Art in Ashland - Oregon Trip, Part 8

There were many interesting shops, street art and art galleries in Ashland, Oregon.  It was obvious that people there took great pride in their aesthetics and the presentation of themselves.  Strolling in Ashland was very pleasant therefore and window browsing brought me many surprises.

One of the window shops featured some lovely intriguing shaped lamps and they positively glowed in the evenings and were great enticement for customers.





Other shop - antiques and crafts vied with understated offerings and always interesting and never vulgar:





Well, almost.  This one below is nothing but vulgarity.  It was in a shop full of Chihuly wares, therefore, it was almost mandatory:



But please don't be put off by this silly offering.  Almost next door to it, there was a very serious art gallery - Hanson Howard Gallery, which showcased wonderful oil paintings by nationally renown artists.  The exhibition was "Lost and Found" with paintings by Bobbie Jansen and sculptures by Nelson Davis below.  I particularly love those oil paintings for the composition, the palette, and the ways the paintings were applied. 

Hopscotch, Oil on canvas, 16" X 20" / Distilled Despair, Oil on canvas, 24" X 18" / Two Chair Abstraction, Oil on canvas, 24" X 18"

Morning Candlelight, Oil on canvas, 20" X 20"



I also love the oil paintings by Carol Ingram in the second room of the gallery - they were hauntingly luminous:



Tall Rocks, oil on canvas, 16" X 20" / Waiting, oil on canvas, 24" X 36" / Woman, oil on canvas, 10" X 12"

Indeed there were art work of all levels in every corner of the main streets, such as the dragonfly and the geese in a restaurant and the sculptures and art fountain in the main square below:





 





Even a window in the best coffee house in town (or anywhere), Nobel Coffee, looked like a piece of art:



I was quite satisfied.



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