Check out the list of artists, including images of their work,
which studio they will be at, various media, bios & statements, and contact information.
which studio they will be at, various media, bios & statements, and contact information.
Melissa J Ballenger (studio 5)
Heirloom Vases fused glass 5x2”
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Media: Glass, and Mixed Media
My works are the result of my desire to create a unique balance of color and texture using a variety of glass fusing techniques. The inspiration for my suspended abstracts is derived from the synchronicity in random displays of nature. " Synchronicity is a concept which holds that events are meaningful coincidences if they occur with no casual relationship yet seem to be meaningfully related," Carl Jung. For example, the way seaweed is tossed by waves onto a pebbled beach, or the way trees randomly drop leaves and twigs on a path. I see this as unintentional perfection which I attempt to reflect in my abstracts. I am also enamored with the contrast created by combining indiscriminate design and deliberate creation demonstrated in my crackle bowls. The crackle technique used provides me little to no control of where the lines will form in the primary portion of the bowl while a mold of specific shape is used to create the embellishment. Other examples of this contrast might be leather and lace, or tree bark and crystal. With heat and cold, glass varies from a molten dripping substance to brittle shards. It is these delightful contrasts that draw me toward glass as my primary medium. |
Sue BloomFIELD (studio 5)
Antelope Canyon Dreams
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Media: Acrylic
My passion is painting the beauty of the natural world. My reflection and interpretation of nature, its energy and serenity is a meditative process to see our amazing planet through new eyes. |
BELINDA BOTZONG (studio 1)
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Media: Mixed Media
Refind Creations owner Belinda Botzong is inspired by natural, discarded, and textural objects. She takes these items and repurposes them into her own creations, in addition to inventing her own technique, "Petals as Paint," where she takes dried flower petals in place of paint to design abstract and impressionist works. Visit this artist's website |
Steve Bryant (STUDIO 10)
'Lorali' - recycled metal, 68x30x30
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Media: Recycled Metal Garden Sculptures, Recycled Glass and Driftwood Bodacious Flowers
As Artists for many years we are using both recycled and new metal, found glass and driftwood to make truly Unique Pieces of Art for your Garden. Adding pieces of Art using metals from my forge round out our offering. Inventory is continuously changing, the studio is open by appointment. Visit this artist's website |
Margaret Carpenter Arnett (STUDIO 13)
'Clearing Skies' - watercolor, 12x9
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Media: Watercolor, Pastel, and Mixed Media
Art and creativity have been a motivating force in my life ever since I can remember. I have painted throughout my adult life in conjunction with nursing, parenting, and other of life’s demands. In mid-life I combined my backgrounds in art and nursing to become an art therapist, a profession which I have loved and practiced for over thirty years. Now semi-retired, I am able to spend more time painting and creating as a primary activity. Largely inspired by nature, travel, and the environment, I try to capture the essence of what I see as well as the reality, and to create a feeling of depth and tranquility in my work I have expanded my medium of watercolor to pastels, mixed media and collage. I also like to make art using an abstract approach to painting stimulating images to emerge from the unconscious mind. These works represent the inner journey from a collective perspective, with a theme of personal growth and spiritual healing. Visit this artist's website |
Stephen Cheng (STUDIO 7)
Africa by Toto, 24x24, Oil on Canvas
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Medium: Oil and Mixed Media
I paint popular songs and sculpt lyrics that evoke memories. Memories tell who you are and how you got here. Sing the title songs, and let the lyrics guide you with the interpretation of the art pieces. Visit this artist's website |
Sarah Dalton (STUDIO 13)
Village in Sunlight
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Media: Mixed Media
Our lives are filled with tragedy, promise; clarity, confusion; etc. etc. These opposites put me in a constant push-me-pull-me state that is reflected in my work. My paintings are realistic yet abstract. My other works tends to depict an imaginary time. I enjoy the surprises that using many layers of paint, collage papers, photos on different substrates can bring. Visit this artist's website |
Ann DAVENPORT (STUDIO 6)
Rockery Art, 6x12, Oil
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Media: Oil Painting
Whether traveling abroad or around the Pacific Northwest, my focus is on light, color, and the beauty of life. I use oil, acrylic, pastel, pen and ink to interpret how I see the world. My goal is to bring a smile or spark of wonder to others through my art. Visit this artist's website |
Charlotte decker (STUDIO 12)
Carpe Diem, 30x30”, acrylic
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Media: Oil and Acrylic
I am an artist in soul and a dancer in spirit. I am inspired by color, music, movement, and dance. My intention is to embrace the "fiercely feminine" and trust the urge to be my authentic self. My large and small abstract expressionist paintings are on canvas. They are colorful process driven pieces. Visit this artist's website |
nicolette harrington (STUDIO 11)
Float, 26x26, Oil
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Like a river flowing from the mountains, I follow an urge as I attempt to paint an expression of nature outlasting us all. My work is framed with local timber by my husband. We built Wingshadow Studios in 2011 Visit this artist's website |
Margaret horak (STUDIO 6)
Red Chair in the Summertime 6x6
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Media: Watercolor and Gouache
Margaret frequently paints outside, in the tulip fields, or at other locations in our community, when not on vacation. She teaches beginning watercolor classes at Ristretto. Margaret is a member of the Urban Sketchers, Skagit Artists and The Painted Ladies. Visit this artist's website |
Gene Jaress (studio 4)
Red Tulips at Dusk, 20.5x20
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Media: Woodblock prints, painting, sculpture
Gene Jaress makes limited edition woodblock prints that document Skagit Valley. They reflect light, color and character of land and sky from the western edge of the Cascades, down Skagit River to the Salish Sea. Visit this artist's website |
david kane (STUDIO 8)
And Yet Their Ingenious Crystal Spheres Would Not Save Them... 48x48, acrylic latex on burlap mounted on panel.
