Nancy New tells us, “Pottery has always fascinated me. The process of transforming wet clay into every imaginable shape, subjecting it to extreme heat, and turning it to stone which can withstand the passage of time has been going on for thousands of years.  Every piece is brand new, with infinite choices and creative possibilities.”

Anita Elliott-Wagenet is originally from Malibu, and is now a longtime resident of Willits. Since her retirement from registered nursing, she can now devote more time for her artistic hobbies, music and pottery. Her ceramic pieces are often created with an unconventional twist, incorporating sand from her favorite beaches, or magical herbs, right into the clay, giving each bowl, dish, or cup a certain subtle essence. Along with hand carved moths, bees, or dragonflies encircling bowls, most pieces will have art deco textures and patterns, as well as seascapes, moonscapes, florals, cats, horses, and llamas.

Suzi Long will be presenting Feathered Feet, a delightful show of watercolors, birds and shoes.  Suzi was born in Santa Cruz and before she called herself “Artist”, she was a Xerox technician, word processor and editor, and started her 9 to 5 life as an executive secretary after graduating in 1966 from Katharine Gibbs school, New York.

In Honolulu after Xerox, Suzi studied art at UH, painted signs and murals, and established her mural business Whimsy Walls in 1978. She returned to the San Francisco Bay area in 1987 and painted hundreds of residential and restaurant murals from Palm Springs to Squaw Valley. Suzi is blessed with the gift to share her visions, and when she learned at the age of 50 that her biological grandfather was a decorative painter and muralist, she at last understood her raison d’etre.

The show opens Friday, 25 June, 6-9 pm.  The show will be up through July 25th.

The Gallery is located at 71 East Commercial Street, (next to the Noyo Theater)

We are open Friday through Sunday, 11 am – 5 pm.