Member Biography

ARTIST STATEMENT

"My painting and assemblage work is narrative. Real and imagined stories are my source material. As I work, the distinction between real and imagined blurs and the work becomes complex. The characters in this visual drama have one relationship in common. I enjoy the pentimento effect of translucent images on a watercolor background. Just as it is interesting to sort out what is real from what is imagined, it engages me to work with the various layers of media to create a finished painting."

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2006

• Bowman Gallery, Solo Exhibit
• Women Painters of Washington Exhibition at Columbia Center Gallery

2005

• ArtsWest Gallery, Selected Artist
• Edison Eye Gallery Invitational
• Whatcom Museum of History & Art, An Enduring Legacy: WPW, 1930 to 2005 Juried Exhibit
• Hansen Howard Gallery, Ashland, OR--Assemblage Show

2004

• The Depot Art Center, WPW Juried Exhibit
• Northwest Collage Society, Open Juried Exhibit, Washington State Convention Center

2003

• Harbor Gallery, WPW, Juried Exhibit
• ArtsWest Gallery, WPW, Juried Exhibit
• Fountainhead Gallery "Treasures of the Heart"
• Fountainhead Gallery "Renaissance - My Way"
• University House, Issaquah, WPW, Juried Exhibit
• University House, Wallingford, WPW, Juried Exhibit

2002

• Insights Gallery "Petite Pieces"
• Childhood's End Gallery, WPW, Juried Exhibit
• EAFA 26th Ann'l, Juried Exhibit
• Seattle Culture Center "Choose Hope" Juried Exhibit
• Fountainhead Gallery, "East/West Horizon"
• Northwest Community College Art Gallery, "Primary Colors"

2001/02

• Fountainhead Gallery, "Toy Memories"

2001

• Fountainhead Gallery, "Elegant Eccentricity"
• Ventura College Galleries, Collage/Assemblages USA, Ventura, CA
• Community Center at Mercer View, Women Painters of Washington

2000

• Millennium Images, Ireland and America, Washington State Trade & Convention Center
• Edmonds Community College Gallery, Women Painters of Washington
• Fountainhead Gallery "Passages"
• Frye Art Museum "NWWS" Historical Retrospective

1999

• Frye Art Museum "Celebrating Women in the Arts"
• "Millennium Images, Ireland and America" St. Nicholas Hall, Galway Ireland Ulster American Folk Park, Omagh Waterfront Hall, Belfast, Ulster Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland
• Issaquah Gallery, Women Painters of Washington Membership Show

1998

• Everett Center for the Arts
• Phinney Center Gallery, NW Fine Arts Competition
• Seattle Pacific University Art Center Gallery
• Mercer Island Arts Council, Women Painters of Washington Members Show
• Arabella Gallery, Cannon Beach OR. "New Work"

1997-1998

• Seattle Asian Art Museum, Kado Tea Garden
• Northwest Watercolor Society, Waterworks exhibit
• Northwest Watercolor Society Invitational
• Anacortes Fine Arts Exhibition

1997

• Starbucks, Seattle, WA. "A Head of the Game"

CORPORATE COLLECTIONS

• Swedish Hospital Foundations
• University Preparatory Academy

PUBLICATIONS

• Whatcom Museum, An Enduring Legacy catalogue 2005
• The Artist's Magazine, 20th Anniversary Issue, January 2004
• Watercolor Magic Yearbook, December 2004
• Frye Art Museum, "NWWS" Historical Retrospective catalogue 2000

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

• Anacortes Depot Gallery, Dakota Arts Award 2004
• Award of Merit, Millennium Images, Ireland & America, Washington Trade & Convention Center, 2000
• Puget Sound Sumi Artist Award, Women Painters of Washington Edmonds Community College Show, 2000
• Dorothy Arnston Award, Issaquah Gallery, Women Painters of Washington Members Show, 1999
• Award of Merit, Everett Center for the Arts 1998
• Katherine B. Baker Award, City of Mercer Island Arts Council, Women Painters of Washington Members Show, 1998

EDUCATION

• Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Washington 1961 Studied painting under Guy Anderson, George Tsutakawa, and Alden Mason

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Women Painters of Washington, Vice President 2000 - 2002, 2002 - 2003
• Northwest Watercolor Society, Board Member and Co-Chair "Waterworks" members show, 1997, 1998

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