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    Painter Alan Sanborn’s watercolor palette rests in his workspace at home in Arcata on First Friday Art Night during North Coast Open Studios.
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    Painter Alan Sanborn, of Arcata, began a new watercolor in the good light falling over his workspace at home in Arcata on First Friday Art Night.
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    Artist Michelle Murphy-Ferguson at her studio in Eureka on First Friday Art Night during North Coast Open Studios.
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    Artist Michelle Murphy-Ferguson at her studio in Eureka.
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    Artist Laura Keenados displayed her work at Old Town Ink Lab, a shared space in Eureka.
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    Model Monica Blacklock, of Eureka, stopped by to see her portrait by Stock Schlueter in the Schlueter Gallery in Eureka on First Friday Art Night.
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    Painter Stock Schlueter greeted model Monica Blacklock, of Eureka, who stopped by to see her portrait painted by Schlueter in the Schlueter Gallery in Eureka.
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    Artist Linda Mitchell displayed work, including her own, from 13 local women artists at the Mitchell Gallery in Eureka on First Friday Art Night, part of North Coast Open Studios.
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    Plein air artists Paul and Nancy Rickard opened their C Street Studio space to show their atmospheric watercolor and pastel paintings in Eureka on First Friday Art Night. The ribbon hanging on the wall behind them among the paintings delineates where Nancy’s work ends and Paul’s work begins.
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    Artist Jennifer Liu happened to be in her C Street Studio space in Eureka to share her plein air and studio work on North Coast Open Studios First Friday Art Night.
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    Artist Patricia Sennott displayed her botanical cyanotypes with watercolor along with her other work in her workspace at the StewART Studios in the basement of the old Stewart School in Arcata on Saturday. Sennott and other StewArt Studio artists will soon have to exit this location and find new workspace as Cal Poly Humboldt has purchased the building.
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    Artist Joyce Jonté standing next to her watercolor floral paintings and other work, welcomed visitors one last time into StewART Studios in the basement of the old Stewart School in Arcata on Saturday. Jonté and other StewArt Studio artists will soon have to exit this location and find new workspace as Cal Poly Humboldt has purchased the building.
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    Artist Laura Corsiglia displayed her work at the StewART Studios in the basement of the old Stewart School in Arcata during Saturday’s North Coast Open Studios. Corsiglio and other StewArt Studio artists will soon have to exit this location and find new workspace as Cal Poly Humboldt has purchased the building.
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    Artists Joyce Jonté (top left), Laura Corsiglia, Patricia Sennott and Carol Anderson gathered for a group photo one last time outside the StewART Studios at the old Stewart School in Arcata during Saturday’s North Coast Open Studios. These long-time StewArt Studio artists and others, including Libby George, will soon have to exit this location and find new workspace as Cal Poly Humboldt has purchased the building.
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    Industrial artist, metal sculptor and blacksmith Monica Coyne opened her workspace for the first time for North Coast Open Studios in Arcata on Saturday to display her work and share her progress on her next commission for the Metal Museum in Memphis.
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    Pottery artist Peggy Loudon paused in a Saturday walkthrough of her Arcata studio during North Coast Open Studios to talk about her busy work schedule and her latest wheel-thrown, high-fired ceramic projects.
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    Artist and custom knife-maker Jason Lopiccolo demonstrated a step in his work process in his shared Ericson Way workspace in Arcata during Saturday’s North Coast Open Studios.
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    Artist and knife-maker Jason Lopiccolo displayed his custom handmade kitchen and outdoor knives in his shared Ericson Way workspace in Arcata during Saturday’s North Coast Open Studios.
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    From steel blank to finished kitchen knife — a view of artist and knife-maker Jason Lopiccolo’s shared Ericson Way workspace in Arcata during Saturday’s North Coast Open Studios.
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    Wood artist Eric Christian of Wild Jasmine Creations demonstrated how he creates his wood-made kitchen art and tools like this Helical Weave design at the Trinidad Art Gallery during Saturday’s North Coast Open Studios.