I happened upon this photo opportunity on the way back from the airport. The cloud formation was something I had never seen before and I knew just the place to get a great shot. I was fortunate to have the formation stay as I sped to the farmland I intended to take the picture.

Mums floating on a reflection pond.

I took this picture with my iPhone 12Pro in October of 2021. The accordionist was playing Bella Ciao, an old workers song about the hardships of rice growing and harvest in Industrial Era Italy.

I enjoy working with a variety of mediums & find that art offers a great balance to the intense focus required by my work in healthcare.

I enjoy working with a variety of mediums & find that art offers a great balance to the intense focus required by my work in healthcare.

An abstract vantage point of Chicago skyrises. Dan Nolin is a photography major at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.

In January of 2020, right before the COVID-19 hit I was lucky enough to travel to Chernobyl on a photography trip. This mural was made by an Australian street artist, Guido van Helton in 2016. It was the first official art allowed in the exclusion zone, it is in the unfinished cooling tower for reactor #5. The mural is based on a photograph by Igor Kostin, who documented the aftermath of the disaster. When I took the picture, I had no idea that I would see my fellow healthcare workers with similar expressions.

West Seattle

Cannon Beach, Oregon

Taken with an instant camera which made the photo look like a blast from the past. Flatiron building style, Gas Town, Vancouver BC 2018.

I took this picture September 11th 2017 when I attended the Memorial Ceremony. My brother in law FF Leon Smith Jr. FDNY 205/Ladder 118 was the first team from Brooklyn, N.Y. to respond. That day they lost firefighters Vernon Cherry,Leon Smith, Joey Agnello, Robert Regan, Peter Vega, and Scot Davidson. May they Rest In Peace. You are not forgotten.

A view from the 8^th floor sky bridge on a winter morning.

"Mandarin Duck's Reflection"

Soo Goh-Baus, RN, Trauma-Surgical ICU

"Baby Green Heron's Reflection"

Soo Goh-Baus, RN, Trauma-Surgical ICU

"Woodduck's Reflection"

Soo Goh-Baus, RN, Trauma-Surgical ICU

I was on a trip with my 14yr old son and came upon this Drake puffed up with importance of being entrusted with guarding the nest. Quick snap love the reflections.

On a horseback trail ride in Maui, Hawaii and was honored to see the making of a rainbow over the ocean. I had seen rainbows before none as beautiful as in Hawaii, but never the making swirl over the ocean of one. Our guide told us of the legend of the rainbow warriors who ride the ocean waves. This is my attempt to do it justice via a mobile phone quick snapshot.

We were told that this Ti Plant is good luck and planted at the 4 corners of our vacation Island home to ward off the evil spirits. This photo was taken coming in from playing a hot sweaty pickle ball game due to a typical tropical short lived rain shower drench--the rain drops were so big they reflected magically.

Taken along Alberta highway, Canon 5Dii and Zeiss 21mm lens.

Taken at Mt. Rainier National park, reflection lake at sunrise, Canon 5Dii and Zeiss 21mm lens.

Chicago Skyline from Shedd Aquarium during 9/11/2011 in commemoration of 911. If you look at the red building at middle left you can see American flag and 911.

A summer day hike up the mountain meadows of Sauk Mountain with the Skagit River in the background.

The sun's morning rays give a magnificent alpenglow on Cathedral Peak.

Our puppy, Luna, is enjoying the ride on a stand up paddleboard in Coldwater Lake, which is near Mt St Helens.

A day trip with my tripod to Mount Rainier National Park led me to this beautiful scene of Tipsoo Lake. The silver linings of the clouds reminded me that even during hard and difficult times we can often discover the most beauty.

I took this infamous photo of Stowe, Vermont when I was leaf peeping this past October. It was on my bucket list to take this exact picture, which captures the distinct, quaint charm of the New England region.

I was lucky to grow up in the beautiful town of Joseph, Oregon, often referred to as “God’s Country.” The picturesque Wallowa Mountains, glacial lake, art industry and wildlife is a uniquely magical place that I still call home.

Awaiting the results of a test procedure my mind drifted back to sailing fair waters under tall white clouds. Taken at First Hill & Costa Rica Pacifica Coast.

Organ loft beneath the Flentrop trumpet pipes playing Bach’s most famous fugue.

Sunset Hill Neighborhood Front Yard Art Show.

This photograph is sunset from the Magnolia Bluff at Discovery Park on 1/22/2022. My favorite part is the sun reflecting off the foliage in the lower right.

This photograph shows Downtown Seattle and Lake Union at night and was my first attempt at a nighttime cityscape 9/7/2020.

This photograph is (late) sunrise from Kerry Park on 1/9/2022.

