Northwest Artists is the focus of the Ballard and Call Gallery in Camas, WA.  Gallery owners, Sharon Ballard and Marquita Call are honored to be a part of this thriving and growing community.

Marilyn Farrell Webberley will be the April featured artist at the Gallery.  The exhibit of her work will commence with the” First Friday” festivities April 5th and continue through the month. Marilyn resides in Seattle but ties to her hometown of Camas are still strong as is the impact of her Farrell family on the history of Camas.

Marilyn earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Washington where she studied both commercial and fine art. She later studied oil painting in the Russian Impressionist tradition with Wm F. Reese and three proteges of Sergei Bongart: Lois McFarland, Ron Lukas and Sunny Apinchapong-Yang.

A published author, illustrator, graphic designer and award winning fine art painter, her work has appeared in a variety of venues ranging from Metro bus banners, storefronts, and the theater stage, to museums and galleries, and has been juried into regional, national, and international exhibitions.

Her paintings are held in corporate collections in the United States and private collections in the US, Bahamas, UK, Europe, Middle East and Asia.

In Marilyn’s words: “I paint moments I enjoy from personal experience. My subjects can be almost anything, since my interest is capturing patterns of light, shadow and color. It pleases me when the viewer experiences some of the delight that caught my attention – the reason for creating the piece.”

Ballard & Call is located at 408 NE 4th Avenue, Camas, WA 98607. Phone is 360-817-2415;  email:  [email protected] or visit www.ballardandcall.com

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Tulips did it!

Santa Cruz watercolor artist Nancy Riedell was the winner of Daniel Smith’s Artists’ Materials October Monthly Voting Gallery. Her winning entry is “Tulips in New York City”.

She is thrilled about the win and looks forward to entering her work in more competitions.

“I’m so pleased that Tulips did so well,” said Reidell. “I loved doing that painting.”

Nancy Riedell, an internationally recognized, award winning, and Open Studios artist originally from Santa Cruz County, California, now living in Portland, Oregon, graduated from San Francisco State University where she studied Fine Arts. Classes included figure drawing, color values, acrylics, oils, and art history.

Nancy’s love of art goes back to childhood as her family encouraged her to develop her art skills by giving her art materials and art books so that she could develop her technique.

Nancy’s current medium is watercolor. The bold use of colors and interesting landscapes has played a strong role in Nancy’s unique paintings. She feels that although she has been working with art since childhood, it is only within the last few years that she has felt the calling to go back into her art. Her work reflects her passion well by using strong, saturated color and theme.

Nancy likes to take advantage of every opportunity and is known to carry her digital camera with her to photograph subjects for future paintings. She has captured beautiful sunrises in Monterey County, unique beach scenes in Santa Cruz County, unusual rock formations in New Mexico, covered bridges in Pennsylvania, and incredible Oregon scenes. She’s also done recent work with painting popular Portland destinations.

Nancy is an active member of the Watercolor Society of Oregon, and a member of the Northwest Watercolor Society and the California Watercolor Society.

To see more of Nancy’s exquisite artwork, go to www.nancyriedellfinearts.com

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