FEATURE EXHIBITION
SAILING TO ALASKA - paintings of the NW Coast by REBECCA COLLINS
JULY 1 - 31
Artist's Reception Saturday July 1, from 5 to 7 pm
during Langley's First Saturday Art Walk
Totem Bay - oil pastel on panel
Painter Rebecca Collins says, “I learned to be still and watchful on this trip. Each evening we would be anchored in a quiet cove and witness only the sounds of water, wildlife and the changing colors of the sky. Everywhere one looked there was evidence of glacial advances and retreats. Rugged mountain tops ground into smooth mounds. Rocky shorelines raked by boulders trapped in glacial ice, then stained with the movement of the tides. I was surrounded by rocks and confronted with an immense passage of time.”
Rocks, Water, Sand
oil pastel on panel
Big Rock Beach
oil pastel on panel
With these impressions filling a five month, 3500 nautical mile journey up the Inside Passage and down the Outside, from Whidbey Island to Icy Strait, Collins came home and set to work on a series of remarkable paintings that express the artist’s sense of wonder and appreciation “of just how vast and old our little corner of the earth is.” Ranging from moody vistas to intimate observations of tide pools and sand and driftwood patterns along the beaches, Rebecca Collins oil pastel paintings bring home a feeling of unique fragile beauty.
Water's Edge - oil pastel on panel
Raven of Hakai
oil pastel on panel
Mast Hoops
oil pastel on panel
Working on wood panel the artist explains: “I like using oil pastels because the colors are so rich and easy to blend or layer. You can draw fine lines with the corners or broad strokes with the sides, and thin to a wash for larger areas. The colors are 100% lightfast and painted on high density panels for a very durable, easily framed work.
Kasaan Totem - oil pastel on panel
The Sailing to Alaska exhibition opens in conjunction with “Langley’s First Saturday Art Walk” when Langley’s galleries and shops are open until 7 PM. Featured artist, Rebecca Collins, will be in attendance and light refreshments will be served.
Koi Dancers I oil on canvas
UPCOMING EXHIBITS
AUGUST 5 - 29
Jacob Kohn
Swimming Through
new oil paintings
Maples, June oil on canvas
SEPTEMBER 2 - 26
Kathleen Frugé-Brown
new plein-air oil paintings
Stillness watercolor on paper
OCTOBER 7 - 31
PEGGY WOODS
watercolors
Mr. Bojangles mixed media assemblage
PAM KUENY TAYLOR
mixed media assemblages
HOURS AND DIRECTIONS
GALLERY HOURS:
May through Sept. OPEN DAILY 10 - 6
Oct. through April Tues. by appointment
other weekdays 11 - 4
weekends 10 - 5