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Greg Wilbur and Deborah DeWit

with Carl Vandervoort

Portraits

May 2, 2012 - June 3, 2012

Preview Reception: May 2, 5-8 pm 
First Thursday Reception, May 3, 6-9pm
Artist's Talk, May 26, 12pm

Greg Wilbur’s new sculptural vessels in copper and brass are inspired by his experiences at the Oregon coast where he spends much time maintaining a house and property in the woods in Cloverdale.  Within these experiences he continues his ongoing investigations into vitality and mortality and his relationship with the natural world.


Deborah DeWit and husband Carl Vandervoort recently moved to the Oregon coast where they are restoring an historical farmhouse and four and a half acres of overgrown land on Nehalem Bay.  Deborah’s new paintings are “portraits” in homage to her new neighbors: plants, animals, birds and people.  Carl Vandervoort also introduces us to some of the inhabitants of their new home through three short atmospheric profiles in video.

Waterstone member Greg Wilbur is a well-known Portland-based metal-smith and sculptor who skillfully transforms flat sheets of copper, brass, bronze and silver into extraordinary handmade vessels that all begin with a single sheet of metal.   His work is shown nationally and internationally and he often participates in collaborative workshops and conferences, always bringing his energy and enthusiasm to the experience. Greg has been featured on Oregon Art Beat and in the Oregonian-- as well as other publications.

Deborah DeWit was recently awarded the Jordan Schnitzer Printmaking Residency at the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology where she will be spending two weeks in October at Sitka working with master printmaker Julia D'Amario.