Welcome to Ebbtide Gallery! Showcasing incredible talent and celebrating local South Sound artists for over 40 years!
Ebb Tide Gallery Call to Artists
How do I become a member?
Are you a local artist interested in showing your art in the heart of downtown Gig Harbor? Apply to be an Ebb Tide member! Let's chat about getting you a spot in Ebb Tide Gallery.
The gallery provides a beautiful, light filled space in a prime location. Not to mention being a part of our supportive artist community.
To find out more, click the link below.
Call to Guest Artists for Summer Showcase
How do I become a guest artist?
CALL FOR GUEST ARTISTS
This summer, Ebb Tide Gallery, located in Gig Harbor’s charming historic waterfront district, is offering one-month guest artist opportunities. Each month, we’ll feature one local 2D or 3D artist in our gallery as part of our new SUMMER SHOWCASE program—our way of celebrating and supporting our vibrant local art community.
GUEST ARTIST BENEFITS
· Prime Location: Display your work for one month in a popular artist owned gallery situated in the picturesque Gig Harbor downtown waterfront area.
· Community & collaboration: Get support from current gallery artists in a friendly environment and gain exposure through gallery advertising.
· Reception Event: Your own 2-hour artist reception.
REQUIREMENTS & COMMITMENTS
· Selection process: Guest artists are selected based on artwork screening and an in-person interview.
· Time Commitment: 1-month contract period. Guest artists agree to install and remove their art within the 1-month period.
· Fees & Commission: Rent fee of $75; Gallery retains 20% pre-tax commission on all work sold.
· Business & tax compliance: Artists are responsible for reporting and paying WA State sales tax.
HOW TO APPLY
1. Complete & Return the Application to the Gallery. Application available at the gallery, at ebbtideart.com, or simply contact us (see below).
2. Submit 4-5 gallery-ready samples of your art to the gallery for jurying.
3. Interview: If accepted, schedule a short in-person interview with our screening committee.
TO APPLY OR LEARN MORE:
CONTACT: Darby Twight
Phone: 503-917-7403
Email: twightdarby@gmail.com
FEATURED ARTIST of the MONTH for AUGUST
Jennifer Appleby; Watercolor, mixed media, pen and ink
As far back as I can remember I have enjoyed creating. Resisting formal instruction as a child, I unexpectedly found my home in the Art Department during my college years and ended up earning a Bachelor’s degree in Art: Mixed Media. My formal training opened opportunities for a broad range of artistic mediums, such as leaded glass, watercolor, ceramics, and sculpture. Since then, the adventures of life have kept the majority of my focus. In the last few years, I began to reacquaint myself with the creative world through pen and ink, as well as, watercolor. I am excited to see where this new path leads.
Guest artist- SUMMER SHOWCASE - for AUGUST
Kelly Allard
Experience Ebb Tide Summer Showcase
Ebb Tide’s exciting new summer guest artist series
We’re thrilled to continue Ebb Tide's Summer Showcase - an exciting new program celebrating the talent and creativity of our local art community! Each month this summer, we’ll showcase the work of a local guest artist hand-selected by gallery members to bring new dimensions of color and light to our walls. It’s our way of encouraging emerging local artists and highlighting some of the incredible talent that surrounds us.
Are YOU a local artist who would like to be considered for gallery space this summer? Stop into the gallery, give us a call, or drop us an email for more information.
Upcoming Event
This month, we're delighted to feature the art of Kelly Allard.
Introducing Ebb Tide's Newest Artist
Rebecca Ledger
Ebb Tide continues to add new, amazing artists to its roster. Meet Rebecca Ledger.
Like any well-developed watercolor painting, it is through the process of layering that depth is created. As such, my evolution as an artist required progression through many of life's stages.
As a child who grew up watching "All Creatures Great and Small" and reading Beatrix Potter stories, and who aspired to veterinary school, I drew horses and felines in endless iterations, until I intuitively understood the anatomy of each.
In college, colored pencil drawing served as a therapeutic distraction from over-preparing for exams. The elective courses I pursued in the summer were most reflective of my passions and future pursuits -- Photography 101 and Alpine Plant Ecology. I was already an avid hiker and rarely without a camera.
After college, I knew I wanted to carve out an artistic life, but I also was enraptured with gardening. I gardened for others, worked in plant nurseries, and propagated native plants in my own garden, alongside exquisite ornamentals. I began to explore watercolor -- my mother's chosen medium. The relinquishing of control, during wet-in-wet painting, captivated me the most, and I felt that I could create more quickly, while letting go of the excessive detail inherent in my colored pencil works.
My husband and I "bought the farm" around 2008, which included a parched horse pasture and a simple barn. Alongside food crops, my predominantly native plantings and our flock of ducks established a verdant ecosystem, which has matured into a sanctuary for wildlife and a well-spring of awe and inspiration.
I began working in bookkeeping and studying accounting, and as the pace of my life picked up, photography was the glue that held my artistic aspirations together . . . and on truly extraordinary mornings, sometimes made me late to work. It kept my compositional skills sharp and helped me capture moments of wonder as they unfolded around me.
In 2021, I circled back for an artistic "renaissance," this time wise to business, and feeling that I had a wealth of material to express. Finally, I decided that painting was a non-negotiable part of my day, and that the time was ripe for a seasonable unfolding.
