Penn Cove Gallery Events

Featured Artist -- Mary Ellen O'Connor

6/1/2026

Our Featured Artist for June is Mary Ellen O’Connor, who works with copper, flame patinas, and 24k gold leaf. “I am passionate about nature, wildlife, metalwork and color. As a fine art metal-smith, my copper and 24k gold wall pieces are allowing me to work larger than ever before. I enjoy applying 24k gold leaf to copper panels to bring a new dimension to the wildlife I use in my designs. The flame patinas add incredible colors in a process that takes me to the knife’s edge of disaster or success. That level of challenge at this point of my career is truly a wonderful place to be as an artist.”

Mary Ellen used these same techniques to create unique jewelry. Visit the gallery to view her stunning work.

Featured Artist -- Richard Nash

5/1/2026

Richard Nash is our May 2026 Featured Artist. Richard’s art has been shaped by a 1-year art scholarship at Nihon University; a MFA at WSU; a 1-year sabbatical in Europe, Israel, Russia and NYC to develop art history lessons for the OHSD; and 30 years as an art educator. A full-time artist since 2006, his abstract sculptures and paintings are described as thoughtful and well-composed. Please stop by and enjoy Richard's work.

Link to Richard’s solo exhibition at the Museum of Northwest Art - https://www.monamuseum.org/richard-nash-consonance
Link to Richard’s video portion from the Cordata Gallery –www.rjnashart.com/cgv/

Featured Artist -- Gary Leake

4/1/2026

Our April Featured Artist is Gary Leake. Conceptual ideas float around in Gary’s head (sometimes for a day but often for years) until the magic moment when he finds that particular piece of timber that triggers the project. The wood’s natural character, which acts as a catalyst for moving the abstract idea to reality, truly drives the final design. Thus each artistic creation is truly unique. Each piece is carefully crafted by hand using many of the woodworking techniques and tools employed during the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries. The resultant ‘feel’ and warmth of the wood can only be experienced by touching and caressing it. Touching of Gary’s art is indeed mandatory. Gary’s labors of love demonstrate his creativity as a contemporary artist and his woodworking skills.

Featured Artist -- Marcy Johnson

3/1/2026

Come in this month to visit Marcy Johnson’s jewelry, which includes earrings, rings, necklaces and shawl pins. Marcy’s sterling silver and copper jewelry is unique, simple and affordable. The perfect gifts! Her textiles provide warmth and comfort for the wearer she has shawls, fingerless gloves, and scarves, and more.

Featured Artist -- Katy Holley

2/3/2026

Our February Featured Artist is Katy Holley. Katy is continually inspired by the melancholic atmosphere of the Pacific Northwest. She focuses on representing the quiet beauty found in often-overlooked moments. Katy’s practice ranges from expansive Whidbey Island landscapes to focused, minimalist still life’s, each serving as an invitation to find resonance in the simple, elegant details of the everyday. Come see Katy Holley’s work this month and we’ll be celebrating Valentine’s Day!

Katy was featured recently in the Whidbey News-Times. Read her story here.

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