We are very pleased to once again have Sandra Smith-Poling as our Featured Artist for December, 2016. Sandra is a local Port Townsend artist and former Air Force physician.
Every summer Sandra and her husband, Mitch, travel to Alaska where Mitch teaches baidarka/angyak building and Sandra is the camp doctor and teaches baidarka models and native doll making at the Nuuciq Spirit Camp in Chugach, Alaska.
Below is a sampling of Sandra’s Alaska spirit camp depictions.
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- Angyak Christening
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- Baidarka Paddle Making
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- Alutiiq Dancer, Nucheck (Nuuciq)
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- Mama and Baby Sea Otters, Prince William Sound, Alaska
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- Mount Ripinski, Haines, Alaska
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- Gray's Log Cabin
Sandra is a resident artist at Gallery 9, located at 1012 Water Street, Port Townsend, WA, where she is currently Featured Artist through February 2017. Stop in and see some of her fantastic work anytime M-F from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. or on first Sat. Gallery Walks starting at 5:30 p.m. You can also visit her website, Classic Paintings.net for more information about the spirit camp and to view her delightful paintings.