Art in the Spotlight

Local artists Mark Svendsen and Deborah Marsh are sharing a spotlight show at the Yaquina Art Association Gallery through May 10.

Svendsen has won numerous awards for his landscape and wildlife photography in Northwest regional competitions, and currently has a show on display in the Newport Performing Arts Center of portraits taken in Afghanistan in the 1970s. He has been taking pictures his entire adult life, but credits membership in the Newport-based Yaquina Arts Association Photographers photo club with sharply expanding and deepening his store of photographic and creative skills.

In addition to coastal depictions, the show will feature images of wildlife from the Everglades and Yellowstone ecosystems and highlights images of three Native American dancers from the 2023 Siletz Nesika Illahee Pow-Wow.

Marsh has been creating art for several years and has been enjoying the free watercolor classes offered by the association. This will be her first show in the gallery.

The Yaquina Art Association Gallery is located in Nye Beach at 789 NW Beach Drive and is open daily from 11 am to 4 pm. For more information, go to yaquinaart.org.