September Featured Artists
The Port Townsend Gallery will feature two creative local artists in September – mixed media abstract painter Wanda Mawhinney and weaver Maité McLuen. There will be a reception for Wanda and Maité during Gallery Walk on Saturday, September 6th from 5:30-8:00 pm. The Port Townsend Gallery is located at 715 Water Street.
“High Tide Reflections” acrylic painting by
Wanda Mawhinney
Wanda Mawhinney
Wanda Mawhinney is a self-taught abstract painter working in vibrant colors, unusual designs and eye-catching bold compositions. Her medium is acrylics enhanced with diverse textures. Her new abstract landscapes will be featured during Gallery Walk and throughout September.
A former Arizona resident for 35 years, Mawhinney has shown in galleries in Phoenix and Sedona, as well asPort Ludlow and the Courtyard Gallery in Port Townsend. Her southwestern sojourn soaked her palette in warm reds, oranges and yellows.
To her, every painting is an intuitive adventure, embarked upon with no preconceived ideas. She explains, "I challenge myself to build rich layers of paint while incorporating materials that fascinate me. Often, the final piece surprises me."
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Handwoven warp painted silk scarf by weaver
Maité McLuen
Maité McLuen
Curiosity, research and travel are the tools that shape Maité McLuen’s designs and unique textile creations. McLuen started weaving in Berkeley in 2001 and has not stopped since.
It was a trip to Kutch, India that inspired Maité McLuen’s current scarf collection. In an arid land of yellow-browns, white salt pans and dusty acacia thorn-shrubs, the Rabari people express their thirst for color in their brilliantly embroidered clothes. An astonishing range of color and shisha mirrors greets the guest on entering the dwelling. There the black wool ludi veil is removed and the hostess can state her identity and status as a Rabari through the multicolored embroidery she wears. Then, while the scalding sweet tea is sipped, a feast for the eyes commences as wedding and festival clothes are unfolded and tales shared.
Textiles tell stories though their design and wear. It is in this medium that McLuen expresses her joy in weaving and her interest in other cultures. In her scarves, the black ludi is captured in the black edge of the scarf, the rapid succession of colors in the flow of dye as it moves down the warp threads, and the flash of the mirrors in the shine of the silk.
Where Else Can you Find P. T. Gallery Artists?
- Diane Roberts fused glass and stained glass at the Manresa Castle in Port Townsend
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