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Two Major Announcements: Saturday, April 16, the Sierra Star Parking Lot,
The Greater North Fork Art Gallery re-opened May 6 & 7, and will remain open for the season from 11:00a.m. to 3:00p.m. until the first week in October, which is also Sierra Art Trails at the Gallery. View and purchase the works of 20 local fine artists - everything from water color greeting cards to mixed media paintings - and, of course, Vern's magic manzanita boxes! Come by the old mill site for aall your gift and decorating needs, or to just enjoy. 877-3017 for more info.
Get aboard - review and purchase two local artists' (Paul Henry Abram and Ruth Rosenthal) newest book: Paul's is "Love Poems with an Attitude", and Ruth authored "Like Fallen Snow". Read excerpts from their works as you are entertained by Rod Stewart, the Beatles and Jen Ewing at www.PaulnRuthsBookstore.com. Or just visit us and 20 other artists at the Gallery located at the old saw mill site on mammoth Pool Road - 3/4 mile east of downtown North Fork.
Paul & Ruth's next stop will be at Ye Olde Gift Shoppe in Coarsegold on Saturday Sept. 10 at 1:00p.m. The usual readings and autographing of purchased books - where else can you get a class book for $15.00, no tax, no shipping and autographed!!????
Paul & Ruth will also be answering questions on writing in general and getting published in specific - join them!!
And visit our BLOG at www.PaulnRuthsBookstore.blogspot.com/
Gallery Founders
Paul Henry & Marcia
About Paul Henry Abram, the Photographer:
As a young child, Paul sat up late at night watching his Dad, a lithographer at Lord Menu Co. in Los Angeles, hand-carve linoleum blocks. It wasn’t until years later that Paul was able to relate his ability to read with ease black and white photo negatives and compose subject matter, to those experiences with his Dad - linoleum blocks used in printing are carved “upside down and backwards” - a virtual negative. Paul has used that skill in developing what he calls “photographics” - black and white photos which use lithographic film sheets to create the appearance of pen and ink and charcoal drawings.
Paul is a retired attorney and has taught photography at the Pacific College of Art and Design, Medford, Oregon, and for the Kings - Tulare Regional Arts Council in Porterville. He has shown his work in galleries from Big Bear Lake, CA to Ashland and Medford, OR, where he was a founding member of the “Siskiyou Artworks”, an art co-op. He is the past President and charter member of the North Fork Arts Council. He is an avid fly fisher and for several years he wrote the “Catch o’ the Day” column for the Sierra Star. He stays current in the law as the attorney coach for the Minarets High School Mock Trial Team, which recently placed first in regional competition. In his spare time he contemplates how he ever found time to work.
Remember, "A community without art is a community without a soul".
So, what does a former art gallery owner do after he closes the Gallery. On Sunday, October 26, 2009 Paul Henry Abram and his wife Marcia closed the Community Art Gallery in North Fork. It was such a boon to the community that a special committe comprised of local organizations re-opened it and run it. Paul & Marcia show their work their, but no longer have the day to day chores of operating it. "It was cutting into my fishing time", says Paul. Naturally, with extra time on his hands, Paul went fishing. He took his inflatable oar boat ( a "pram") to his favorite spot on the San Joaquin River, near Friant. Using a 3 weight fly-rod, a number 18 "hare's ear" nymph, and a floating fly line, after only his second cast, Paul landed this 27 inch, 10 pound trophy Rainbow Trout. A fisher nearby on shore timed the "fight" at 50 minutes. Paul was able to tire the fish and land it aboard his pram without a net - all on a 3 pound test fluorocarbon leader. It may be a San Joaquin River record. Here is what he caught, and, no, he will not tell you where to fish! However, Paul does love to talk fishing with anyone who wants to swap stories, and is always looking for more fishing buddies. Call him at (559) 877-2487.
All art work displayed anywhere on this website (and updated frequently) may be purchased at sales@communityartgallery.com, or phaphotos@netptc.net.
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