PORT TOWNSEND — A variety of artwork will be on view during the First Saturday Art Walk this weekend 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, the Port Townsend Gallery, the Grover Gallery and the Jeanette Best Gallery.
• Gallery-9, 1012 Water St., will showcase the paintings by Sandra Smith-Poling and jewelry by Judith Komishane from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Smith-Poling is a retired U.S. Air Force flight surgeon who has painted all over the world. Her exhibit this month will include oil paintings and watercolors.
She published “A Life of Art, Medicine and Adventure: an Illustrated Memoir” last year.
Her art has been influenced by Southern California painter Craig Smith, her father, as well as Arthur Beaumont, Sir William Russel Flint and John Singer Sargent.
Smith-Poling is influenced by the English School of watercolor and she uses a balance of permanent, transparent, opaque and dye colors. Her subject matter comes from city landscapes and nature, especially those of marine environments, along with boats and classic sailing ships.
Komishane has been making jewelry for more than 15 years. She finds a wide variety of materials for her necklaces, bracelets and earrings in antique shops, and she loves finding new ways to combine the materials.
“I strive to make a wide variety of styles, colors and price range to suit different people,” Komishane said. “I love that my jewelry has found a home in many different places. I especially like making custom pieces. It was fun to do one that included birthstones of the client’s three children and another that combined stones from old family jewelry to make a new piece.”
Her exhibit this month will focus on a combination of small, delicate pieces and larger, bold necklaces.
The artwork of Smith-Poling and Komishane will remain on exhibit at Gallery 9 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily throughout November.
For more information, visit www.gallery-9.com.
• Port Townsend Gallery, 715 Water St., will host a reception for Brian Iverson and Phillip Carrico from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday.
Iverson has spent more than 25 years exploring glass crafts and honing his skills. He has collaborated with glass artists across the state and country, most recently in Maui, Hawaii.
Iverson has attended sessions at the Pilchuck Glass School in Stanwood and the Museum of Glass in Tacoma.
Iverson uses a mixed fuel torch, glass tubes and rods to create sculptural work from borosilicate glass.
Iverson, through Ivy Glass, offers immersive glassblowing experiences from noon to 5 p.m. Sundays in Mac’s Building at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds.
Carrico holds a master of fine arts degree from the University of Alaska-Fairbanks and taught art in middle school for more than 20 years. He creates prints using a progressive process that starts with a sketch, then uses colored pencils and lists the colors, from lightest to darkest, before transferring the sketch to a block of wood.
Carrico then carves away part of the block and applies the lightest color to the print.
As he continues to remove part of the block, he applies more colors, sometimes as many as 20, until he finishes the darkest one.
Carrico must decide how many copies he wants to make of any print at the outset since the process of creating subsequent layers of color destroys the block.
The printmaking of Carrico and the glass work of Iverson will be on exhibit at the Port Townsend Gallery from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily throughout November.
For more information, call the gallery at 360-379-8110 or visit www.porttownsend gallery.com.
• The Grover Gallery, 236 Taylor St., will host a reception for Tracy Grisman, Chuck Moses, Olga DeLuca and Jen Cohen from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Grisman’s exhibit, “If You Haven’t Seen It — It’s New,” features oils on canvas. Moses will display a photographic retrospective, “40 Years of Color and Light.” DeLuca will show “Painting in Crayone, Portraits in Pastels.” Cohen’s exhibit “~” is a collection of solargraphs created with pinhole cameras made from LaCroix soda cans.
These exhibits will be on display at the gallery from noon to 5 p.m. Thursdays through Mondays throughout November.
For more information, visit www.thegrovergallery.com.
• The Jeanette Best Gallery, 701 Water St., will exhibit “Sally’s World” from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
The one-woman show will feature the works of Sally Jablonsky.
Jabonsky will be in the gallery during Art Walk and will return at 10 a.m. Sunday for an artist talk.
“Sally’s World” will be on display from noon to 5 p.m. Thursdays through Mondays until Nov. 17.
For more information, visit www.northwindart.org.
Brian Iverson’s glass work will be on display during the First Saturday Art Walk at Port Townsend Gallery.
