This past weekend was the Camano Arts Association's 10th Annual
and we are excited that this year
is a sponsor of the Camano Island Studio Tour!
A group of us from Daniel Smith car pooled with John Cogley (owner of Daniel Smith): Tina Leader (Human Resources Director), Jaren Balzer (Information Systems Manager), Katherine Taylor (Bellevue Store Manager) and Deborah Burns (me, the Daniel Smith Blogger!).
We left Seattle Saturday morning with John driving, for Camano Island and were able to visit 17 of the 32 studios and galleries before the end of the day. Because I was not the navigator (Jaren was our "navigator extraordinaire") I may have lost count of how many places we went to and may have missed noting a few, my apologies if I missed you. Actually, I think is was probably very challenging focusing on the driving (John) and navigation (Jaren) considering all the laughing and fun we were having in vechicle!
While making our rounds of the Tour, we ran into others from Daniel Smith: Thom Wright (Purchasing Manager), Connie Cagley (Marketing Specialist, Society Relations) and her husband Guy, and Charlene Vogt (Catalog Sales Manager) who was hosting a party (yummy meatballs and more!) at a friends cabin on the Island.
The studios and galleries showed a wide range of art work among them: Watercolor, Oil, Acrylic, Glass, Ceramic, Metal, Photography, and Jewelry. I took some photos of the work spaces of a few of the artists, unfortunately once I got home to review and label the photos I realized that I did not take nearly as many photos as it felt like, next year I will have to focus on taking more.
We visited: #27) Seagrass Gallery , #1) Bob Paczkowski Studio , #2) Rainchild Metal Works: Ben Rainchild , #5) Dan Bergsma Art Glass: Dan Bergsma #6) John Muhler Studio: John D. Muhler, Debbi Rhodes , #7) Jack Dorsey Studio: Jack Dorsey, Ann Cory , #8) Jack Gunter Art and Design Studio , #9) Janet Mitchell Studio , #10) Old Mabana Schoolhouse: Linda Demetre , #11) Betty Dorotik , #12) Diane Hill Studio: Diane Hill, Jeanine Borree, Sue Uhrich , #13) Lee Beitz , #14) Matzke Fine Art Gallery , #15) Kathy Hastings Studio: Kathy Hastings, Marguerite Goff , #16) Thompson Art Studio: Susan Thompson Cohen , #17) Rays Through Art Glass: Ray Fossum , and #18) Camano Island Pottery: Roger Cocke .
Some of the studios had breathtaking views of the Puget Sound, which of course made us each wonder how challenging it must be to focus on painting when there is a spectacular view outside the window!
Camano Island is such a beautiful location and having the opportunity to drive around the Island and see so much art was a wonderful way to spend the day. A few of us could not resist and went home with some original artwork and prints of original work...
...have to do our part to help support the Artists!
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Images:
# 1: 2008 Poster for Camano Island Studio Tour by John Muhler.
# 2: Jack Gunter Studio entrance.
# 3: Diane Hill Studio entrance.
# 4: Diane Hill's workspace
# 5: Jeanine Borree and paintings at Diane Hill Studio
# 6: John Muhler Studio entrance, sculpture by Debbi Rhodes
