Beautiful Pictures of Oregon - Portland Saturday/Sunday Market

After you visited the places shown on these digital paintings, come down to the Portland Saturday Market (open on Sundays too) to buy pictures to preserve your memories of beautiful Oregon.

                                                 

 
You'll find these at Portland Saturday Market Mesman Images space 216 near the food court



digital paintings by Yvonne Mestre



  Oregon         Rose          St. Johns       Japanese
Landmarks   Garden         Bridge           Garden
         

Grotesque Halloween

 Last night, Halloween, was the year's last Last Thursday on Alberta, here in Portland.  And. . . it was grotesque!  While on all other Last Thursdays the street was closed to traffic, yesterday it was re-opened and it seemed like the public said, "Let's go elsewhere" . . . Those of us who very much needed to add some sales to our bottom line were there only to watch kids trick-or-treat in the early evening and contemplate the empty streets once it was dark.

What's so terrible is that, we, the artists, who have for years helped to get people interested in Alberta's Art Walk every Last Thursday, have been forgotten as the event has been transformed into  a "Drink Fest".

Hello Portland, . . . how about reinstating an Art Walk on Alberta or elsewhere in the city, to thank Portland's art community for its efforts to put Alberta's Last Thursday on the map.

This weekend, come visit the Mesman Images booth #208 at Portland Saturday Market, beneath the Burnside Bridge.  By the way, the Market is also open on Sundays!

Fall Maple at the Portland Japanese Garden

Here is our new 4 panel framed "quadtych" of the Portland Japanese Garden's maple that overlooks the upper pond.  Measuring 33" x 84", it's perfect for offices or homes with large walls in need of color.  Check it out

The Flat Garden at Portland Japanese Garden

We love the Flat Garden at Portland Japanese Garden. However, due to the narrow space between the railing and the benches on the porch of the Pavilion, it's impossible to capture the entire Flat Garden in one shot. So, Yvonne decided to get creative and produce a panoramic image that includes everything!

All of the plants and trees appear just as they do to the naked eye. However, Yvonne had to adapt the wooden rail and the overhang of the roof of the Pavilion in order to show, all at once, the view to the right, to the left, and center. We hope that you like it!

Making PDX Japanese Garden Even Better

It was a strange sight at Portland Japanese Garden yesterday, seeing Heavenly Falls and the Lower Pond completely empty. A worker stood where the water should have been, sweeping with a large broom. Two ducks landed in the dry pond and waddled around, probably wondering who had drained their pool.

All of this was for a good cause, though, as the garden puts the finishing touches on the renovation of the "Zig-Zag" bridge that winds through the iris bed. The Garden says that the new version of the bridge will be "sturdier and less confined, while remaining in harmony with the Garden setting". During the construction, the Garden's koi have been moved to the Upper Pond.

We'll resume our "Etsy Artist of the Day" feature with our next post. In the meantime, thanks for supporting local artists and buying hand-made!