"Seattle Lights"

Anthony Jones, RN, OR

"Three Fingers"

Anthony Jones, RN, OR

"Dragonfly"

Anthony Jones, RN, OR

"Belle and Beau Fun in the Snow"

William Vallieres, Biomed, Clinical Engineering

"Maine Lighhouse"

William Vallieres, Biomed, Clinical Engineering

"Winter Berries"

William Vallieres, Biomed, Clinical Engineering

A shot of Mount Adams taken from Trout Lake early one Autumn morning.

A black and white of the well-known waterfall found in the Columbia River Gorge, Oregon.

A small sailboat on Kane’ohe Bay, Oahu.

My identity as a daughter of Vietnamese boat refugees is deeply personal to me, and Tet (Lunar New Year) has been a special way my family celebrates our cultural identity. These pieces were inspired by remnants of my warm and vibrant memories of Tet. Tet festivities have always been a period of spiritual abundance- welcoming peace, prosperity, good health, and joy into our homes and community spaces. We light incense, decorate and lay out fruit on our altars as an act of extending ancestral remembrance and honor. While this tradition encompasses a focused and nostalgic recalling of our past, present, and future, I also hoped to capture its playful and lively nature.

"Golden Hour"

David Otai, Custodian, EVS

"Golden Hour 1"

David Otai, Custodian, EVS

This is a piece I made during a course on Pacific Coastal Native Arts at the University of Washington. Our assignment was to carve a ladle, but otherwise we were allowed to make anything. The class was led by one of my favorite professors named Marvin Oliver, who taught us how to make our own tools including forged steel adze blades and the birch wood handles we fastened them to. Birch wood.

Three pens of different styles made from acrylic (left and right) and ebony wood (middle).

Bowl made from Bolivian Rosewood.

"What Can You Fit On A 4x4 Gauze?"

Susan Finch, RN, 8E Burns

I am an Army Veteran and started macrame as a form of occupational therapy. I have worked hard to refine my skills in multipool fibre arts. One of my favorite projects are macrame hangining shelves.

This is the third plague nurse I have created; each has been individualized to reflect the nurse’s alma mater and hair color. Plague Nurse #3 was created for another fellow Burn ICU RN. Free pattern design by Night Spirit Studio. Cross-stitched on 14 ct Aida, dimensions 4 in x 5 ¾ in

I’ve been a biostatistician at the UW since 1992, working on Alzheimer’s disease and cognitive aging in the department of General Internal Medicine since 2004. As a quilter, I tend to be interested in the interplay between closely-related fabrics, as in Balance.

I finally embraced contrasting colors in Laura Learns Contrast.

About the piece: 2020 was a different year for all of us. I swapped my paint brushes, pens and pencils for a sewing machine. I made some 500 fabric masks (mostly for donation), and the scraps from this endeavor ended up forming this project - a scrap quilt. What is special about this design is that it was handed down from my grandmother to my mother, and then from my mother to me. It involves sewing 2" strips of fabric to paper, using the paper as a guide to cut the sewn quilt square, then removing the paper to leave just the sewn fabric block. This twin sized quilt is made up of 88 square blocks.

Created as a birthday gift for my son. Cross stitch.

Created during the pandemic for therapy. Diamond art.

This was a gift to my mom. I love sewing and other fiber crafts, and loved working with this fabric!

"Fingerless Gloves w/ Detachable Mitten Tops"

Rhoda Williams, Business Operations Supervisor, Admitting

Decorative and Fun Knits

"Embroidered Fingerless Gloves"

Rhoda Williams, Business Operations Supervisor, Admitting

This year, I spent a lot of time crafting with my kids during the winter holiday, helping them create their own pieces and doing a few of my own. These felt decorations were my expression of the color, light and festivities we enjoyed during that time.

This year, I spent a lot of time crafting with my kids during the winter holiday, helping them create their own pieces and doing a few of my own. These felt decorations were my expression of the color, light and festivities we enjoyed during that time.

I am part of the UW Comfort Care Quilting group that makes quilts to give patients and their families facing the end of life. These quilts are a community effort with different people working on each phase of creation. This quilt face is one that I sewed together but was designed by another volunteer, Andra Sawyer. It will go on to be backed, tied and edged before “finding its person,” as we say. I feel it’s a beautiful example of integrating community art into patient care.

I enjoy detail handwork with tools and am also drawn to the look of age, weathering, imperfections. I can tap into both through jewelry making. These beads are very old glass, and originally, they composed a graduated single strand necklace. I saw the potential for a fringe design in the gradation of the beads and this is the result. The spherical bead in the fringe’s center was another old glass bead I happened to have on hand. The piece has a lot of movement and a bit of weight to it, which I think feels nice. Czech glass beads and brass findings.

