Although formally trained at Rocky Mountain School of Photography in Missoula, Montana, Julie’s most recent form of artistic expression, SX-70 Manipulation, has been self-taught.

Julie starts by taking a picture using a Polaroid One Step camera. After an image has emerged, she “smushes” the emulsion around by hand using a variety of tools, i.e., her finger nail, the end of a paint brush, a golf tee, dental instruments, etc… The image is then scanned so an “e-neg” can be made. It is then printed through the regular photographic processes, having the same achievability. No computer manipulation or filters are used.

Julie’s images are usually described as simple, intimate, and unique. The outdoors is most often her studio using only natural light, or at times mixing it with a flash.

Ed Ravine paints watercolors and the reflection of light.

The landscapes in the show are scenes from the Hiawatha National Forest in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, the Wasatch Mountains of Utah, the Nooksack River of Deming, Washington, and the Galien River here in Harbor Country.

Come view the places where Ed likes to hike and paint.

Fred Zemlick is an accomplished artist who has exhibited at the Kalamazoo Center for the Arts and other venues in the Kalamazoo area.

Much of his art centers on the symbolism of Faith. Fred began painting in earnest in 2003 when he started working with acrylics and mixed media.

He considers his work impressionist.

Liz Thomas paints the beaches and landscapes of Harbor Country with special focus on the clouds that float, always’ above them. Her watercolors celebrate the beauty of the ever-changing sky and that gorgeous sunset you never wanted to forget.

Thomas left the world of graphic design in Chicago to become a resort owner in Harbor Country. She now recreates the beauty she sees every day through her watercolors.