
Katherine Ransom - Featured Artist July & Aug. 2022
Although, I was classically trained as an artist to capture realistic images, I was always more drawn to expressionism because of its loose, broad brush strokes, bright color pops and abstract styles. As my techniques grew, I was drawn to expressing rather than depicting physical reality and often societal commentary. Nature is my spiritual center. My inspiration is found in the mesas, canyons and mountains of Colorado where I lived for more than three decades. I spent many y

Dennis Powers - Featured Artist July & Aug. 2022
Thinking back to High School when I took my first Woodshop class, I am not sure that I realized then what an obsession woodturning would become. I remember turning a fruit bowl and two candle sticks for my mom. She kept them all these years and now that she is no longer with us, I inherited them. The quality was far from even “good”. But apparently the seed was planted. Many years later and I have some how found my way back to “spinning wood” and I can’t believe I waited so l

Laura Harmon - Featured Artist July & Aug. 2022
I was introduced to pottery in 2003 by taking a class at the Olympia Community Center. I figured one class would be fun, I had no intention of pottery becoming such a big part of my life. Joann Gaither was teaching then and she was the perfect teacher for me, I learned so much from her. In the first class she would sit down and work with the new students, we would hand build pieces using three different methods; pinching, coiling, and slab construction. I continued with h