Portland Saturday Market - creative, original gifts

Visit Portland Saturday Market this weekend . . . not only is there much creative and original art to buy for gifts . . . the market's Waterfront is beautifully decorated with lit arches, giving a festive atmosphere for the upcoming holidays.  Check out Mesman Images row 200 booth 216 we have new bridge panels that now include the Tilicum Crossing Bridge.  Photographs and digital paintings by YvonneMestre. presentation by Michael Manahan.

Check the banner above, we will be open from December 17 to the 24th.

Da Vinci Arts Fair, Portland

da Vinci Arts Fair takes place this weekend Dec 6th and 7th (Sat. 10am-5pm - Sun. 10am - 4pm) at the da Vinci Arts Middle School 2508 NE Everett St. Portland.  There is free admission and a lot of originality and creativity
Come and visit the digital paintings by YvonneMestre of Mesman Images

The 12 bridges crossing the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon

Here is our new canvas/panel with the 12 bridges crossing the Willamatte River in Portland, including the beautiful new bridge Tilikum Crossing.  If you visit Portland Saturday Market this weekend, we will have two of the new bridge-panels . . . one in color and the one shown here.

 (digital painting by YvonneMestre)

Tilikum Crossing is the "Bridge of the People" and it is carrying Max trains, cyclists, and pedestrians . . .  NO CARS.


Photos by YvonneMestre, presentation by Michael Manahan

Wienermobile Portland

St. Johns Bridge Portland, Oregon

We frequently hear visitors to our booth at Portland Saturday Market mistakenly call the St. Johns Bridge "Cathedral Bridge" and the Willamette River "St. Johns River"?    

Further, we heard one visitor tell his guests that the bridge was built over 200 years ago . . . Lewis and Clark would have really appreciated having the bridge waiting for them!

Come to Mesman Images booth 216 near the food court and see our pictures/canvases and digital paintings of Portland's most beautiful bridge or check out our YouTube video about the making of the picture below.

Jaliscos' Mexican Food and Halloween Art at Waterfront Park

This past weekend, Portland Saturday Market had a Jack-o-Lantern carving and painting contest.

Here are the winning Jack-o-Lanterns made by Sara from Jaliscos at the Portland Saturday Market food court, where Sara and her husband sell all natural Mexican food..  One would never expect that a food vendor would have such artistic talent as well.

Well, this weekend, after you have had a taste of Jaliscos' food, step across the aisle to Mesman Images . . . we don't have Sara's talent but we have a different one.

Digital paintings and photographs by Yvonne Mestre and presentation by Michael Manahan

Dean Caldwell, who climbed El Capitan in 1970, is at Portland Saturday Market every weekend

If you didn't attend the showing of the documentary Valley Uprising last night, you missed the story of our very own Dean Caldwell climbing Yosemite's El Capitan in 1970.  We don't know if one has to be crazy or immensely courageous to climb these very beautiful, vertical, and impressive granite walls.

Read Life Magaziene's article of Dean's drama. 

Valley Uprising was an extremely interesting documentary, showing the battle between those intense climbers, striving to be the first, best, or quickest to the top, and the park rangers, who were determined to enforce rules that restricted the freedoms of the adventurers who saw Yosemite National Park as their climbers' paradise.

Today, Dean has traded his climbing shoes for woodworking tools, as he creates inventive and practicle jewelry displays under the name Ear Nest.  His product's design is so original, it earned him a patent.

Every weekend, you can find him in the 200 row at Portland Saturday Market in Waterfront Park.

After buying one of Dean's jewelry displays, head north in the 200 row and check out Mesman Images' (space 216) Photography and Digital paintings.

  

Father's Day at Portland Saturday Market

Father's day is close . . . Does Dad like bridges?  Does he like the ten bridges over the Willamette in Portland, Oregon . . . Portland, otherwise known as "Bridge City" or "Bridge Town'?  Mesman Images is selling a digital painting in black and white by Yvonne Mestre, printed on canvas and framed.  It is also available in various sized prints.  Come to our booth at Portland Saturday Market (open on Sundays too).  We are located in Waterfront Park, space 216, near the food court.  Mention this blog for a 10% discount. By the way. . . we also offer bridge images color.

 Did you know that this Sunday, Father's Day, the first hundred people who spend $25 at Portland Saturday Market get a free Survival Tool?  See you there!

