Member Biography

ARTIST STATEMENT

"Through the years travel has been a main inspiration for my work, first the traditional simplicity and serenity of Japan, to my latest work incorporating the excitement and diversity of the colorful Southwest. Collage has always been important in my work, sometimes devoting myself exclusively to that medium. In my recent work, collage is secondary to painting. In my mixed media paintings I try to eliminate any attempt at literal representation. To create a non-objective work is to anchor sensitivity on a solid foundation, and it is always about relationships. Deliberate textures are achieved by building up the surface with paint, paper, fabric and polymer emulsion. Incorporating calligraphy as a design element as well as symbolism is evident throughout my imagery. Unity is achieved through juxtaposition of planes of color, surface texture and a recurring theme that weaves through my work."

AWARDS

2006

• WPW Abstracted Landscape Show, First Place
• Kitsap Arts and Crafts Fair, Best of Show

2004

• Convention Center Exhibition, NW Collage Society

2003

• Edmonds Art Festival, Best in Show

2002

• Sidney Art Gallery, Port Orchard, 1st Place Mixed Media
• North Kitsap Arts and Craft, Best in Show
• Shoreline Arts Festival, Purchase Award
• Sequim Arts Festival, 2nd Place

EDUCATION

• M.F.A. Painting 1980, University of Washington
• M.A. Art Education, 1959, University of Washington

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Women Painters of Washington

SELECTED WORKS

• Microsoft, Bellevue, WA
• United Red Carpet Room, New York, NY
• Swedish Hospital Medical Center, Seattle
• Key Arena, Seattle, WA
• The Boeing Co, Seattle, WA
• KING TV, Seattle, WA
• Overlake Hospital, Bellevue, WA
• Seattle University, Seattle, WA
• Bank of America, Seattle, WA
• AT&T, Redmond, WA
• Westin Hotel, Bellevue, WA
• Hyatt Regency, Bellevue, WA
• Paine Weber, Seattle, WA
• Moss Adams, Seattle, WA

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