Port Townsend Gallery Walk ushers in the colors of spring

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Gallery Walk returns this Saturday.

The Gallery Walk, lasting from 5:30 p.m. until about 8 p.m., encompasses several downtown venues, all of which charge no admission to see the art and meet the artists who create it.

Here is a sampling of events:

Arscott at Gallery 9

Gallery 9 at 1012 Water St. will present oil paintings by Ann Arscott, featured artist for March.

Arscott’s new work celebrates the drama of the sun in all its forms: the play of sunlight on water, on mountains, in shadows as dusk falls. As spring approaches, Arscott’s “Sun Effects” theme reminds us of the warmth of the light.

Arscott travels the globe for months every year, and her paintings convey geographic as well as universal experience. She gets her inspiration from the natural beauty she encounters on her global trampings including wildlife, glorious skies and native foliage. This year’s travels included Australia, New Zealand and the South Seas, with one of the new paintings inspired by a play of light on the dramatic Milford Sound.

The artist said her creative sources come from inside and outside: “We are there and we are living it. Photos are a jumping-off place and I take it to where I want it to go from my imagination; none of it is ever literal.”

She cites the atmospheric paintings of impressionist J.M.W. Turner as an influence in her style, and here in Port Townsend, she studied with Diane Ainsworth.

She will discuss her work during the Gallery Walk from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Go to http://gallery-9.com or call 360-379-8881 for more information.

‘Lost at She’

“Lost at She” is a dual exhibit featuring both solo and collaborative artwork by Chandler O’Leary and Jessica Spring, centered around the theme of navigating the waters of feminism at the Tretter Gallery at the Northwest Maritime Center, 431 Water St.

On display will be several broadsides from their “Dead Feminists” series, including the debut of their 25th letterpress broadside.

The show will also feature O’Leary’s and Spring’s individual work, including nautical letterpress prints, illustration and lettering, artist books and paper sculptures.

O’Leary and Spring both live and work in Tacoma and have been collaborating together for more than eight years. Their work will be on display all month, with prints available.

An artist reception is scheduled from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

‘Spring is Coming’

The Port Townsend Gallery will present “Spring is Coming” for the Gallery Walk at 715 Water St.

This all-gallery show will feature members showing their interpretations of the theme. The mediums include watercolors, oils, photographs, fibers, pottery, ceramics, leather, jewelry, assemblies, metal, wood, mixed media and block prints. Members will be available to discuss their art and the methods used.

The public is invited to join the artists from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

For more gallery information, call 360-379-8110 or go to www.porttownsend gallery.com.