If Marian Wachter’s art looks familiar, it may be because of a shopping trip to Nordstrom.
The Vashon Island print artist has sold a number of her works to the upscale retailer. “Every time they would remodel a store, I would get a call for prints,” said Wachter, who will be showing a selection of her mixed-media prints beginning Wednesday in Everett.
Eight of her technically sophisticated and colorful prints will be on view starting next week at the Van Valey House, 2120 Colby Ave., Everett. The historic north Everett home houses city offices, is for rent for events such as weddings and receptions and has a dedicated art gallery in a sunny room that showcases rotating art shows.
There’s a reception for the artist from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and the exhibit remains on view through April 29.
Wachter uses a mixture of print techniques, and she likes to experiment. Recent works have incorporated collagraph along with relief and intaglio printing. She also uses clay, linoleum and woodblock printing techniques and even Xerox transfers.
The artist is a member a member of Quartermaster Press, a small printmaking cooperative on Vashon Island, and this gives her the freedom to explore print-making techniques.
“I just play around with different things,” she said.
Wachter, who has a graphic arts background, lives on the water and her work is inspired by nature – plants, flowers, birds and sea life. “Bird of Happiness,” one of the prints in the Everett show, is an example of this, with its dominant image of a stylized bird against a background swirling with squiggly seaweed.
The exhibit is titled “Art &Poetry” and Poet Kevin Craft will give a reading at the Van Valey House at 7 p.m. March 10. The Everett Community College and University of Washington teacher will publish his first book of poetry this fall.
The public can see the art exhibit – and historical displays in the Van Valey House – from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays; 425-257-6306, www.everettwa.org./parks.
New gallery: Bothell’s Country Village is the home of a new contemporary fine arts and fine crafts gallery.
Art &Soul Gallery opens Thursday with a month-long exhibit of mixed media prints of jazz musicians as well as new works by Northwest artists.
“A Touch on Jazz” by Mill Creek photographer and musician Richard Duval is the opening exhibit. Duval collaborated with three mixed media artists to produce the eight-image series, which depicts musicians’ hands captured at the moment of music. Duval also will play piano at the grand opening reception.
Susan Yaranon, owner and chief curator, said the gallery will offer a mix of contemporary and traditional works by more than 80 artists.
Look for two-dimensional works by Randy VanBeek, Lisa Lamoreaux, Gail Hornsby-Wolf and Donna Jean Perry; art glass by Dan Bergsma, Carmen Daquila and Susan Glass; scenic and landscape photography by Richard Duval; jewelry by Vinossus and pottery by Joe Williams.
Thursday’s grand opening is from 6 to 9 p.m. and will feature wine, hors d’oeuvres, music and a silent auction of a select piece to benefit the Cascadia Community College Foundation.
The gallery is at 23716 Eighth Ave. SE, Suite A, Bothell; 425-487-3777.
Viva la France: France is the destination for Everett attorney Terry Preshaw and the Driftwood Players of Edmonds this month.
The Players are presenting Moliere’s classic French “Tartuffe” at the Wade James Theatre while the lobby gallery in the theater is hosting a display of photographs by Preshaw titled “Travels with Terry: France.”
Preshaw trained her camera on France and the results are a picture-postcard view of the people, the landscape and some of the mouthwatering food for which the country is famous.
Some of the photographs are printed on a new composite material called Photogostone, which was developed by Bob Curtis of Mukilteo.
The show is on view during the run of the play, which continues through Feb. 27 at 950 Main St., Edmonds.
In Langley: MUSEO gallery in downtown Langley is showing paintings by Lane Gwinn and Barb Jaksa this month. Gwinn’s exhibit theme is swimming pools and the people therein; Jaksa paints in oils, often representing landscapes with horizon views in soft yellows, grays and blues.
Valentine works by the children of gallery artists also will be shown this month.
MUSEO is at 215 First St. and is open daily; 360-221-7737, www.museo.cc.
“Bird of Paradise,” Marian Wachter
“Single Light Blue Door, Arles,” Terry Preshaw
Paintings by Lane Gwinn are featured at MUSEO in Langley.
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