Pat Blair
My blogs
- THE CHILDREN'S FESTIVAL and Friends of Fred The Litter Critter
- PAT BLAIR ~~ DRIFTING & DREAMING: Sketches, Drawing and Painting Adventures
- FRED, THE DRAGON'S BLOG
- PAT BLAIR PLEIN AIR PAINTING IN AND AROUND SO. OREGON
Blogs I follow
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Artist/Painting Instructor, Retired Librarian |
| Location | Medford, Oregon, United States |
| Introduction | Patricia L. Blair has worked with The Storytelling Guild Medford (Jackson County) for the past 50 years. Pat produces the graphics for the Annual Children's Festival. Pat, recipient of The 2006 Jefferson Award and Oregon Library Association's Lampman Award, was Children's Librarian/Coordinator of Children's Services for Jackson County Library until 2001 and is an Oregon Library Association Life Member. The Medford Library's Children's Room is named in honor of Pat. She is a past board member of The Britt Music Festival, Carpenter Foundation, Southern Oregon Historical Society, The Ginger Rodgers Theater, and Rogue Valley Art Association. She is a Life Member of RVAA and a member of Plein Air Painters of Oregon. She teaches watercolor painting, drawing and sketching and leads plein air excursions in Southern Oregon. She is affiliated with Art Du Jour Gallery, 213 East Main Street, Medford, OR. Organizations: Rogue Valley Art Association (Life Member) Plein Air Painters of Oregon and P.E.O. International ~~ Art Education: Business and Fine Art at Eastern New Mexico University and Art & Information Sciences at Southern Oregon University. |
| Interests | Painting in Watercolor, Pastels, Plein Air Painting, Drawing and Sketching, Teaching Watercolor Classes in my studio, Art Journaling, The Children's Festival and Storytelling, Books and reading, Travel, Digital Photography. |
| Favorite Movies | Babette's Feast, The Station Agent, Out Of Africa, Goya's Ghost, The Color Purple, Dances With Wolves, As Good As It Gets, Cinema Paradiso, It Happened One Night |
| Favorite Music | Classical, Jazz, Pop, and some Bluegrass. |
| Favorite Books | Its a fairly eclectic mix of literature. I love historical fiction but read most anything that is written by a gifted author with a talent for painting with words! Some of my favorites are: 13 Moons, Stealing Horses by Per Petterson, The Giver by Lois Lowry, The Worst Hard Times by Timothy Egan, I Know This Much is True by Wally Lamb, The Beans of Egypt Maine by Carolyn Chute, The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, The Streets of Laredo by Larry McMurtry, The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, Sinkiller by Larry McMurtry, The Lilac Bus by Maeve Binchy, The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck, The Story of Edgar Sawtelle. |
When you hesitate before hitting snooze on your alarm clock, are you being lazy?
No...I don't think "snooze" is such a bad thing but I'll want to see what the rest of my dream might develop into before I am rudely interrupted again (especially if my dream is in full color!) So I just turn off the alarm.