NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, May 6.
PORT TOWNSEND — Rainforest photos, oil paintings and old-style jewelry will be on display Saturday during the Port Townsend Gallery Walk.
During the free event, occurring the first Saturday of every month from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., art galleries and venues in the downtown waterfront district show off the work of local artists while encouraging participants to explore the many nooks and crannies of the town’s historic center.
Sampling of events:
n Gallery Nine, 1012 Water St., this month will feature oil paintings and cloisonné jewelry by Linda Lundell, with the artist discussing her work during Gallery Walk.
Lundell’s show includes several new paintings she said express the nature she sees or imagines, including a crow that visits her each morning for cashews.
Other new work includes an imaginary portrait of Pan — the allusive forest creature who shepherds forest animals — and a red bird landscape that has evolved through many changes.
Her paintings are encapsulated by unusual handmade custom framing she crafts herself.
The artist also will featuring custom cloisonné jewelry, made with an ancient technique of decorating metalwork objects with vitreous enamel.
This is a time-consuming layering process using precious metals to create some of the most impressive jewelry found in Port Townsend, Lundell said.
Visit www.gallery-9.com or call 379-8881 for more information.
n The Port Townsend Gallery, 715 Water St., will feature artists Rebekah Cadorette, Ann Norton and Beverly McNeil today from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Cadorette and Norton “bring a fascination for color and a love of texture to their elegantly simple garments and scarves,” said Mitchel Osborne, a contributing artist to the Port Townsend Gallery.
“Versatile, functional and beautiful, the ponchos, ruanas, and shawls are ideal for the Northwest’s temperate weather,” he said.
Norton hand spins and dyes her fibers as well, making each of her shawls a truly one-of-a-kind piece.
Cadorette has spent the past three years exploring the Japanese folk art of Temari — embroidered fabric balls. Each ornament is a fusion of color and design, wrapped in complicated and eye-catching patterns.
Cadorette and Norton have been weaving as a team for more than 10 years.
And while each has a distinct style and focus, they said they love the synchronicity found in bringing their individual creations together.
McNeil, a nature photographer, will present as a featured artist for May. She will showcase birds, butterflies, frogs and an amazingly bright yellow Eyelash Pit Viper.
Returning recently from a solo 22 days of nature photography in Costa Rica, she brings photos of wildlife she shot while on locations.
During Art Walk she will show a short continuous video of a 31/2 inch woodpecker, Blue Jeans Poison Dart Frogs and Orange collared Manakins in action.
For more information, call 360-379-8110 or visit www.porttownsendgallery.com.
n Northwind Arts Center, 701 Water St., will feature art by Paul Polson through May 28.
From 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Polson will give a demonstration on the growth and development of his oil painting techniques — illustrating the importance of drawing, the edge of shapes and the use of negative space.
Polson also will share his philosophy and reasons for pursuing an art career.
Polson was born and raised in Wyoming.
He received his bachelor’s in art education from the University Of Wyoming and did graduate work at San Diego State University and University of California, San Diego.
He has exhibited in numerous one-man and group exhibitions, created inflatable sculptures for Cirque du Soleil and currently focuses on oil painting.
Center hours
Northwind Arts Center Exhibit hours are 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Thursdays through Mondays.
For more information, visit tinyurl.com/PDN-Polson.
