Explore stunning artworks at our premier art gallery.
Discover Unique Art Pieces
Explore stunning artworks at our premier art gallery.
February Exhibition at Blue Water Fine Art Gallery
Artist Reception: For the Love of Birds Exhibition Featuring Artist, Lydia Hess
Blue Water Fine Art Gallery is delighted to feature Resident Artist Lydia Hess as our Artist of the Month for February. Her newest mixed‑media works, created for our For the Love of Birds exhibition, celebrate the beauty, personality, and presence of the backyard birds that inspire her daily.
Artist Reception: For the Love of Birds
Thursday, February 5th • 5–7 pm
Open to the public • Light refreshments will be served
Join us for a warm and welcoming evening with Lydia as we celebrate her newest body of work. This reception offers a relaxed opportunity to meet the artist, explore her mixed‑media pieces up close, and enjoy an evening of art, conversation, and community connection.
We look forward to celebrating Lydia’s work — and the birds that inspire it — with you.
Lydia Hess's Interactive Hands-On Workshop
Join us at Blue Water Fine Art Gallery
Community Art Experience for The Love of Birds.
Hands‑On Art Experience with Lydia
Saturday, February 7th • Drop in anytime between 1pm –3 pm
Free community event • All materials provided
Enjoy a fun and interactive print‑making session led by Lydia. She’ll guide you through a creative immersion in form and color as you craft your own bird‑themed foam‑print keepsake card — perfect for your nature altar or to share with someone special. All ages are welcome, and no experience is needed.
This is a free community Art Experience offered in the spirit of celebrating — and caring for — the birds we love.
Featured Artists at Blue Water Fine Art Gallery
Rich Brooks, Photographer
Victoria Brooks, Plein Air Painter
Jennifer Bundy-Cobb, Pottery Artist
I love capturing the moment. I push myself to find unique or extreme environments to capture something special. Like all art, Photography is a never-ending learning process. To produce art you must put yourself out there for the world to see. It can be frustrating, but I relish the joy of the final product. I hope you enjoy the results of my learning.
Jennifer Bundy-Cobb, Pottery Artist
Victoria Brooks, Plein Air Painter
Jennifer Bundy-Cobb, Pottery Artist
My connection to clay began in childhood, with a formative class at King’s Lake Camp in the 1980s. Years later, while working in the insurance industry, I spent evenings immersed in ceramics at the University of Alaska Anchorage Community College—where I deepened my understanding of glaze chemistry, clay bodies, kiln firing, and the foundational rhythms of the craft.
After a long career in corporate life, I’ve returned to my creative roots—dividing my time between Washougal, WA and Rockaway Beach, OR, and embracing pottery alongside another lifelong passion: master’s swimming.
I work primarily with stoneware clay and mid-range commercial glazes. My aesthetic leans into bold patterns and bright, joyful colors—visual expressions of the energy and vibrancy I find in everyday life. Each piece is created to bring warmth and playfulness into the spaces we live in—whether that’s your kitchen table, garden path, or favorite windowsill.
Victoria Brooks, Plein Air Painter
Victoria Brooks, Plein Air Painter
Victoria Brooks, Plein Air Painter
Oregon-born Victoria Brooks' path from young art student to accomplished plein air painter and mentor is an inspiration to those who appreciate fine art and those who aspire to create work that speaks to the heart. Known for capturing the fleeting beauty of natural light and landscape, Victoria’s paintings reflect both emotional depth and technical mastery. Her journey continues to uplift fellow artists and admirers alike, making her a cherished figure in the world of outdoor painting.
Latisha Fernandez, Acrylic Painter
Debra Grace, Mixed Media Artist
Victoria Brooks, Plein Air Painter
A Rockaway Beach local, Latisha Fernandez uses acrylic on canvas to explore the intimate connection between nature and the human experience. Her work invites viewers to discover the healing power of the natural world. From childhood, writing and drawing were her outlets during life’s overwhelming moments. In 2018, aphasia changed her ability to express herself—but with support from friends and her therapist, painting emerged as a new voice. What began as personal exploration has grown into a practice that illuminates the emotional and natural worlds in harmony. Though new to exhibiting and selling her work, Latisha approaches each canvas with curiosity and intention, offering a quiet meditation and an invitation to pause, reflect, and reconnect.
