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coral barclay -  acrylic paintings
soft textural land and seascapes of the pacific northwest, gentle yet lively and inviting in feeling and color palette. view the artists works

anne belov -  oil paintings
contemporary still life oil paintings capturing the classical beauty of light and shadows, creating an intimate view of interior spaces and quiet garden settings. view the artists works.

bruce botts -  hand colored etchings
imagine a world peopled by an artist's gentle and odd creatures. unique hand colored etchings of fanciful creatures having fun cavorting with each other. gentle and joyous!
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michael dickter -  mixed media paintings
metaphorical, narrative and introspective textural paintings portraying birds, boats, chairs and ladders as symbol and subject. view the artists works

holly durham -  ceramics
beautifully textured sculptures that while reminiscent of bones and antlers, natural and ancestral, are unique in form and surface, and completely contemporary.
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barbara duzan -  bronze sculpture
editions of quail, a rabbit nestled in a garden glove, hawks in flight, ducks, and a raven with shells, are a celebration of nature and beautifully executed.
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david eisenhour -  bronze sculpture
impeccable bronze, edition and unique works, which portray the natural worlds from an oversize frog in tall graceful grasses too barnacles clinging to steel beams.
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jaime ellsworth -  pastel and oil bar paintings
simple clean lines, colorful and imaginative landscapes, flowers, pears, dogs in many moods, textural oil bar paintings and velvety pastels. view the artists works

beth flor -  oil paintings
exquisite realism accentuating the strong play of light in interiors that are quiet and peaceful, warm and welcoming and expertly captured by this award winning painter.
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lisa gilley -  pastel paintings
lush, luminous energetic pastels of the ever-changing pacific northwest landscape, the boathouses, estuaries and farmlands.
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gail gwinn -  etchings
lovely hand colored etchings of the phases of the moon, trees in night light, fruit, leaves, bones and flowers, expressing a love and connection with the natural world that is welcoming and at times whimsical.

art hansen -  watercolor and etchings
a master of watercolor with unique dry brush elements, painting intense interpretations of northwest barns in the landscape, and flowers and vegetables from the garden. color etchings are also available. view the artists works

jenifer holmes -  blown glass
blown glass sculptures and vases. barge, translucent salmon and colorful rainbow trout. fanciful frogs, lily pads, flowers, and snakes, birds and bees comprise this imaginative and masterfully executed glass wonderland. view the artists works

kathleen hooks -  oil paintings
big skies, golden light and the landscapes of the northwest are then theme of the kathleen’s oil paintings. dhe has just sterted working in both oil & wax and total encaustic surface. the luminosity in her works are beautiful. view the artists works

caroline james -  mixed media painting
colorful, bold and seemingly child-like narratives of a rich inner world that is simultaneously whimsical and serious, with strange birds, horses, all types of insects and metaphors on rich sophisticated surfaces. view the artists works

anne john -  oil on canvas
my technique involves classical oil glazing. i am fascinated with achieving a luminescent quality in my paintings, lighting the figure within, and creating dream-like narratives using symbolism, and sometimes humor, as a social commentary. this process involves a form of psychic grounding to my purpose as an artist.
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linda lighton -  ceramics
colorful, fanciful, playful sculptures, low-fired with china paint and luster glazes make these large thistles, pansies, fruit and even the occasional compost pile items delightfully fresh.

ian martin -  photogravure
black and white photogravures highlighting the stark richness of the areas' landscape, a new series based on san juan island scenes, the fruit orchards of yakima, the many moods of lake chelan, and the rich diversity of the northwest's forests. view the artists works

steve mcmillan -  aquatint etching
throughout his life, steve mcmillan has been inspired and sustained by the natural world and has spent much of his time outside. whether it's a bike ride in the bellingham area countryside, or a week-long backpacking trip in the high sierra, he is renewed and invigorated by being in and moving through landscape. it is this sense of renewal that he seeks to share with others. view the artists works

jim meyer -  woodblock's
small intimate color woodblock prints of the pacific northwest. idyllic images of limekiln lighthouse, cattlepoint lighthouse, mt. baker and the ferry, mt. rainier, a cabin in winter and a lovely evening canoe glide. view the artists works

janis miltenberger -  lampworked glass
elegant, fanciful, and laced with humor these oil-painted lampworked glass forms of unfurling ferns, plant-like chairs, and whimsical wall hangings, are graceful, glowing, and softly colorful. view the artists works

matthew gray palmer -  sculpture
matthew has been involved in the arts since early childhood. renown for his large scale detailed bronze sculptures, placed throughout the united states. his new body of work is more abstracted and interpretive. these sculptures give viewers the impression of flight and perhaps, for a moment allows an experience of bird flight. view the artists works

