Member Biography

ARTIST STATEMENT

"Passionate about light, color, shadow and space, I tend to gravitate toward the day-to-day moments of my life for the subject matter of my paintings. Rich layers of color and strong silhouettes invite one to step into a very particular moment and experience it’s mood. Through this awareness I attempt to bring the magic of the mundane into my paintings; light shimmering through an open doorway, the shadow of a flower spilling across a tablecloth, the feeling of a chair just after it’s occupant has left the room. These are the kinds of events that captivate me and find their way into my work. I work in watercolor, oil bar, acrylic and manipulated polaroid. Currently I am concentrating on developing my work in watercolor. I have been exploring watercolor monotype as well as direct painting. I am very excited about using very dark pigments in watercolor painting. Most recently I have been doing plein air landscape painting with watercolor, capturing the scenes of the Pacific Northwest."

RECENT EXHIBITIONS

• Northwest Watercolor Society Annual Juried Show, Seattle, WA
• WPW, Columbia Center Gallery, Seattle, WA
• Puget Sound Country 36th Annual Juried Show, Kirsten Gallery, Seattle, WA
• WPW Members Show, Kirsten Gallery, Seattle, WA
• Eastside Association of Fine Arts 31st Exhibition, Juried Show, Bellevue, WA
• Pressworks Show of Prints, Burien Aart Gallery, Burien, WA

• Waterworks 2004, NWWS juried show, Seattle, WA
• Eastside Association of Fine Arts, 29th Exhibition, juried show, Bellevue, WA
  
  

• National Parks Conservation Association watercolor show, Seattle, WA

• Eastside Association of Fine Arts, 27th Annual Exhibition, juried show, Bellevue, WA
• Waterworks 2002, NWWS juried show, Seattle, WA

2001

• "Looking in....", RiverSea Gallery, Astoria, OR

1997

• "Between Ourselves, Four Artists," RiverSea Gallery, Astoria, OR

• Edmonds Art Festival juried art show, Edmonds, WA

• RiverSea Gallery, Astoria, OR

• American Watercolor Society
• National Watercolor Society
• Seattle Co-Arts
• Women Painters of Washington
• Signature Member of Northwest Watercolor Society

• 1999 - present   Monday Night Watercolor Consortium with Jonelle Johnson
• 2005  Index, WA Outdoor Landscape Workshop with Catherine Gill
• LaConner, WA Workshop with Cathy Woo
• Fort Worden Workshop with Willliam Hewson
• 2004  Scottsdale Watercolor Workshop with Alvaro Castegnet
• 1974  M.A., Educational Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
• 1959  B.A., Art Education, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR

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