Ecstatic poet and mystic Jalal ad-din Mohammad Rumi wrote, “Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.” His sentiment is captured in Creative Gateways’ February exhibition, Romancing Imagination.

This evocative show explores the power of their artists’ inner vision expressed through diverse media; work in ceramics, glass and painting are all represented. The public is invited to the opening reception for Romancing Imagination on Friday, Feb. 3, from 5 to 8 p.m. during the 1st Friday Gallery Tour.

Guests will be treated to sweet treats, and are invited to pull a creative fortune cookie from a bowl for the year ahead. Gallery artists will also treat guests to a poetry reading of some of their favorite romantic poems at 5:45 and 6:45 p.m.

Three of the Creative Gateways family of artists share a passion for glass — Pilisa Rainbow Lady, Terry Israelson and Marika Israelson. Their work is designed to be held, loved and integrated into your daily life. Their jewelry pieces carry that energy of love and enhance the personality of the wearer.

Rainbow Lady’s work reflects her diverse background, which spans a successful career in technology as well as being the founder of the Ringing Rocks Foundation where she worked with indigenous healers from around the world. As an artist working in glass, Rainbow Lady embraces the spontaneous and the unexpected as the process and materials are inherently unpredictable.

She has been an artist all of her life working across media including fiber art, painting, and ceramics but found her true passion in fused glass. Her pieces have spontaneity reflecting a play of light and color amid their intriguing designs.

Terry Israelson, who calls himself a professional thing maker, loves exploring the challenges and discipline that working in glass brings. He grew up with a pencil in hand and studied art at UCLA, originally focusing on being an illustrator.

Later he began to concentrate on industrial/product design and woodworking when he discovered the magical world of tools and machines in the school shop. His pieces have a wild organic feel.

Recently he has been creating a series of light sconces, often incorporating photography, using light in a way that adds an extra dimension of magic to the process.

Marika Israelson loves that glass is an art form you can touch and hold. She is passionate about the medium.

“A lot of what I’ve learned about color and value still applies — but there’s an added element of surprise. Two different colors might react together and create something unusual. It can be challenging. You put a lot of work and thought into something, and put it into the kiln and then you have to release your attachment and surrender to what will happen,” she said.

Michael Colpitts is a painter and ceramic artist whose inspiration includes the natural world, flight and his experiences living, working and traveling in India, North Africa, Europe — including Ibiza, Spain, where he lived for six years — and Southeast Asia.

A trained pilot, his current work includes a series of soaring abstract paintings inspired by flight, as well as his ongoing ceramic work and explorations in working with porcelain.

His wife, Sumati Colpitts, studied at Chicago’s Art Institute and Kansas City Art Institute. She has traveled widely, first working with Michael in an ashram in India in 1989, before reuniting in Sedona almost a decade later.

Colpitts’ gift for tactile creativity results in personality-filled work, capturing and amplifying the essence of the animal. A ceramic artist, her hugely popular figurative animal sculptures inspire and delight those who take them home.

Meg Munro’s vivid watercolor paintings are known for their signature glowing images. Using an underpainting technique, she deftly creates an almost “stained glass” effect, lighting up the bright colors and highlighting her distinctive subjects.

She is currently working on a series inspired by “virgins and mothers,” incorporating religious iconography into lush natural scenes. Spirituality, healing and the connection of art with the divine intertwine in her richly intricate work.

Creative Gateways is an artist’s collective and public gallery space in West Sedona. Founded in 2016 by Rainbow Lady, the working studios are open to all, and visitors are welcome to drop in at any time to meet the artists and engage with the creative process.

Their intention is to create an open community where cross-pollination of ideas and spontaneous collaborations can flourish. The gallery space showcases the innovative and lively work that results from this very special environment, for visitors to discover, explore and take home with them.

Creative Gateways is located at 45 Birch Blvd. in West Sedona. For more information about the gallery, visit CreativeGateways.com or call 862-4440.