First Thursday Opening Wine Reception
Thursday, September 6, 6-9 PM
Music by Mary Flower: Internationally Recognized Acoustic
Fingerstyle Blues Guitarist (2011 Cascade Blues Assn. Muddy Award for "Acoustic Guitar")
Exhibit Through September 29, 2012
The Attic Gallery is again pleased to offer new paintings by Arne Westerman on his theme of loving people. A people-watcher, he paints people as his friends, with warmth, understanding, and humor. Here are some wonderful paintings by this story-teller artist whose work is in the permanent collections of sixteen American museums. He has won many Grand Prizes and Sweepstakes Awards in major American painting competitions and his paintings appear in thirteen books on figure painting, including "Best of Watercolor Figures", Rockport Publishers. He will also have copies of his book, "Paint Watercolors Filled With Life And Energy". Please join us to enjoy his newest selections.
Arne, born in 1927, is a native of Portland, Oregon who attended Reed College and earned his BS Degree from the University of Oregon. He served in Germany during World War II and for many years owned and managed Westerman Advertising Agency. After retiring, he became a successful artist and art teacher. Arne has taught workshops nationwide and in Europe. Arne is a signature member of the American Watercolor Society, The National Watercolor Society and other national and northwest artists' associations.
Please view new works by Arne Westerman on his page on our website: www.atticgallery.com