Peggy Casebeer has been interested in drawing, art, and the creative process since she was a child. But it wasn’t until after she retired from 30 years of teaching that she finally had a chance to take some formal art classes on everything from drawing to mosaic. These days she focuses her energies on pastels, acrylics, and watercolors. Her artistic inspiration comes from many things, including her travels, the people she meets, and the natural world around her.
Kate Ingram also started pursuing her own interest in art after teaching for 25 years. After starting out with watercolors and painted paper collage, she has since moved on to pastel and acrylics. She enjoys finding ways to uniquely express the people, flowers, and places of the Pacific Northwest. The series of paintings that she will have on display for this exhibit is called “Dogs and Cars,” a whimsical set of pictures depicting dogs enjoying car rides.
Kathy Sandell signed up for a watercolor class while she was still a teacher, hoping to share her newly-learned art techniques with her students. Although she struggled at first, she refused to admit defeat, improving her technique and composition as she switched to pastels and then to acrylics. She uses a diverse collection of reference photographs for inspiration when starting a piece, and enjoys having several pieces going at the same time.
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