CANNON BEACH Northwest by Northwest Gallery is pleased to host oil painter Jeff White for an exhibition of work. There will be an artist reception Saturday, Jan. 18. The artist will give a painting demonstration outside the gallery at 2 p.m., weather permitting, accompanied by the jazz and blues guitar of Bobcat Bob. White will talk about his work at 3 p.m. His art will remain on display through March 1.

A Portland artist, White specializes in oil and pastel paintings and is known for his dramatic landscapes and skyscapes. He paints the splendor of the natural world in pursuit of the ethereal and atmospheric light.

My work represents a spiritual journey and the balance found in the harmonies I see between the environment and man as a voyeur passing through time, he says. I use thin glazes and layers of transparent pigments to emulate the atmospheric conditions that exist in the natural world.

His work is also known to those who visit places of national historic beauty like the visitor center in the Columbia River Gorge, the Hawaii Temple Visitor Center and the Seattle Maritime Museum. His work is known to collectors internationally, and his work has been privately collected by Clint Eastwood, Schnitzer Steel and Grammy-Award-winner Joanna Newson.