The Port Ludlow Art League has announced its artist and jeweler of the month for January.

The artist of the month is Pamela Raine, and the jeweler is Katie Jablonski.

Raine’s latest artwork includes paintings in two different abstract styles: traditional abstract art and abstract landscapes. Traditional abstract art achieves its effect using shapes, forms, colors, and textures. Abstract landscapes are often an abstract interpretation of a real or imagined landscape.

The Port Ludlow Art League hosts weekly critiques via the videoconferencing platform Zoom for those artists interested in abstract art, and Raine credits the critiques as the impetus to grow as an artist and create art during the pandemic.

Jablonski, the jeweler of the month for January, is inspired by nature and the expressions of life that flow from the materials she uses. She spreads her message of peace through artistic expression and love of all Northwestern inhabitants of the land and sea.

Jablonski works with a variety of precious and semi-precious minerals and gems from raw opals to crystals. Silver, copper, and bronze is casted using the lost-wax process in a kiln and sometimes included in her wire wrapping and beading. 

Enamels are layered to create earrings, pins, and uniquely-inspired objects of art. Repousse, a metalworking technique, is used to bring depth, textures, and details. Jablonski’s latest jewelry and Raine’s newest artwork can be viewed at Sound Community Bank and online at www.portludlowart.org.

Sound Community Bank is located at the corner of Oak Bay Road and Osprey Ridge Drive in Port Ludlow. Those interested in purchasing art or jewelry can email info@portludlowart.org to make a sales appointment.