A new art purchase.

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Aitch and I bought another small art piece today, and I'm pretty excited about it. This time we got a piece by Chris Bennett who runs the Newspace Center for Photography. The piece is a framed tintype triptych of the Fremont Bridge.

Also saw the Center's 2006 juried exhibition, which was incredible but which ends tomorrow. Aitch was pleased to see two beautiful military-themed polaroid photo-emulsion prints in the show by Melissa Immesoete, with whom we both studied oil painting and to whom Aitch had originally taught the photo-emulsion technique.

And I was blown away by the photos of Portlander Holly Andres whose web site demands thorough exploration.

That's my report. Off to Brad's block party. Stay safe! Take your drugs!

[LaurenG]

1. Excellent

I actually relate to Holly Andres pictures, all of them. She is very good at capturing the feelings of her subjects.

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2. I too thought she was just great.

There were two of hers on display at the show, including "Fiona" (which is my favorite work of hers so far) and "Calvin."

Both are viewable in good res on her web site.