Port Townsend Leader: ‘Caution!”: Shopping cart painter and poetry photographer at work

 April 09, 2025 By Kirk Boxleitner

Marty David stocks the Kreatia Gallery with some of his framed works.

He’s the shopping cart painter, often clad in brightly spattered overalls that look a dropcloth as he mounts his easel on the street, in the open air, to capture what he sees.

And while this spring will see Marty David’s work exhibited in a more formal gallery space, for at least a couple of months, alongside fellow artist Steve R. Johnson, David promised that even the indoor space would remain at least slightly unruly.

Steven R Johnson, Artist & Photographer Edge of the Sea Gallery

Between the recent construction work at the recently christened Kreatia Gallery, located at 710 Landes Court behind the Safeway in Port Townsend, and the fact that David and Johnson expect to be working on art pieces during their official grant opening event from 5-8:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 12, the duo have dubbed their joint public debut “Caution! Artists at Work.” (Read More)

May 25, 2010 YouTube:  Marty Interviews Steven R. Johnson

High seas adventure. Wild schemes, Self discovery. Colorful personality -photographer (Published: WHERE THE WORLD DOES NOT FOLLOW, HERE AMONG THE SACRIFICED, others...) and painter; Steven R. Johnson relates some about his travels, and projects past. Adventures riding the rails. Life Oddysey. Black and white photographer.