Portland's Rose Festival at the Town's Waterfront

Come and pay us a visit before the Starlight parade . . . or  after . . . (that would be on Sunday) . . .  to check out our Portland Roses . . . these beautiful  blooms were grown and photographed right here in town, our Rose City.  Mesman Images space 216 near the food court at the waterfront

Mother's Day May 11th, Art perfect for hanging in kitchens and bathrooms.

Mother's Day sales 10% off (mention this blog) Down Town Portland, Oregon

We will be part of the First
Thursday Art Walk in the
Pearl District today, May 1st,
from 6pm to 10pm come out
for a stroll, remembering how
lucky we are here in the Pacific
Northwest, compared to the
victims of the recent devastating
tornados in the South.
                                                   

     We are Mesman Images
     selling photographs and
     digital paintings of
     beautiful Oregon with
     Urban Art Network in the
     Pearl District from 6pm
     to 10pm today May 1rst
                                                                                    
                                                 
                                                

                                                               

                                                     

Weekend at Portland Oregon's Waterfront

Did you know that there are actually three different weekend markets at Portland's Waterfront?

The oldest, existing since 1974, is the only juried one.  Portland Saturday Market (open on Sundays too!) doesn't allow imports from China, nor can its vendors sell items that aren't handmade or selfmade.  Portland Saturday Market is not to be confused with the Skidmore Market and World Market, both of which are set up right next to the Portland Saturday Market, and selling items originating from anywhere in the world.

Check out the quality of the creative items sold at Portland Saturday Market  (Sat10am to 5pm and Sun 11am to 4:30pm)  and come visit us at the Mesman Images booth on the waterfront space 216 near the food-court and get 10% off any purchase.

Fall at Portland Japanese Garden, photographed by Yvonne Mestre - available as a canvas or fine art print

Hand-made products at Portland Saturday Market - Open on Sundays too!

Saturday and Sunday . . . are you looking to do something different this weekend?  Check out  Portland Saturday Market where imports from China and mass-produced products are banned and hand-made original and creative products are the norm.  Pass by the Mesman Images booth space 216 near the food court and check out our new photographic and digital painting panels . . . they are printed on canvas and adhered to birch and are ready to hang.  Mention this blog and get 15% off.

Check out our new Panels at Urban Art Network's "First THursday" of the year

Today is the "First Thursday" of the year in Portland, Oregon.  We will be at NW 13th between Irving and Johnson in the Pearl District.  Come to see us at our booth "Mesman Images" and check out our new canvas panels.

Cannon Beach, Oregon digital painting by YvonneMestre

Here's a new Cannon Beach, Oregon fine art print or canvas digitally painted by YvonneMestre.  Check it out on our website or on Twitter

Portland's Buckman Art Show and Sale opens today

Buckman Show and sale opens this Saturday at 11am . . . come and check out our space . . . Mesman Images, YvonneMestre.  Sunday's open from 11am to 5pm.  Check out Mesman Images new video

                                                                                                        

Skiing or dreaming about majestic, snowy mountains

 Skiing? . . . what would be the dream after a few days of a mix of snow, slush and ice here in the Pacific Northwest?  . . . How about skiing on Mt. Hood . . .  or farther away, at Avoriaz in the Haute Savoie region of France?  Well . . . if it is only a dream . . . you'll find the pictures at Mesman Images.

A beautiful day at Cannon Beach, Oregon

Mesman Images is hard at work preparing for 2014 sales . . . new pictures, new canvases, new ideas, new displays, new set-ups for the coming season of outdoor markets, work on our Website and our two Etsy shops . . . all keeping us more than busy.  We're on hiatus from our outdoor shows during January and February but we're are still open for business Online and by Phone, Email, and appointment.  While January isn't the best month to photograph landscapes, the weather lately has been quite accommodating, as the sample above shows. . .


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The best for 2014 from Portland, Oregon!

Here's a last look at Portland, Oregon's skyline for all people who are leaving town after having spent the holidays with family.  We wish you all bon voyage, good weather at your destinations, and most of all, the best for 2014!                                                                                            Mesman Images

Cold, Cruel Cold, Icecold days in Portland Oregon

Don't you wish that you could change these frosty winter days in Portland to a warm, sunny day in a lavender field?  Or, like our dogs Lucie and Sophie, spread out on the couch with your favorate toy  and dream, rather than working outdoors like we have to?!