Member Biography

ARTIST STATEMENT

"I paint images I find in nature that attract me by their abstract shapes and patterns and the way light falls on them and brings color alive. I am excited by a feeling of movement and energy in nature and colors that sing next to each other. I look for subtle color shifts and then enhance those colors in my paintings so that my work has the richness of my experience of the world about me. I see the world as a bright, scintillating network of interconnecting shapes, always moving and alive. I work in a realistic style that is strongly graphic and impressionistic. I build paintings from many thin glazes of brilliant and luminous color."

Elizabeth Kincaid is the author of "Paint Watercolors That Dance With Light" published by North Light Press in 2004.
Elizabeth earned a BFA in Graphic Design from the University of Washington and worked for a number of years in that field. She was graphic designer for South Seattle Community College and did freelance illustration. She has taught watercolor classes and workshops privately in her home studio, now in Kirkland, as well as at the Santa Cruz Art League, in Langley, WA, Media, PA, Tulare, CA, Victoria, BC, and Spokane, WA. Last year she gave a demo at Daniel Smith Art Supply in Seattle and will give a demo there this year (2007) as well. She will give a demo at the January 2008 meeting of the Northwest Watercolor Society. She has taught watercolor at the Kirkland Arts Center. In the past 16 years, Elizabeth has sold over 400 paintings. They are in many private and corporate collections. She is a member of Women Painters of Washington and a signature member and past treasurer of the Philadelphia Water Color Club.

Kincaid has recently moved back to the Northwest after living for five years in Pennsylvania and Maryland and ten years in Soquel, California. She has set up a studio and classroom in her new home in Kirkland and is currently looking for new students. She paints a variety of subject matter in watercolor, including flowers, birds, animals, and landscapes.

AWARDS

• Philadelphia Water Color Society Annual Show, Winsor and Newton Award, 2004
• Delaware County Art League, Best of Show, 1991 and 1995
• Chester County Art Association, 2nd Place, 1995
• Impressions XII Show, American College, Bryn Mawr, PA, 1994

JURIED SHOWS

2007

• Women Painters of Washington Statewide Open Juried Show, WA State Convention & Trade Center

2004

• Northwest Watercolor Society Annual Show
• Califronia Watercolor Association Annual Show
• Side by Side, combined juried show of the members of the Philadephia Water Color Society & the National Watercolor Society

1996-2006

• Santa Cruz County Open Studios Juried Shows

1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 2004

• Philadelphia Water Color Club Annual Shows
  

2000

• Santa Cruz Art League Statewide Show

GALLERIES and MUSEUM SHOWS

• Museo Piccolo Gallery, Langley, WA, solo shows, 1994-2002
• The Gallery at Centerville, DE, solo shows, 1991 and 1994
• Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO, solo shows, 1992 and 2002
• American College, Bryn Mawr, PA, solo show, 1992
• The Studio at Swathmore Gallery, PA, solo show, 1992
• The Windermere Gallery, Kirkland, Wa, solo show, 2006

EDUCATION

• BFA in Graphic Design, University of Washington, 1978
• Figure drawing and painting, William Cumming, Cornish School of the Arts, 1969-1974
• Watercolor workshops with Richard Yip, Rex Brandt, and Leo Smith
• Watercolor class with Aldon Mason
• Scientific Illustration course, University of Washington with Phyllis Wood

AFFILIATIONS And ART SERVICE WORK

• Instructor, Kirkland Art Center, Kirkland, WA, 2007
• Member, Open Studios of Santa Cruz County Organizing Committee, CA
• Instructor, Art League of Santa Cruz County, CA
• Presenter of Public Talks, Art League of Santa Cruz County, CA
• Treasurer and exhibiting member, Philadelphia Water Color Society, PA
• Treasurer, Art League of Delaware County, PA

PUBLICATIONS

• Author of "Paint Watercolors that Dance with Light," North Light Press, 2004
• Published art and text in Splash 6,7, and 8 books, North Light Press, and the upcoming Splash 10

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