Reho Barron

Artist

I usually have my camera with me where ever I go and work in whatever medium I like the best at the time.

I work in oils, watercolors, acrylics, pastels, china paint, charcoal and pencil. I've taken classes from Stan Miller, Sue Rohrback, Shirley Bird Wright, Don Ealey, Del Gish, Florence Klobucher, Jean Toone and Joe Kronenberg, all local artists.

I was Social Activities Director of the Spokane Club for 30 years and hired famous artists to give lessons to the club members and friends. We had Warren Brandon, from San Francisco and Merlin Enabnit who has a Foster Book with his painting technique in palette knife.

I enjoy many subjects to paint, people, landscapes, dogs, old buildings, skies and just about anything else.

I just love to paint.

John Bellmore

Artist

I have always been attracted to what things do and how they are made.  when I look at a piece of art I try to figure out how I would reproduce it.  My first thoughts are "I like this" and "I can do this."  If I can create the same lines, shapes and colors, mine should look like the original.

To me, art is a human endeavor that produces an object, drawing, painting, sculpture, etc., that has no practical use.  It just exists for itself, man-made and useless.  Although making art takes me to a different life experience which I find calming and exciting.  I'm thrilled when I finish a piece and my friends and family respond positively.

My earliest memory is drawing in my room in my early teens.  I took oil painting in a class with a professional artist, Ben Moss, when he was teaching at Gonzaga University in the 1960's.  I taught Art and Music at Orange Grove Jr. High School for three years in the early 1970's.  I took a year of sculpture and drawing at Long Beach State University in California before returning to Spokane with my wife and daughter.

I remarried in the late 1980's and my wife, Karen and I have had individual shows in Spokane.

I tend to work in spurts of several months and then stop for awhile.  Art is something i feel I can do the rest of my life unlike other physically demanding activities.  There are many projects I have planned to do, but have yet to start.

I will be working on them and new ones forever.

At the present time, I am working in pencil and watercolor, drawing and painting. I also like acrylic painting and sculpture. The creative process fulfills me and makes my life richer.  I see myself doing it as long as I am here.

Artist Contact Information:
John Bellmore

509-326-3531