Debra Grace, Mixed Media Artist
Debra Grace, Mixed Media Artist
Debra Grace, Mixed Media Artist
As a mixed media artist deeply rooted in the shifting rhythms of the Oregon Coast, I combine texture, color, and narrative to evoke a sense of place and memory. Using resin as a key medium, I capture light, depth, and movement—inviting viewers into layered landscapes that reflect nature’s fluid beauty and the stories we carry.
Dan Golden, Wood Craftsman
Debra Grace, Mixed Media Artist
Debra Grace, Mixed Media Artist
Dan specializes in intarsia, a wood mosaic art form where individual pieces are shaped, fitted, and glued into a base to create richly detailed designs. Rooted in 15th-century Italian tradition, intarsia showcases craftsmanship and precision. Dan enhances each piece using laser etching, cutting, and engraving, and has recently focused on refining shaping and finishing techniques for added intricacy. A pivotal moment came two and a half years ago, when he studied under Judy Gale Roberts—an inductee of the Wood Workers Hall of Fame—at her studio in Tennessee. His vision is to use the natural features and colors of wood and shape it to create more interesting and accurate art.
Kevin Golden, Wood Craftsman
Stacey Mairs, Handcrafted Jewelry
Kevin Golden, Wood Craftsman
Kevin has studied under some of the leading artists in intarsia, including a class with Judy Gale Roberts at JGR Studios in Tennessee. While there, he also worked closely with her assistant, Marianne, refining his cutting techniques. Kevin’s work blends traditional intarsia with modern technologies like laser cutting, engraving, scribing, and 3D printing—bringing precision and innovation to every piece.
Lydia Hess, Author-Illustrator
Stacey Mairs, Handcrafted Jewelry
Kevin Golden, Wood Craftsman
Lydia Hess looks to the natural world and iconic symbols for inspiration in her artwork. She has worked with carved clay-board, and block prints for many years as a commercial illustrator. After being introduced to the unexpected spontaneity of monotype printmaking, she was inspired to infuse these colorful, textural compositions with her graphic carved images. Lydia combines these graphic images with her monotypes in traditional and digital collage to create both abstract and representational works on paper.
Stacey Mairs, Handcrafted Jewelry
Stacey Mairs, Handcrafted Jewelry
Stacey Mairs, Handcrafted Jewelry
Based in Garibaldi, Oregon, Stacey Mairs creates handcrafted jewelry using sterling silver, beach stones, and gemstones. Each piece is meticulously hand-fabricated in her home studio, featuring hammered textures and hand-stamped patterns that highlight the artistry of the process. Inspired by natural landscapes, organic textures, and ancient designs, Stacey’s work reflects a deep appreciation for detail, tradition, and the beauty found in everyday materials.
Diane Veronica Smith, Glass Jewelry Artist
Robert Vaughan, Watercolorist Artist
Stacey Mairs, Handcrafted Jewelry
Born near Boston into a family of textile artisans, Diane Veronica Smith was immersed in creativity from an early age. Her love of art gradually evolved into a passion for glass, even as she pursued a long and compassionate career in nursing. For over twenty years, Diane nurtured her artistry alongside her vocation, ultimately focusing on lampwork glass—a medium that allowed her to transform molten color into intricate, expressive jewelry. Her intuitive ability to visualize designs in three dimensions gave her work a distinctive depth and elegance.
Diane’s pieces were exhibited in Massachusetts and Georgia before she relocated to Seal Rock, Oregon, where the coastal landscape inspired the oceanic themes and hues seen in her later work. Though she left this world too soon, her art continues to reflect her warmth, vision, and enduring love for life by the sea.
Robert Vaughan, Watercolorist Artist
Robert Vaughan, Watercolorist Artist
Robert Vaughan, Watercolorist Artist
Mastering the deceptively complex nature of watercolor has forever challenged me in ways that no other media could; the inherently unique quality that is the infinite variety of water, paper, pigment and brush; exploring the difference between ‘painting a watercolor’ and ‘painting WITH watercolor’; seeking a place that is simultaneously BOTH and NEITHER.
Artist Submission!
Blue Water Fine Art Gallery is always accepting new artist submissions if you are a local artist we want to hear from you!