[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]July 28, 2016

COUNTDOWN: Just five weeks remain until the Whidbey Working Artists annual Open Studio Tour, Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 27 and 28. This year’s tour includes 52 artists at 37 studios throughout Whidbey Island.

Spend quality time with these working artists in their studios while experiencing the beauty that attracts these artists to magnificent Whidbey Island. Learn, first-hand, the inspiration and process that goes into each artist’s work, while also enjoying scenic island vistas between the studios.

These weekly posts will feature 11 tour artists this week, 11 next and the 10 artists for the last three weeks, in the order they appear in the tour brochure (north to south). Get your copy of the colorful brochure/map/guide at selected locations on Whidbey Island and Western Washington, or download the PDF from WhidbeyWorkingArtists.com. Then come on out and see what these artists have been working on!

STUDIO #1 GERRY PIKE ceramic archeologist (click artist name for more details, or image for larger view)
STUDIO #2 DAN ISHLER hand thrown pottery (click artist name for more details, or image for larger view)
STUDIO #3 ELLEN VLASEK mixed media (click artist name for more details, or image for larger view)
STUDIO #4 KAY PARSONS Looking Glass Cottage Studio watercolor  (click artist name for more details, or image for larger view)
STUDIO #5 REGINA KASTLER basketmaker (click artist name for more details, or image for larger view)
STUDIO #6 PATTI PICCO encaustic mixed media (click artist name for more details, or image for larger view)
STUDIO #7 LISBETH CORT mixed media (click artist name for more details, or image for larger view)
STUDIO #8 MARIANNE BRABANSKI 2D (click artist name for more details, or image for larger view)
STUDIO #9 DIANE TOMPKINSON printmaking (click artist name for more details, or image for larger view)
STUDIO #10 JANET LEWIS luthier (click artist name for more details, or image for larger view)
STUDIO #11 COOK ON CLAY Robbie Lobell and Maryon Attwood elegant ceramic flameproof cookware (click artist name for more details, or image for larger view)

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