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Duewel makes mosaic creations, garden
art and mirrors. Her work will be displayed
at the Old Long Beach Train Depot along
with jewelry, beaded magnets, blinged-out
animals and miniatures by JoAnne Webster.
The site will also feature pottery, ceramic
jewelry, mushrooms and fairy houses by
Vicki and Michael Sullivan.
The Sullivans, who live east of Astoria,
impressed Sue Raymond, owner of the Bay
Avenue Gallery in Ocean Park. The gallery
now displays their work year-round. “They
are a fabulous couple and so talented,” Ray-
mond said, “people just adore their work, the
detail, the color.”
Handmade stoneware pottery, functional,
raku and garden art will be highlighted by
Karen Brownlee at her studio, while Rita
Brown will show quilted and pieced wall
hangings.
Others featured include two Surfside art-
ists, Don Perry, who uses recycled saw
blades, and Cathy Hamilton, who makes craft
items from sea shells. Wes Elwood of Ocean
Park has horseshoe and railroad spike gar-
den art. In Seaview, Catherine Clark has pas-
tel paintings and cards and Mary Halvor-
son has cooper, brass and stainless jewelry.
In Long Beach, there will be wood carvings
showing driftwood spirits and pottery by RSR
Creations.
The Ocean Park Camp and Retreat Cen-
ter will show works by watercolor artists and
more on Friday and Saturday, including Jea-
nette Hansen, Gloria Martin and Brenda
Sharkey. Also featured will be abstract and
expressionistic paintings and photos by Robin
Stromholt and repurposed collages by Jeanne
Bellinger.
On Friday and Saturday, the Surfside
Community Center in Ocean Park will show-
case Coral Hughes, who transforms items into
wearable jewelry and accessories, and Helen
Marston, whose work includes watercolors,
mosaics, windchimes and mixed media.
Chainsaw artist Blaine Gunkel is one of
the less traditional art styles represented. He
is preparing a showroom and outdoor work
area in Ocean Park, which will feature his
carvings of bears, fish, ice cream cones, birds
and bird houses. “This place is phenomenal
for artists,” said Gunkel, a retired educator
and recent transplant to the peninsula. “The
people here have such talent.”
The Peninsula Arts Association exists
as a support resource for area artists and has
two charitable components. Members award
a $1,000 scholarship to one local graduating
high school student pursuing some form of
art education (applications are being accepted
until April 29) and work on an enrichment
program providing art and supplies for class-
rooms within the Ocean Beach and Naselle-
Grays River Valley school districts.
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ABOVE: Karen Brownlee will showcase
handmade stoneware pottery, raku and
garden art at her Long Beach studio. These
items are on display at BOLD Coffee, Art and
Framing nearby. RIGHT: Vicki and Michael
Sullivan of Astoria create pottery, ceramic
jewelry, mushrooms and fairy houses. These
two pieces are examples of Vicki’s colorful
tile drawings and driftwood enhanced with
personalized ceramics.
In December, first grade teacher Marina
Smith highlighted how she incorporates art in
her Naselle, Washington, classroom through-
out the day, not just during art classes but in
math, science and writing. Smith appreciated
a donation of supplies from the association.
“They have truly been a blessing to our stu-
dents of all ages and grades in our school,”
Smith said at the time, “they have invested in
our children.”
This year’s studio tour will replace an
annual spring art show, once a fixture of
the Long Beach Peninsula activities calen-
dar. “We decided to offer a spring studio tour
to our members in lieu of a spring art show,
and the interest has been exciting,” longtime
arts leader Bette Lu Krause said. Krause is
delighted at the number of new artists taking
part in the tour.