jeffrey patterson -  ceramics
current series of work is largely involved with glazes that are metallic or bronze-like. the larger vessels are hand built using slabs of clay, often in conjunction with thrown and altered components. view the artists works

kevin pettelle -  bronze
the human form portrayed in bronze, male and female in the activities of dance, yoga and at ease. kevin's works are deceptively simple yet, respectful of the beauty of the human shape. view the artists works

amanda richardson -  textile wallhangings
textile collage wall hangings hand painted, dyed and masterfully pieced intimate views of gardens, lush forest microcosms, shore boulders and crashing waves.
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david ridgway -  oil paintings
david's oil paintings have a fresh approach with high color saturation and an evocative representation of scenes we see in everyday life. the most recent body of works was created based on locations from san juan, orcas and lopez islands, the skagit valley and other northwest locations. view the artists works

tom rierden -  casein paintings
tom's casein paintings of people and places chronicles the lives of the denizens of the san juan islands in colorful patterned paintings. people working, walking their dogs, and at play. never seeing the face or details. view the artists works

sue roberts -  encaustic ceramics and metal sculptures
satirical, edgy, unconventional and humorous sculptures of ordinary people that speak to us through their body language, dress, and facial expressions. the metal sculptures are dresses and shoes that are playfully wicked, wry and just plain fun. view the artists works

mary ann rock -  oil paintings and color woodblock's
a painter of the human condition recently acquired a dog, and now has begun to paint adventures of dogs and their masters. works in both oil paintings and hand colored woodblock prints. view the artists works

donna romero -  oil paintings
rich and warmly colored interiors, simplicity and realism, and the quiet drama of light and shadow make up the world of these lovely and inviting paintings.

joan stuart ross -  encaustic painting
joans' encaustic abstracted paintings are created by multi layers of wax and embedding objects in the composition to synthesize the textural surface of these paintings. view the artists works

cathy schoenberg -  acrylic ink on canvas
"if canvas could have a rhythm, cathy's would have a strong primitive beat". using acrylic ink on stretched muslin, she paints a world of women at work and at play, dancing with joy to a primal beat. view the artists works

tim schumm -  acrylic paintings
large, colorful, impressionistic acrylic paintings of the local landscape, tumbling waterfalls, coastline sunsets, fields of grasses are all captured in bold impasto strokes. this work is a pictorial compendium of the landscape that is the pacific northwest. view the artists works

catherine eaton skinner -  encaustic paintings
encaustic paintings of birds, animals and people with a soft focus providing an air of mystery to the paintings and a feeling of age to the paintings. view the artists works

tom small -  carved stone sculpture
alabaster, basalt, granite, limestone, and marble, these rocks become the sculptures that tom releases from the depth of the stones. chiseled and carved basins, or delicately grooved forms, evoke a highly organic imagery that is serene to view and lovely to touch.
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david smith-harrison -  color intaglio
the interaction of the natural and architectural worlds presented in complex intaglios. an elaborate architectural symbol anchoring a delicate flowering plum tree.
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marilyn stiles -  ceramics
high fire ceramic sculptures of pigs, lizards and frogs, imbued with very human expressions, in a variety of situations that are playful and whimsical, and beautifully crafted.
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randall tipton -  landscapes in oil and water mediums
throughout my career the landscape has been my guiding orientation. whether i’ve tried to reduce its complexity to bands and gestures or to focus intently on a particular aspect, my motive has always been to suggest something fundamental and primal. my impulse comes from a simple belief in the restorative qualities in nature. view the artists works

kathryn trigg -  abstract momoprint's
monoprint images that are randomly based on geometric forms, are dense in color saturation and texture, and are a wonderful synthesis of methodical and spontaneous details. view the artists works

david wharton -  watercolor paintings
watercolor paintings of everyday objects, such as old-fashioned matchboxes, open up a world of familiar things presented in an unusual manner. witty images using a masterful watercolor technique. view the artists works

susan williams

-  mixed media masks
susans sculpture represents her own sense of iconic imagery and exhibits my love of the theatrical through embellishment, textiles and collage. susans focus on “the mask” is simply an obsession with the thousands of masks we all wear; how we read them and how they make us feel view the artists works

xiaogang zhu -  gouache paintings
paintings of the waterways of the northwest that up close appear to be abstracted, but with distance, the scene takes representational shape. xiaogang has recently turned his eye to the land of the northwest, creating landscapes that are impressionistic and beautiful to occupy. there is an incredible quality of light captured in these exquisite works by award winning master and signature member of, the american watercolor society.
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