In The Gallery

Randy Emmons

I grew up in Monterey, CA, I knew I was going to be an “artist.” But I ended up with a Navy career. In 2005, I decided to start painting watercolors.
My studio is in the garage where I draw, contemplate, make faces, stare, stir in a little whimsy and put paint to paper. It’s a long journey from my childhood to Whidbey, but I feel the connection to that kid who always
believed he would become an artist.

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Caroline Garland

Caroline Garland is an award winning artist of Washington and Alaska, creating works in oil, acrylic, and pastel that reflect her appreciation of the beauty of the landscape.  She pushes the limits of style to show old subjects in a new light. Her works are evocative and energizing. Her work hangs in public buildings as well as juried museum and touring exhibits.

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Linda Lenhardt

I  am a clay artist, hand building all of my work from slabs of clay. I texture these slabs with various materials (pods, shells, fabric, stamps and tools). Each of my pieces is unique, and I think my  love of nature is  incorporated in each of them.
 In 2016, my husband and I moved from Illinois with our dog. Being born and raised as a "flatlander", this beautiful area of the country - from the clouds to the mountains to the water
- never ceases to amaze and inspire ­­me.

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Darlene Klister

"Living in the Pacific Northwest provides inspiration from nature’s beauty, feeding my soul to produce artwork that leads in new and creative directions."
Nature, wildlife, and color come together through Darlene’s jewelry. Beginning her art journey with oil painting at age 9, she traveled many art paths, currently transforming elements of design, movement, shape, and texture into jewelry art pieces. 

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Terry MacDonald

​Terry MacDonald is an Anacortes artist who began her painting journey after a career in broadcasting.
Usually painting in acrylic, her loose expressive style combines with bright vivid colors to create what many describe as “happy art.”  She has two bodies of work.  Many collectors know her whimsical birds, animals and florals.  Through her acrylic and mixed media abstracts, she strives to convey joy and positive images through exuberant brush work, line, and vibrating color.  She has a full line of greeting cards.  

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Donna Nevitt-Radtke

I have considered myself an artist for as long as I can remember, taking every opportunity to study art. I studied at Pierce College in the San Fernando Valley California, at UCLA and with Ruben martin in Santa Monica. I continually take workshops with many well-known artists each one adding to my skills.  I started an antiques import business in the 80s and returned to the Skagit valley. Going to Europe twice a year to buy antiques and helping my antique shop clients with interior design ate up most of my creative energy, but I was always painting in my head. Eventually the need to get back to brush and canvas became to strong. I am to make time for my love of painting and have pursued that need with a passion. My primary medium is oil, but I also paint in pastel, which is an old and exciting medium. Many of my paintings are on deep canvas with the painting continuing on the sides. Some of these are framed in shadowbox frames. ​I continually challenge myself so each painting adds to my knowledge of design, value and color.

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Rebecca Parker

Rabbit digs a deep hole which ends up at the arctic where he meets Penguin.  The 2 becomes fast friends and visit quite often.  Penguin likes to save magic snowflakes into bottles and gives one to Rabbit to water his vineyard.  Penguin also gave Rabbit an extra bottle to gather the grapes.  The magic wine bottle choose only the best grapes to harvest and take inside the bottle.  On one arctic visit after the grape harvest,  they opened a bottle of wine which released a multitude of colors into the air.  Now each harvest time the 2 friends release more colors to enjoy a shared glass of special wine while watching the Northern Lights.

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Suzanne Powers

​As an artist, Suzanne draws inspiration from the natural world, its power and fragility.  Connecting with her surroundings, she captures the light and feeling of a space and transforms her personal response to the landscape into color, light, and form. From her studio on Fidalgo Island, she pursues an impressionistic approach in both plein air and studio painting that brings together her love of nature and an eternal curiosity; she finds painting always to be a process of exploration and discovery.

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Jim Redding

We are surrounded all the time by the incomparable line and form of the natural world.  Jim's prints are an attempt to explore that line and form.

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Cynthia Richardson

Award-winning artist Cynthia Richardson lives in Anacortes, WA.  Gathering inspiration from the beauty of the Pacific Northwest and from her travels, she enjoys creating scenes that invite viewers into the picture so that they can imagine themselves being in that special place.  Painting in a style she calls "relaxed realism", her favorite subjects include landscapes, water and trees.

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Marcel Schwarb

Marcel spent his formative years as an architect where he developed a great appreciation for the fundamentals of drawing and design.  He paints mostly in acrylics and oils.  His style is impressionistic and semi-abstract.  He studied with master artists: Liana Bennett, Richard McKinley, Jim Lamb and Janet Hamilton.  Marcel won many awards and has been juried into numerous shows.

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Dianna Shyne

Dianna has exhibited her work in over 50 solo and two person exhibitions, and won more than a dozen National awards, Including first place in The Artist’s Magazine 2013 all media competition. Her work is included in The Artist Magazine, Watercolor Magic and Northlight Books, and was featured in the 2013 edition of “Acrylic Works the Best of Acrylic Painting”.

Dianna is a member of Women Painters of Washington, and is a signature member and past president of the Northwest Watercolor Society.

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Dave Smith

Dave’s interest in photography started at a very young age watching his father operate Kodak still and movie cameras. His interest became stronger during graduate school when he enrolled in a fine art photography class spending most of his spare time in the darkroom. The fulfillment of watching his creations come to life in the darkroom had him hooked forever!   'Simple elegance’ is his motto.

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Kay Smith

Kay Smith has been sewing since she was in high school. She enjoys working with the color and texture in fabrics. Her quilted art greeting cards are one of a kind. They not only can express friendship and love but can also be framed and become the gift itself! She also makes fun things like handy pocket wallets for your credit cards and wine glass slippers. These items are only offered in The Good Stuff Arts Shop.

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Annette Tamm

For more than 40 years Annette Tamm has loved being a glass artist, creating stained glass windows and lamps and fused art pieces and jewelry. Her work has graced many juried Pilchuck and MoNA auctions, the Matzke Fine Art Gallery on Camano Island, the Lambiel Museum on Orcas, juried shows across the northwest, and private collections here and abroad.

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Peggy Woods

Peggy Woods’ paintings are renowned for realism and detail, but her soulful connection to her subjects is what makes them come alive. 
The play of light on water create tranquil dramas that convey the poignancy of everyday coastal life. Her quiet observation and remarkable touch with watercolors invite the observer to join her vision of celebrating this beautiful corner of the world.