Janet Laurel exhibit closes Friday

Janet Laurel’s show at Cassera Gallery Stanwood, “Flowers, poems, birds, frogs & bones,” closes April 12.

A lifetime resident of the Pacific Northwest, Laurel pursued art as a means to express her love of nature with an emphasis on Asian art and philosophy. Her talent was made classic through schooling in calligraphy and Sumi painting with noted artist George Tsutakawa. The ancient technique of Sumi became her favorite form of artistic expression with its sweeping, shaded lines providing the perfect medium for intense vision; affording her the ability to dance between East and West.

Many of he...