Images of Emily

Published 10:07 am Saturday, March 14, 2009

At 6,114 feet Mount Emily is not the highest point in Union County but it is the most visible and discussed.

A landmark easily seen from almost anywhere in the Grande Ronde

Valley. She is also a friend to longtime residents and a source of

inspiration.

Proof of both is abundant at a new art display at the Hoke Union

Building’s main lounge – “Images of Emily.” The exhibit at EOU features

about two dozen works by local women artists created to honor Mount

Emily.

The display begins with literary art – a short story by Evelyn Donnell of La Grande “When Tex Met A Mountain Called Emily.”

Donnell read her work, based on a true story, at the opening of the Images of Emily exhibit March 2. Presenting her piece like a master storyteller, Donnell’s reading evoked smiles and laughter and added to the sense of wonder that is Mount Emily.

Donnell’s short story is followed by art works highlighting the many sides and moods of Mount Emily.

The exhibit will be up through March 27. It also includes:

andbull; two paintings by Linda M. Peterson – “Emily’s Golden Gifts” and “First Snow.”

andbull; six photographs by Carol Haddock – “Lacey Emily and Friends,” “Here Comes Spring,” “Reflections,” “Good Morning Miss Emily,” “Silent Sentinel” and “Harvest Time.”

andbull; two works by Nancy Allen – a pen and ink, gauch and colored pencil drawing, “Allen Emily and the Angel”; and a pen and ink drawing, “All Things, Great and Small.”

andbull; a batik watercolor by Denise Elizabeth Stone – “She Calls Home.”

andbull; two works by Ruthi Davenport – a collage of a dozen photos, “Images of Emily,” and a single photograph “Sadness,” which shows Mount Emily in a rearview mirror.

andbull; a quilt by Debbie Rogers – “My View of Emily.”

andbull; a batik watercolor by Denise Elizabeth Stone – “Moonset and Sunrise: Mount Emily.”

andbull; a fabric banner by Sherry Nantz.

andbull; two photographs by Linda Lightburn Carter – “Mt. Emily Before Glasses” and “Mt. Emily After Glasses.”

andbull; two batik watercolors by Sue Orlaske, “Horst and Graben” and “Faulted Eminence.”

andbull; a wooden mixed media sculpture by Danae Yurgel – “Miss Emily Dines Out.”

andbull; a fabric and buttons creation by Karen Kevan – “Stars Over Emily.”

andbull; two photos by Mona Dinger – “Sad Sunflowers” and “Mount Emily Sunflowers.”

andbull; two works by Jan Clark – an oil painting and a batik watercolor, “Mt. Emily-The Sentinel.”

andbull; a graphite on paper work by Amber Lon MacLean – “Mt. Emily.”

andbull; an oil canvas work by Jaime Gustavson.