internet art sites where art is arranged by genre and niche is part of this phenomenon. "Are you looking for a pinhead landscape or a pinhead portrait?"



Best regards,Robert



PS: "Noise can also be a huge problem in the long tail market. Indeed, if left unchecked, noise--random content or products of poor quality--can kill a market. Too much noise and people don't buy." (Chris Anderson)



Esoterica: Not everyone sees the long tail as a good thing. "Sturgeon's Law," named after science fiction writer Theodore Sturgeon, states, "Ninety percent of everything is crud." Galleries, museums and even websites are in the business of filtering out what they consider to be crud. Part of our job as professional creators is to filter our own efforts. By the way, are standards rising? Maybe the democratization of art can only go so far.



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Thank you all and Happy Holidays.
All the Best,

Michael Orwick
www.michaelorwick.com

Learn About Art, Learn About What You Like, Learn About Yourself!

11x14" Landscape Oil Painting by Michael Orwick

Sold

Looking at art fills your life with visual stimulation.

The people you meet - artists, dealers, collectors - are fascinating, passionate, and often eccentric. Typically they are generous with their time and anxious to help you learn.

The art world reflects a hotbed of intellectual issues. Contemporary art deals with personal poetry, politics, philosophy, and sociology. To attempt to understand it, is to grapple with the main issues of the day.

Being a part of the art world can be one of the greatest joys of your life

You Can Become a Collector.

Just think about buying two or three things a year - perhaps on an annual basis - a birthday or Valentine's Day. This adds up. Perhaps you want to specialize in a category of art. Something that expresses your own vision such as art by women, minorities, outsider art, impressionistic paintings, landscape, etc. So often, by developing a coherent vision and point of view, a collector can create a collection that is more than the sum of its parts, and actually enhances the objects in it.

"With the brush loaded with light"

24x18" landscape oil painting on board

by Michael Orwick available

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The Artwork of Michael Orwick

Painting a Story
The Artwork of Michael Orwick

“Michael Orwick at his best melds pictorial storytelling with a hauntingly familiar world. He creates compelling views of our world that move beyond time and place – full environments for your mind to explore, your senses to imagine…”
-Mari Rockett - Curator, DragonFire Gallery

Growing up in the Oregon Cascades and the Willamette Valley, nature and the rich landscape have had a profound impact on Michael. He has always been awed by the extraordinary ability of landscapes to tell stories, just as art does.

Michael’s career in art started in animation (Will Vinton Studios) and moved quickly into illustration, where he enjoyed bringing the ideas of others to life.

Today Michael is creating what he calls “Inspired Expressionism,” painting his own ideas on canvas and inviting you to provide the narrative.

Michael offers hints of the mood through atmosphere and serene colors, suggesting a place and a time of day. It is what he leaves untold that grabs you, though. He shares his enigmatic vision and invites you to imagine your own story. And often you can’t help the feeling that you have ‘seen this place,’ as if through a car window or in passing to somewhere else…

Orwick’s paintings grant you the rare chance to go back and explore a special place that fuels the imagination.

Art evokes the mystery without which the world would not exist. -Magritte