STATEMENT
"Making art is having a contract with an idea....Drawing, to me, is a meditative state where I enter a world of calm reflection and interpretation. Sometimes (often) the result is a surprise!" I have a passion for trees, they are heroes of the environment and I wish to honor them. My approach is to take a non-traditional look by bringing the viewer's focus up close to examine shadows and textures for an intimate visual experience. These are mostly drawn with graphite, some with an addition in colored pencil. The still life work is done mostly in colored pencil, some with the addition of a graphite element. Here I enjoy another artistic continuum but I like to bring the drawings into a contemporary format with the use of negative space and careful composition. Because I am very interested in other cultures I like to use various folk artifacts to make visual statements about diversity. Stones are another reoccurring theme in my work. I enjoy exploring their shapes and textures and, again, bringing the viewer up close for an intimate look at a segment of the landscape. These drawing are entirely done with colored pencil!"
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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
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- 2011
- Whatcom Museum, "Fate of the Forest," Bellingham, WA
- WPW Membership and Annual Exhibitions, Seattle
- Celebrating Trees, Grace Church, Bainbridge Island, WA
- Honoring Trees, Miller Library, Univ of Washington Botanical Gardens, Seattle
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2010
Women Painters of Washington Gallery Exhibitions, Columbia Center, Seattle
WPW Spring Membership Exhibition, Bothell, WA
The Forest for the Trees, Dept of Ecology, Lacey, WA
2008–2009
Women Painters of Washington Gallery Exhibitions, Columbia Center, Seattle
2008
- Struga, Macedonia, Exhibition of work done while in Peace Corps
- 2006–2008
- Peace Corps Volunteer, Macedonia
- 2006
- Signature Showcase CPSA Invitational, Delray Beach, FL
- Celebrations III, WPW Exhibition, Columbia Center Gallery, Seattle
- 2005
- Explore This! CPSA Exhibition, La Jolla, CA
- An Enduring Legacy; Women Painters of Washington, 1930-2005, Whatcom Museum of History& Art, Bellingham
- CPSA13th International Exhibition, Chicago, IL
- Celebration! WPW Exhibition, Columbia Center, Gallery, Seattle
- 2004
- Three Person Exhibit, Olympic Community College, Bremerton, WA
- 2003
- WPW Juried Shows, University House, Wallingford & Issaquah, WA
- Edmonds Art Festival, 1999-2003
- 2002
- Leavitt & Leavitt, Memorial Exhibit for Dan, Mercer Island Gallery, Seattle
- CPSA 10th International Exhibition, Ft. Worth, tX
- Puget Sound Country, juried annuals, Seattle, 2002-2004
- NW Color II, Hon. Mention, Washington State Trade & Convention Center, Seattle
- Leavitt & Leavitt, Edmonds Community College
- 2001
- Solution Exhibition, Edmonds Arts Festival Museum Gallery
- "Epic Passages," Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle
- CPSA 9th International Exhibit, San Francisco, CA
- 2000
- "Gateway" WPW Exhibit, Sea-Tac International Airport
- WPW 70th Anniversary Membership Show, Edmonds Community College
- "Millennium Images," Best in Show, WA State Trade & Convention Center, Seattle
- 1999
- "Millennium Images," Ahmed al-Adwah Gallery, Kuwait City, Kuwait
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