Painting. Printing. Art Instruction.

Barn, Sauna, House
from 'The Finland Suite' 2003
oil on linen
All Rights Reserved
In this renaissance era of internet speed, take time off to see Rebecca's paintings, prints, soft-pastel drawings, and art watercolor greeting cards at the many venues listed below or at her home studio. Get out of this virtual world and enjoy seeing unique, one-of-a-kind art. The nuances of art and spirit of paint, color, space, and atmosphere are mankind's earliest form or language. Also, if you are wanting art instruction, commissioned artwork, curatorial art services, custom designed greeting cards, or garden design you can reach Rebecca at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

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  • SCROLL DOWN FOR VARIOUS VENUES AND UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS | .
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    NOVEMBER 8, 2009 - JANUARY 30, 2010 -- BIG FAT FISH CO, Landscape Paintings and Pastels
    304 12th Street, in south Bellingham's Historic Fairhaven district.
    Marion Raney Oman, from Long Beach WA exhibits five oil paintings created from her world travels. Rebecca Meloy presents 17 newly framed small pastels along with several from her Oregon series -- a couple of which appeared in the Northwest Pastel Society's 'Impressionism' competition/ exhibition held at the Friesen Gallery a number of years back. Rebecca's newest pastels were created plein air in Port Townsend, Edison, and in Eastern Washington.
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    DECEMBER, 2009 -- ANCHOR ART SPACE, 'Cascadia Tree Suite' by Rebecca Meloy
    216 Commercial Avenue, Anacortes, Wa 98221
    Created in 2001, The Cascadia Tree Suite -- the entire collection -- has only been briefly exhibited at the Meloy & Company Gallery eight years ago. This Anchor installation will be the first time the entire collection can be viewed the way it was meant to be in a spacious, high ceiling format with a generous amount of daylight. Information: http://www.anchorartspace.org
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    2009 -- PRINT ZERO, Exchange Six -- A Traveling Group Print Exhibition
    AUGUST/Seattle, WA; OCTOBER or NOVEMBER/ Buffalo New York; 2010/Canada.
    Each year Print Zero hosts a print exchange. Each participant creates and prints a small image and submits the entire collection (approximately 14 originals) to earn the right to participate in this unique traveling exhibition event. This year over 400 artists from throughout the world participated. In exchange, each participant receives a collection in return -- 14 original prints from other participants.
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    OCTOBER | NOVEMBER, 2009 -- FIREHOUSE CAFE, Pastels Revisited by Rebecca Meloy
    12th Street in Fairhaven / Bellingham, Washington
    Presented in this exhibition are five, light-filled large landscapes of buildings, trees, and a river inspired by Skagit and Whatcom County life.
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    2009 -- FOURTH CORNER FRAMES, Rebecca Meloy Prints
    311 West Holly Street, Bellingham, WA
    Sherry does all my conservation framing and exhibits a couple prints on a year-round basis.
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    COLLECTIONS of Rebecca Meloy art.

    *For 2009, The Cascadia Tree Suite, a series of 12 linoleum relief prints, was accepted into the Whatcom Museum's Art Collection; and, Bellingham Bay, an oil on canvas, was accepted into the Bellingham Technical College's Library Collection. Visit Preview The Gallery Guide to read about the Cascadia Tree Suite.
    http://www.preview-art.com/previews/01-11/09.meloy-chuckanut.html
    (Click the back arrow to return to the Meloy website.)

    *For 2009, Rebecca and Fourth Corner Frames donated a collection of over 25 artworks by Rebecca and other northwest fine artists (from Rebecca's collection) to the new Agape House located at Holly and 'F' Street in Bellingham.

    *Private collections that include Rebecca's art are those of Mike and Elaine McRory; James and Sherry Raisbeck; Johnson Outdoors Manufacturing; Christine Scheid-Zurline; Miriam and Dan Barnett; Jane Burns; Susan Bennerstrom; Susan Ogle; Russell and Meg Jacobson Pritchett; John and Barbara Beckman; John Bethune and Cheryl Spector; Wendy Sundquist/Brian Lowey; Bernie and Heidi Wiener; William Dwyer; Stuart and Anne Scott; Kent and Sarah Landmark; Corrine Servais; Susan Gorman; Richard Bulman; Nathan Cranston; Martha Fleming Larson; David Fraser; Jan Witcraft; Nancy Swenson; Lee Mohr; Cathy Fields; Mary Ann Kohl; Kristi Klyver; Patrick Dowling and Theresa Elton; Bob Silverman; Susan and Peter Bressers; Theresa Gemmer; Jules McLeland; Linda Allen; Frank and Chris Haulgren; Elizabeth Hollander; Eugenia Woo; Marlene Hadley; David and Jennie Larson; Jim Westover and Kristi Lundstrom-Westover; Greg Kosanke; John Meloy; Richard and Nancy Friedman; Timo and Varpu Marjomaki; Mr. and Mrs. Marti Ala-Riihimaki; Jean and Adam Ciochon; Hannu Kauppi; Kelli Linville and Will Roehl; and more.

    *Public collections that include Rebecca's art are the Institute of Adult Education's Aula Gallery in Finland; North Cascade Institute in Sedro Woolley; Bellingham Technical College; Whatcom Museum of History and Art; Agape House; Nelimarkka Museo in Alajarvi Finland; Jets West; Cerulean Blue; Stormy Seas; Gun Bay Villa; Bornstein Seafoods; Linvillle 42nd Legislative District Representative; and the Nordic Heritage Museum in Seattle.
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    VENUE LINKS To Rebecca Meloy Art

    SEE The Heart of Town: Edison, WA, copyright Rebecca Meloy, a soft-pastel drawing, at the Whatcom Museum of History and Art website.
    http://www.whatcommuseum.org/pages/collections/virtualExhibitions/veMeloy/exhibit1/vexmain1.htm
    (Click the back arrow to return to the Meloy website.)

