​An art student in the 50s and 60s, Randy grew up in Monterey, CA, around artists, mostly local oil painters. When he got to college there were two wonderful watercolorists whose work hooked him on the wonderful wet watercolors they made. After a break for a career in the Navy, Randy returned to watercolor on Whidbey Island.
Color and Design are the strongest elements in Randy’s pieces. To paint reality is a job for the camera. To paint an emotion, that’s the job of an artist.  Whimsy, fantasy, cartoony, all have described his work. You judge and describe it your way.

"Coupeville Wharf"

Diane has been printmaking and painting since college days at the University of Oregon.  Currently, she is exploring some new techniques, one of which is an abstract layering of color, texture, and line. This technique involves hand transfer of ink using pieces of plastic sheeting and a variety of tools for mark making. The results are rich and colorful. Her favorite is a piece called “Crows.” Another technique involves negative space and collage. She is using some wonderful handmade organic papers for this to emphasize texture. She is also continuing The Dreamer Series which are large prints done on floor press combining print, collage, paint and ink.  The Dreamer was followed by Maria de la Man͂ana, then by The Fisherman. Diane is waiting to see who will show up next.​

In 1971 Jim came across a falling down pig shed made out of walnut. He has been salvaging pieces of tree ever since. He works with Whidbey Island trees that are at the end of their carbon sequestering life. Currently, the stages of death and new life are lying in a heap in his driveway with the ends sealed. Next, they will be cut into lengths, split down the pith and roughed into rounds with an electric chainsaw. They will be turned on a lathe to a finished thickness, cleaned up with cabinet scrapers by hand and allowed to dry to a shape and texture of the piece's own choosing. Swirling grain knots checks and stains are a bonus.