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NOVEMBER 24, 2016 // 9 Array of art awaits on Long Beach Peninsula Peninsula Arts Association offers ninth annual Studio Tour LONG BEACH PENINSULA, Wash. — Thanksgiving weekend offers you a special opportu- nity to tour the backroads and byways of the Long Beach Peninsula: the Peninsula Arts Association’s ninth annual Studio Tour. Many local artists will open their personal studios tucked away in the forests between Willapa Bay and the Pacific Ocean. You’ll see glass art, pottery, paintings, photog- raphy, monoprints, jewelry, fabric art, metal sculpture, wood carving, repurposed art, demonstrations and more. If your desire is to shop small this season or to sur- prise someone special with a unique gift and have an adventure while you shop, then the Studio Tour is this is the place to be 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 25 and 26. Maps are available online at www.beachartist.org, the Peninsula Arts Association Facebook page, the Long Beach Visitors Bureau, The Picture Attic in Long Beach, Bay Avenue Gallery in Ocean Park, and the Ocean Park Area Chamber office. This year will feature 16 venues and 20 participat- ing artists. The route will be well marked with “Art Event” signs. If you start in the south, you’ll meet Linda Marsh and Debbie Haugsten at Marsh Pottery Studio on the hill in Ilwaco. Marsh makes both handbuilt and thrown pieces. You’ll find fanciful and functional items for the kitchen as well as the garden. She’ll offer demon- strations all day. Haugsten recreates her fresh and fun jewelry by taking apart vin- tage pieces and making them new again. SUBMITTED PHOTO Artist Bette Lu Krause stands between two of her paintings. SUBMITTED PHOTO Garden animals by Karen Brownlee. Karen Brownlee’s clay studio is just behind her house on nearby Sandridge Road. The bright colors on her stoneware emphasize both classical shapes and whimsical designs. Her Raku pieces, mosaics and magical garden animals are sure to delight. Crossing to Pacific High- way and heading north a bit, you’ll find Kristi Marshall in her studio at Our Place at the Beach. She enjoys creatively repurposing vintage and oth- er cast-off items and makes art, jewelry and home décor, including lamps. The Picture Attic, a local gallery and art supply store, will feature owner Jean Nitzel’s quirky watercolors of local birds and iconic peninsula places. Nitzel’s galley has been in business for more than 35 years and represents 16 local artists in a variety of mediums. She also offers prints and cards. SUBMITTED PHOTO A watercolor by Eric Wie- gardt. Don’t miss The Hobbit Shop, Jim Unwin’s wood- carving lair that houses his creations: functional, fanciful and finely crafted carved wood pieces in his personal and in Northwest native style. Unwin’s way of seeing the figures in a block of wood will amaze visitors. Backtrack a bit and cross the peninsula on Cranber- ry Road and turn north to discover Penny Treat and Elizabeth Bonn-Zimmer- man’s Sandridge Road stu- dios. Treat is an established artist with a bay view studio full of new work — these days she is hand painting on silk and creating new woodblocks for an upcom- ing show. Come and see her hydrangea wreaths and topiary trees made from her garden plants. Just up the road, Bonn-Zimmerman focuses on pattern, color and print- ing in her studio. You’ll find one-of-a-kind prints and making of all sorts, includ- ing repurposed jewelry. Eric Wiegardt has been painting loose and fresh magic since 1985 in his great-grandfather’s Vic- torian home turned studio gallery. His watercolors have won numerous nation- al and international awards. Wiegardt’s paintings reflect his European travels and are frequently inspired by the beauty of the Pacific North- west: the beaches, sunsets, Willapa Bay, forests, fishing boats and flowers. Weir Studios has been busy making lots of brand- new surprises. Andrea and Sven Weir create glass and stone jewelry and fused glass bowls and plates, as well as oil paintings and drawings. Judith McFadden works with oils and photography to create realistic scenes. She is pleased for the opportunity to welcome visitors to her home and share her art. Bay Avenue Gallery rep- resents more than 50 local artists in an array of medi- ums. Owner, artist and art teacher Sue Raymond hand builds flocks of sea birds and small animal charac- ters displaying a variety of comical attitudes. Demon- strations of holiday animals will take place from 2 to 4 p.m. Friday, and potter’s wheel demos will take place Saturday afternoon. Carol Couch is a long- time resident watercolor painter and art instructor. Her popular work features interesting local subjects. The Studio Tour is Couch’s biggest party of the year complete with stellar re- freshments. Judy Cox and Nancy Meyrick are co-hostessing PENINSULA ARTS ASSOCIATION STUDIO TOUR 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 25 and 26 Linda Marsh and Debbie Haugsten, 2112 Klahanee Drive S.W., Ilwaco Karen Brownlee, 4905 Sandridge Road, Long Beach Kristi Marshall, 1309 Ocean Beach Blvd. S., Long Beach The Picture Attic, 711 Pacific Ave. N., Long Beach The Hobbit Shop, 15024 Pacific Way, Long Beach Penny Treat, 15316 Sandridge Road, Long Beach Elizabeth Bonn-Zimmerman, 15915 Sandridge Road, Long Beach Wiegardt Studio Gallery, 2607 Bay Ave., Ocean Park Andrea Weir, 2217 Bay Ave., Ocean Park Judy McFadden, 24013 J Place, Ocean Park Bay Avenue Gallery, 1406 Bay Ave., Ocean Park Carol Couch, 27007 U St., Ocean Park Michele B. Naquaiya, 1609 273rd Place, Ocean Park Bette Lu Krause, 27806 L Place, Ocean Park Don Perry, 34516 J Place, Ocean Park Betsey Nelson, 808 354th Place, Ocean Park at Couch’s studio. Cox, a popular card maker, will demonstrate and offer for sale her handmade iris fold and papercast cards as well as holiday cards and framed prints. Meyrick loves to tell stories with her photography. Michele B. Naquaiya’s cozy studio is full of hand knit accessories like hats and scarves. She also makes mosaic art from recycled materials; her wall plates depict her abstract designs. Naquaiya is an artist who works in several mediums and is always inspired by the materials she collects, such as broken dishes, bits of mirrors or ceramic flowers, stones or broken porcelain. Giving discarded materials a new life is her motto. Bette Lu Krause’ studio is tucked into the trees a bit north of Ocean Park. Her passion for wild places in- forms her work with acrylic paints on canvas. She’ll offer her art as originals and as prints, on tiles, orna- ments, cards and on locally silk-screened T-shirts. Come and see the newest long- sleeved shirts just in time for the holidays. As a naturalist, Krause strives to help others embrace the Earth. Sharing Krause’s stu- dio is glass artist Vickie Branch, offering handmade dichroic jewelry, handmade glass beads, glass orna- ments and wind chimes. Up on J Place in Surf- side, Don Perry works with a plasma cutter to hand cut his metal pieces. Fish, mermaids, symbols, sayings as well as signs and holiday trees crafted especially for the Studio Tour are made from recycled industrial saw blades, mild steel, stainless steel and copper. He’ll be demonstrating his unusual craft. The tour’s northernmost artist’s studio belongs to Betsey Nelson. An accom- plished, award-winning, published artist and art in- structor, Nelson works with color and atmosphere in oil, pastel, ink, gouache and graphite. She also shows and teaches in Sedona, Arizona.
