About Bandon, Oregon
Bandon-by-the-Sea, Oregon is a small town on the southwestern coast of Oregon, located at the mouth of the Coquille River, approximately 90 miles north of the California border. Though long a campground for the Tupper Indians, the town of Bandon was founded by Irish immigrants in the late 19th century. Over the following decades Bandon grew prosperous from fishing and lumber, both of which made use of the town’s harbor. Then, in 1936, the town suffered a devastating fire largely caused by the flammable gorse (scotch broom) hedges imported for dune control.

The rebuilt Bandon maintained its traditional businesses. But, thanks to the town’s proximity to both California and Oregon’s populous inland river valleys, and because of the comparatively mild weather of the ‘Oregon Riviera’, the town also began to develop a thriving tourist industry. Tourism proved vital
to Bandon’s economic health beginning in the 1980s as the forestry industry began to decline.

By then, Bandon had already become world famous, thanks to images of its beaches, with their extraordinary rock ‘haystacks’, and the town’s historic lighthouse – all of which appeared in numerous calendars, posters, advertisements and even television commercials. The town’s reputation only increased with the construction of Bandon Dunes and Pacific Dunes, two of the most celebrated traditional golf courses on the planet.

Bandon, Oregon today is a thriving community – and a beloved
destination each year to thousands of visitors from throughout the world. It is also the second home to artist Carol Marschner Malone. Many of the paintings in this new series now belong to private collections in the United States and France.