The Hallie Ford Museum, one of our favorite art museums in the world, is currently hosting a retrospective exhibit of the work of Oregon artist, Lucinda Parker, now in her mid-seventies (just a month older than Ellen). Our friend, Roger Hull, has written a magnificent book to accompany the exhibit, something he has done for ten artists so far, but this may be the best one yet.
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| A recent photograph of Lucinda Parker |
Although Parker has had a life-long association with Portland, OR, starting with her attendance at Reed College, she also has a connection with my part of the world, having attended Putney School in the late fifties (when I was the minister in Dummerston), and also having been an "Experimenter" with the Experiment in International Living in the 60s (where I worked in the 70s).
She manifested a prodigious talent from the start. A painting done at Putney School when she was sixteen makes that clear. But she soon eschewed representational art based on nature and explored the potential of abstract art, but with a unique gift for color, movement and composition. Only in more recent years has she returned to nature, mountains in particular, which offer large forms which fascinate her. It is a stunning exhibit.
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| Waterfall at Garland Pond (1959), done when she was 16 at Putney School |
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| Roger's book, with Parker's Saraband (1993) on the cover |
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Lisa's Brooch, from the 1980s
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| Avid Diva (1991) |
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Catchment (2013)
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