Midland Hikers Virtual Art Show

MIDLAND HIKERS VIRTUAL ART SHOW

WE (STILL!) GET TO LIVE HERE

Today, Friday April 3, marks the date that our second annual Midland Art Show was to have taken place. 

Never defeated, the artists in this group have gathered together to share with you a piece of art that they would have presented in that show. We are holding back and not showing you all we have prepared in the hope that we will one day soon be back in action and living life together...then we will have a huge celebration and art show IN PERSON!!

We hope you enjoy!

David Billesbach
"Hanging Lake"
30 x 40 inches
Oil painting

Holly Blitstein
Untitled (part of Conrad Nelson's collection)
8 x 10 inches
Pastel

Clarke Poos
"Nature's Beauty"
Found art: barbed wire, mica, native grasses, barn wood, yarn

Joyce Machala
"Wandering Collection"
Beaded Necklace

This fun and wild necklace is special 

since it shows beads I collected while traveling to

Morocco, Afghanistan, Indonesia, Thailand and South Africa.

Janie Carlson
"Flying Feathers"
6 x 6 inches
Mixed media: oil, acrylic, and jewelry

Kathy Keidel
"Birdsong"
Original drawing; black ink 0.5 drawing pen, Prismacolor marker

Donna Maloney
"Lake Hosmer"
Acrylic painting

Lake Hosmer is one of the Cascade Lakes outside of Bend, Oregon, 

by Mt. Bachelor.  We kayaked here while on our Northwest adventure last fall.  

I was taken with the beautiful colors and peaceful waters.

Amy McCrary
"Western Tanager"
Needle-felted figure on branch

Thomas Doumas
The "Solution"
B&W Photography; Mamiya 7 medium format
Silver gelatin print with no digital effects, developed in a personal dark room

Linda Rak
"Rhapsody in Purple"
Apron and kitchen mitts

Neil Movitz
"Bronze Ballerina"
Sculpture

Inspiration for the sculpture

Wendell Day
"Cloudscape #4"
18 x 22 inches
Black and White Photography

I’m intrigued with clouds that are close to the ground and 

become more part of the landscape than a skyscape. 

Because of our elevation and living in big sky country, 

clouds descend into the landscape often after or before storms. 

I’m looking for that image when clouds create an eerie illusion of you 

floating above the ground yet your feet are firmly planted in the landscape. 

Janie Evans
Hand-built saguaro cactus decorated with birds and flowers
17 inches in height
White stoneware clay, fired to cone 5

Randy Potterton
Maple and walnut table with maple and walnut bench

Tom Milligan
Teal Run
8 x 8 inches
Watercolor

Maartje Maas Potterton
"Naughty"
Grandson Neal's size :-)
Fabric bib with applique

George Schuller
"Knots and Rocks"
2.5 x 5 feet
Macrame 

Deb Hannigan
"Nevada Bolt"
6.5 x 10.5 inches
Photograph on metal, recycled wood

Michael Hannigan
"Embudo Roadside"
5.5 x 18 inches
Photographs on metal, recycled wood and metal

Russ Schnurr
"The Land is Silent Now"
5 x 7 inches
Painting with poem

The Land is Silent Now

The land is silent now

As if the owner were gone

Packed up somewhere warm

A dim starry light hovers like a lamp

Masquerading as presence

It may only be temporary

Or perhaps She is still there

Veiled in a subtle mosaic

Of golden spired meadow grass

Cuddling their seed

Till the time of letting go

The evergreen of pine

Like hope in a dark hour

Coal red burning

In the heart of winter limb

Snow white shadows peering

Out the dark of deeper still

Just know

A journey here is never trespassing

Presumption like concrete

Never the path

A mosaic of hints, these heart embers

Still aflame where almost forgotten

Seed waiting its time on wind

Perhaps the place to start

Arlene A. Walters Waldorf

Kumihimo Necklace

Braided necklace with aquamarine, 

Swarovski beads, and sterling silver findings

Janet Lightburn
Sketch of Janet's younger sister, afflicted by autism, with poem.

Amazing Autism

If you watch her sit and stare,

Not connecting with her eyes.

You might think her soul is empty,

Not really alive.

Perhaps you may not know,

The whirlwind in her mind,

No shield from blinding sun,

Her words so hard to find.

But she sees deep into space,

Where things collide and burst,

She notes all the changes,

And keeps them rehearsed.

What others would ignore,

She can't forget,

If you try to fool her,

You'll surely regret.

While some create their look,

For an image less than true,

Her honesty is unmatched,

A sincerity shown by few.

If you think she's less,

How do you compare?

Her talents may be more,

If the rules were fair.

It’s quite a tragic loss,

If you don't try to know,

Her amazing heart and mind,

And the love she cannot show.