Patricia Freeman-Martin -- Cowgirl with Dun Pony

Guest Artist Patricia Freeman-Martin joins the party at High Desert Gallery's Bounty Show! Previously we
announced our Fall "Bounty" event at High Desert Gallery in Sisters
Oregon with the fine art exhibition and sale as part of “Celebrate
National Art and Framing Month.” The Fall “Bounty” show opens
on October 1 and runs through October 31, 2008 with an Open House
Reception on October 11 & 12th. Several guest artists have joined
in on the fun and have contributed one or more original paintings as
part of the group “Bounty” show. We hope you can stop by the
gallery in October and especially during Sisters' Fall Harvest Fair
on the weekend of October 11th and 12th.

Patricia, a Central Oregon artist, has
woven together a beautiful and complex life of many different themes;
cattle ranching, cutting horses, family, and art. For the Bounty show she created a wonderful original painting titled "Cowgirl with
Dun Pony." Please join us in October to view this and many
more “Bounty” works of art from special guest and gallery artists
including Patricia.

For me, the bounty in my life and my
art is the western landscape and my relationship to it.

This painting, “Cowgirl with Dun
Pony,” is an example of the kind of ideas that spring forth when an
Eastern Oregon, ranch raised cowgirl collides with the world of
contemporary art. Through my studies of fine art and photography at
the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque and further exploration
of the art world during a five year stint in Manhattan, I gained a
freedom of expression which allows me to narrate my life experiences
in a deeply personal manner.

This particular painting expresses my
love and excitement for the specific, colorful beauty of my old
friend, Dunny Hickory, a horse who was my partner in competition for
many years and who currently teaches my 11 year old son the sport of
cow cutting. -- Patricia Freeman-Martin, October 2008. -- "Cowgirl with Dun
Pony," 24" x 48", acrylic and collage on PlexiGlass,
2008

About High Desert Gallery's Fall
"Bounty" Show:

What: “Bounty” -- Original art work
by High Desert Gallery and Special Guest Artists

When: October 1 through October 31.
Gallery Open House Reception, Saturday October 11 and Sunday, October
12 from 10am – 6pm. Refreshments, treats, great art of "Bounty,"
music and more!

Where: High Desert Gallery & Custom
Framing, 281 W Cascade Avenue, Downtown Sisters, Oregon

Cost: Free and open to the public

More information: 541-388-8964 /
866-549-6250 and www.highdesertgallery.com

About Patricia Freeman-Martin:
Patricia was raised in a ranching and rodeo family in Eastern Oregon
graduating from high school in Pendleton, Oregon. She received a
Bachelor of Fine Arts, magna cum laude, from the University of New
Mexico in Albuquerque. She moved to New York City and spent nearly
five years in the East Village. During a visit home to Eastern
Oregon in 1987, she fell in love with a potato farmer from Southern
Idaho and never returned to New York. For 16 years, Patricia and her
family lived and worked on their ranch at the foot of the Elkhorn
Mountains in North Powder, Oregon. Ranching and cutting horses have
been an integral part of her life as well as inspiration for her art.
In 2004, Patricia and her family purchased a small ranch/horse
facility in Terrebonne, Oregon very near Smith Rock. Patricia has
woven together a beautiful and complex life of many different themes;
cattle ranching, cutting horses, family, and art. She has created a
body of art work which presents western subjects and themes painted
in a style which reflects her fresh, honest and whimsical way of
viewing the world.

As part of “Celebrate National Art
and Framing Month” at High Desert Gallery we are encouraging area
folks and visitors to participate in our Just One Can Food Drive held
in October at both our art galleries. Just One Can is all we ask. For
more information on the can food drive please visit:
www.justonecan.com

About High Desert Gallery: High Desert
Gallery & Custom Framing, The Art & Soul of Central Oregon™
is an award winning fine art and custom picture framing gallery with
retail locations in Bend, Oregon (Opening Spring 2009), Redmond and
Sisters Oregon specializing in Central Oregon Artists & Beyond™
and Stellar Custom Framing. High Desert Gallery honored in 2005, 2006
and 2007 by Decor Magazine as a "Top 100 Art and Framing Gallery
in America" and voted "Best Art Gallery" in Redmond,
Oregon (2006, 2007 & 2008) and Sisters, Oregon (2005, 2006, &
2008). In February 2008, High Desert Gallery was awarded Top Honors
in the Professional Picture Framing Association 2007-2008
International Open Framing Competition. For more information please
visit: www.highdesertgallery.com or call toll free 1-866-549-6250.
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Original artwork by listed artist(s).
All rights reserved and copyright 2008. Use of image is restricted
and prohibited without prior written permission.

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