February at Whidbey Art Gallery
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What the Island Teaches me...
Our February members show is based on a poem by Dallas Huth titled ‘What the Island Teaches Me”. The works of our members were inspired by her words. You won’t want to miss this special month long event. Please stop by during art walk Saturday, Feb. 2 from 5-7pm to meet the artists and enjoy light refreshments. What the Island Teaches Me
Every rise in the road reveals snow-etched mountains. All roads lead to the sea. Every beach has secrets to be ferreted out, a secluded patch of sand, anemones in tide pools, a lone loon just off-shore, mussels in purple clusters. From the beach I watch ferries carrying people halfway coming, halfway going. I understand why they come but not why they leave. There is so much to do – walk and breathe and pick up a rock. |
Dallas Huth lives on Whidbey Island with her dog Stella, near her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She attended the Universities of Kentucky and Hawaii and received a degree in psychology from Humbolt University. At the age of 80, when she thought she knew it all, she realized she could still learn a few tricks and published a collection of poems, You CAN Teach an Old Bitch New Tricks.
Her other poetry books are I Come from Kentucky and heart stone haiku. Her poems have been published in the Santa Fe Literary Review, Waving, Not Drowning, and the Harwood Anthology. She received fist prize in poetry and in all divisions from the Whidbey Island Writer’s Association.
Her other poetry books are I Come from Kentucky and heart stone haiku. Her poems have been published in the Santa Fe Literary Review, Waving, Not Drowning, and the Harwood Anthology. She received fist prize in poetry and in all divisions from the Whidbey Island Writer’s Association.