Member Biography

ARTIST STATEMENT

"I believe it’s important to make our voices known and to share our hearts with others using our artistic expressions. Our relationships to those around us define something of who we are inside and when we recount those stories to one another; most will feel included.”

Originally from the French Acadian Valley of Memramcook, New Brunswick, Canada, I currently reside in Bremerton, Washington with my husband Brian. I have been pursuing a professional career as a visual artist for twelve years and three years ago chose to go back to school to share my passion for the arts as an art teacher. I currently teach at the secondary level at Crosspoint Academy in Bremerton and have a true desire to share the freedom and beauty of artistic expression.  I believe that the joy of teaching is directly proportionate to the enthusiasm of practicing our own skill and pursuing our own creative ideas.

My formal studies were conducted at the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design University in Halifax, Nova Scotia and I am currently working on a Master’s in Art Education through Texas Tech University.

I am an active member in our art community and believe it is important to expose and immerse our children, friends and neighbors into this generation’s art society. I am the founder of a quarterly art walk in Old Town Silverdale. This is the Art Walk’s 7th year and it continues to be successful at introducing local artists from our community by displaying their work in local businesses. I am an active member in the Women Painters of WA and in the Federation of Canadian Artists.

EDUCATION

• BFA N.S. College of Art & Design University- Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 1983
• Master's of Art Education - Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 2011

AWARDS

• Best in Show - WPW Member Show Juror: Barbara Shaiman, Seattle Art Museum Gallery, 2010

SOLO SHOWS

• Global Bean Coffee House, Featured Artist, Silverdale, WA, Nov 2008
• Pegasus Coffee House, Featured Artist, Bainbridge Island, WA, July 2008
• Bon Macy's Gallery, Featured Artist, Downtown Seattle, W, Nov 2007
• The Sidney Art Gallery, Featured Artist, Port Orchard, WA, June 2005
• Checker's Coffee House, Featured Artist, Poulsbo, WA, Oct 2004
• Glitz, The Gallery, Featured Artist, Bremerton, WA, Oct 2002

JURIED OR GROUP EXHIBITIONS

• Collective Visions Gallery - CVG Statewide Juried Show, Bremerton, WA - Feb 2011
• Gig Harbor Civic Center - Peninsula Art League Juried Show - Tacoma, WA - Nov 2010
• Women Painters of WA Gallery - Member Show, Seattle, WA, '06, '07, '10
• Parklane Gallery - Contemporary Art Juried Show - Kirkland, WA, Jan 2010
• Edmonds Center for the Arts - Art of Our Mother's Show, Edmonds, WA, May 2009
• Kaewyn Gallery - WPW Members Show- Bothell, WA, May 2008
• Federation of Canadian Artists - Juried Exhibit - Granville Island, BC, May 2007
• Kirsten Gallery - WPW Group Exhibit, Seattle, WA, Oct 2006
• Edmonds Arts Festival- Juried Exhibit, Edmonds, WA, June 2006
• The Bronze Works Gallery - Juried Exhibit, Tacoma, WA, May/June 2005
• Dimensions Gallery - WPW Group Exhibit, Bellevue, WA, Oct 2005
• Bainbridge Island Art Walk -Juried Art Exhibit, Bainbridge Island, WA- July 2003 & 2004
  
• North Kitsap Arts & Crafts Show - Juried, Port Gamble, WA, July 2002, '03, '04, '05, '06 & '07
  

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• Women Painters of Washington- Member since 2005
• Federation of Canadian Artists- Member since 2006

JUROR EXPERIENCE

• 41st Helen Norris Open Show - Sydney Gallery, Port Orchard, WA - Guest Juror, May 2011

GALLERY AFFILIATIONS

• Director's Gallery, Bainbridge Island, WA, 2008 - present
• Founder, Silverdale's Old Town Art Walk - Juried Exhibits 2003-2010

MUSEUMS & COLLECTIONS

• Olympic Resource Management Office, Main Lobby, Poulsbo, WA, Main Lobby, Poulsbo, WA Nov 2005
• The Port Gamble Museum, Permanent Collection,Port Gamble, WA, June 2005

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• Crosspoint Academy Art Teacher - Middle & High School Fine Arts, 2006-present

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