From abstract images of the human brain to paper-cut creations inspired by nature, the work featured during the November First Saturday Art Walk offers varieties of depth, color, texture and imagination.

Spend the evening quietly contemplating the visual feast, glass of wine in hand; chat with the artists at the venues to learn about their technique; or discover the perfect holiday gift.

Art walk takes place 5:30 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 5 in Port Townsend, plus one venue in Port Hadlock.

 'Seascape Mindscape' at Pippa's

Local artist Andrea K. Lawson presents Seascape Mindscape at Pippa’s Real Tea, 636 Water St.

Lawson was recently awarded a public art commission for the Sno-Isles libraries, Camano Island Library Reading Room. The call for a science related artwork spurred her research and interest in the varied forms of our own bodies.

Merging art and science, Andrea has rendered her concept of brain functions, with colorful abstract gestures across nine painted panels, each representing different parts of the brain seen at different levels of magnification. These works are the “Mindscape” part of her show.

Lawson's “Seascape” paintings evoke northwest landscape, water and light. These works were inspired by local views of the Olympic Peninsula’s bays, oceans and skies.

'Contemporary Abstractionists' at Northwind

In “Contemporary Abstractionists” at Northwind Arts Center, 701 Water St., the bold, large-scale paintings of Stephen Yates provide a foil for the potent, organic sculptures of Jan Hoy.

Yates' new work for this exhibit includes three series that have been worked on concurrently for the last few years. These pieces explore ambiguous atmospheres and environments in various ways.

The sculptures Hoy has created for this exhibit follow three themes and are three different scales: Large outdoor pieces in bronze or corten steel, the “Bound Series,” comprised of bronze, clay and steel components, and a group of small intimate sculptures in clay, stone, and bronze. In addition to the opening reception during art walk, the artists are to present a talk at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 6.

Northwind's Artists Showcase “Artist of the Month” is jeweler Paulette Hill. Though her following 32-year career with Boeing involved mostly left-brained skills, creating art has always "soothed her soul and lit her fire.” An artist demonstration is set for 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 11, in addition to the opening reception at art walk.

Simon Mace presents 'What a Wonderful World'

If Simon Mace Gallery’s show title, “What a Wonderful World,” brings to mind the 1967 song originally and movingly recorded by Louis Armstrong, it’s having the intended effect.

The gallery at 236 Taylor St. is featuring three artists who share the artwork that makes up their own “wonderful worlds.”

Portland contemporary folk artist Alison O’Donoghue's zany acrylic paintings depict characters happily winding their way across her canvases, often enjoying a cornucopia of food and drink. Seattle ceramicist Elizabeth Copland’s joyful sculptures brims with homey cheerfulness, and quite a lot of dogs. Ann Chadwick Reid from Samish Island makes her Simon Mace debut with naturalist paper-cut creations.

Frameworks is 'Going to the Dogs”

Fun family dog art is on display at Frameworks in Undertown at 211 Taylor St., Suite B5, during the month of November. Featured artist of the month Joanne Kollman is well-known in the Pacific Northwest for her creative illustrations, fine etchings and oil paintings. "Her unique, fun family dog art sure caught the attention of our shop dogs here at Frameworks,” say staff. “They barked out the orders and we listened.”

Red Dragonfly features urban, expressionistic art

Red Dragonfly, located in Port Townsend's Undertown, is featuring the work of Seattle-based visual artist Jesse Link, best known for depicting animals and nature in surreal narrative settings, often including urban and expressionistic styles.

In addition, Red Dragonfly continues the interactive installation "Final Words," inspired by the late David Bowie. Collected submissions from the community are to be mounted on panels and are slated to become part of a permanent art installation in Undertown.

Carbon River mural, more at Gallery 9

Gallery 9 at 1012 Water St. is featuring artists Nancy Rody and Larry Eifert this month. Rody, a longtime Gallery 9 artist, has most recently been experimenting with recycled glass. “How can I make it different, and make it my own?” were the questions Rody asked herself as she walked beaches in Washington and Hawaii, gathering sea glass and tiny shells. The soft patina on this broken glass is the result of rolling among waves, sand and rock in the ocean, while blown glass that drops accidentally onto the hot shop floor has beautiful colors and abstract shapes.

Eifert is presenting a recently-completed 18-square-foot mural for Mount Rainier National Park, commissioned by the National Park Service for a new installation at the Carbon River Ranger Station and Visitor Center.

PT Gallery features mixed-media, woodcuts

Port Townsend Gallery, 715 Water St., is displaying Anne Schneider's mixed-media collage art along with woodcuts and engravings by Phillip Carrico during November.

Schneider work is created by layering mixed media and other papers with acrylic paints on substrates of canvas, wood boards or papers. After many layers of paint and papers, a balance and dimensionality emerges in the work.

Carrico's woodcuts and wood engravings begin with a sketch that is transferred to a block of wood. From there, he uses special tools to hand carve the block and pulls original prints from the block.

Both artists are also displaying their work at the Bishop Hotel Gallery this month.

PT's 6 show work at Bishop

Six artists from the Port Townsend Gallery are teaming up in an “Art Elsewhere” show during the month of November at the Bishop Hotel Gallery, 714 Washington St. The artists are Mike Biskup, Phil Carrico, Diane Gale, Kay Harper, Shirley Rudolf and Anne Schneider.

Gale has been making pottery for over 25 years. “I think of the exterior of my pieces as a scroll,” she says. “If you could flatten it out and look at the design, it would tell its story.”

Harper's photography is inspired by her love and reverence for the natural world. “My hope is that my viewers will appreciate these lovely natural objects in the same way they would appreciate a fine piece of art.”

Schneider creates mixed-media collages, while Biskup paintings feature imaginary landscapes and abstractions. Carrico says of his prints and engravings: “Creative concepts demand imagination, insight, patience and courage to take risks.”

Rudolf's first love is watercolor, though she has recently transitioned to acrylics. “Occasionally, I dabble in Pop Art as I love Andy Warhol’s simplicity,” she says.

Quilts and presses at museum

The Jefferson Museum of Art & History at 540 Water St. currently has two exhibits on display: “Quilting Memories” and “The Printed Word in Port Townsend: Literary Presses of the 1970s and 80s.” The quilt exhibit features 26 quilts on loan from community members and from the Jefferson County Historical Society collection dating back as far as the American Civil War. Printed Word exploring the exciting world of small presses during the town’s creative renaissance.

Old Alcohol Plant to feature art

The Old Alcohol Plant in Port Hadlock is showcasing art by instructors from its series of art classes on Saturday from 5 to 9 p.m. In addition to the instructor’s pieces, the hotel at 310 Hadlock Bay Road also features a display of stone sculptures by artist Arliss Newcomb, who is to teach stone sculpting classes at the Old Alcohol Plant in spring. A cash bar at the event benefits the Old Alcohol Plant's nonprofit partner, Bayside Housing & Services.

Community bowls at Cotton Building

The community is invited to meet the artists who participated in the June Art Attack Community Bowl Project this weekend. All the bowls painted during the summer event have been fired and are to be sold, with all proceeds supporting local food banks.

The event is at the Cotton Building, 607 Water St., Saturday and Sunday. For more information, call 206-356-4568, or visit Art Attack on Facebook.