Rie Munoz
Special March Art Exhibition

CANNON BEACH , OREGON – Haystack Gallery , celebrating its 35th Anniversary this year, has set aside the month long March Exhibition for Alaskian artist Rie Munoz. Rie Munoz at the age of 90 retired from creating any new original watercolors and has stopped publishing her work.

By special arrangement Rie has made the pieces in this exhibition available from her personal collection of old and rare pieces, and for a very limited time. The pieces we will have in the gallery are available for purchase on a first come basis beginning March 1.

Rie Muñoz (re moo nyos), a Dutch-American, was born and raised in California. She has lived in Alaska since 1951, when she traveled up the Inside Passage by steamship, fell in love with Juneau, and gave herself until the boat left the next day to find a job and a place to live. Since then Juneau has been home to Munoz. Of the many jobs she has held-journalist, teacher, museum curator, artist, mother-one of her most memorable was as a teacher on King Island in 1951, where she taught 25 Eskimo children. The island was a 13-hour umiak (a walrus skin boat) voyage from Nome, an experience she remembers vividly. During her years in Alaska, Munoz has lived in a variety of small Alaskan communities, including prospecting and mining camps.

Her paintings reflect an interest in the day-to-day activities of village life such as fishing, berry picking, children at play, as well as her love of folklore and legends. Munoz studied art at Washington and Lee University in Virginia, and at the University of Alaska-Juneau. Rie received the University of Alaska's Honorary Doctorate of Humanities Degree in May of 1999.

About Haystack Gallery
A Fine Art Gallery established in 1977, Haystack Gallery displays the artwork of over 75 Northwest, national and internationally recognized artists, covering a wide range of styles including original oils, pastels, acrylics and watercolors, bronze and steel sculptures, hand-made jewelry, limited and open edition giclées and lithographs. We feature artists such as: Steve Hanks, Pino, John Ebner, Frogman, Rie Munoz, Sean Conrad, Mike Smith, Sally O'Neill and Michael Tieman.

For more information contact Haystack Gallery at PO Box 12 , Cannon Beach , OR 97110. Phone: 503-436-2547; www.haystackgallery.com Email: info@haystackgallery.com.