Preview Artist Reception - “Dock Side”- Shannon Weber, Thursday November 4 at High Desert Gallery in Bend. November 4, 2010

Special Thursday Preview Artist Reception: Thursday, November 4, from 5 to 8pm. Meet the artist and be the first to see new work!

A native Oregonian, Shannon Weber's first love as a child was archeology, digging up sticks, rocks, and rusty items and taking them home to study. As an adult she has channeled this fascination into one-of-a-kind woven vessels and mixed media collage pieces using found and reclaimed items such as chewed beaver sticks, sea kelp, willow and native grasses.
A self-taught artist, Shannon uses her own techniques to create vivid and haunting works of art. Her intricate woven pieces are worked in layers, as the artist first weaves, then paints each section. Embellishments are added, including but not limited to encaustic, threads, twigs, feathers, small pebbles and polished stone. The artist explains, “I employ primitive forms of weaving and tweak them into 'new' aboriginal forms for the current millennium.”
Shannon Weber's award-winning work has been written about in numerous national publications, and is in private and public collections across the US and overseas. High Desert Gallery is honored to represent her work exclusively in Central Oregon.

Official Website: http://wwww.highdesertgallery.com