Through accident or design, you’ve arrived at the website for Huckleberry Farm Studios. We are Deborah DeWit, artist, and Carl Vandervoort, filmmaker and potter.
Please wander through the results of our 40 year love of image making, past and recent paintings, pastels, photographs, books and films. Our studios are named after the place we lived and worked for 14 years here on the North Oregon Coast. The restoration of its wild land and 100 year old house was a labor of love that shaped us and our work in unforgettable ways. Earlier posts on this site tell that story. In April of 2023 we moved from there, but have retained the name of the place we loved so much–Huckleberry Farm. We have stayed in the community having been embraced by it, as much as by the winds off the Pacific Ocean. The story continues.
55 Summers in Cannon Beach, Oregon July 18- September 20th
The White Bird Gallery celebrates yet another amazing anniversary this summer with a special group exhibit of past and current artists. Founded in 1971 by Evelyn Georges, it was one of the first galleries in Oregon to show craft and painting side by side, and represented most of Oregon’s well known artists and craftspeople at one time or another. I first showed there in 1981. I created a special painting for the exhibit entitled “Foundations”. Several other paintings of mine will also be on display during the show. If your in the area, please pay the gallery a visit.
And don’t forget to check out the Studio Store if you’re interested in purchasing notecards, prints, and books.
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Inspired by working with Kim Stafford (Oregon Poet Laureate, 2018-20) on his pocket-sized book of poems and paintings, Cherish & Release, I have begun a series of small accessible books of my own. Each one focuses on a particular subject that has coursed through my work since I began making images more than 50 years ago. I’m calling the series A Painter’s Reasons.
Book I
Roads
Thirty-three paintings and pastels spanning thirty years along with an introduction by Deborah and selection of poetry by some great poets that exemplify the deep path roads have carved in our consciousness.
Full color 7.5″ x 7.5″ softcover 54 pages
Please go to this link for more information Roads A Painter’s Reasons ~ Book I
Book II
Windows: A State of Mind
Deborah describes her relationship with windows and their personal meaning in her paintings. Excerpts from her journals accompany the imagery. Thirty-one paintings from 25 years explore the subject.
Full color 7.5″ x 7.5″ softcover 54 pages
Please go to this link for more information Windows: A State of Mind A Painter’s Reasons ~ Book II
Book III
Messengers: Birds and Words
Thirty-eight paintings accompanied by text which explores the place books and letters hold in Deborah’s life and work, and their relationship with the auspicious nature of birds!
Full color. 7.5″ x 7.5″ softcover 60 pages
Please go to this link for more information Messengers: Birds and Words
You can also purchase the entire collection at a discounted price at this link A Painter’s Reasons~Books I, II and III
Best Wishes,
Deborah and Carl
Although the 2020 White Bird Gallery show is over, you can still hear and see Deborah’s artist’s talk , The Choices We Make here on our website by clicking here.
