New Original Paintings and Monotypes by regionally acclaimed Oregon Artist, Patricia Freeman-Martin at High Desert Frameworks! in Bend, Oregon July 31, 2009

High Desert Frameworks! -- Bend Oregon
Contemporary Western Images – New Original Paintings and Monotypes by regionally acclaimed Oregon Artist, Patricia Freeman-Martin.

What: New Original Paintings and Fine Art Monotype prints by Patricia Freeman-Martin

When: July 31 through August 31, 2009.

Opening Reception: Friday, August 7, 2009 5-9pm – Bend First Friday Gallery Walk

Gallery Hours: Open Monday – Friday 10am to 5:30pm, Saturday 10am to 2pm

Where: High Desert Frameworks!, 431 NW Franklin at Lava, Downtown Bend, Oregon

Contact: High Desert Frameworks! 541-647-2191 or 866-549-6250, www.highdesertgallery.com

Cost: Free and open to the public

More information: 541-388-8964 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, 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 horse ranch in Terrebonne, Oregon, near Smith Rock. Patricia has woven together a beautiful and complex life of many different themes; cattle ranching, cutting horses, family, and art. She uses a variety of mixed media to talk about her experiences in the western landscape and her style reflects her fresh, honest and whimsical way of viewing the world.