Red Dragonfly

06/23/2019

A final look from inside the Red Dragonfly, as we wind down this adventure! Thank you to everyone who has supported us during the years... we have loved being part of your lives!

06/01/2019

Art Walk Finale Tonight!

05/30/2019

Red Dragonfly, during Art Walk, will feature intricately painted stones with mandalas and sacred geometry by artist Peter Messerschmidt as part of “The Magic of Alchemy.”

Known to some as “The Port Townsend stone painter,” Messerschmidt has been creating this unique form of art since 2008.

“Alchemy Stones are a lot more than ‘just another painted rock,’” Messerschmidt said. “Each is completely free-hand painted, and there is no ‘plan or template when I start a new piece. The design simply unfolds as I paint, and sometimes takes several days to complete.”

The process is as much a spiritual journey as it is a painting process, Messerschmidt said, and the continuous challenge is to try to give form to what I see and experience during meditation.

“When I started this process, there was no such thing as rock painting groups here in the Northwest, and I knew of maybe two or three other people in the entire region who treated stone painting as an actual art form.

My designs are inspired by what I see with my mind’s eye while I am meditating, but also by sacred geometry, patterns found in nature and Asian mandalas, along with some of the colorful geometric stained glass windows found in churches and cathedrals in Europe where I grew up.”

A large selection of the painted stones will be at Red Dragonfly until June 23.

Meanwhile, the proprietors of Red Dragonfly invite visitors to stop in and enjoy a final “Underground Cupcake” during Art Walk, before the gallery closes its doors for good on June 23.

“Sometime in the summer of 2016 we got known for having homemade cupcakes for Art Walk,” co-owner Sarah Nash said, “An enthusiastic visitor started telling everyone up on Water Street that we were the place with the ‘underground cupcakes,’ so we just took that idea and made it our particular Art Walk treat for the past three years.”

During the Port Townsend Art Walk, set for 5 to 8 p.m. the first Saturday of each month, a smattering of art representing a wide variety of disciplines will be on display.

04/06/2019

Art Walk for Red Dragonfly has been canceled tonight!

02/28/2019

We'll be closed Friday, March 1 through Sunday March 3 -- find us at the UFO Summit where Alchemy Stones will be available to everyone, and Sarah Nash will be presenting on Friday!

02/09/2019

The Red Dragonfly will be CLOSED today (Saturday 2/9) due to snow.