“Broken Top & Breakers” by Jeffrey Hull.

Art and nature lovers can look forward to a weekend packed with creations that pay homage to the North Coast landscape at the upcoming Earth & Ocean Arts Festival.

The bi-annual event draws artists from near and far for displays at the intersection of art and ecology. For this year’s festival, nine Cannon Beach galleries will organize events Friday through Sunday. Each will be open throughout the weekend for people to stop in and look at art.

The festival launches with a gallery walk from 4 p.m. until closing times on Friday.

“In one day, you can see 300-plus artists by visiting all the galleries,” Joe Clayton, a festival committee member and owner of Bronze Coast Gallery, said.

Weaving together elements of nature with art is the focus of the weekend, but Clayton said not all pieces on display are tied to natural surroundings. Sculptures, image collections and watercolor pieces are just some of the mediums that will be sprinkled around Cannon Beach’s art showrooms.

At DragonFire Gallery, Orcas Island, Washington, artist Kandis Susol will bring three installations. Susol weaves together the four elements (air, fire, water and earth) in her pieces, which DragonFire Gallery manager Lotte Greaver described as “ethereal.”

“She’s a perfect fit for the ethos of Earth and Ocean,” Greaver said.

Susol is DragonFire’s guest artist, the gallery’s first during the festival. Greaver said when this year’s event came around, Susol’s work and the life she brings to her pieces were a perfect fit.

Her three-dimensional wall pieces use iridescent pigment from fish scales and freshwater oyster shells. Light and shadows play together to create the illusion of color without using dye.

Susol will be at the gallery Saturday at 3 p.m. to talk about her work.

In addition to Susol’s installations, DragonFire will feature a group sculpture show made up of 20 pieces using different types of media like glass, recycled metals and found objects.

“It’s going to be a delight to walk through,” Greaver said.

Artists are scheduled to be in galleries at different times on Saturday to share the creative process behind their work. A list of exact times is available on the Cannon Beach Gallery Group website.

Jeffrey Hull Gallery, Cannon Beach Arts Association, Northwest by Northwest Gallery and White Bird Gallery are just a few of the other Cannon Beach showrooms participating in the festival.

Environment-centered exhibits include Cannon Beach Arts Association’s “Taking Shape — Here and There,” featuring local artists Pam Greene and Christopher Belluschi and Northwest by Northwest’s “Geologic History of Oregon” by architect and artist Don Stastny.

Watercolorist Hull will be painting a landscape live over the weekend at his namesake gallery in Sandpiper Square.

Separate from the art showings, Earth & Ocean incorporates a handful of community events to round out the weekend. Clayton said organizers added those activities to bring the festival to life beyond gallery walls.

“We always try to do one or two events that bring something or someone different than just the galleries,” Clayton said.

On Saturday, join Shannon Hays-Truex to explore an 80-foot whale labyrinth on the beach, mimicking the shape of a humpback whale.

Hays-Truex is a labyrinth artist who has created more than 40 public art pieces since 2015, according to the gallery group website. The whale labyrinth will be accessible at the Second Street Beach Entrance starting at 9 a.m.

Also on Saturday, artist Dianne Aoki will teach an assemblage workshop at the House of Orange Gallery in midtown Cannon Beach. The workshop will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., guiding attendees in how to assemble found objects and collage materials onto a framed surface. Tickets are $140 each, available through the gallery.

The festival ends with a community potluck and presentation by the Wildlife Center of the North Coast 6 p.m. Sunday at the Cannon Beach Chamber of Commerce.

Earth & Ocean is a benefit for five Oregon Coast-based environmental nonprofits, including the Astoria-based Wildlife Center. Others are the North Coast Land Conservancy, Friends of Haystack Rock, Sea Turtles Forever and the Friends of Cape Falcon Marine Reserve.

Bronze Coast Gallery, 224 Hemlock St., No. 2

Showing work by Dan Chen, Jason Frederick-Law and Kristina Boardman

Cannon Beach Arts Association, 1064 Hemlock St.

“Taking Shape – Here and There” exhibit with paintings by Pam Greene and sculptures by Christopher Belluschi

DragonFire Gallery, 123 Hemlock St.

Encaustic art by Kandis Susol and sculptures by Shelly Durica-Laiche, reception at 4 p.m. Friday, artist visits and music Saturday and brunch with art demonstration 11 a.m. Sunday

House of Orange, 107 Sunset Blvd.

Upcycled watercolor demonstration by Greg Scott at 4 p.m. Friday, assemblage workshop led by Dianne Aoki at 10 a.m. Saturday

Images of the West, 224 Hemlock St., No. 1

Vibrant landscape and seascape photographs by Randall Hodges

Jeffrey Hull Gallery, 172 Hemlock St.

Live watercolor painting Friday through Sunday by Jeffrey Hull

Northwest by Northwest Gallery, 232 Spruce St.

“Geologic History of Oregon” exhibit by Don Stastny, environmental paintings by Laura O’Brien and Kent Suter, wildlife bronze sculptures by Georgia Gerber. Artist visits and music at 3 p.m. Friday and Saturday

Shearwater Studios, 239 Hemlock St.

Paintings from Lynne Avril and Lori LaBissioniere O’Neil, with wood carvings by Gordon French. Festival reception 4 p.m. Saturday, mimosas and art 11 a.m. Sunday

White Bird Gallery, 251 Hemlock St.

Raku-fired flora and fauna pottery by Dave and Boni Deal, coastal linocuts by Stirling Gorsuch, basketry made from fishing rope by Debra Carnes, landscape abstractions by Ted Olson. Exhibit opening at 4 p.m. Friday, reception at 4 p.m. Saturday

Find a full schedule of festival events and map of locations on the Cannon Beach Gallery Group website at www.cbgallerygroup.com