Exploring light and atmosphere through watercolor field paintings, Maria Coryell-Martin’s featured artwork is primarily from two residencies—one aboard the Port Townsend-Coupeville ferry in fall 2025, and another at Fort Worden through Centrum in spring 2026.
May 1- July 31, 2026
Thursday- Sunday, 12 – 3 p.m.
Gallery is open 5 – 8 p.m. on the First Saturday of each month.
Additional programs for the public will be offered
Works are for sale.
Exhibit admission is free; donations are welcome.

Artist Statement:
In the field, I sketch with ink and watercolor to build a “palette of place,” a vocabulary of color, climate, and stories. There’s an immediacy and urgency to field sketching that I love: the broad brushstrokes, the rain sometimes falling on my paper, and the distillation of the landscape’s essential elements through watercolor. In turn, this fieldwork becomes the basis for larger studio paintings and a chance to revisit and refine my vision as it was captured in the moment.
I hope my exhibit inspires you to cultivate a deeper appreciation for our changing marine landscape, to see the familiar in a new light, and to seek adventures close to home.

Artist Bio:
Maria Coryell-Martin is an expeditionary artist, continuing the tradition of traveling artists as naturalists and educators. Upon graduating from Carleton College in 2004, she embarked on a year-long Watson Fellowship to explore remote landscapes through art. This experience sparked a resolve to continue working as an expeditionary artist, focusing on polar and glacier science, and to inspire environmental awareness in audiences of all ages. Maria’s travels have brought her face-to-face with polar bears, leopard seals, emperor penguins, and narwhals.
In the field, Maria sketches and paints to build a “palette of place,” a vocabulary of color, climate, and stories. This work becomes the foundation for developing art and stories in her studio to cultivate care and curiosity for the world around us.
Inspired by her experiences making art in rugged, remote areas, Maria developed her own expedition-ready tools for sketching and painting and shares them with the world at arttoolkit.com
Learn more about Maria at expeditionaryart.com.