    SEE Metal Stilettos, copyright Rebecca Meloy, a recycled sculpture, at the 12th Street Shoes website. Scroll down till you see the red and black flip-flap beauties.
    http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs025/1101510477196/archive/1102078973851.html
    (Click the back arrow to return to the Meloy website.)

    SEE Water, copyright Rebecca Meloy, an abstract gouache, used on the A Seamless Connection CD recording by Wade Larsen at the Bellingham Independent Musicians' Association website. This CD received a Mayor's Art Award for Wade.
    http://www.bima.com/seamless.html
    (Click the back arrow to return to the Meloy website.)

    SEE Rebecca Meloy's Saatchi Gallery, all images copyright Rebecca Meloy.
    http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/yourgallery/artist_profile//41273.html
    (Click the back arrow to return to the Meloy website.)

    SEE Fir Grove, copyright Rebecca Meloy, an oil painting from the Spirit of Place series from a Centrum Foundation artist-in-residence.
    http://www.askart.com/AskART/artist.aspx?artist=115929&redir
    (Click the back arrow to return to the Meloy website.)

    SEE Landscape: The Finland Suite as exhibited at the Nordic Heritage Museum's one-woman show in August, 2004. Visit John Meloy's Photography website at http://www.johnnydanger.net/dangerzone/photography/ and scroll down to the August 29, 2004 photos to view the album.


    ARTICLE Bellingham Herald, September 2009 http://www.bellinghamherald.com/entertainmentnews/story/1055625.html
  • 2010 ART AT THE FISH—Big Fat Fish Co., 1304 12th Street, Bellingham | .
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    FEBRUARY through APRIL, 2010: Less is More
    Sylvia Chesley Smith, Lopez Island WA
    Stephen Yates, Port Townsend WA
    Enid Wilson, Bellingham WA
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    MAY through JULY, 2010: Portraiture
    Finnigan, New York NY (The Foreman Collection)
    Seth Camm, Texas
    Rebecca Meloy, Bellingham WA.
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    AUGUST through OCTOBER, 2010: Abstractions
    Jan Lor, Bellingham WA
    Maren Larson, Bellingham WA
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    NOVEMBER 2010 through JANUARY, 2011: Print Invitational
    Patricia Zahorski, Bellingham WA


    Note: Artists interested in applying to exhibit in future group showings at the restaurant may inquire with Rebecca at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
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    COMMUNITY FOOD COOP
    1220 N. Forest St, Bellingham WA 98225
    http://www.communityfood.coop
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    Do you need help creating a garden plan, or designing new garden structures? Maybe you simply need help installing plants, or rejuvenating your vegetable garden. Your garden dreams or needs are attainable with Rebecca's help.

    In 2006, after a life-time of home gardening, restoring a 112 year old home, and then having her place appear in 'Country Home, Country Garden' magazine, Rebecca received a Garden Design Certificate from the University of British Columbia and a Building Construction Applied Science Degree from Bellingham Technical College in 2008. With her practical experience and eye for beauty, she would like to assist you. Email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
  • FAVORITE CREATIVE WANDERINGS:  For Inspiration | .
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    Think Local First | Sustainable Connections
    http://www.sconnect.org/

    Yambique. One of Bellingham's more spirited sounds. John Meloy and Ray Downey on Saxophones.
    http://www.yambique.com/

    Bellingham's Historic Fairhaven Calendar
    http://www.fairhaven.com/index.php/events/P50/

    Das Vibenbass. Seattle WA. Photos by John Meloy
    http://www.dasvibenbass.com/images/daspics/tripledoor/

    Sondre Lerche
    http://www.sondrelerche.com/

    Chuck Israels, Bellingham WA
    http://www.chuckisraels.com/recordings.htm

    Centrum, Port Townsend WA
    http://www.centrum.org/residencies/

    John Meloy, Photographer
    http://www.johnnydanger.net/dangerzone/

    Up Front Theatre, Bellingham WA
    http://www.theupfront.com/

    Mount Bakery, Bellingham WA.
    http://www.mountbakery.com/

    Christiansons Nursery, Skagit Valley WA
    http://www.christiansonsnursery.com/

    Kubota Garden, Seattle WA
    http://www.kubota.org/

    Washington Park Arboretum
    http://depts.washington.edu/wpa/index.htm

    University of British Columbia Botanical Garden, Vancouver B.C.
    http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/

    Darrington, WA
    http://darringtonwa.org/pictures.php

    Oaxaca Artisans, Mexico
    http://www.oaxacaoaxaca.com/artisans.htm

    Edith Sodergran (1892-1923)
    http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/sodergra.htm

    Axel Gallen-Kallela, Finland
    http://www.kalela.net/english.htm
    http://www.gallen-kallela.fi/english.html

    Stundars, Finland
    http://stundars.agrolink.net/document.asp?lang=En&main=11&sub=16&viewdoc=35

    Nelimarrka Museum, Finland
    http://www.nelimarkka-museo.fi/

    Olavinlinna Castle, Finland
    http://www.operafestival.fi/In_English/Front_Page.iw3

    Finnish Architecture.
    http://www.muuka.com/finnishpumpkin/index.html

    Kongressikoti, Helsinki Finland. An affordable stay in the hub of the city.
    http://www.kongressikoti.com/index.html