Member Biography

ARTIST STATEMENT

"I have been privileged to work as a professional artist in the Seattle Area for over 25 years. My paintings have been exhibited in shows and galleries both locally and nationally. During that time, I have come to understand that the act of painting is a tool for discovering how to live life to the fullest rather than a method of producing pretty pictures to hang on a wall. The practice of painting is now embedded in my life, just as my life is embedded in my paintings.

My recent paintings on Plexiglas have given me the opportunity to explore my interests in the dualistic nature of the universe and the many influences of light as a visual element. I love to experience random systems moving toward structure and then naturally disintegrating again toward confusion. It’s a never ending cycle.

I observe the same forces at work as I move through the construction of a painting. Recently I have been contemplating the intentional randomness inherent in Zen thought and contrasted it with the systematic binary structure of computer programming language. This is the basis for my series of paintings called “Zen Dots and Pixels.”

SELECTED JURIED EXHIBITIONS

2006

• Eastside Association of Fine Arts 31st Annual Juried Exhibition, Bellevue WA (*Best of Show Award)
• MONA Art Auction, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner WA
• WPW Annual Membership Show, Kirsten Gallery, Seattle, WA
• PONCHO Invitational Fine Art Auction, Seattle, WA

2005

• “National Watercolor Society 85th Annual Exhibition,” City of Brea Art Gallery, Brea, California (*Alexander Nepote Memorial Award, selected for Traveling Show)
• Eastside Association of Fine Arts 30th Annual Juried Exhibition, Bellevue WA (*Best of Show Award)
• MONA Art Auction, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner WA
• WPW Annual Membership Show, Dimensions Gallery, Bellevue WA (*Dorothy Arnston Memorial Award)

2004

• “Changing Seasons: New Artists,” (group show) East Shore Gallery, Bellevue WA
• “PONCHO Invitational Fine Art Auction,” Seattle, WA
• “Northwest Watercolor Society 64th Annual Open Exhibition,” The Art Institute of Seattle, Seattle, WA
• “WPW at Depot Gallery,” (group show) The Depot Gallery, Anacortes WA (*Puget Sound Sumi Artists Award)
• MONA Art Auction, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner WA

2003

• “Waterworks 2003,” Northwest Watercolor Society Annual Membership Exhibition, Artists Gallery of Seattle, Seattle, WA, (*American Frame Award)
• “WPW Annual Membership Show,” Lakeshore Gallery, Kirkland WA, (*Dorothy Arnston Memorial Award)
• “Arts Alive 2003,” 19th Annual Invitational Art Show, La Conner WA
• “Women Painters of Washington,” The Runnings Family Gallery, Seattle WA
• “Introductions,” (group show) Seattle Art Museum Rental/Sales Gallery, Seattle, WA
• MONA Art Auction, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner WA

2002

• “Northwest Watercolor Society Signature Members Show: Runnings Gallery, Seattle
• “Lincoln Park Tangles,” (two person show) The Runnings Gallery, Seattle WA
• “Ambassadors of Color,” Arts West Artists Association, The Runnings Gallery, Seattle
• “Imagine,” (group show) Serpentine Studios, Seattle WA
• MONA Art Auction, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner WA

2001

• National Watercolor Society 81st Annual Exhibition, City of Brea Gallery, Brea, CA
• The Runnings Gallery, Arts West, The Northwest Watercolor Society Signature Members Show, Seattle WA
• Starbucks Coffee House on Alki, Seattle, WA, March
• MONA Art Auction, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA
• “Artist Sampler,” (group show), The Runnings Family Gallery, Seattle WA

EDUCATION

• Seattle University School of Law, 1978, J.D.
• Univ. of California at Berkeley, 1971, B.A.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• National Watercolor Society, Signature Member
• Northwest Watercolor Society, Signature
• Member, Past President '97-'98
• Women Painters of Washington, Past President 2003-2004

PUBLICATIONS

• The Artist's Magazine, Sept 2006, "One Thing Leads to Another"
• Watercolor Magic Magazine, Dec. 2005, “The Best Advice I Ever Got,” p.54.
• Artist’s Sketchbook, August 2005, “Life Keeps Going,” by Cathy Woo, p.18
• The Artist’s Magazine, July 2004, “Think Like an Artist,” by Cathy Woo, p.43
• The Artist’s Sketchbook, April 2004, “Celebrate Spring,” by Joanne Moore, p.43
• The Artist’s Magazine, March 2004, “Creativity – One Size Doesn’t Fit All,” by Cathy Woo, p.40
• Watercolor Yearbook, December 2003, “Ones To Watch,” p.16
• Watercolor Magic – Special Issue on Creativity, October 2002, “Find Your Personal Style” by Cathy Woo, p.22
• Watercolor Magic Yearbook 2002, December 2001, “Getting Your Foot in the Gallery Door” by Rosalind Miller and Lori Goetzinger p.57
• Watercolor Magic Magazine, Autumn 2001 – “From the Editor” p.6
• Watercolor Magic Magazine, June 2001, Special Edition: Creativity, “Plugging In” p.10 and “It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over” by Maureen Bloomfield, p. 52
• International Artist Magazine, April/May 2001, “International Showcase of Prize Winners,” p. 16
• Watercolor Magic Magazine, Winter 2001, “Gold Medalists of 200” by Maureen Bloomfield and Amanda Metcalf, p.24

• La Conner Art Workshops 2003 and 2005

• Alexis Hotel
• Casper Communications
• Evergreen Hospital
• Fairchild Camera and Instrument Company
• Glacier Park Company
• Helsell, Fetterman, Martin, Todd & Hokanson
• Loveless, Eiffert & Golphenee
• Montgomery, Purdue, Blankenship & Austin
• Safeco Insurance Co.

• Seattle Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Seattle WA

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