Darrell Seven

Darrell Seven was born on December 24, 1939, in Coos Bay, Oregon, and passed on September 1, 2024, at the age of 84.

Darrell Seven

After serving in the Navy, Darrell attended Southern Oregon University, where he played football and earned a Master's in European history.

Darrell's entrepreneurial spirit enabled him to envision and realize the creation of Summer Lake Inn, a lodge in Central Oregon he ran with his wife, Jean. Today the Inn, known as Playa, is an artist-in-residence facility. Upon retiring, they moved to the Oregon Coast for eleven years before settling in Sisters, where Darrell flourished in the Tollgate community and became an avid pickleball player and gardener. He also pursued a late-in-life passion painting impressionistic landscapes and a variety of abstracts focused on depicting the beautiful scenery of this area. 

Survived by his wife Jean Sage, his son Trevor, a granddaughter, and four siblings, Darrell was loved and admired by his family and a large community of friends. A visionary and larger-than-life character who made whatever he put his mind to happen, he will be greatly missed.

Darrell's life and art will be celebrated at an Art Wake held in the Tollgate Clubhouse on November 16 from 1 to 5 p.m., where his paintings will be available for purchase. All proceeds will be donated to Playa.