I love rock, stone, glass. These two pieces combine very old glass components with some larger quartz pieces. The colors of the blue necklace were difficult to capture. I set the three, teardrop-shaped, faceted stones in the center in some matching settings I was able to find. They are a marbled, dark lavender color. The blue glass beads are also finely marbled. Overall, the colors of this particular necklace have a soothing effect which I like, and combined with the movement of the piece, reminds me of both the calmness and fluidity of water. Czech and German glass beads and cabochons, quartz stone, brass findings.

I am an artist physician and started real painting in childhood with pencil color, watercolor and oil color. Now I am a radiology resident and doing medical illustrations for my research and educational projects. Color pencil painting on paper.

I am an artist physician and started real painting in childhood with pencil color, watercolor and oil color. Now I am a radiology resident and doing medical illustrations for my research and educational projects. Oil color painting on canvas.

I picked up painting as a hobby about 2 years ago and I've enjoyed spending hours focused on the canvas. I find inspiration paintings and try to copy them using my own colors and brushstrokes. I saw a picture of this piece in a magazine and loved how colorful it is. I hope to keep improving and try oil paintings next! Acrylic painting.

It’s super fun (and frustrating at the same time) to play with water, paints, and brushes! Food, Nature, Animals, and Classical Music are my love. Watercolor painting.

It’s super fun (and frustrating at the same time) to play with water, paints, and brushes! Food, Nature, Animals, and Classical Music are my love. Watercolor painting.

I use photographs as reference for my paintings based on the 17th century European Baroque style of realism. Like artists of the Baroque, my items for still life or nature are carefully selected and arranged for color, shape, texture, and placement. I aim to combine the spirit of the Baroque with the tasks of the modern Photorealist. We acknowledge the efforts, devotion, and skill of Dr. Lynch who guides us through the stressful times of the pandemic. He facilitated our vaccines and works tirelessly to keep staff and patients safe. This watercolor painting was done for him in appreciation.

This is a portrait of my friend Sheryl Feldman. She is a writer, filmmaker, climate change activist, and co-founder of Hedgebrook, a women’s writers retreat on Whidbey Island. 32x32, oil on canvas.

This diptych is of my friend who underwent prophylactic mastectomies for BRCA gene mutation. Her decision not to undergo reconstructive surgery was informed in part by her work as a mathematician researching game theory. Diptych, 66x40, oil on linen board.

This piece was created with the inspiration of the mountains, trees, and landscape of the Pacific Northwest. The piece I've shared hangs at the Pioneer Square Clinic. I've been painting for about 5 years now and I do a lot of nature paintings and sometimes tribal art. 14 x 14 Acrylic painting.

Growing up, I did not have the confidence to show any of my art to anyone. But watching artist Bob Ross’ show, and hearing his positive outlook, made me realize that every painter is unique. My husband’s encouragements also helped boost my confidence.

This scene reminds me of autumn, when the green fades away. Take the time to sit and look around. See the beauty around us in nature; and look too for the positive in every person you meet.

This painting was made using a Rust-Oleum Oil Based Protective Enamel paint. It’s a very thin and very shiny paint. I mix the colors and allow it to drip down the canvas. Oil paint on canvas with a wood frame. 39" x 3".

EM research coordinator by day, zealous dog portraitist by night. Majestic Tank was the first of many – I like color. Acrylic on Canvas.

Peach is a recent work, a warm expression of love, in even the most gremlin lookalikes. Acrylic on Canvas.

I named her “Rosie” as I made it for another Respiratory Therapist here at Harborview, named Rose, when she graduated from yoga teacher training. This painting is a reminder of how we sometimes perceive ourselves and our reality as an onslaught of isolated points, rarely appreciating the totality of what we are and what surrounds us. I started making dot paintings as a way of meditation to slow mind down after difficult work shifts or weeks.

This painting reminds me of mother nature and our sometimes unfathomable existence in the grander scheme of the cosmos. I started making dot paintings as a way of meditation to slow mind down after difficult work shifts or weeks.

In the midst of the COVID pandemic, a road trip that led us through the Grand Tetons National Park offered so many beautiful moments of peace, restoration, and connectedness with the world. My hope in creating this work is to share a sense of that priceless gift. Watercolor.

I am inspired by the ways in which we rise above life's challenges to find joy and connection, especially in these current times. In this brief slice of a summer in isolation, the free-spirited expressiveness of my beautiful reference model embodied just that. Watercolor.

I love traveling and exploring new places. These are a few memories from my adventures abroad. Acrylic on Canvas.

