PORT LUDLOW — The Port Ludlow Art League highlights the work of painter Fran Bodman and jeweler Ginny Ford in February.
Beginning Monday, paintings by the Artist of the Month and jewlery by the Jeweler of the Month will be displayed at the Sound Community Bank at the corner of Oak Bay Road and Osprey Ridge Drive in Port Ludlow as well as online at www.portludlowart.org.
Bodman’s art show will feature pieces in oil, watercolors and acrylics.
She finds working in acrylics faster than oils, which often take more consideration and patience, but said that watercolors require the most patience of all.
Bodman attended the American Academy of Art, a commercial art school in downtown Chicago, and worked as a commercial artist. Since retiring, she has taken classes in stained glass, acrylics and watercolors.
During this time at home, she has been working on watercolor projects that she first started in class. In addition, having received a set of oil paints prior to the pandemic, she took the opportunity to explore this medium and turned to YouTube. She said that many of the YouTube videos were very helpful.
Ford developed a fondness for simple design and bright colors after living in Asia for five years, she said.
The pandemic has given her more time to work in her studio with precious metal clay (PMC) and experiment with transparent enamels over fine silver and stencils with enamels on copper.
Ford sells her jewelry at Heavenly Mountain Studios, named after a Chinese mountain range along the Silk Road. Her jewelry has been juried into shows sponsored by the Port Townsend Art Guild and the Bainbridge Island Studio Tours. It is also on display at the Port Ludlow Inn and Resort and at the Port Ludlow Art League Gallery.
February’s group art show, which is only online at www.portludlowart.org, has the theme of Eye of the Beholder.
“The expression, ‘beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder,’ means the perception of beauty is subjective. What one person finds beautiful, another might not. Everyone has a different concept of beauty. Beauty doesn’t exist on its own but is perceived by the observer,” organizers said.
Members of the Port Ludlow Art League will use a variety of mediums to translate their interpretation of beauty for the February online art show.
To purchase work by Bodman, Ford or other artists whose work is online, email info@portludlowart.org to make a sales appointment.
Valentine’s shopping
The Port Ludlow Art League Gallery will be open for Valentine’s Day shopping on the first two Thursdays and Fridays in February from noon to 4 p.m., in accordance with the state’s Safe Start guidelines, organizers said.
The Gallery, which is next to the Sound Community Bank at the corner of Oak Bay Road and Osprey Ridge Drive in Port Ludlow, will offer one-of-a-kind gifts, including jewelry, photographs, ceramics, paintings, baskets, cards, books and woodworking.
To continue providing college scholarships to local high school graduating seniors, Port Ludlow Art League (PLAL) artists have created original works of art on 6-inch-by-6-inch plaques, which are available for purchase for $20. All proceeds go directly into the PLAL Scholarship Fund.
Plaques are also available for purchase online at www.portludlowart.org
For more information, email info@portludlowart.org.
“Rooster” is one of Fran Bodman’s works that will be highlighted by the Port Ludlow Art League starting Monday.
Jewelry by Ginny Ford will be on display in Port Ludlow in February.
“Rusted Rainbow,” a photograph by Pamela Raine, will be in the Eye of the Beholder Group Show.
