Member Biography

ARTIST STATEMENT

"Retirement is starting a new chapter in my life and therefore in my work. For the past 2 years I have been focused on painting my emotional response to my changing role in life using “the nest” as an analogy and symbol for the passages common to all species. It started with the empty nest and became a window to reminisce a woman’s role in nesting practices.  This series is a way to put into paint my impression of these life changing episodes, while capturing some of the emotions I believe are common with us all.

 Awareness starts with morning light, the first day of spring, planting of seeds, and marveling in their development. Mature rich fruit ripens busting with joy and life, then they brighten with fall colors and fly away. Empty nest, filled with feathers and dry leaves, becomes cool and crisp. Frozen earth covered with snow lingers but is reborn into the next season and life starts all over again.  From this inspiration the nesting series has come to life.

My watercolor over the many years has taken on multiple methods for working, giving me a wide vocabulary for expression of mental pictures. I love what happens when liquid mixes on paper from pours and sprays to splashes in bold color creating shapes as it goes. Each beginning seems to give me inspiration for another peek into an emotion or experience to share and visually involve an audience in the story."

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2008

• WPW Membership Show, Kaewyn Gallery

2007

• WPW Membership Show, Snohomish Art Council

2006

• Abstracted Landscape WPW Juried Exhibition
• Internatinal Society of Experimental Artists 15th Juried Exhibition
• WPW Membership Show, Kirsten Gallery

2005

• EAFA Eastside Association of Fine Arts 30th Juried Exhibition
• Dimensions Gallery WPW Annual Membership Show

2004

• Side By Side Membership Show NWS, PWCS, National Juried Show
• EAFA Eastside Association of Fine Arts 29th Juried Exhibition

2003

• Eastern Washington Watercolor Society National Juried Show
• NWWS Waterworks National Juried Show
• Harbor Gallery Juried WPW Show

2002

• "Reflections" W.P.W. show
• NWWS Waterworks National Juried Show
• Childhood's End Gallery Juried WPW Show
• Side By Side Membership Show NWS & PWCS
• "Primary Colors" North Seattle Community College, WPW Juried Show
• Impressions Gallery, Sitka, AK - 1980 to present

2001

• Membership Exhibition, Women Painters of Washington
• Blue Whole Gallery, Sequim, WA 2000-2001

2000

• Galeria Uno, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
• Pacific Rim Exposition, Seattle, WA - National Juried Show

1999

• Pittsburgh Watercolor Society, Pittsburgh, PA
• West Coast Paper Competition, Seattle, WA

1985-1993

• Eastern Washington Watercolor Society, Richland, WAAlaska Watercolor Society, Anchorage, AK
• Art Center Gallery, Pt. Townsend, WA
• The National Arts Club, NY, Open Watercolor
• Sumi-E Society of America, NY
• Eastern Washington Watercolor Society, Richland, WA.

AWARDS

• 2008, Jack Richeson Award, WPW "Serendipity Show"
• 2007, Chroma INC Award, WPW Open Show
• 2006, International Society o fExperimental Artists, DeVos Museum, MI
• 2006, Graphic Demiensions Award, EAFA 30th Annual Exhibition
• 2003, Waterworks NWWS Juried Show, Bellevue Art and Frame Award
• 2003, Dorothy Arnston Award Best of Show "Reflections"
• 2003, Jule Kullberg Award, WPW Membership Show
• 1992, Alaska Watercolor Society Third Place, Hon. Mention
• 1983, Spenard Builders, Second Place and Purchase

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1987 to 2001

• Workshops and classes from Sitka, AK. to Puerto Vallata Mexico.

2000, 2001

• Daniel Smith Company, Seattle, Bellevue, Silverdale
• Demonstrations, Artists Co-op, Port Townsend WA; Blue Whole Gallery, Sequim, WA

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Associate Member, NWWS, PCWS, NWS, AWS, ISEA
• Member, Women Painters of Washington

EDUCATION

• B.S. Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas 1966
• Sitka Community College Art Classes 1975-78
• Peninsula Community College, Nursing Degree, Port Angeles,WA.

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