"My passion in painting and drawing is to visually re-create my experience of the subject. I am thrilled, when I succeed in capturing the in-the-moment aliveness of birds, human figures, and landscapes."
Education:
B.F.A. in Drawing & Painting University of Washington
Seattle Academy of Fine Arts (Gage Academy)
Juried Shows:
Eastside Association of Fine Arts: 2010Annual Show 2010
Eastside Association of Fine Arts: 2008 Annual Show 2008
The West Coast Paper Art Exhibition 2008
Seattle CoArts Annual Juried Show 1997-2010
Northwest Watercolor Society WaterWorks show 2003
Edmonds Annual Juried Art Show 1996-2007
Galleries & other Exhibitions:
Women Painters of Washington Gallery
Kirsten Gallery: The West Coast Paper Art Exhibition
Gallery North, Edmonds, WA: Bird Art - Group Show
Puget Sound Bird Festival Poster Art 2008
Edmonds Art Gallery "From Crayons to Oils" show
Sev Shoon Art Center, Ballard, WA ; 9 Hands Draw
Blue Heron Art Gallery January 2007
Gallery North Featured Artist : December 2006
Epilogue Books
Spring Plein Air Paintings of the Southwest
Northwest Watercolor Society WaterWorks show
Whidbey Island Historical Museum- Permanent collection
Lakeshore Gallery
Gallery North Featured Artist
Michael Pierce Gallery
Awards and Publications:
Eastside Association of Fine Arts: 2008 Annual Show
Seattle CoArts Annual Juried Show
Puget Sound Bird Festival Poster Art 2008
Edmonds Art Fair
Whidbey Island Historical Museum- Permanent collection
"American Artist" article . February 2001
Professional Affiliations:
EAFA- Eastside Association of Fine Arts
NWWS-NorthWest Watercolor Society
WPW- Women Painters of Washington
Seattle CoArts
Teaching Experience:
14 years teaching painting with the Seattle Parks Department
Summer workshops on drawing 2005-2008
Guest Lecturer: Bird Art: from Cave to Contemporary Paintings
