Artist Statement
I paint to try and capture what the camera cannot. I choose to paint natural surroundings because that is what I most respond to and want to keep with me. My paintings are at times not what is physically there but are my interpretation of my surroundings. Sometimes after visiting a location I will start with a photograph to
get the essence of a piece and then put the photograph aside and let my memory of a place paint the rest of the picture. I find that this gives a much richer result because the colors I choose are based on my emotions and not necessarily the actual colors of the location.
My mediums are oil and watercolor.
ResumeSolo Exhibitions |
| 2010 | Life in Cascadia, Sightline Institute, Seattle, WA |
| 2009 | Field Notes, Fall City Inn, Fall City, WA |
Group Exhibitions |
| 2010 | Flying House Art & Craft, Issaquah, WA |
| 2010 | 100' of Art, artEAST, Issaquah, WA |
| 2010 | Birds of a Feather, CancerLifeLine, Seattle, WA |
| 2009 | ArtWalk Issaquah, Issaquah, WA |
| 2009 | artEAST Annual Auction, artEAST, Issaquah, WA |
| 2009 | 150' of Art, artEAST, Issaquah, WA |
| 2008 | 150' of Art, artEAST, Issaquah, WA |
| 2007 | 150' of Art, artEAST, Issaquah, WA |
| 2006 | artEAST Annual Auction, artEAST, Issaquah, WA |
| 2006 | Collective Works, Art Collective Issaquah, Issaquah, WA |
| 2004 | Renton River Days, Renton, WA |
| 2004 | ArtWalk Issaquah, Issaquah, WA |
| 2004 | Redmond Town Center Jazz Festival, Redmond, WA |
Affiliations |
| 2004+ | Member, artEAST |
| 2004 | Member, Cottage Lake Artists' Guild |
| 2004 | Member, Seattle CoArts |
Related Activities |
| 2010 | Volunteer curator of the Providence Marianwood Gallery, Issaquah, WA |
| 2009 | Nursing home art class volunteer, Providence Marianwood, Issaquah, WA |
Education |
| 2006 | Painting with Ned Mueller, Fall City Fine Arts, Fall City, WA |
| 2003 | Figure Drawing, Gage Academy of Fine Art, Seattle, WA |
| 1987 | B.S. Design, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA |
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