Gallery finds a permanent home

Jennifer Lake is tired of moving around.

The internationally-acclaimed folk artist has had a gallery in Sisters for years - in at least four locations. Now she has moved back to 370 E. Cascade Ave. (the former home of Wild Dusty Rose), where she once had a space.

"I'm the boomerang girl," Lake said. "People make a joke of it all the time. But we're here to stay now; we're not moving again."

This time at the location, Lake has filled all 1,800 square feet - and she needs the space for a variety of integrated projects that combine her painting, interior decor and teaching.

Lake will use the space for hosting her Sugar Cone Art Academy, which boasts 43 students from Washington, Oregon, California and Florida.

"We teach artists how to market their art," Lake said.

Artists are notorious for having a hard time shifting gears to the business side of their career, and Lake says she offers them the benefit of 30 years of ups and downs, mis-steps and smart moves, getting beat up and getting back up.

She sees the teaching as "a way of giving back."

Lake is also integrating interior decor with her art. Her White Lake Ranch signature collection features furniture by Robert Seliger and evokes an "Oregon Territory" sensibility. Clients can build a room around Lake's paintings, hand-painted vases and lamps and tiles and Seliger's furniture - all handmade.

Lake's new gallery promises to be a center of activity as the artist plans several events during the summer, including dinners on the expansive lawn behind the gallery.

For more information, call 549-7200 or visit http://www.jenniferlakegallery.com.

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