By Oregon Coast TODAY
Head to Toledo on Saturday and Sunday, July 6-7, to celebrate the arts community with a unique look at local galleries and a chance to connect with the artists behind the work.
The Yaquina River Museum of Art is exhibiting a collection of paintings that reflect the light and colors of the summer season. The paintings span from scenes of Toledo and Newport to a waterside dock in South Africa by Ed Young. A large oil by the late Michael Gibbons titled “Drama Before a Storm” captures the fleeting moment before black clouds of a Arizona storm overtook the sky.
See Young’s work and originals by Douglas Haga, Becky Miller, Susan Bennett and David Simons at the Yaquina River Museum of Art from noon to 4 p.m. at 151 N.E. Alder St. For more information, go to www.yaquinarivermuseumofart.org or call 541-336-1907.
Just across the street the Michael Gibbons Signature Gallery will feature “Labor Day Relaxation on the Metolius River” by Gibbons. The painting depicts a summer fishing scene that invites viewers to be transported into the sun filled landscape. The gallery is open from noon to 4 p.m. at 140 N.E. Alder St. For more information, go to www.michaelgibbons.net.
On Main Street, Crow’s Nest Gallery & Studio features the works of more than 15 artists including whimsical oil paintings by Veta Bakhtina, found art assemblage by Janet Runger, fused glass by Alice Haga, photography by Sylvia Hosie, sculptural jellyfish mobiles by Paula Teplitz, digitally manipulated photographs by Jeff Gibford, Tish Epperson’s watercolors, ceramics by Val Bolen and woven fiber jellyfish created by Susan Jones.
Crow’s Nest Gallery & Studio is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 305 N. Main St.
