Gallery on the scene for 17 years!!

Evening view of the Blue Whole Gallery

17th Birthday Celebration
on 1st Friday, June 6, 2014 from 5-8 pm. 

   What an amazing feat, for 17 years an art cooperative composed of artists has worked together to show their art to the public.  Over the years the Blue Whole Gallery has become such an enterprise, making itself one of the premier art gallery on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State.  It is no small achievement , it took effort, time and commitment from each artist member to make it happen.

Artist members David Willis, Ryoko Toyama, Carl Baker bringing in pictures to the Gallery.

Committee members, L to R:  Mary Franchini, Margo Handel & Lynne Armstrong making decisions together.

   Those efforts are clear in the scenes pictured here. They show member artists working within the space offered by the Gallery.  A physical entity whose walls and layout require decorative skills of placement.  Such skills do not come easily and are the results of a conscious effort by artists groups working together in concert.  Their decisions involve elements of color, shape and subject matter.  The goal is to allow each artwork be presented in the best possible way with taste and consideration.  This allows the Gallery to impart to the visitor the quality and overall scope of the art shown.
  

Deciding how and where art work will be displayed.

 

Placement requires decisions.

 

Member artist Terry Grasteit taking measurements.

  

















        



        Whether the art work is placed on the wall, a pedestal or in a jewelry case, the objective is the same:  allow it to be viewed and admired on its own merits.

 

Member artist Christian Speidel assembling a burl table for display.

  

   

Making sure each work is secured.

Centering an art work on the wall.

 
   

Member artist Brian Buntain setting up the jewelry case.

Artist members Joyce Volmut & Liz Harper selecting items to be placed on the Gallery shelves.

Member artist Steve Wry setting up the Gallery display window.

  Likewise, the Gallery's windows become an open invitation to the public to view the art world.   They feature every month the work of artist members revealing their skills and the medium of art they have chosen. Whether it be wood carving, oil, watercolor, mix media or acrylic painting, assemblage, ceramics, fiber, jewelry, fused glass, photography or sculpture the Blue Whole Gallery is proud to show this wide spectrum of art.

       Members of the Blue Whole Gallery

Photo by artist member Larry Barnes

L to R Back:  Bud Bowling, Larry Barnes, Debbie Cain, Pam Walker, Mary Franchini, Carol Janda, Jan Tatom, Katherine Loveland, Debby Sterk, Carl Baker, Terry Grasteit, Greg Felando.  L to R Middle: David C. Willis, Joyce Vomut, Lizbeth Harper, Lynne Armstrong, Ed Crumley, Karen Rozbicki Stringer, Karin Anderson, Brian Buntain. L to R Front: Christian Speidel, Teri Anne Stratton, Barbara Boerigter, Ryoko Toyama, & Steve Wry. Not pictured: Iris Edey, Margo Hankel, Janine Hegy.

  The Gallery is the means by which the public can enter the world of art and enjoy the creativity of these artists.    Celebrate our 17 years of fine art by joining with the members at the Blue Whole Gallery Birthday Celebration starting on 1st Friday June 6th, 2014 from 5-8 pm. and through out the month at 129 W. Washington Street, in Sequim on the Olympic Peninsula.  

All are Welcomed!!!