Member Biography

ARTIST STATEMENT

"There are times in painting when your conscious thought process drops away and you are acting and reacting intuitively to what is happening on the canvas. These times are a gift."

EXHIBITIONS:

2010

• Silverwood Gallery, "Flower Power" Invitational, Vashon, WA, Feb-Mar
• University House Issaquah, WA, "Wings, Wheels and Waterways Show" Invitational, July-Oct

2009

• Seattle City Hall, Seattle, WA - Works from Harborview & UW Medical Center Art Collections, Dec 2008-Jan 2009
• Heron's Nest Gallery, Vashon, WA, "Postcards from the Edge" Invitational, Aug
• Silverwood Gallery, Vashon, WA, Five Artists Exhibit, Oct-Nov

2008

• Kaewyn Gallery, Group Exhibition, Bothell, WA, May-June
• Spring Art Tour, Invitational Barnworks, Vashon, WA, May
• Silverwood Gallery, "Bees" Invitational, Vashon, WA Feb-Mar
• Northwest by Northwest Gallery, Tea Exhibition, Cannon Beach, OR, Jan-Feb
• Blue Heron Gallery, Vashon, WA, "Masters in Miniature" Invitational, Dec

2007

• Northwest By Northwest Gallery, Cuisine Exhibition, Cannon Beach, OR Jan-Feb

2006

• Columbia Tower Gallery, Seattle, WA, May-July
• Silverwood Gallery, Invitational, Vashon, WA. Feb-Mar

2005

• Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, WA. Juried Retrospective of WPW, May-Sept.
• Van Valey House, Everett, WA, Solo Exhibition, May 4-July 16
• Unique Art Framing Gallery, Seattle, WPW Exhibition, May 5 - May 31

2004

• Northwest by Northwest, Cannon Beach, OR - solo exhibit, Sep 14 - Oct 31
• Gallery at the Depot, Anacortes, WA
  Juried Exhibition, Oct 1 - Nov 1

2003

• Harbor Gallery, Juried Exhibition, Gig Harbor, WA, Dec
• ArtsWest, Juried Exhibition, Seattle, WA, Nov-Dec
• University House, Wallingford, Juried Exhibition, Seattle, WA, Feb - July

2002

• Commencement Art Gallery, Display Windows Exhibition, Tacoma, WA: May16–July 13
• Richland Allied Arts Center Gallery, Juried Three Person Exhibition, Richland, WA: March 4–29
• Silverwood Gallery, Invitational Show, Vashon, WA: Feb-March 17
• Alder Gallery, La Petite IX National Juried Competition. Coburg. OR Dec. 20. 2001–Jan.27

2001

• Puget Sound Country, West Coast Paper Company, Annual Juried Exhibit. Seattle & Kent. WA; Sept.
• Nordic Heritage Museum, Juried Exhibition, Ballard. WA: June–July 29
• Bellevue Art Museum, 2001, 2002 Juried Annual Art Auction Bellevue, WA: March 2001 & April 2002
• Allied Arts Association, Annual Juried Show, A.A. Gallery, Richland, WA; May

2000

• Roby King Galleries Invitational Miniature Show, Bainbridge Island., WA: Nov-Dec.2
• City of SeaTac, Juried Fine Art Exhibit, City Hall, SeaTac, WA; October
• Millennium Images, WPW Juried Show, Washington Convention & Trade Center, Seattle, WA; July – August
• King County Art Gallery, Juried Solo Show, Smith Tower, 506 2nd Ave, Seattle, WA; May 4-May 26
• Palm Springs Desert Museum, 31st Annual National Juried Exhibition, Palm Springs, CA; Jan. 21 – March 23
• Sea-Tac International Airport, Port of Seattle, Main Terminal, Gateway Images 2000, WA; Jan.21 – March 23
• Edmonds Arts Festival, Juried Art Competition, Anderson Center, Edmonds, WA; June

1999

• Arts of the Terrace, Juried Art Show, Montlake Terrace Library, WA; Sept - October
• Canterbury Faire, Juried Fine Art Exhibit. Kent Senior Activity Center, Kent, WA; August
• Millennium Images - Kuwait and America Ahmed Al-Adway Gallery, Kuwait City, Kuwait; November
• Edmonds Arts Festival, Juried Art Competition, Anderson Center, Edmonds, WA; June
• South Seattle Community College, 5th Annual Juried Exhibition, SSCC Art Gallery, Seattle, WA; May – June
• Allied Arts Association, Annual Juried Show, A.A. Gallery, Richland, WA; May

1997-1998

• City of SeaTac, Juried Fine Art Exhibit, City Hall, SeaTac, WA; October
• Puget Sound Country, West Coast Paper Company, Annual Juried Exhibit. Seattle & Kent. WA; Sept. 1997, 1998
• Western Washington Fair, Puyallup, WA; September 1998
• Renton Annual Art Show Renton WA; July – August 1998
• Eastside Association of Fine Arts, The Tolles Gallery, Mercer Island. WA; March – May 1998
• Bellevue Art Museum, Pacific Northwest Annual Juried Exhibition, Bellevue, WA; August 1989

AWARDS/RESIDENCIES

• Chautauqua Elementary School, Artist in the Schools Award, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
• Harborview Medical Center-Purchase-March 2006
• City of Everett-Purchase-September 2005
• University House-Wallingford, Juried Exhibition, Honorable Mention, Seattle, WA; Feb - July 2003
• Mercer Island Arts League Award, Burien Art Gallery; 2002
• Artist in Residence, The Centrum Foundation, Port Townsend, WA; 2000
• Gamblin Artists Award, Palm Springs Desert Museum 31st Annual National Juried Exhihition, Palm Springs, CA; 2000
• City of SeaTac, Juried Fine Art Exhibit. SeaTac WA; 1998,2000; 2 Honorable Mentions & Purchase Award
• Jurors Choice Award, (2 Awards), Renton Annual Art Show, Renton, WA; July - August 1998
• National Deans List. 1987
• Emily Morse Scholarship, Cornish College of Art, Seattle, WA 1986, 1987

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Drawing Instructor, Blue Heron Center for the Arts, Vashon, WA. 1998-2003. 2009

EDUCATION

• Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA. BFA in Art. Magna Cum Laude, 1987

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Women Painters of Washington
• Vashon Allied Arts, Vashon, WA
• Barnworks, Vashon, WA

GALLERY REPRESENTATION

• Northwest by Northwest Gallery, 232 N. Spruce St, Cannon Beach, OR 97110 (800)494-0741
• Heron's Nest, Vashon Island, WA (206)463-5252
• Oasis Art Gallery, Seattle, WA (206) 547-5177

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