catalogue

Kinship

Kinship: A Collaboration With Nature invites viewers into the wonder of nature and time. Bringing together contemporary artists who work with living materials, ecological processes, and forms drawn from the natural world, this exhibition considers how nature itself becomes a collaborator in shaping artistic expression. Rather than fixed objects, the works here unfold through growth, decay, weather, and care—reminding us that living systems are always in motion.

Nature appears here as both medium and framework. Artists engage with organic structures, ecological cycles, and the quiet intelligence of living things to create works that evolve over time. Light, moisture, gravity, and growth become compositional tools, shaping forms that resist permanence and invite attention to subtle change.

On display at the Port Angeles Fine Art Center from July 17th - September 13th

All works are professionally framed with handmade natural wood finishes

For inquiries please message the gallery at gallery@pafac.org

This collection is titled “The Movement of Water” and explores themes of home and embodiment through the elemental relationship between land and water. The paintings are infused with earth pigments collected from beaches, rivers, and mountains throughout Washington State anchoring them to this landscape.

Wavelet • 15" x 15" • 2025
19” x 19” framed in ash • $2200

Small Mountain • 8" x 8" • 2025
12” x 12” framed in ash • $1000

Water is the medium for dissolution, distillation, and flow. The forms are inspired by water’s pilgrimage from glacial origins in the mountains, through rivers, and into the land, mirroring our internal cycles of flow and transformation. The mountains — where land and sky meet — become a meeting place of body and mind, inviting continual return and connection.