Gallery North announces its January Featured Exhibit “In With the New” featuring potter, Skip Schwartz.

Skip Schwartz was looking for a creative outlet after retiring from the sea as a tugboat captain. Inspired by a friend’s beautiful work, he began his career by taking pottery classes at Edmonds Community College. He prefers classic shapes with an Asian ascetic.  “I find that my pottery is heavily influenced by the pottery I encountered while sailing around the Pacific Rim,” says Skip. Over the years he has honed his skills and now in his studio is in Edmonds, WA, he specializes in wheel-thrown pieces, created under the watchful supervision of his cat, Stormy.

In addition to Skip Schwartz’s pottery, all member artists of the gallery were challenged to create something new, which had never been shown at the Gallery North before. Artists will try a new medium, subject, style, or just create a brand new piece. It will be fun to see what they create.