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Betsy Huffsmith paints from the level of her heart. Fluidity and a natural bliss are the hallmarks of her work. Wise Turtle Acupuncture is honored to display Betsy’s painting for the January 12, 2018 Downtown Springfield Second Friday Art Walk.
Wise Turtle Acupuncture is feeling blessed to present the whimsical animal works of local artist Johnmichael T Lahtinen for the September 8, 2017 Downtown Springfield Second Friday Art Walk. The event runs from 5pm to 8pm and the current Eugene Slug Queen is guiding the Art Walk. Wise Turtle Acupuncture is the number two stop on the adventure. Come enjoy light, healthy refreshments and wine while meeting our delightful artist. Karen DeBraal, the acupuncturist, and Cindy Bloom, the new massage therapist of Talking Rhythms Massage, across the hall, are happy to meet you and discuss their healing modalities.
“Flowers and Faces” by Margie Templeton joyously adorns the clinic walls of Wise Turtle Acupuncture. Flower watercolors and oil faces are lighting up the room for the June 9, 2017, Downtown Springfield Second Friday Art Walk. Serenity emanates from Margie’s work, which creates a soothing match for an acupuncture or sound healing session.
Wise Turtle Acupuncture is pleased to host the vibrant art of Springfield resident Emily Hayes for the April 14, 2017 Downtown Springfield Second Friday Art Walk. Born and raised in Duluth Minnesota, Emily began painting her freshman year in high school. Her first painting won first place in the 8th Congressional Arts Competition. Her work hung in Congress for one year. This inspired her to become very prolific. Over the last ten years, 150 paintings are the happy result. Her work is primarily paintings of acrylic and some oil. All are made on canvas’ she stretches and are original. Her style ranges from street and pop art inspired to abstract. Her art originally served as a way of expression and communication but has grown to become a result of meditation. Wise Turtle Acupuncture invites you to visit the office on the night of the Art Walk. Delight your senses with healthy snacks, wine and this vibrant art. Karen will be happy to activate her singing bowls, gongs and Acutonics tuning forks. Just ask! Come and experience a sample of sound healing! Karen recently began her internship in her Harp for Healing Certified Clinical Musician program. She is volunteering at Riverbend hospital and continues to volunteer her harp for hospice. It is possible that there may be a little live therapeutic harp music to accompany the art.
Wise Turtle Acupuncture is deeply honored to show the visionary nature art of Asante Riverwind for the Downtown Springfield Second Friday Art Walk, this Friday, February 12, 2016, from 5-8 pm. Come to the Emerald Art Center and head upstairs to Suite C1 to see turtles, bears, pumas, wolves, dolphins, and Oregon canyons that are gracing the walls of Karen DeBraal’s acupuncture clinic. Asante is a lifelong creator of art. He blends many art traditions and cultures into his inspiring work. Celtic and original designs are fused with nature, dreams, visions and spirit. Asante began creating art as soon as he could hold a pencil and he has studied formally at five universities over the course of ten years. His body of work is astounding and includes books of art and poetry about ravens, dragons and wolves. A decades long social and ecological activist, Asante brings forth his care for the the earth and its creatures in his art. I am unable to look at his pieces and remain unmoved. When the piece “Seri Sea Dolphin” was brought into my clinic, I was riveted. As a child, I had visited this very place by Tiburon Island on the Mexican side of the Gulf of California. It was an unforgettable Christmas week of wild childhood camping in the 1960s. We saw only Seri Indians and sea life. My parents traded tools for carvings from the Seri. My little brother and I played with the Seri kids our age during the trading, none of us needing a common language other than the fun of rolling a hoop with a stick. Our days were spent flying down sand dunes as fast as we could execute a running jump and tumble, watching for sharks, dolphins, manta rays and sea turtles, looking at constellations and decorating cactuses with sea shells in some sort of pagan Christmas ritual. I made myself necklaces of found fish vertebrae. Asante’s painting brought it all back. His work can touch you that way. I won’t start now on the turtles . . . just come and see. Asante lives with his wife Sylvia in the mountains outside of Cottage Grove. If you are lucky, you might hear the two of them creating music somewhere in area. Wise Turtle sez: check out their websites and have a look and listen to the art and the music Asante and Sylvia create. Lane County is blessed to have them as part of the community. Asante’s cards, books, and prints are also for sale at Wise Turtle Acupuncture. You very well can find the perfect piece of art here for a loved one or for yourself. Couple that with a gift certificate for a Wise Turtle Acupuncture Sound Healing or acupuncture session for the ultimate in showing you care. Asante’s website is www.asanteriverwindarts.com. You can find out more about the original Earth-Spirit Music of Asante and Sylvia at reverbnation.com/lotusunfolding or soundcloud.com/lotus-unfolding.
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