ABOUT THE ARTIST

Art encompasses everything around us and explains itself through endless forms – film, literature, drawing, painting, music, sculpture. They often overlap, with musicians who paint and painters who write. My own art falls on paper or canvas and is a reflection of where my eye finds beauty. It’s inspired by music, novels and drives down the highway.

My medium varies, from large oils and watercolors to calligraphy and sketch-work. Depending on my frame of mind, it could be a complex, detailed piece or a calm, simple abstract. Color and shape alight my sense of awe.

I spent my early life surrounded by nature in southwest Washington state. I look for sensory, seasonal details, like the aroma and quiet of a cedar forest. My formal training was figure-work at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. To me, the human form is the ultimate landscape.

My mission is to introduce others to a piece of the world they’ve never noticed.

GALLERIES

Matzke Fine Art, Camano, Washington

Tusha Buntin Fine Art Services, Honolulu, Hawaii

Women Painters of Washington Gallery, Seattle, Washington

VITA

STUDIES:

• Pacific Lutheran University
• University of Puget Sound
• School of the Art Institute of Chicago
• Honolulu School of the Arts Academy

ADDITIONAL STUDIES:

• Allihies School of Language & Art, Ireland

SHOWS & AWARDS:

• Solo Show, Evergreen Health Complex, 2023
• "Like a Breath of Fresh Air", Scott Milo Gallery, 2023
• Two-Person Show, LakeShore Arts Gallery, 2022
• "Creative Paradigm" Juried Show, Matzke Fine Art, 2022
• "Flower Power," Women Painters of Washington Gallery, 2022
• "Waterworks Unlimited," Northwest Watercolor Society, 2021
• Member Show, Philadelphia Watercolor Society, 2021
• "Critters & Creatures," Women Painters of Washington, 2021
• Juried Show, Matzke Fine Art, 2020
• Fall Juried Show, American Art Company, 2019
• Raymond Studio Tour, 2019
• "10x10x10xTieton," Mighty Tieton Warehouse, 2019
• "Language of Blue," Women Painters of Washington Gallery, 2019
• Spring Juried Show, Scott Milo Gallery, 2019
• 17th Annual Juried Show, Tacoma Community College, 2019
• "Nude in the 21st Century," Royal Nebeker Art Gallery, 2019
• NWWS Juried Show, 2018
• "Fusion" Juried Show, Allied Arts, 2018
• "Play of Light" Juried Show, Matzke Fine Art, 2018
• Waterworks Juried Show, NWWS, 2017
• Hawaii Watercolor Society Juried Show, 2017
• Juried Show, Washington State Convention Center, 2016
• “Clam Diggers at Dusk,” Juried Show Edmonds Art Fest, 2016
• “Working Women,” Bellevue Art Museum Education Center, 2016
• Solo Show, Edmonds Library Gallery, 2016
• “Radiance,” Women Painters of Washington Gallery, 2015
• Juried Show, Hawaii Watercolor Society, 2014
• Edmonds Studio Tour, 2014
• Spring Art, Kiawah Island, 2014
• Signature Watercolor Show, Honolulu, HI, 2013
• "Downtown Nudes," Riversea, Astoria, OR, 2013
• “Pacific County,” Christopher Gallery, 2012
• Wells Gallery, 2012
• One Woman Show, Indigo Fine Art, 2011
• HWS Pegge Hopper Prize, 2010

Signature Member, Hawaii Watercolor Society

President of Women Painters of Washington