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Katy has loved creating for as long as she can remember and was fortunate enough to find her favorite outlet in oil painting at the age of 12. Much of her inspiration is found in the everyday beauty of her family and home here on Whidbey Island. While raising her two energetic young children being her main focus, she strives to paint nearly every night after they are asleep, usually listening to a favorite podcast or audiobook.  Mary Ellen’s inspiration as an artist is her passion for nature and love of metal. Living on Whidbey Island, her studio is surrounded by gardens, forests, ponds, and views of Mt. Baker. She incorporates all of this beauty into her designs. After earning a BFA in metalsmithing from the School for American Crafts at Rochester Institute of Technology, she began to create jewelry, belt buckles, and boxes, incorporating nature and color into her designs. She is currently making wall pieces using gold leaf to create images on copper panels. Color is added by using her torch to create flame patinas. This technique is very unusual, technically challenging, and creatively rewarding. Please come see her work on display as the June 2024 Featured Artist at Penn Cove Gallery in Coupeville, WA.  Stacey Neumiller originally hails from rural New Jersey where she grew up drawing and riding horses. After relocating to the west coast, she pursued her desire to work in the field of art by attending California State University, Chico where she earned a degree in graphic design with an emphasis on illustration. After a 30 plus year career in the field of graphic design, she now devotes her time to fine art. For artist Stacey Neumiller, an important motive to paint lies in understanding her surroundings. “My paintings are my interpretation of the bucolic world in which I live. I’m visually compelled by color, value and quality of light. Through the process of painting, I gain deeper insight into my subject and its surroundings.” Working in oil, combining the use of brushes and palette knives, Stacey Neumiller’s paintings are a lively dance of texture, light and color. Stacey finds a great deal of inspiration from Whidbey Island’s landscape, dramatic skies, barns, and animals. “There is beauty within the everyday and ordinary that only a painting can reveal. I’m drawn to these subjects in hopes of making and sharing such discoveries.” 
Jan lives on beautiful Whidbey Island with Deception Pass Park as her backyard and inspiration, and where she enjoys painting abstract impressionism inspired by nature. She loves color and works in various mediums: acrylics, inks, charcoal, pastels, and collage. She strives to be different and produce work that isn’t seen elsewhere. On her quest to be different, and after much research, she was able to produce outdoor art thinking that people are moving more to their outdoor environment at home and should have art to enjoy outside. With the help of several companies, she has been able to reproduce four pieces of her artwork on aluminum. These pieces are UV protected and can be in the elements for 10 to 15 years. Every day brings a new revelation  Setting Sail by Jan Priggee
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