Painted chair

   Finished painting a chair that will be part of an auction supporting
Oregon Partnership.

  Oregon Partnership has a crisis line that 
responds to more than 35,000 calls a year, 
half of which are on the suicide Lifeline. 
  The Crisis line provides free, confidential intervention, support, referrals and immediate assistence by highly trained staff and volunteers.   

  A number of military veterans, soldiers and their families

 are turning to the crisis lines as well. 

  Oregon Partnership has also forged an

ongoing relationship with the National Guard's 

 training in Applied Suicide Intervention Skills.

  OP is trying to establish a dedicated line fror returning soldiers, veterans and their families.

 Additionally there is a youth line which is a peer-peer line for teens.

  Young people work with adults to answer calls on

 diverse topics including substance abuse, 

depression, self-harm, dating violence and other issues. 

There is also a crisis line for speakers of Spanish

 who are experiencing alcohol and drug problems. 

Oreogn Partnership-6443 SW Beaverton Hilldale Hwy

Suite 200,  Portland, Or 97221

503-244-5211

first post

Hello,

  My first blog post.  I'm trying to get organized before the

busy show season and have jumped into the world of cyber space.

  I just set up a Flikr account, Twitter 

and have stocked my Etsy store. 

 My website is updated with many new paintings 

with more to come and a Facebook

presence is pending too.

  I have just returned from a very cold but inspiring trip 

to New York where I saw some incredible art 

at the Metropolitan Museum,

ate some very yummy thin crust pizza and

literally crashed into Ethan Hawke, at a play by Sam Shepard,

 that he was directing.

  Also saw the NY City Ballet perform Sleeping Beauty, 

which was like eating a big cream puff.

  The costumes, lighting and effects 

that the colors created were ethereal.

  Here are some photos from the art museum:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jillmayberg/

  I'm finishing up painting a chair depicting a dog, bird and girl

for a benefit auction in Portland that helps people who are very

stressed, such as returning veterans.  I'll post the photos soon.

My camera battery went dead.

  The chairs will be placed in shop windows around Portland which should

be fun.