The Orcas Island Artworks features reverse painted glass vessels by Ina Drosu through the month of November. Reverse painting is a technique in which paint is applied to glass on the back side while viewing from the front, so that the foreground is painted before the background. Ina’s interest in reverse painting on glass began…
Cafe Hours Change
The Olga Cafe will be closed on Wednesdays starting September 21st. Their fall/winter hours will be 9 am to 3 pm. The Artworks gallery will be open 10 am to 6 pm during the fall.
COLLAGE BY MARY JANE ELGIN AT ARTWORKS
COLLAGE BY MARY JANE ELGIN AT ARTWORKS The Orcas Island Artworks will feature mixed media collage by Mary Jane Elgin through September and October. Mary Jane was born and raised in Altadena, California. She graduated with a major in art from Pomona College and headed for Japan where she lived for two years, studying Sumie…
We hope you like our new web site
In particular check out the new artists pages. Each artist now has their own page to talk about themselves and their artwork. Take a look at your favorite Orcas Island Artworks artists. The artists will be updating their own pages over the next few weeks. Here is our contact page in case you want to…
PASTEL PAINTINGS BY PATRICIA SLABAUGH AT ARTWORKS
The Orcas Island Artworks features pastel paintings by Patricia Slabaugh through the month of August. When Patricia describes pastels, they sound like gourmet candy: “I bought a box of Nupastel hard pastels and Rembrandt soft pastels, but that was not enough. My beautiful collection now includes earthy pastel pencils by Derwent from England and softer,…
Paintings by Larkin Chollar on Artworks July Hot Wall
The Orcas Island Artworks features visionary paintings in oil on canvas by Larkin Chollar through the month of July. A professional sculptor for forty years, Larkin began painting six years ago. “I work in a totally intuitive way, just bringing out what I see in the painting. I see elements of impressionism, surrealism, realism, and…
The O’s are coming, the O’s are coming!
Orcas Island Artworks has an Ice Cream Social coming up later this month. So it was time for a few willing aritsans (and a volunteer spouse) to spruce up our secret advertising weapon that was the talk of the island last year. The wooden ”O’s”, as we call them, were designed by Janice Maddox and…
Paintings by Deborah Jones on Hot Wall
The Orcas Island Artworks features abstract and landscape paintings by Deborah Jones through the month of June. Deborah began her career as a faux finish artist in Telluride, Colorado. This provided her with an extensive background in the use of Venetian plaster, gold leaf and acrylic tints. Her transition from walls to canvas coincided with…
Betsy Nelson’s Paintings at Artwork’s Hot Wall
The Orcas Island Artworks will feature oil paintings by Betsy Nelson through April and May. Betsy and her husband have lived on Orcas since 1975. Betsy began studying with Caroline Buchanan in 1999 and with Terry Johnson for the last six years. ”People are my favorite subject; not portraits of specific individuals but rather paintings…
The Gallery is Open
The Artworks Gallery in Olga is now open for 2011. Hours are 10 am to 6 pm starting on April 1st. The web site store is open all year long with new items added for this spring.