I love traveling and exploring new places. These are a few memories from my adventures abroad. Acrylic on Canvas.

I am an amateur with paint and have been painting more after work since COVID to relax. Watercolor on paper.

I am an amateur with paint and have been painting more after work since COVID to relax. Acrylic on canvas

I started my art hobby three years ago with Colored pencils, Watercolor and Gouache painting. I painted more than 100 pieces in the past three years and I picked three of them for the HMC Art Show. Gouache.

I started my art hobby three years ago with Colored pencils, Watercolor and Gouache painting. I painted more than 100 pieces in the past three years and I picked three of them for the HMC Art Show. Watercolor.

"Longmire Snow"

Mary Ovrebo, EEG Technologist

"Path to the Sea"

Mary Ovrebo, EEG Technologist

"Coastal Study"

Mary Ovrebo, EEG Technologist

"Running River"

Maria Cudejkova, RN3, Operating Room

"Moving Lava"

Maria Cudejkova, RN3, Operating Room

"Fire in the Sky"

Maria Cudejkova, RN3, Operating Room

"After the Donuts"

Connie Mao, MD, Attending Physician Women's Clinic

"Homage to Harry the Barred Owl"

Connie Mao, MD, Attending Physician Women's Clinic

"Listening to Lennon"

Connie Mao, MD, Attending Physician Women's Clinic

"The Way of Light #1"

Sherman Buck, Patient Care Coordinator Gamma Knife Center

"The Way of Light #2"

Sherman Buck, Patient Care Coordinator Gamma Knife Center

"The Way of Light #3"

Sherman Buck, Patient Care Coordinator Gamma Knife Center

This is in a series of portraits of icons that my eldest son requested. Oil on canvas.

This was based on a photograph of a good friend of mine that she took when we hiked out to the Big 4 Ice Caves on her birthday a few years ago. Oil on canvas.

This is part of the Icon series that I am working on.

"Humming Birds"

Hilary MacGregor, RN, Pioneer Square Clinic

"3 Crows"

Hilary MacGregor, RN, Pioneer Square Clinic

"Dive"

Hilary MacGregor, RN, Pioneer Square Clinic

We all could use a little more peace within and remember that riches are not always measured in silver and gold. This piece was painted with acrylic paint.

The noise will drown out the chaos. I painted this abstract piece with acrylic paint in 2020.

I have liked pinstriping since I was very young and recently decided to start practicing. This was a collaboration (I did not draw the truck).

Ceramic tile with gold leaf borders and centers, pinstriped with enamel paint in brown & orange. 4" x 16".

I recently have given pointillism a try. This is one of my first larger pieces that I have completed in a series inspired by human anatomy. I have enjoyed being creative as a hobby and means of relaxation. I like to try out new mediums including acrylic paint, miniature painting, pyrography, and digital art. Pen on paper.

Second in the anatomy series. Pen on paper.

Some small moments remain unchanged, and are more significant for their relative ordinariness. Creative work is my meditation, and it allows me to find a mental space where my mind is simultaneously active and at rest. One of my best memories from this year is sharing paint supplies with my mother-in-law who has been more isolated. Creativity is a space that is open to all and doesn’t require any talent to enjoy. Digital pencil sketch.

Drawing was something I loved doing, but like with many other interests, it was sidelined by the demands of my professional path. When the pandemic forced a rebalancing, I rediscovered the challenge of learning new techniques and the creative process, and found peace in the meditative side of drawing. This piece aims to evoke the tranquility and quiet energy of the Pacific Northwest.

This is a drawing of my son Noah Legg Lopez. He’s 10, autistic, full of life, and so much fun to draw! Pencil.

I’ve studied fine and applied art in several mediums/forms, but it always goes back to drawing for me. This informal sketch is taken from a photo of Easton Glacier on Mount Baker. Since I was very young, some of the most special times of my life have happened among trees, rocks, nature. This image reminds me of some of those times. Ink on paper.

Calligraphy: ink on rice paper.

"Little Piggies"

Mike Fleet, Social Worker, PES

This is a portrait of my three-year-old son, Gus. Drawn on a post-it note with ball point pen.

I started my art hobby three years ago with Colored pencils, Watercolor and Gouache painting. I painted more than 100 pieces in the past three years and I picked three of them for the HMC Art Show.

We should all be trying to avoid single-use plastics, but it often seems impossible, when so many things that we need or want are packaged in plastic. I hope that people can be thoughtful about their use of plastics and-whenever possible- reuse or recycle them.

An Ancient Japanese legend promises that anyone who folds a thousand origami cranes will be granted a wish by a crane…Some stories believe you are granted eternal good luck, instead of one wish. Origami.