A perfect Mother's Day Experience - The 7 th Annual Camano Island Artists Studio Tour

Twenty-six private studios and three unique galleries are open to the public, featuring over 60 artists. Art for sale and on display; originals, prints, limited editions.

The self-guided tour offers a range of talent for everyone's taste and is a fun, exciting way to experience the arts and beauty of Camano Island and Stanwood, Washington.

Admission is free and hours are 10am - 5pm Friday, Saturday and Sunday Mother's Day Weekend.

Six new artists will be introduced at this year’s event.

You’ll see artists in action, meet artists in their own personal setting, see works in progress. Tour artists are professionals in the field of fine arts from many disciplines – painting (watercolor, pastels, acrylics, oils, mixed media), sculpture (bronze, resin, stone, brass, stainless steel), glass (hand-blown, fusion and stained glass), jewelry (silver, handmade glass), garden art, printmaking, ceramics and porcelain……and more.

There’s something for everyone in the family. If you’re looking for a unique, one-of-a-kind gift, personally signed by the artist – you’ll find it on the Tour.

CAMANO ISLAND STUDIO TOUR 2005
LIST OF ARTISTS

JACK ARCHIBALD – glass
LEE BEITZ - pottery
SCOTT BENEFIELD - glass
YONNAH BEN LEVY – ceramics & mixed media
DAN BERGSMA - glass
CHAIM BEZALEL – mixed media
NED BLOCK - sculpture
JEANINE BORREE – paintings on canvas & wood
MARC BOUTTE – decorative and collectible glass
JOHN BUCZEK – freeform glass
DOTTI BURTON - watercolors
LANCE CARLETON – metal sculpture
ROGER COCKE - ceramics
LINDA DEMETRE - oils
BETTY DOROTIK – watercolor, sumi, pen & ink
JACK DORSEY - watercolor
JASON DORSEY - watercolor
JED DORSEY - acrylics
JOHN EBNER - watercolor
MARK EIKELAND- ceramics
MARK ELLINGER – handblown art glass
JOAN ENSLIN - watercolor
BETTY FROST - acrylics
MARGUERITE GOFF - porcelain
JACK GUNTER – egg tempera
LIZ HAMLIN - watercolors
KATHY HASTINGS -
DIANE HILL - watercolors
ELAINE IODICE – fused glass
TOM JENSEN – oil pastels, etchings
SHANNON KIRBY - sculpture
DALE LEMASTER - ceramics
MOLLY LEMASTER - watercolors
DAVID MARITZ – bronze & silver sculpture
BILL MATHESON – metal sculpture
KARLA MATZKE - pastels
DONALD MILLER – mixed media
JOHN MUHLER – oils (landscapes, portraiture)
MARIE MULLIKIN – pastels & oils
APRIL NELSON – pastels & watercolors
ROBERT PACZOWSKI -
PATTI PONTIKIS – jewelry
BEN RAINCHILD - metal sculpture
PATRICIA RESSEGUIE – textiles and fiber art
PAULA REY – multi media
DEBBI RHODES –whimsical metal sculpture
SUSAN ROTHSCHILD – mixed media
DOLORS RUSCHA – jewelry and metal art
JAMILA SCHWEIGER - watercolors
JAMES SHIPLEY – watercolors, pen & ink
WAYNE SIMMONS – abstract printmaking
RENATE TRAPKOWSKI – acrylics, mixed media, scratchboard
SUSAN COHEN THOMPSON – oils and watercolors
SUE UHRICH – watercolors and oils
DONNA WATSON – acrylic and mixed media collage
MARILYN WERNER – oil on canvas