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Media: Painting, Drawing, and Printmaking
Showing paintings and works on paper in a variety of styles and media, the full array of Kane's iconography runs from ancient Greece to modern UFOs in his continuing meditation on the nature of myth, belief, dream, and reality. |
Ron King (studio 3)
Against the Flow, stratomorphic rendering
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Media: Stratomorphic Rendering
We see the world in layers of truthful representation, but what if our vision was opened to the shadows of the truth beyond the real? My art is the unknown just beyond the familiar. I begin with a photograph and then go deep into the image itself to free the restless phantasmagorias within the still life. Through Stratomorphic Rendering, a digital media technique that involves painstakingly working through multiple artistically enhanced layers of each image, I coax out the heart of each piece to deliver a visual experience that offers more than reality. Visit this artist's website |
RITA MARTIN (studio 1)
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Media: Photography
I’m a photographer that loves living in this area as there is such a variety of beautiful things to photograph. From the North Cascade Mountains, to the ocean, to the tulip fields in the spring! I feel blessed to live in such a beautiful part of the country! Visit this artist's website |
Jennifer McGill (STUDIO 9)
'Island Time'
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Media: Oil Painting
Jennifer looks beyond the ordinary, seeking to tell visual stories of places she has experienced and drawn to anything vintage with a bit of rust or patina. Jennifer attended The Art Institute of Chicago and The American Academy of Art, graduating with honors from the Academy in 1990. During her final year, Jennifer received the coveted Union League Scholarship for Fine Art. Jennifer has received numerous prestigious art + design awards, and won a range of art competitions. Her work is worldwide with collectors, products and installations. . Visit this artist's website |
steve PHILBRICK (STUDIO 5)
Red Fox, 16x24, Metal Print
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Media: Photography
Like the brushy confusion of a secondary forest the primitive contains complex networks of intertwining systems. I seek to display the inner-connection of these systems by the use of subjects presented simply in their environment. It is my hope that anyone who views my work will approach a primitive area with a new perspective. They will take a deep breath, be still and wait in silence. They’ll allow time for the area to recover from their intrusion, walk a few steps, stop, wait, then a few more steps, and stop again... Visit this artists website |
Liane Redpath-worlund (STUDIO 6)
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Media: Jewelry
Art jewelry for people who embrace individuality. Wearable art that can be enjoyed by the wearer as well as the viewer. Visit this artist's website |
jon Schmidt (STUDIO 14)
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Media: Stone Sculpture, Mixed Media
Stone sculpture is a dirty, time consuming art, but the results are beautiful. My work, in mostly exotic stone, varies from figurative to freeform and from 5# to over 400#. Come see my work (it always looks better in person) and also enjoy my beautiful view of the islands. Visit this artist's website |
Julie Sevilla-DRAKE (STUDIO 15)
Swans In Winter: Skagit Valley, 36x36, Quilt
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Media: Quilt
I am a quiltmaker, making abstract art, designed for walls. I dye cotton fabrics, then design, cut, and piece intuitively, without patterns or templates. The final layer of design is added when I quilt my work on a longarm quilting machine. Visit this artist's website |
Phoebe Smith (studio 3)
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Media: Pastel, and Watercolor
Art for me is a means of expressing part of what it means to be human and to be sensitively aware of one's surroundings. It's the noticing of, the study of, the response to, and the attempt to capture in colors, shapes and textures, not in words, both the ordinary and the breathtaking in our midst. It's quite an ambitious endeavor and a very exciting one too! Visit this artist's website |
Annette tamm (STUDIO 16)
Avian Whimsey, 21" diameter, Stained Glass
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Media: Glass. Acrylics
Annette Tamm has spent 45+ years fabricating stained glass windows and lamps, fused glass art pieces and jewelry. During the pandemic she has been playing with fluid acrylic paints. Visit this artist's website |
kelly Welch (STUDIO 13)
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Media: Colored & Graphite Pencil
I am a self taught artist who works primarily in colored and graphite pencils. I have loved to draw since the earliest memories of my childhood. Then, and now my favorite subject is people. I enjoy recreating whatever mood they convey, how I see it. |
milo white (studio 2)
Jimi, 43x46x6", Mild Steel, Laquer, Neon
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Media: Metal and Glass
Contemporary designs, fresh ideas, elegant execution. PNW inspired art for your home and garden spaces Visit this artist's website |
maria Wickwire (STUDIO 6)
You See More Than I, 14x17x16
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Media: Ceramic/Clay
Maria Wickwire’s sculptures of the female figure express such emotions as longing, compassion, and peace, tying the human experience to elemental nature. Visit this artist's website |
