Modern auto indulgences can bring the great outdoors inside, and the comfort of a sedan into the world of topless automobiles. Everybody seems to want what they don’t have. Those with open tops want the comfort of a warm cabin. Those with a cabin want to see the stars. If you are torn between the […]
Brennan Purtzer
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Our Artist of the Month: Josh Cleland
Bringing a classic cartoon look to a modern era
In one image, a holiday card, a brown bear glides down a mountain on the pure white snow. He is wearing a blue down jacket, a green striped scarf whipping in the wind, a Santa hat, and a smile from ear to ear. His pup rides in the front. It is an image that is […]
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The Bradley Alston Files
With themes of natural and supernatural, playful animation
For our cover artist of the month, Bradley Alston, art is a chance to manifest an imaginative, animated world that straddles both natural elements and high-grade science fiction. For everyone else, his work is a glimpse into the mind of a talented comic artist who is equally fascinated with the paranormal as he is with […]
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Artist of the Month: Kathy Deggendorfer
Stitching the natural order with her brush
For the painter of nature scenes, travel can be a genuine muse. Sisters’ Kathy Deggendorfer brings scenes of Oregon’s dramatic beauty across the world and finds inspiration. Deggendorfer’s water color designs have been part of the Central Oregon art scene since she moved to Sisters in 1994 from Bend. She grew up in Portland but […]