ART LISTINGS:FEBRUARY 2023  3 FEATURED SHOWS: “PEACEFUL” Group Painting Show; GEORGE ASDEL, Craft Artist; MICHAEL JOHNSTON, Photographer 3 Exhibits Beginning:FEBRUARY 1, 2023 Exhibits Ending: FEBRUARY 27, 2023 2nd Saturday OPENING RECEPTION:SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11TH, 3-5 PM Location:  GALLERY AT MARINA SQUARE, 601 EMBARCADERO, SUITE 10, MORRO BAY, CA 93442 Event Contact Number:  805-772-1068 Gallery Hours:  11am to 5pm daily, Closed Tuesdays Craft Featured Artist:  GEORGE ASDEL, Poetry and Small Works Artist Statement: George Asdel lives in Atascadero and is an accomplished painter, poet, and craftsman. Over his long career as an artist, he has won awards for his acrylic paintings, pen and ink drawings, illustrated books, greeting cards, and poetry.  He and his wife Kathie taught art in the Hibbs’ Cove Art Centre in Newfoundland, Canada and many other venues in California.  They also opened an art gallery where he sold scenes of fishing village life to collectors from around the world, and the Provincial Government.  George has a delightful sense of humor which comes through in his paintings, drawings and poetry, and brings laughter and joy to everyone.