DAYTON – Art has been a part of Monica Stobie's life since early childhood, when she was influenced by her grandmother, a watercolorist. Saturday, Aug. 22, Stobie will showcase her art – primitive rock paintings, prints and sculpture – at an Artist's Reception at Dayton's Wenaha Gallery.

Stobie followed her childhood passion and earned an art degree from Eastern Washington University, which she put to use for 15 years teaching junior and senior high art in Walla Walla and Milton-Freewater. When Stobie moved to Dayton 15 years ago, she decided to turn her focus to full time, professi...