Brian Iverson and Susan Hazard are the featured artists at Port Townsend Gallery in July.

Iverson has been blowing glass in the Pacific Northwest for more than 25 years, and the Olympic Peninsula provides plenty of inspiration.

His technique involves both lampworking and furnace work, and every glass piece he creates is hand-blown and one-of-a-kind.

Lampworking is a type of glasswork where a torch is used to melt the glass. Such pieces are created solo and tend to be smaller in size, and pieces include turtles and fish. 

For larger pieces, Iverson works in a hotshop with a team using a furnace with temperatures reaching nearly 2000 degrees. The molten glass is formed and shaped into various items such as tumblers, bowls, and pumpkins.

Iverson’s collection at the gallery features fluted bowls in varying sizes, shapes, and colors along with a tidepool series and garden art. 

Hazard’s new series of paintings are exploring the subject of Nature vs. Humanity. 

Hazard, who has maintained a presence in Port Townsend since 2005, lived in Ireland in the early 1990s and returns often. She has exhibited work in the U.S., Wales, and Ireland, and is a returning member to the Port Townsend Gallery.

Drawing upon her background of living in Ireland, the landscapes and seascapes contrast the structures of human civilization contrasted with the pervasive influence of nature.  

Hazard works with oils or acrylics, using brushes for a different expression of marks, and a different effect and atmosphere. Bright, contrasting colors provide energy continuously present in her paintings.

The Port Townsend Gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily and by appointment. The gallery is located at 715 Water St.

For more gallery information, call 360-379-8110 or visit porttownsendgallery.com.