Discover Beautiful Camano: The Dorseys, Pioneer Artist Family
Lot 77 of Sunnyshore Acres In the spring of 1970, my dad, Jack, mom, Ann, and one-year-old me moved to Lot 77 of Sunnyshore Acres on Camano Island. It was Dad’s dream to be a …
Discover Beautiful Camano: Mabana Chapel – the history of the little church on the hill
In a previous article, I told the story about how my grandfather, Doc Dodgson, and his family moved to the farm on Camano Island. You can read that story here. In this, I share how …
Our Studio Tour Lineup of Artists
Here are the amazing, talented, gifted, fun, creative artists that Sunnyshore Studio has the honor of showcasing at the Camano Island Studio Tour on Friday, June 25-Sunday, June 27. Fanny Y. Cory Renown 20th Century …
Getaway and Plein Air Paint in Plain, WA
This past weekend some of the Dorsey clan spent a wonderful weekend in Plain, WA, celebrating Jason and Jenny Dorsey’s 29th wedding anniversary in a place with family roots. Friends from Redeemer Redmond graciously provided …
Discover Beautiful Camano: Doc Dodgson’s Farm
Introduction Discover Beautiful Camano tells stories of the people and places that make Camano the beautiful island it is: her farmers and their farms, entrepreneurs and their stores, gardeners and their gardens, artists and their …
Intern Journal Week 1: New Beginnings
Hi everybody! My name is Jackie, and if you don’t already know who I am from my dad’s constant facebook and blog posts, here is a little bit about me! I am a 2D art …
Pastor-Artist Jason Dorsey Announces Bridges of Redmond Project
Artist-Pastor Jason Dorsey is launching an art and history project called The Bridges of Redmond. It will culminate with an art show of 365 original watercolor paintings by Jason – one for each day of the …
How wabi-sabi helped me understand Dad’s art
In February, Jenny and I spent ten days on Maui soaking in the sun, adventuring and focusing on our relationship. I brought Makota Fujimura’s new book Art + Faith, A Theology of Making, to read. …
#81: Celebrating The Art and Life of Northwest Legend Jack Dorsey
In March of the past three years, Sunnyshore Studio hosted the Jack Dorsey Invitational: Vintage Watercolorists of Washington to honor legendary northwest artist Jack Dorsey and to celebrate some of Washington’s great watercolorists. In 2021, …
Create your Children’s Picture Book or just make your book this year
There’s still time to sign up for the Create Your Children’s Picture Book in a Year cohort that I’m facilitating. It meets once a month (first Monday of the month, 4-5:30 PST) via Zoom. Maybe …