CANNON BEACH , OREGON April 30, MAY 1& 2, 2010. Every year this event kicks off the new work shown by the members of the Cannon Beach Gallery Group. All weekend long many artists from each of the galleries come to Cannon Beach to meet and greet, demo and celebration. On Saturday the art galleries have scheduled unveilings that take you through the town, and that evening beginning at 6pm , artist's receptions will be held at each gallery. A complete weekend schedule of unveilings and previews can be seen on www.cbgallerygroup.com

Friday there is the unveiling of new work by renowned Washington watercolor artist Mike Smith .

Saturday, Oregon artist Eric Langeliers will be outside the gallery with a demo of his steel sculptures and inside the gallery will be Canadian artist Huibert VanDrimmelen with his new canvases.

Sunday, at 10am we will unveil new watercolors by English artist Sue Howells .

Mike Smith Come and explore the wonderful fanciful worlds created by artist Mike Smith. An influential artist both nationally and internationally, he began sculpting and drawing as a child. Mike received a degree in English Literature from the University of Portland , taught briefly, and then became committed to developing his art on a professional level. His early work was abstract, but Mike soon abandoned schools of art and developed his unique, colorful style which has subsequently influenced other artists. His work contains worldwide themes and ideas, but the focus of his painting and sculpture remains the hill where he lives. In his thirty plus year career, he has had almost 100 solo exhibitions of his work which includes watercolor, oil, acrylic, bronze, ceramic, and printmaking

Eric Langeliers is a metal artist who specializes in making wall sculptures. He has been cutting and welding since taking high school shop classes. He uses a plasma lead torch to cut out the larger pieces such as land, water and wildlife, and use an oxygen-acetylene cutting torch for more detailed work such as trees. Langeliers became a full-time artist after working as a millwright. He has been a hunter and fisherman since he was a youngster and he's now turning the memories of those experiences into his metal art. An eagle with a fish in its talons is one of his favorite pieces.

Huibert VanDrimmelen was born in Ziest, The Netherlands in 1950. In 1957 his parents immigrated to Canada and settled in B.C. During Huibert's childhood he was always attracted to the arts. He graduated from Langara College in 1972 with an art major. In 1976 Huibert began teaching painting and continued the process of learning new skills in watercolor, oil, and acrylics. After several successful art shows in the early 90's, Huibert concentrated on commissions and other interests involving travel and 'The Artisan'.  This was a defining time in Huibert's journey as an artist and was the beginning of his adventure into mixed media, and representation in over twenty countries around the world.

Sue Howells has been active in the market place for several years, and now has a reputation as one of the top selling artists in the UK, providing work for Harrods and John Lewis, as well as for galleries abroad - from the USA to New Zealand. She also provides paintings for TV programs and advertisements. "And now just a little about me. I began painting in 1982 and am self taught in all aspects of watercolour painting. I joined the RBSA in 1988 and have exhibited in London, Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Ireland. I like to paint solely in watercolours, because I think it lets me produce pictures which are both energetic and which have a strong compositional value".

About Haystack Gallery

A Fine Art Gallery established in 1977, Haystack Gallery displays the artwork of over 75 Northwest, national and internationally recognized artists, covering a wide range of styles including original oils, pastels, acrylics and watercolors, bronze and steel sculptures, hand-made jewelry, limited and open edition giclées and lithographs. We feature artists such as: Steve Hanks, Pino, John Ebner, Frogman, Rie Munoz, Sean Conrad, Mark Hopkins, Sally O'Neill, Don Bishop and Michael Tieman .

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