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

ShoreLake Arts Gallery, Mt. Lake Terrace, Washington

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
• Hawaii State Foundation on Culture & Arts, Purchase Award, 2005
• “Edge II,” Juried Show at Linekona, 2005
• Spring Member Show, Perkins Center for the Arts, 2005
• Aloha Petroleum Award, 2004 and 2005
• Daler Rowney Award, 2003
• Alexander & Baldwin Award for Watercolor, 2002
• The Women's Show, Diamond Head Theatre Gallery, 2001
• Allihies School Public Show, 2001
• Punahou Annual Art Show, 2001
• "The Art of Food," Subzero/Wolf Gallery, 2000
• "Peace" Traveling Exhibit, Koa Gallery, 2000

Signature Member, Hawaii Watercolor Society

President of Women Painters of Washington