Yaquina Art Association Artist Showcase
Wallace Kaufman, Lila Passarelli, Kevlar Sant
December 6-19, 2025
Wallace Kaufman’s passion for learning the ways of local wildlife produces amazing images of birds and beasts in their natural habitats
Wallace Kaufman has written & published hundreds of articles for popular magazines and newspapers and websites. He co-authored a sci fi novel and is co-author with his daughter of a volume on invasive plants in North America. He also is a widely published poet.
As a photographer and writer he often accompanies images with words that inspire a deeper experience.
Kaufman is an active member of YAA and the Yaquina Art Association Photographers (yaaphotographers.org) where he continues to hone his skills.
Lila Passarelli’s paintings will be featured for a two week show at Yaquina Art Association Gallery. She has been an active member for over 46 years and first studied with professional artists Bill Runyan and Harry Niemela through YAA. Despite being in her 90s, Passarelli will be in the gallery most days during her show. She lives full time in Seal Rock. Her commissioned pet portraits have covered dogs to donkeys.
Kevlar Sant found his expression in designing feathered earrings after years of tying flies for himself as a fisherman. The result is often vibrant, playful and almost weightless. For those who want to show off their attraction to fly fishing he also has earrings on his favorite fly patterns. He will also display arrangements of cockle shells with agate accents. And he promises a small variety of his fishing flies.
The Yaquina Art Association Gallery a 501c3 is located in Nye Beach at 789 NW Beach Drive. Hours of operation are 11 am to 4 pm every day. Interested in becoming a member of the Yaquina Art Association? We offer free classes, too. Please visit our gallery in Nye Beach for more. YAA has been serving over 135 local artists for over 77 years.
