The Gardiner Community Center’s Gallery of the Arts is spotlighting local artist Nina Everitt in October.

Gallery co-chair Janet Johnson recounted how Everitt started winning prizes for her drawings and paintings at the Connecticut State Fair when she was 10 years old.

“She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Connecticut, then worked in textile design in New York City, and was the creative director at an advertising agency in Australia,” Johnson said. After raising two boys, she returned to school to obtain a Master’s in Visual Information Technology from George Mason University.

The rest of Everitt’s career was also seemingly removed from her current artwork, since she then worked in the Washington, D.C., area to produce technical illustrations, animated DVDs and marketing materials for several large corporations, including Northrop Grumman. There she designed and maintained a corporate website for AWIPS weather systems.

Everitt now lives in Sequim, and enjoys illustrating “the beautiful birds and wildflowers she sees during walks in the spectacular countryside here,” according to Johnson.

In her spare time, Everitt has created silkscreen pictures, or serigraphs. Johnson noted those have been awarded honors and sold by fine art dealers, including Torpedo Factory in Washington, D.C., Sunset River Marketplace in North Carolina and the Gallery at the Park in Richland, Washington.

What to know:
Everitt’s exhibit at the Gallery of the Arts is on the lower level of the Gardiner Community Center, at 980 Old Gardiner Road in Sequim.