From the Florence Oregon Real Estate Expert: Florence Woman Wins International Beading Prize

The Florence, Oregon area is amazing in so many ways, not the least of which is the number and quality of artists who make their home here. Take Charmaine Pesnell. She just won the Treasures of TOHO, Emerging Artist Competition by creating an intricately beaded face of a Japanese Geisha surrounded by beaded cherry blossom branches. To see a photo of the piece and of the artist and to find out what she won, check out The Siuslaw News , June 27th issue. If your art preference leans toward watercolor, I take watercolor lessons from Pamella Vosseller and I own three pieces of Morgan Johnson's art. If it's art, it's in Florence, from microbrew beer at Wakonda Brewing--you know that's an art--to glass jewelry. You can see a few of Florence's fabulous artists The River Gallery and Backstreet Gallery in Old Town Florence, Paradise on the Pacific.