Sunday in the Park (detail) by Mimi Ortiz
Small Expressions:
a show for the giving season
November 20, 2025 - January 5,2026
Jeanette Best Gallery
701 Water Street, Port Townsend, Washington
Come and explore what artists can do inside 16 inches, in any direction, in any medium.
In this annual exhibition, more than 40 Pacific Northwest makers have dazzled us with hundreds of compact creations.
This is a show that encourages the giving of art as we celebrate the holidays! As painter and Small Expressions participant Cezanne Alexander says, sharing art "ignites a chain reaction of joy," from artist to giver to receiver.
Northwind Art received more than 600 entries to this year's Small Expressions. Thank you to our jurors, Port Townsend artists Margaret Woodcock and Diane Urbani and the Northwind Art Exhibits Team, who combed through them all, to select a total of 205 pieces. They range from plein air paintings to mixed-media pieces to jewelry and beyond: creativity writ large in a small space.
Small Expressions is a dynamic show: As art buyers take home their purchases, fresh artwork is rotated into the gallery. Throughout the exhibit, all available work can be seen here on our website under the Shop heading.
Congratulations to Debra Olson of Port Townsend for her assemblage, "The Curious Keepsake Cache," winner of the Jurors' Choice Award — and thank you to all of the artists and art lovers participating in this yearly exhibit!