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03/21/2008: "Exhibition At IMA"

The Island Museum of Art opens its 2008 season with a group exhibition of San Juan Island Artists combining their creativity into a show entitled: WORK.

In the planning stages for nearly two years, the exhibition is guest curated by and includes the work of Annie Howell-Adams. It was in 2006 that Howell–Adams began a series of paintings about commercial fishermen, some from sketches down at the docks, others from her experience commercial fishing.


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Howell-Adams states “My fishermen are heroic, I see a lot of beauty in people working. I like to see a movement, and know exactly what that person is doing. The figure at work is a varied topic and perfectly suited to a group show.” In preparation for the exhibition, Howell-Adams has also been sketching at Malcolm Tire Shop, Jensen’s Shipyard, and at a local salon, In Style.

Each artist in the exhibition celebrates the theme of work by showing island traditional ways of life through a variety of media. Each artist brings the best representations of their figurative art produced over their years of being on San Juan Island.

Ann Walbert created a piece about sheep shearing, Richard Barnhart painted an artist at work, Linda Degnan-Cobos has been spending time at Heritage Farm drawing and painting. Other San Juan artists exhibiting are Cynthia Church, Becky Kilpatrick, Kristy Gjesme, Chinmayo, Mary Guy McCulloch, and few surprise guests.

Annie Howell-Adams is an award-winning painter. She works outdoors around her San Juan island home at beaches, farms and special locations she has known since childhood. Annie is a keen observer of light, rooted in the 19th Century tradition of plein air oil painting. At the basis of her work, she believes in good composition and sound drawing skills. In her abstract work, she often distills ideas to their essential form. Having taught drawing, pastels and plein air painting for many years, Annie has a good understanding of assessing artists skills and suggesting ideas to achieve new levels of artistic awareness. For Annie, the biggest joy is the act of creating.

For more information about the exhibition or the reception, please call the Island Museum of Art at (360) 370-5050.