BIO
Personal Profile
My art practice, which is primarily painting and printmaking, is where my imagination communes with memory and optimism. I spend a lot of time out in nature as a long-distance runner and skier, and this is what gives me inspiration. As I paint, I juxtapose specificity with ambiguity to allow viewers to assign their own personal projections to my work.
My belief in the intrinsic worth of wild lands informs my art practice as does my intention to connect people with nature. My desire is to forge connections with those who view my work by endeavoring to represent the beauty of the natural world and the compassion of humanity.
At the core of my practice is giving back the love and gratitude I feel and hopefully instilling those feelings in others.
Resume selections
Education
Selected exhibits
Selected commissions and commissions
Selected residencies
Memberships
Volunteer work
The Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA
Master of Fine Arts
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Magna Cum Laude
The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Certificate of Fine Arts
River Gallery, Mt. Vernon, WA, 2020, 2021
Confluence Gallery, Twisp, WA, annual group and solo exhibitions, 2014 - present
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Reflections – 20 Years of the BMGF, Seattle, WA, 2020
Winthrop Gallery, Twisp, WA, selected works, 2020, 2021, 2022
Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle, WA, interactive temporary installations, 2017, 2018
Artists for Immigrants, Group Exhibit, Seattle, WA, 2017
Center on Contemporary Art (COCA), Seattle, Across the Divide IV, 2012
One year exhibit, Collection of the President, Lesley University, 2011
Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI, 2011
Boston Young Contemporaries, Boston, MA, 2011
Book Cover, Daughters of Elderly Women, Floating Bridge Press, 2020
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA, 2020
Book Cover, “An Earlier Life”, Ovenbird Books, 2016
University of Washington, Medical Center Collection Purchase, 2009
Book Cover, “Blessing of the Animals”, EWU Press, 2009
NW Florida Museum of Art, Purchase Award, 1995
2021, Guest Presenter, Professional Development Training, Art One, China
2020-21, Evergreen content creation for the Frye Art Museum, Creative Aging Program, Seattle, WA
2020, Evergreen content creation for art education, Seattle Office of Arts and Culture, Seattle, WA
2018, Present, Lead Teaching Artist, Here:Now Creative Aging Program, Frye Art Museum
2018, Seattle Art Museum REMIX public art commission
2012 – 2020, Teaching Artist, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Discovery Center, Seattle, WA
2001 - Present, Teaching Artist, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
2017, Artist in Residence, John Stanford International School, Seattle, WA
2013, Juror, 25th Annual Cinco Banderas Exhibition, Pensacola, FL
2011, Video artist-interview to support Arkansas Technical University contemporary art history curriculum
2008 - 2010, Teaching Artist, Gage Academy, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
2008, University of Washington, Workshop Presenter, Jackson School’s annual Mosaic workshop, EARC
2022 – present, Women Artists of Washington
2021 – present, Winthrop Gallery Cooperative
2021 – present, Washington State Public Artist
2021- present, Member and marketing committee Winthrop Gallery
2021- present, Show committee Confluence Gallery
2020, Phone Banking for Swing Left 2020 Presidential Election
2017-19, Frye Art Museum, Teaching Artist, Bridges, Creative Aging Program
2017-18, Days for Girls, Hygiene kit production and international delivery
1998- 2008, Board of Directors, Advisory Board, Feral Cat Spay Neuter Project