Painting on the peninsula
Wiegardt off ers plein air,
indoor watercolor workshops
BY LISSA BREWER
Four generations of Eric Wiegardt’s
family have worked on the oyster fl ats of
the Long Beach Peninsula. Now he paints
them, along with other landscapes of the
Columbia-Pacifi c , working from an Ocean
Park, Washington, studio and gallery. The
house once belonged to his great-grandfa-
ther. “Our family is steeped in the o yster
business, so that’s been a very big part of
my life. I wanted to paint that subject mat-
ter,” Wiegardt said.
The studio, which doubles as the artist’s
home, was built in 1897 but opened as a
gallery in 1985. “This is my home. I found
it quite beautiful and I wanted to settle here
and paint pictures,” he said.
Eric Wiegardt works from his home studio in
Ocean Park.
See Page 14
‘Beards Hollow II,’ by Eric Wiegardt, is on display at Wiegardt Studio Gallery.
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