Charlotte Watts Fine Art Photographer

Charlotte Watts is one of the Peninsula's premiere fine art photographers. She is especially known for her wildlife photography for which she has won numerous awards. Last year Charlotte was honored to be chosen by Awagami Paper Company (making paper in Japan since 1700) to represent their handmade Bizan paper at Photokina, the world's  leading imaging fair. This fair occurs every 2 years in Cologne, Germany.

Watts has been using Awagami's Unryu 55 for nearly 3 years, and used it exclusively for her series of handmade scrolls "Farewell To Manzanar". You can see her review by going to :  http://www.awagami.com/aijp/review/03.html.

Additionally, Charlotte was one of 40 photographers chosen for Vermont's PhotoPlace Gallery "Birds: Real or Imagined", Jan 2-26, 2013.An exhibition catalog of this work was done and is available through Blurb Books.

The photographer has just returned from a trip to view the birds up in the Skagit Wildlife Reserve and environs. A record year for swans! 

Charlotte Watts

"Snow Geese Descending"

Visit Charlotte this year on the Sequim Arts Studio Tour. You can also view her work at www.charlottewatts.com.

Tour artist Pam Walker's Art Accepted into Prestigious Show

Sequim Arts Studio Tour Artist Pam Walker has had a piece, titled, "Ancient Doorway", chosen by the annual CVG Show for participation in it's annual juried competition. CVG is one of the largest and most prestigious art competitions in the Northwest. Over 325 artists from 79 Washington cities submitted 896 artworks for consideration. Of these only 127 pieces were selected for inclusion in the show. Alfredo Arreguin, an internationally known painter from Seattle is the juror for this year’s competition. Next, Arreguin will choose the recipients of $7,000 in prizes going to 11 artists in multiple categories. Additional prizes include a purchase award by the Kitsap County Arts Board, a $300 People’s Choice Award and a $1,000 Best of Kitsap Award sponsored by the Cultural Arts Foundation Northwest.

"Ancient Doorway"

Pam Walker is a versatile artist working both in pastel and photography. She has had pieces published in National Georgraphic and is also known for her pigment transfer photographs where the delicate surface of the photo pigment is transferred to various surfaces such as paper or copper.  "Ancient Doorway", is a photographic pigment transfer on Silver leaf covered acrylic, framed in a silver leaf frame. The photo is of a man passing through the "marble door" in the Hagia Sofia in Istanbul Turkey. . 

Pam's entrancing work can be viewed First Hand during this year's studio tour.  Here's a peek at the CVG show entry.