39th Annual Stormy Weather Arts Festival

About the gallery

Bronze Coast Gallery has been in operation for over 30 years and represents more than 50 artists from the Northwest and beyond. It offers a wide variety of sculpture, from classic limited-edition bronze to innovative contemporary artwork and unique paintings. The gallery is delighted to once again take part in Cannon Beach’s annual Stormy Weather Arts Festival, hosting four of its remarkably talented artists.

Meet the artists

Melissa Cooper

By the age of 17, Melissa Cooper had spent ten years working in a foundry, helping to support her sculptor father’s bronze work. That gave her an invaluable education in bronze from the ground up, and she can visualize a complex design and bring it to reality. Her widely collected wildlife art is known for its graceful shape and, as the artist puts it, “fluffy and robust” charm. An impressionistic style suits the bodies of her creatures, but the faces are detailed to give each animal spirit and personality.

David Crawford

Growing up among cattle ranchers, David Crawford didn’t take art too seriously and focused his creative energy on functional objects. He earned a bachelor’s degree in art from Eastern Oregon University and began his art career in Portland. Three years later he moved to Enterprise, Oregon, where both of his sons were born. He started out in furniture and gradually moved to working primarily in bronze. In 1993 his family moved to Halfway, Oregon, where he maintains his studio and the foundry where he casts his work.

Crystal Lockwood

Based in Washington State, Crystal Lockwood began sculpting at 17, apprenticing under Sigmund de Tonancour. For the past 36 years she has won numerous awards in exhibits on the West Coast and in Hawaii. She is well known for ethereal, metamorphic sculptures of the human figure, created from found driftwood. She personally selects each piece of wood for its natural energy and flow, and works the human form into it. Crystal has also expanded her practice to include stone and bronze sculpture.

Robert Rogers

Robert Rogers is inspired by many cultures and historic lore, and greatly influenced by his visits to the great art meccas of Europe. For more than 40 years he has designed and created fine jewelry as an art and an expression of love for the craft. His highly detailed work reflects his skills as both a jeweler and a master wax carver. His pieces are layered by the making itself and by a descriptive storyline that develops with the feeling and passion of each piece as it is created.

Featured artists

Joanne Shellan

Michael Orwick

Bev Jozwiak

About the exhibition

Internationally renowned landscape and nature photographer Randall J Hodges will be in Images of the West for the entire weekend of the Stormy Weather Arts Festival, November 6–8, 2026. The gallery features his latest work on gallery wrapped canvas, Chromaluxe metal prints on aluminum, Lumachrome HD acrylic prints, and professional luster paper. It will also be stocked full of 2027 calendars, note cards, puzzles, and Randall’s book, Images of the West.

Featured artist

Internationally renowned landscape and nature photographer.

About the exhibition

To celebrate the 2026 Stormy Weather Arts Festival, the Jeffrey Hull Gallery will feature Hull’s newest original work and prints. Jeff started painting in his teens, but focused on his fascination with watercolors over 50 years ago and never looked back. These days he works in both watercolor and oil, and his command of painting and love for the Pacific Northwest Coast place the viewer directly into scenes of sandy beaches, wind-sculpted trees, and dramatic cliffs draped in coastal mist. The gallery has been a part of the Stormy Weather Arts Festival since it began, the same year the gallery opened in 1987.

Featured artist

Watercolor and oil paintings of the Pacific Northwest Coast, along with prints.

Featured artists

Sara Fine

Ceramic sculpture

Tamara Goldsmith

Stained glass

Lorrie Vogel

Encaustic painting

Greg Scott

Illustration & painting

Microcosm: Annual Miniature Art Show

Microcosm, the Cannon Beach Arts Association’s (CBAA) annual members’ miniature exhibition, celebrates the creativity and imagination of working small. Featuring artwork 6 × 6 inches or smaller, the exhibition invites artists to explore tiny landscapes, everyday moments, imagined worlds, delicate details, and whimsical discoveries.

Join the exhibition

Microcosm is a non-juried exhibition open to CBAA members. Visit the Cannon Beach Arts Association website to learn how to join the exhibition as an artist.

From the exhibition

About the exhibition

White Bird kicks off the festival with a group exhibition of mixed media work, including pieces made from repurposed books, found objects, clay, illuminated glass, and photography. Several artists are showing here for the first time.

Meet the artists

Valerie Savarie

Book carving demo and Sunday workshop

Transforms vintage books by cutting, carving, and stitching them into one-of-a-kind wall sculptures, each one telling its own story.

Watch her carve on Saturday, 11:00am–2:00pm, or join her Sunday workshop at the Cannon Beach History Center, 10:00am–2:00pm. Sign up for the workshop

Carolyn Autenrieth

New to the gallery

Pairs natural forms in porcelain with discarded rusty metal like shipyard chain, sprockets, and valve wheels.

Roger Ricco

Guest artist

A well-known New York photographer whose still lifes capture primal moments of engagement rather than the objects themselves.

Dmitri Swain

Gallery artists

Makes quirky assemblage and character sculptures.

Robin & John Gumaelius

Make imaginative ceramic and metal sculptures.

Milo Snyder

New to the gallery

Makes complex geometric and botanical glass forms that are lit from within.

Erika Lino

Special weekend presentation

Shows ceramics made during two months in residency at the Gumaelius studio, presented with work by longtime gallery artists Robin & John Gumaelius.

Featured artists

From the gallery