Planning the Perfect Valentine’s Day
By Deni Porter
Looking for the perfect Valentine gift, but want to be certain that it is exactly what will light up your Valentine’s face? The Artists’ Gallery in the Sunriver Village has the perfect solution. Invite your Valentine to the Gallery’s Second Saturday celebration scheduled for Saturday, February 8 from 4-6PM. Load up a plate of delicious eats, select a glass of wine or beer, and stroll around the Gallery enjoying the beautiful art on display. When you see your Valentine’s eyes light up, you will know that you have a good clue for your surprise! You can sneak back to the Gallery later and make your purchase. The artists at the Gallery will be happy to gift wrap your special surprise.
Jewelry made by featured metalsmith artist Leslie Klipper Stewart regularly lights up faces of those who receive it as a gift. Klipper Stewart uses semi-precious metals such as sterling silver to create interesting shapes and textures. Semi-precious gems are often added for color and sparkle. Clean lines, geometric shapes, and sparkly textures all influence the variety of hand-made earrings, bracelets, necklaces, and rings. Some of the artist’s most popular pieces utilize handmade chain comprised of hundreds of individual rings and other components. Also fashionable are her “spinner” rings that move and catch the light. A lover of all things local, Klipper Stewart often features local gems. She will be available at Second Saturday to help all the “cupids” explore gift options for their Valentine needs.
Also featured in February is painter and ceramicist Marjorie Cossairt. Cossairt has been showing at the Gallery since its inception almost ten years ago and the popularity of her work has never declined. Viewers can certainly detect Cossairt’s love for living in Central Oregon from the subjects depicted in her pieces. She gains inspiration from her home on twenty acres of open meadow land with her four horses and views of the mountains and river. The artist credits some of her success to the fluidity of the medium of watercolor, but credit should really be given Cossairt for her ability to combine both spontaneity and control in her paintings. Her approach to watercolor is mostly intuitive, working in a carefree manner creating shapes and textures that are then translated into a beautiful representation of reality. Cossairt’s work is so popular that the Gallery not only sells her original artwork, but very reasonably priced signed prints.
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