Member Biography

ARTIST STATEMENT

"My vision of life is filled with bright color. The use of broad spectrum paintcolor abstractly applied, with subject matter as landscape, whether figurative or of nature, is most important to me. I use thick paint out of the tube, or house paint. I paint what I know, and use sketches or photos to guide me. My paintings are a culmination of how I view life."

I taught painting in California and in the Northwest. My studies were with major artists and I was influenced by impressionist and post impressionist painters. I was also influenced by Bay area artists of the 1960s and abstract painters of the East. I abstract my shapes and use Cezanne as a model for my construction. I am a studio artist and I work on many paintings at the same time.

• Peninsula Art League, Gig Harbor, WA
• Seattle Convention Center, Award
• International Culture House, Kyoto, Japan

• Mercer Island Gallery, Award
• Western Washington State Fair, Award
• Seattle Convention Center, Award

• Handforth Gallery, Tacoma, WA, Best of Show Award

• Karpeles Museum, Tacoma
• Childhood's End Gallery
• Western Washington State Fair, Award
• Handforth Gallery, Tacoma, WA, Best of Show Award
• Japan/USA Sumi Exhibition, Kyoto, Japan

• ArtsWest Gallery, Seattle
• Kirkland Art Center, Award
• Western Washington State Fair

• Edmonds Community College
• Mercer Island Gallery, Award
• Western Washington State Fair

• Western Washington State Fair
• Clymer Museum, Landscape Show, Ellensburg, WA
• Puget Sound Sumi Artists Show, Washington State Convention Center
• Japan/USA Sumi Exhibition, Kyoto, Japan

• Adam East Museum and Art Center, Moses Lake WA
• Everett Center for the Arts, Everett, WA
• Seattle Asian Art Museum

• Handforth Gallery, Tacoma
• Annie Wright Gallery, Tacoma
• Lakewood Library Gallery
• Thompson Gallery, Olympia
• Burien Art Gallery, WA
• Kyoto Japan Art Gallery
• Sand Piper Gallery, Tacoma
• Random Modern Gallery, Seattle
• South Seattle Community College
• Amy Burnett Gallery, Bremerton, WA
• Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
• Lakeside Gallery, Kirkland, WA

• Art Rentaloft, Seattle Art Museum, '81-85
• Matzke-Runnings Gallery, Seattle, '85-87

• Taught children's art class at Scripps College, Claremont, CA
• Judge for Pacific Gallery Artists Show, Tacoma Community College, WA
• Museum staff volunteer, CA and WA
• Member, Puget Sound Sumi Artists
• Member, Women Painters of Washington, 1998-present
  

• BA in Painting, Univ. of Puget Sound, 1975
• Studied at Univ. of Colorado, Citrus College, CA and Monterey Peninsula College, CA.

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