A pre-season gift from your favorite artists...For only two weeks some of your favorite artists will be teaming up with Cole Gallery to help you get a jump on the holiday season by offering 20% off some of their older pieces. If you've fallen in love with a painting but haven't taken the plunge this is a wonderful opportunity to warm up your home with the gift of art!  Discount will be taken off listed price at time of purchase.

In her fresh impressionistic style, Kim Eshelman's pastel paintings depict luscious vistas of forests and fields aglow with light and shadow.

Nationally acclaimed oil painter, Sarah Sedwick's contemporary still lifes are alive with color as she captures the simple beauty of fresh fruits and vegetables from the season’s bounty. With her fresh, immediate approach to painting, her impressionistic techniques develop luminous, sculptural paintings.

Announcing the Plein Air Edmonds Paint Out! Thirty-four selected artists will be painting the Edmonds/Kingston areas between Sept 1 and 11. Paintings will be on display at Cole Gallery from Sept 14 through Oct 3. Join us on September 15th from 5-8pm to meet our artists during Art Walk Edmonds when awards will be announced!

Awards will be:  BEST IN SHOW: $1000, SECOND PLACE: $500, THIRD PLACE: $250, Honorable Mentions Awards: Over $1000 in art supplies.

Our sponsors include: Mike McMurray of Raymond James Financial, Ten Gun Design, Royal Langnickel Brushes, Golden Paints, M. Graham Paints, Williamsburg Paints, Ampersand, Escoda Brushes, Coldwell Banker Bain - Team Greeen & more!

Juried artists invited to participate:  Brooke Borcherding, Mark Boyle, Dawn Ambrey, Ivy Breen, Bear Carpenter, Pat Clayton, Jed Dorsey, Fernando Eizaguirre, Johanne Friedrichs, Gigi Godfrey, Frankie Gollub, Janis Graves, Bronwyn Groman, Delores Haugland, Kat Houseman, Alisa Johansson, Janice Kirstein, Laura Kratz, Emiliya Lane, Che Lopez, Tatsiana Mikhailava, YiJu Miller, Steve Momii, Ned Mueller, Liz Parkj, James Rasmussen, Amanda Houston, Joan Iatesta Smith, Julie, Richard Smith, Stonebraker, Valentina Voronkova, Melissa Wadsworth, Robin Weiss, Fatima Young, Rainny Zhao.

Linda Wilder's energetic paintings explode with color and light. She presents the viewer with breathtaking views of landscapes and forests, incorporating abstract showers of shape and chroma.  Wilder adds what's felt to what's seen, and brilliantly captures the lived experience of being caught up in the wonder of the natural world.  

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In her new show, Pink Lions, Paper Crowns, Aliza translates childhood memories into iconic, brilliantly painted animal narratives. She states:

"The stories of our childhood teach us how to live with each other. They remind us to imagine, solve problems, deal with uncertainty, and face the consequences of our decisions, all while fighting trolls or dragons. Stories of superhero narratives, rabbits defending burrows, and closets leading to magical worlds have imprinted me for life.  My show, Pink Lions, Paper Crowns, is a siren call to the wild little child hidden in our grownup self. In these pieces, you’ll recognize characters from your childhood and meet the creatures that have wandered across my heart and mind my whole life. Open your eyes to tigers enchanted by winged friends, a fox who dearly loves the sky-bound moon, a bear gazing at her satellite,  the hare-o-naut flying away in his (ch)air-balloon, and… those lions in their paper crowns."



Welcome to Aliza's August show:

Pink Lions, Paper Crowns.

Living in Montana and spending time in the in the wilderness, Brooke Wetzel is surrounded by nature's beauty, capturing the mood and splendor of the landscape. In her show "Wild Light," her paintings sparkle with dancing light and glow with the colors of the sun. Brooke brings the viewer into the forests, lakes and mountain rivers of her life.

Jenna's new show "Marvelous Wonders" conveys a sense of whimsical delight with her paintings of birds and animals, ethereal messengers bridging the gap between heaven and earth. Incorporating patterns and designs with the various subjects is a way Jenna connects symbolism and personal beliefs with her surroundings. One of Cole Gallery's most popular artists, Jenna captures the hearts of her viewers, bringing joy and inspiration.

Camano Island artist, Jed Dorsey loves how light changes objects, from alleyways to mountain vistas, plants, and trees, creating shadows and diverse colors. One of his favorite subjects to paint is filtered sunlight on roads, rivers, sidewalks, or paths. It is an invitation to the viewer. He paints landscapes and cityscapes because he has lived in both rural and urban spaces, and sees beauty in both. Whether painting on location or from reference material, he uses a strong sense of design and composition to create scenes in an aesthetically pleasing way, adding his own colorful interpretation.

Ron Stocke is internationally acclaimed for his dynamic cityscapes, interiors and more. His impressionist style is both exciting and unique; simplifying shapes and exaggerating values, his combinations of lost and found edges separate his work from his peers. Describing his show, Ron states:

I feel like this show was a rebirth in a way. After spending two years through the pandemic where I struggled creatively and only painted at a fraction of my normal pace. I benefited by having to examine and rethink what it was I wanted to say as an artist.

I have always used strong light and shadow as a supporting role to connect my subject matter, but in this series, I’m exploring light and shadow more closely. Some of the details I observed while sketching and developing these works included the color temperature in shadows, the strength and power of the light, and even the way the particles floating in the air were highlighted by light. The paintings in this collection vary from places I’ve visited, and shops I frequent, to my favorite corner of our house. I wasn't focusing on the specific details so much as the feeling I get while being in these locations.

With spectacular, splashy, colorful brushstrokes, Bev Jozwiak’s delightful watercolors bring joy to the serious side of art. From figurative paintings to her charming animals and birds, her storytelling art is always fresh, fun and filled with life. Jozwiak’s skill as a painter has garnered her international acclaim as one of America’s premier watercolorists.

Susan Diehl captures light and shadow in textural brushstrokes. With strong values and colors playing together she captures stories of life, from beautiful vistas to city sidewalk scenes, to intimate, rich still lifes.  Describing her show, Susan states:

"Life is like a tapestry. Its richly woven relationships and events create a beautiful fabric.  Highs and lows with family and friends become strands of our happenings, sketching a profile that becomes our memoir.  Without the loom, and armed only with my oils, I have been interested in creating  a pattern of  texture with layers of oil paint, developing a surface quality capable of invoking the mysteries within the viewer's mind."