Arts Walk - coming up

Fall Arts Walk is just a few weeks away. Here's a little about SOME of the folks who'll be showing...


Adrian Boomer is an Evergreen grad and retired teacher who has done and taught art ever since she could hold a pencil. She describes herself as a painter who also does many other arts and crafts while waiting for painterly inspiration. Her large paintings are people, clothed and unclothed. An injury has forced her to work on smaller , non-objective pieces which have a strong spiritual component.

Ralph Boomer has been building furniture for over 40 years. He specializes in using sustainable local lumber and takes particular care to choose wood with beautiful grain. Among his favorite woods are big leaf maple , walnut and black cherry. His pieces show careful selection of wood and a high degree of craftmanship. His designs highlight the special properties of unusual pieces.

Patrisa de Francesca in a transplant from the "other Washington" via Arizona, California, Canada and Portugal. She loves nature and this shows in her photography. She also works in water color and would like to pursue an interest in encaustic painting.

Anita Adelika Eisenman is attracted to the reclaiming of the environment by nature. Some of her pieces are drawn from water, reflection, wind, and messages. She works primarily with pencil, paint, pastel, photography, encaustic, and clay.

Chris Johnson is an Evergreen graduate with no formal education in art. A deep need to create has drawn Chris to the visual arts. He is primarily a three dimensional artist who also paints with water color and acrylics. He has worked in bronze, ceramic, fabric, wood, and steel. He has been involved with the artistic community for 30 years.

Robin Levin is a newcomer to Olympia, from Anapolis, Maryland. She has a B.S. in fine Arts from Frostburg State College. She completed her M.S. at the University of Oregon. and has belonged to several art collectives, Robin prefers to work in acrylics and some mixed media. Her work has a strong personal and spiritual element which shows itself in abstracted, organic images.

Mary Ellen Shogren is a former member of the National Guard. She got her initial training as a painter at Central Washington State and graduated from Evergreen. Mary Ellen is passionate about nature. She has worked in Washington State youth Conservation Corps programs and presently works as a gardener/landscaper. Mary Ellen prefers to work on large canvases in oil and acrylic.