Making art is having a contract with an idea. To me, drawing is a meditative state where I enter a world of calm reflection and interpretation. The art happens somewhere between what my eyes see and my hand interprets.
I have a passion for trees; they are heroes of the environment, and I want to honor them in my current work. This work consists of large graphite drawings done on multiple sheets of paper. These create their own mood along with the image. I want to bring the viewer’s focus up close to examine shadows and textures for an intimate visual experience.
Selected Exhibitions
| 2022 | The Trees Among Us, Inaugural Exhibition at Graphite Art Building, Edmonds, WA |
| 2022 | Creative Paradigm, Matzke Fine Art Gallery & Sculpture Park |
| 2021 | Lumiere, Art Fluent Art-Fluent.com/lumiere |
| Summer 2021 exhibition, Exhibizone, online | |
| This is Me, Women Painters of Washington Juried Show, Seattle, WA | |
| Reflections, Women Painters of Washington Juried Show, FIRST place award, Seattle, WA | |
| 2020 | Botanical, Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA online gallery: Las Laguna Gallery |
| Muse, Art Fluent, Art-Fluent.com/Muse | |
| Celebrating 90 years!, Matzke Fine Art and Sculpture Park, March to April 2020 | |
| 2019 | On Location, WPW Gallery exhibition, Seattle, WA |
| Artist of the Year Competition, Circle Foundation For the Arts, Honorable Mention Award, Lyon, France | |
| Collective Visions Gallery, juried show, Bremerton, WA | |
| Outside In, WPW Gallery exhibition, Seattle, WA | |
| Invitational Solo Exhibit, Cascadia Art Museum, Edmonds, April 10 - June 30 | |
| American Art Company, Tacoma, Elemental Rhapsody Juried Show | |
| 2018 | Drawing Discourse, 9th Annual International Exhibition of Contemporary Drawing, UNC, Asheville, North Carolina |
| Portraits Without People, Women Painters of Washington Gallery, Seattle, WA | |
| Fusion; Women Painters of Washington Spring Juried Show, Gallery at the Park, Richland, WA | |
| Skagit Artists Fall Exhibition, juried show, Arts Alive, 2nd place, La Conner, WA | |
| 2017 | Point of Lead, Women Painters of Washington Gallery, Seattle, WA |
| "Revering Nature," Invitational Show, Bainbridge Island Art Museum, Bainbridge Island,WA | |
| 2016 | Women Artists Coast to Coast - West, WPW and NAWA juried show, Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, WA |
| "Revering Nature," Invitational Show, Vashon Center for the Arts, Vashon, WA | |
| Solo show of colored pencil drawings, University Unitarian Church, Seattle, WA | |
| Big Show, Women Painters of Washington Gallery, Seattle, WA | |
| Juried Show, 3rd Annual Living Mark Exhibition, Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, OR | |
| 18th Annual Juried Show, Expressions Northwest, Northwind Art Center, Port Townsend, WA | |
| 2015 | Auburn City Hall Gallery, Invitational, January 30 - February 27 |
| Visual Voices, WPW Juried Show, Larson Gallery, Yakima Community College, WA | |
| Black & White + one. Women Painters of Washington Gallery, Seattle | |
| Into the Woods: Leavitt/Meyers/Weiner, Rogue Gallery and Art Center, Medford, OR | |
| Wild About Trees Exhibition, Group Exhibit of Trees in Art, The Gallery at Grace, Bainbridge Island, WA | |
| WPW Painting Poetry Fall Show, Women Painters of Washington Gallery, Seattle | |
| 2014 | Objectification, Annual Invitational. Smith and Vallee Gallery, Edison, WA |
| WPW Annual Members Exhibition, Women Painters of Washington Gallery, Seattle | |
| 19th Annual Juried Art Show, Schack Art Center, Everett, WA | |
| 2013 | Trees in Art, Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection, Weyerhaeuser Grounds, Federal Way, WA |
| Trees in Art, Northwind Art Center, Pt. Townsend, WA | |
| WPW Traveling Show, Celebrations, Everett, Seattle, Olympia, Pt. Townsend, Ellensburg, WA | |
| WPW Membership Exhibitions, Women Painters of Washington Gallery, Seattle | |
| Edmonds Arts Festival Museum, Former Arts Commissioners Exhibition, Edmonds, WA | |
| 2012 | WPW Membership Exhibitions, Women Painters of Washington Gallery, Seattle |
| 2011 | Whatcom Museum, "Fate of the Forest," Bellingham, WA |
| WPW Membership and Annual Exhibitions, Seattle | |
| Celebrating Trees, Grace Church, Bainbridge Island, WA | |
| Honoring Trees, Miller Library, Univ of Washington Botanical Gardens, Seattle | |
| 2010 | Women Painters of Washington Gallery Exhibitions, Columbia Center, Seattle |
| WPW Spring Membership Exhibition, Bothell, WA | |
| The Forest for the Trees, Dept of Ecology, Lacey, WA | |
| 2008 | Struga, Macedonia, Exhibition of work done while in Peace Corps |
| 2008-2006 | Peace Corps Volunteer, Macedonia |
| 2005 | Explore This! CPSA Exhibition, La Jolla, CA |
| An Enduring Legacy; Women Painters of Washington, 1930-2005, Whatcom Museum of History& Art, Bellingham | |
| CPSA13th International Exhibition, Chicago, IL | |
| Celebration! WPW Exhibition, Columbia Center, Gallery, Seattle | |
| 2004 | Three Person Exhibit, Olympic Community College, Bremerton, WA |
| 2003 | WPW Juried Shows, University House, Wallingford & Issaquah, WA |
| 2003 1999 | Edmonds Art Festival, 1999-2003 |
| 2002 | Leavitt & Leavitt, Memorial Exhibit for Dan, Mercer Island Gallery, Seattle |
| CPSA 10th International Exhibition, Ft. Worth,TX | |
| Puget Sound Country, juried annuals, Seattle, 2002-2004 | |
| NW Color II, Hon. Mention, Washington State Trade & Convention Center, Seattle | |
| Leavitt & Leavitt, Edmonds Community College | |
| 2001 | Solution Exhibition, Edmonds Arts Festival Museum Gallery |
| "Epic Passages," Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle | |
| CPSA 9th International Exhibit, San Francisco, CA | |
| 2000 | "Gateway" WPW Exhibit, Sea-Tac International Airport |
| WPW 70th Anniversary Membership Show, Edmonds Community College | |
| "Millennium Images," Best in Show, WA State Trade & Convention Center, Seattle | |
| 1999 | "Millennium Images," Ahmed al-Adwah Gallery, Kuwait City, Kuwait |
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- Women Painters of Washington (WPW)
- Colored Pencil Society of America (CPSA), Signature Status emeritus
- Signature member “Trees in Art” since 2009