PORT TOWNSEND — A variety of artwork will be on view during the First Saturday Art Walk in Port Townsend.
The monthly event will be from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, mostly in the downtown area.
Among the galleries that will stay open late are Gallery-9 and the Grover Gallery.
• Gallery-9, 1012 Water St., will feature the woodworking of Robin McKann and silk batiks and oil paintings by Carolyn Doe from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
McKann moved to Port Townsend after retiring from three decades as a finish carpenter.
“Joining Gallery-9 in 2008 inspired me to explore with the woods surrounding my home,” McKann said. “I have spent many years chasing rainbows in grains of wood. My latest piece is a freestanding dresser in local spalted maple finished with many coats of tung oil. If art is our fingerprint in the material world, then we must stand our ground in mythic reality to meld our soul in creation.”
McKann produces functional art like cabinets, tables, decorative boxes and cutting boards from spalted alder, figured maple, myrtlewood and other exotic woods. He then applies multiple coats of hand-rubber tung oil to give it a durable, water-resistant and nontoxic finish to enhance the natural beauty of the wood.
Doe is a self-taught silk batik artist and oil painter. She will exhibit oil paintings of trees and framed silk batiks with scenes of nature and birds.
She uses pure beeswax and silk dyes to create images on silk fabric, which she then stretches and frames under glass.
“Batik has become my voice,” Doe said. “When dye touches silk fabric, it spreads like crazy. The wax creates a boundary. It is this dance of control/no control that captivates me for hours. Through this ethereal quality, I try to convey the essence of a place and of the creatures who dwell there.”
Doe uses palette knives to create oil paintings that often show wide horizons with stately trees or the quick pose of a small bird on a slender branch.
The art of McKann and Doe can be viewed from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Mondays at Gallery-9.
For more information, visit www.gallery-9.com.
• The Grover Gallery, 236 Taylor St., will host an opening for “Chasing Light Beams” from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
The exhibit will feature new photographic creations by Brian Goodman using images captured at concerts by the Dead and Company.
Goodman has experimented with various aspects of the images, including composition, colors, light, textures and movement, to expose the magic hidden deep within each.
Goodman used the visual tools he has compiled over the years in combination with image of the band, the lights, the video screens and the dancing Deadheads to create this exhibit.
“Chasing Light Beams” is the melding of Goodman’s photographic processes, the inspiration of the Grateful Dead and the psychedelic experiences of the 1960s.
The exhibit can be viewed at the Grover Gallery from noon to 5 p.m. Thursdays through Mondays throughout August.
