One Month Away!

Made Right on Whidbey 2012 is just a month away!
Visit our gallery December 15th & 16th, 10 to 5, at the Coupeville Hall & meet this year's eleven artisans:

      *Linnane Armstrong       *Mary Ellen O'Connor
      *M. Denis Hill                *Kay Parsons
      *Katrina Hude               *Mariana Shawver
      *Dan Ishler                    *Jim Short
      *Bev McQuary              *Jandellyn Ward
      *Judy Moore
This year, artists are donating a portion of all proceeds to support the Coupeville arts center: the Pacific Northwest Art School. (Visit their website for more information.)
So take a break from the holiday frenzy, shop locally, & support the arts!

Kay Parsons

 Kay now paints exclusively in watercolor, inspired by the immediacy of the process & the feel of a good brush on paper.

She describes her approach as more organized & planned, rather than intuitive, but also describes the point at which the painting "takes over & tells me where it needs to go".

"Painting for me is about love: love of the world I live in, of the process of painting, of the creative moment that transforms the observed & experienced world into art. It nourishes me--soul & intellect. It is the reason I open the studio door each day."

Kay Parsons

 

"Painting is my ongoing conversation with the world: listening, seeing, interpreting, translating" Kay tells us.


In recent years, the focus has been in the garden--one that she designed & tends with devotion. Her current pieces are very much about her interest in light & color--the changes in color facilitated by each movement of light.

Kay's passion for gardening was a gift from her grandmother--a farmer in rural Alabama & Georgia. In addition to providing food for the table, her grandmother nurtured a flower garden. "The wonder I felt as a child for flowers & creatures of her garden is still a central element in my life & the touchstone of my artistic pursuits."