Thinking small
CHERYL SCHWEIZER | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 8 years, 4 months AGO
Senior Reporter Cheryl Schweizer is a journalist with more than 30 years of experience serving small communities in the Pacific Northwest. She began her post-high-school education at Treasure Valley Community College and enerned her journalism degree at Oregon State University. After working for multiple publications, she has settled down at the Columbia Basin Herald and has been a staple of the newsroom for more than a decade. Schweizer’s dedication to her communities and profession has earned her the nickname “The Baroness of Bylines.” She covers a variety of beats including health, business and various municipalities. | November 9, 2017 2:00 AM
MOSES LAKE — Susan Walpole’s tiny landscape took first place in the 11th annual Miniature Art Show, currently on display at Umpqua Bank. The show is on display through the end of the week, and is sponsored by the Desert Artists.
Leanne Hickman took second with her painting of an elk, and Lenny Harm’s portrait of a fawn took third. Harm also won the People’s Choice award with his depiction of a bird perched on a branch.
As befits the show’s theme, all entries are small – a maximum of 36 inches square, including the frame. But from there it’s up to the artist, and the submitted works included oils and acrylics, watercolors and inks. Artists mostly use canvas, but one work was painted on a feather.
Hickman, Desert Artists president, said the show drew 46 entries, about double the 2016 exhibit. Artists painted landscapes, animals, portraits, fantasy scenes, seascapes.
Miniatures are a classic form of painting, and “miniature shows go back a long way,” said exhibitor Judy Kalin. The show was started to allow participating artists to experiment with the miniature form.
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