Intricate is the word for the collages and sculptures featured in the Kingston Art Gallery’s September show. Our  Second Saturday Gallery Night from 5-8 p.m. Sept. 13, celebrates the work of collage artist Marylyn Miller and sculptor Ed Weston. The evening features music by The Eclectics or Moejo and Clint, a wide variety art from our cooperative’s 18 artists, tasty treats from the artists’ gourmet kitchens and beverages.

Miller’s work should be experienced up close and personal. By layering paint and paper, she bestows a uniquely detailed perspective on landscapes and creatures from the Midwest and Northwest. Designing with tools such as sponges, brushes, rags, kitchen utensils and prints from tissue paper, her creativity flows. One’s imagination can go deeper and deeper into the whirl of subtle or bold shapes and color. Texture abounds.

Weston’s life-size sculpture of a dog debuted in the Fourth of July Parade. Come and meet the “Carney Duo.” Structure is key in his art and obvious in his pencil illustrations. His various media over the years have included weaving, painting, cast bronze and stone and woodcarving. Recently retired after 27 years at the Puget Sound Naval Station as a radiological control technician, sculpture is his focus for this show.

The gallery’s new adjoining neighbor, the Learning Center for the Arts at Cleo’s Landing is a sparkling, inviting space for teaching and taking classes, holding meetings and social events. Our experience with classes so far has been so much fun with so much learned! Consider offering or taking a class. Call the gallery at (360) 297-5133 or go to www.cleoslanding.com for information.