The Dolphin Gallery invites you to celebrate artists Owen Kahn (photography) and Lynn Wood (porcelain) at their opening on Saturday, October 2, from 5- 7 p.m. Gratis wine and hors dâoeuvres will be served, and admission is free. The exhibit can be enjoyed through November 3.

Owen Kahn has been a fine art photographer for thirty years and has a passion for capturing the odd fleeting moments and serendipitous events that occur in the world. He believes photography is the art form best suited to preserve these moments that pass so quickly. When viewing Owenâs work, people often ask "Does this place truly exist?" or "Is this real?" The artist finds this to be a testament to the unique viewpoint and vision that he brings to photographic work.

Using a variety of film formats from 35 millimeter to four by five inch, Owen has created a unique body of photographic work in color as well as black and white. This varied exhibit will include photographs of landscapes, barns, people, old buildings and unusual and strange places. For more information about this artist, visit www.owenkahn.com.

Lynn Wood has been working with clay for over 20 years. Currently, all of her work is produced in porcelain; a medium that she finds suits both her style and technique.

In the tableware series, Lynn explores the surface using clay and glaze decorations, remembering that food, function, and form must come together in a complimentary way. In the textured series, the vases are worked from a blank slab of clay. All items in this series utilize textured fragments of clay pieced together to form a whole. These pieces have practical function, but her goal is for them to be sculptures in their own right.

Lynn states, "I enjoy the daily challenges of working with clay, finding that there is always something new to learn. For me, the process is meditative; it allows my ideas to develop, and it allows the clayâs basic nature to have a voice in each piece I create."