Williams Gallery

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William's Gallery offers a wide selection of fine arts and crafts from a variety of local northwest and national artists; as well as other hand made items from around the world.

Bold colors, sensuous designs and texture are represented in ceramics, jewelry, wood, textiles, photography, original artworks, paintings and more. Beautiful, simple and real, each artisan's distinctive style carries an appeal of its own.

"It is our mission to bring joy into the lives of others through the beauty of fine arts & crafts" ~ Bill & Wendi Metzer ~

The wonderful contemporary oil pastel paintings of Northwest artist Jane Aukshunas.

Imbued at once with both a lush sensuality and an edgy geometry, Jane’s colorful, graphic landscapes hearken back to the 1930s’ Midwestern regionalist style of such artists as Thomas Hart Benton and Grant Wood. Her work has been likened to “Grant Wood on acid.” In her use of color, she identifies with the early 1900s European artists who were dubbed the Fauves (wild beasts) whose leading member was Henri Matisse. Other artists who influence her on an ongoing basis include Georgia O’Keeffe, Emily Carr, Paul Gauguin, Henri Rousseau, Wanda Ga’g, and Susan Bennerstrom.

Many of her works are displayed in hospitals and the offices of health professionals leads her to believe that she has captured that essence of tranquility and that the feeling tones in her art help to soothe people's emotions.