Join the Blue Whole Gallery in August to view the art of featured artists Janet Piccola and Jolene Sanborn.
These two close friends have so much in common, they call each other “sister”. One passion they share
is their love of travel and experiencing this amazing planet. Those experiences inform all aspects of their
lives, especially their art.
Janet, a potter, was recently in the Middle East. While traveling in Turkey, she was invited to take a turn
at a pottery wheel. The wheel was not the usual electric wheel she works on at home but a kick wheel
powered by the use of her leg and foot. This was a new and challenging experience for her. She
returned from the trip with new ideas and designs she is using in one of her favorite methods in pottery
Sgraffito. Janet’s work is functional as well as beautiful.
Jolene spent many hours in June, studying the colors in clouds and sunsets over a lake in Canada while
listening to Sandhill Cranes. Of course she had a fly rod in her hand at the time. She too catalogues her
experiences for use in her art at a later time. Those familiar with her work have seen her paintings of
the otter, black lab and an old log cabin. These paintings and many more are the result of experiences
while fly fishing on a Canadian lake.
The value these two women share is their love of the planet and its beauty and unique people. The
windows of Blue Whole Gallery in August will be a collaboration of their art as together they celebrate
their wonder and love in “What a Wonderful World!” Meet the artists on August 2nd from 5 to 8pm.