FEATURED ARTISTS

THE DORSEY FAMILY:
Jack Dorsey and his three offspring – Jason, Jed and April – are the featured artists on this year’s Camano Island Studio Tour. The genes are the clue to this family’s extraordinary talents. In Jack’s family, his mother, uncle and grandparents have significant success in the fine arts, and Jack began painting in watercolor in high school. Working at Boeing for 16 years sharpened his commercial talents; in 1996 he retired to follow his passion and has since become one of the Northwest’s leading artists. Watercolor is still his favorite medium, although he has worked in oils and egg tempera. For Jason, Jed and April Dorsey Nelson, the talents of their maternal grandmother, Fanny Young Cory, played a large part in their artistic development. Cory, born in 1877, was a well-known illustrator working for national magazines and books. She later moved into newspaper cartooning. As youngsters, the Dorseys grew up on Camano Island; all three exhibited talent at early ages. Jason is a watercolorist and as a hobbyist, has been accepted in numerous shows and competitions, while working fulltime as pastor for Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Indianapolis, Indiana. April, the middle child, has been selling her artwork since 16, and now married with youngsters of her own, must juggle parenting and painting. Jed, too, has painted most of his life and is now working mostly in acrylics. He has won many awards for his work and has a following. The Dorseys are showing in several Northwest galleries, and have collaborated in various combinations on selected projects.

DONALD MILLER: moving to Camano Island just two years ago from Texas, the rich environment has quickly moved him from non-traditional to acknowledging the exquisite landscapes that surround him – through art. Miller received his formal art education at the Albright/Knox Museum, Chautauqua and Geneseo State University in New York, and his informal education growing up in a home in which his father created all the furniture and all the art. “I thought everyone grew up that way,” he said. He started serious drawing in the fourth grade and “even studied art history in college!” Today Donald Miller looks at the world through the eyes of the computer, taking digital photographs, manipulating through computer graphics programs and eventually moving to a traditional film negative. Why “pixelism?” “Because I don’t know where it will take me – the potential is unlimited. And because there are no boundaries to this as an art form….from billboards to a piece of jewelry. “The stylus becomes my brush – my computer is a digital darkroom. Every day is a postcard….every night is a watercolor.”

DALE LEMASTER: While Dale and wife Molly Lemaster consider themselves a team, they work independently of each other. “Watercolors and pottery dust don’t mix,” he says wryly. She introduced him to pottery as a stress-reliever when his work in engineering and environmental science became burdensome. Now retired, he can indulge his new passion daily. They often collaborate on their mutual projects, discussing the artistic aspects from different angles, “bouncing ideas off each other.” Dale often makes special pots for Molly’s orchids; Molly makes him “pot jewelry” and gives advice on color and design. He’s learning how to “salvage”….”I try a lot of things that don’t work” and he learns from those, then designing and creating some dramatic pieces that do work. Enjoying travel, they spend much of their time looking for artifacts and pieces that might fit into their individual projects. Dale’s engineering background often manifests itself in very geometric designs that work very well in the Northwest environment.

KATHY HASTINGS: The spiral is a recurring theme for Kathy Hastings. A symbol of learning, returning and relearning, the spiral is seen often in many forms. Hasting’s life as an artist as evolved and been influenced through her interest in scuba diving, kayaking, painting, computer art and digital photography. An illustrator, a musician and a minister, she has also worked in stained glass, pottery, sculpting, woodworking and graphic design. Much of this was in collaboration with her husband. After losing her husband, Hastings returned to painting and is showing in her own studio at the 2005 Camano Island Studio Tour.

Camano Island and Stanwood are so close (one hour from Seattle), yet so removed from the city’s hustle-bustle. A quiet, relaxing and beautiful get-away…OR take two days and see much more. Stay overnight at a charming B&B right on the Island or – just minutes away – at inns and hotels in Smokey Point and Arlington.
The Tour is sponsored by Camano Arts Association, a non-profit organization, with additional support from the Snohomish County Hotel-Motel Tax Fund and the Island County Tourism Fund. Major 2005 sponsors are: Designs Northwest/H2K; Haggen Food & Pharmacy; Wave Broadband; Whidbey Island Bank and Windermere Properties.
For further info visit www.camanoarts.org