Jan Hoy is a native of the Pacific Northwest. The moisture, the fog, the lush plant growth and rugged terrain infuse her sculpture. She works in water-based clay and the finished pieces are never glazed in the traditional sense. She prefers earth tones to gloss and so her work is either finished with an iron oxide stain or a patina for a natural look.

Since her graduation in Fine Arts from the University of Washington Jan has worked in several mediums; textile design in the 1980’s, chalk pastel paintings in the 1990’s, and sculpture since 2004. The impetus to start sculpting came after curating a retrospective exhibit by the painter, Guy Anderson. His abstract paintings and the vigor and conviction for his life-long work were an inspiration to Jan. She decided to follow her dreams and take up her passion for three dimensional form.

Over her artistic career Hoy’s textiles were sold across the country, worn by a first lady, and photographed for Vogue magazine. The chalk pastels have been represented by galleries in Washington and Oregon and are currently in both private and public collections nationwide. Jan’s sculptures are part of the permanent collections of the Museum of Northwest Art in La Conner, WA and the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Winslow, WA. Large outdoor works have been commissioned for public spaces such as the Walla Wall Veterans Home, and the Sutter Creek Cathedral Hospital in San Francisco, CA. Smaller works are now in both private and public collections regionally and nationally. Her work is represented by the J. Rinehart Gallery, Seattle, WA.

Steve Klein lives in La Conner, WA where he currently maintains a studio and makes his distinctive kiln-formed glass work. “Through the complexity, versatility and beauty of glass I explore personal observations and experiences.”

Howard N. Fox, Curator Emeritus at LACMA stated, “Kleins work reveals sumptuousness and sensuality, the elegance and refined physicality of form, color, texture and scale are undeniably and assertively present in his sculptures. He manifests a perfect colloquy of the ideal and the real in his art.”

Klein’s work has been influenced and inspired by the Abstract Expressionist painters and sculptors as well as the Constructivist movement. His topics have varied from the landscape to personal experiences. After 25 years Steve’s work and attention has now turned to our environment, global warming and the abuses our natural world has been subjected to.

Steve’s work is in the permanent collections of Museums in the US, Europe, Asia and Middle East.

Born and raised in Seattle, Kathleen Faulkner has always pursued art. Her training was at Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, and has lived in Anacortes since 1983.

In the mid-1980s she began a jewelry apprenticeship lasting for five years. Kathleen continues to pursue her jewelry work as well as having always worked as a 2D artist. Jewelry and painting became a full-time career in 2008.

She is a working visual artist, primarily in oil and oil pastel landscapes, and has also developed bodies of work in printmaking and art jewelry.

Kathleen has won awards for her jewelry work and has been featured in museum shows and in print. She is the recipient of the 2019 Museum of Northwest Art Luminaries Award, and she currently has work on loan at the American Embassy in Pristina, Kosovo. She is a Board Trustee for the Museum of Northwest Art in LaConner, WA.

A part of Kathleen’s activity includes community service in the Arts.