Sculpture Garden, Xeriscaping, Signage Blended at Mother’s Juice Café

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Sculpture garden? Low-water xeriscape landscaping? Business signage? How about all three? Mother’s Juice Café’s latest contribution to Galveston Avenue neighborhood beautification blends art, sustainability and commerce. Under the shade of a “Mother’s Juice Café” sculptural metal tree flourishes beds of sculptural metal flowers with small placards for Open, Espresso and other simple messages.

Mother’s Juice Café owner Mike Sackin tapped into his landscaping background to collaborate with Bend metal sculptor Andy Wachs at Weld Studio on the modern designs.

“We worked with the Mother’s tree-inspired logo to create a modern sculpture that also serves as signage in an organic way,” says Wachs. “It simulates a tree and plant forms and incorporates local landscapes for a playful, eye-catching blend of signage, garden and art,” Wachs explains.

The signs are constructed of steel and aluminum with traces of patina and rust to blend in with the surrounding Central Oregon desert environment.

Mother’s owners Mike and Janet Sackin, are also committed to supporting the local arts community by providing their venue as a platform for local artist to feature their work monthy.

“With our new sculpture garden emerging out front - we hope the community can be inspired to bring art into any environment,” states Mike Sackin.

Mother’s Juice Café is located on Bend’s west side at 1255 NW Galveston Ave. For details, visit www.mothersjuicecafe.com or call 541-318-0989.

Brian Daly Miniatures Photography at Mother’s Juice Café in October

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Brian Daly Miniatures Photography at Mother’s Juice Café in October

(Bend, OR) For the first time in Bend, local photographer Brian Daly exhibits his lilliputian photographic scenes in a solo show at Mother’s Juice Café throughout October. This series of photos depicts scenes created with miniature models ½-inch to 1-inch tall – people, cars, buildings, trees and other tiny figures, mostly “from my children's toys, or an old train set,” says Daly.

A photographer for 20 years, Daly recently started doing more studio work, including these miniature scenes. “The challenge is to try and throw some dramatic lighting into the scene and make the picture something it is not,” he explains. “I want to make the viewer, if even for a second, think, ‘Is that real? How did he do that?’”

Some shots, he says, “mimic a beautiful every day scene, with others the challenge is to create some tension or drama. And some are just to have fun.”

For more Brian Daly photos, visit briandalyphoto.com. Mother’s Juice Café is located on Bend’s west side at 1255 NW Galveston Ave. For details, visit mothersjuicecafe.com or call 541-318-0989.

Lisa Copenhagen Wachs Oil Paintings at Mother’s Juice Café in September

Mother’s Juice Café in Bend is making a commitment to support the local arts community by featuring rotating monthly visual art exhibits. In September, Tumalo artist Lisa Copenhagen Wachs shows a collection of new oil paintings.

“The painting images are part of what I refer to as the ‘Drive By’ series,” says Copenhagen Wachs. “I snap photos while I am driving — usually over to Portland and back, around Warm Springs — and compile segments to create an amalgamation of different glances of landscape while passing through.”

Copenhagen Wachs has been a fixture on the local art scene for more than a decade. She works as a self-employed graphic designer and fine artist and has worked and lived in Portland, Oregon, San Francisco and Taos, New Mexico before settling in the Bend area in 1992. She paints primarily in oils and also works in mixed media collage/assemblage. She works in her Tumalo studio, which overlooks the high desert landscape.

Owners Mike and Janet Sackin, who bought Mother's Juice Café one year ago, are committed to supporting the local arts community by providing this opportunity to local artists to showcase their works. “My background is landscaping, and incorporating art into our lives is a natural part of who we are and what we want Mother’s Juice Café to be,” explains Mike Sackin.

Mother’s Juice Café is located on Bend’s west side at 1255 NW Galveston Ave. For details, visit www.mothersjuicecafe.com or call 541-318-0989.