PORT ANGELES — A new show titled “Dual Nature: Draw, Cut and Burn” opens with a free public presentation by three visiting artists at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, 1203 E. Lauridsen Blvd., this Thursday.
Lanny Bergner, Ann Chadwick Reid and Eve Deisher, art-makers who explore humans’ relationship with the natural world, will step up at 5 p.m. to discuss their work.
Then the three Anacortes-area residents will stay for the opening reception — also free — from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the fine arts center.
Bergner, who works with what he calls “flame-painted” stainless steel, references primordial life, plant biology and geology in his art, while Reid depicts native Northwest species alongside the human activity that challenges their survival; then there’s Deisher’s mixed media fiber and drawing works, art full of visible and hidden meanings.
Art and nature lovers are invited to Thursday’s events as well as to the rest of the show’s run through Nov. 8.
“Dual Nature” awaits in the fine arts center’s gallery, open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursdays through Sundays.
The surrounding Webster’s Woods, a 5-acre art park, is open from dawn till dusk 365 days a year. Admission is free to both venues, while donations to the nonprofit center are welcome.
To learn more, see www.PAFAC.org or phone 360-457-3532.
