The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

When Gail Gwin was still a water color painter, her imagery was almost photorealistic.

She would paint small granite rocks so perfectly defined you can almost hold them in your hand. In one composition, they are whimsically linked to finely ren- dered miniature furniture by lines and symbols reminiscent of a road map.

In short, she had complete control over her objects and where she placed them in a three-dimensional space in a two-dimensional painting.

Nowadays, as a printmaker, she still has control, but like many other veteran artists confident in their ability to channel rather than dir...