Meet the Artist
- March - June: Sisy Anderson and Scott Huette
- June - September: Mara Berendt Friedman
Sisy Anderson and Scott Huette
Scott Huette and Sisy Anderson are two individual artists and life partners who operate a backyard art studio in Eugene Oregon. The studio is an endeavor by both artists to foster a creative community through art events three times a year and by appointment. Sisy and Scott see their role as artists to be both entrepreneur and community service. Read more on each artist's unique relationship in the world:
Sisy Anderson is a watercolor and ink artist cultivating a zest for life in individuals and community
through the creation of fine art painting, artisan products, and educational classes.
In her paintings she seeks to harmonize the Eastern painting concepts with Western subject matter.
She exhibits her work through out Oregon and the Northwest.
Her paintings have been part of solo and group venues, including the 2009 Lake Oswego's Festival of the
Arts in Lake Oswego, Oregon.
In addition to her exhibit schedules, Sisy collaborates with public and private schools as an arts instructor, including the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at the University of Oregon. She produces a line of her butterfly images for the home and sells both on line and in stores.
She holds a Bachelor's of Art in fine art and a Master of Science in Arts Administration from the University of Oregon.
Scott is a photographer, exhibiting artist and instructor at the University of Oregon.
He exhibits his art locally and regionally and maintains a working artist studio at his residence with
his partner, Sisy Anderson.
The studio hosts annual open studio events.
He facilitates and presents artist professional development workshops and provides services to artists,
including fine art reproduction and printing.
At the University of Oregon he teaches Art and Human Values, Portfolio Design and Presentation and
Digital Portfolio Production.
He currently serves as a member of the Artist Services Committee at the Downtown Initiative for the
Visual Arts (DIVA) in Eugene Oregon.
Opposites In Harmony
Artists and partners Sisy Anderson and Scott Huette will be exhibiting Opposites in Harmony which explores the Inward & Outward, the Feminine & Masculine, and the Magnetic & Dynamic energies.
The show will feature an installation created together by Scott and Sisy. "Remembrances" contains three 8 foot handmade scrolls each a hand painted photograph.
Mara Berendt Friedman, Artist-Teacher
Artist's Statement
The inner life and search for awakening, with its ever spiraling struggles and triumphs, is the fuel that feeds my creative fire. Over and again I repeat the process and journey of diving deep within the well of Soul, swimming in its fertile depths and rising up with image pearls that express not only my personal path, but also the universal journey of being a Woman. How do we as women connect to the power and innate wisdom of our Mother Earth and know that Her power is our inherent birthright? How do we connect with the Beauty of our soul and share our unique gifts of expression with the world as a sacred act of healing both for ourselves and each other? I am continually guided by the tender truth of this quote by Rumi, "Let the Beauty you love be what you do."
Currently I find myself fascinated by the beauty and flow of calligraphic line, especially from the Persian tradition, as well the challenge of ever simplified expression. As I mature and let go to Life, I see this inner surrender mirrored in my outer work. Lighter, more playful, lyrical and spacious imagery is unfolding. My exploration is inspired by this question: How best can I express Essence?
I am deeply grateful to have the opportunity to be an artist-dreamer is these modern and highly
technological times.
My artwork has connected me not only to my true Self, but as well to a worldwide circle of women, past,
present and future.
I so appreciate the balance of the solitary life of an artist with the community life of a teacher.
Biography
Mara Berendt Friedman has been a working artist for over two decades. Her career began in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1987, when she founded Kaimara, a clothing company featuring her original designs. In 1994, New Moon Visions was founded by the artist and Bob Friedman. This small company manufactures and distributes artgifts featuring her work throughout the world. In 1999, Mara co-founded STREAM (Souls Together Rejoicing in Expressive Arts and Magic), a sacred art school dedicated to the nurturance of authentic self expression and the Rainbow Way of Beauty.
The artist's richly colored, layered and stylized paintings focus upon and honor the essence of the
Sacred Feminine.
She draws inspiration from diverse influences - native cultures around the world, universal symbols and
form, mystical spiritual traditions and the beauty of Nature.
For the past seven years, Mara travels often to New Mexico and passionately drinks from the vast well of
inspiration found in that magic land.
Many of her newer works reflect her ongoing Southwest explorations.
Since 1994, Mara has lived and worked in the lovely river valley of Lorane, Oregon. In early 2010, she opened HummingBird Gallery in Eugene, Oregon, where she displays her original paintings and teaches sacred art classes and playshops that focus on the mandala.
