Biography
My interest is in creating a permanent record of the impermanence of our world. In considering the exquisiteness of a moment shared, of a new connection, a new thought, an old memory, I am often stuck by the duality of permanence and impermanence all around us.
My work engages the natural world through this lens. Images of birds or flowers talk to me of connection, of beauty, of freedom, and of the precarious and profoundly precious nature of our world. Making marks on a surface, choosing colors, dripping, obscuring and replacing images talk to this through the act of painting.
Paintings are made of hundreds of distinct moments and of small decisions; each has its own "no" or a small ecstatic "yes." The finished piece is a history of those fleeting, but profound moments.
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2016, J-Go Gallery, Park City, UT
2016, Waterworks Gallery, Friday Harbor, WA
2015, Soren Christensen Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2015, Salon Refu, Olympia, WA
2014, Waterworks Gallery, Friday Harbor, WA
2013, District Art Gallery, Park City, UT
2013, Soren Christensen Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2012, Waterworks Gallery, Friday Harbor, WA
2010, Waterworks Gallery, Friday Harbor, WA
2010, SRG, Seattle, WA
2010, Museo Gallery, Langley, WA
2009, Museo Gallery, Langley, WA
2008, Waterworks Gallery, Friday Harbor, WA
2006, Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Kirkland, WA
2006, RC Gallery, Portland, OR
2006, Waterworks Gallery, Friday Harbor, WA
2004, AT.31 Gallery, Seattle, WA
2004, Waterworks Gallery, Friday Harbor, WA
2003, AT.31 Gallery, Seattle, WA
2003, Waterworks Gallery, Friday Harbor, WA
2002, Atelier 31, Kirkland, WA
2001, Atelier 31, Kirkland, WA
2000, Atelier 31, Kirkland, WA
1998, Auburn Art Commission, Auburn, WA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2016, Atelier Gallery, Charleston, SC
2016, J-Go Gallery, Park City, UT
2016, Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2015, Birdwatching Gallery Walk at Terminus, Atlanta, GA
2015, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
2015, Atelier Gallery, Charleston, SC
2015, J-Go Gallery, Park City, UT
2015, Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2014, Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2013, Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2013, Waterworks Gallery, Friday Harbor, WA
2013, Atelier Gallery, Charleston, SC
2013, Jules Place, Boston, MA
2012, Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2012, Soren Christensen Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2012, Jules Place, Boston, MA
2012, District Art Gallery, Park City, UT
2011, Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2011, Bennett Gallery, Nashville, TN
2011, Museo Gallery, Langley, WA
2011, Waterworks Gallery, Friday Harbor, WA
2010, Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2009, Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle, WA
2009, Waterworks Gallery, Friday Harbor, WA
2008, Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle, WA
2008, Seattle Art Museum Gallery, Seattle, WA
2007, Waterworks Gallery, Friday Harbor, WA
2007, Gallery 6311, Seattle, WA
2006, Childhoods End Gallery, Olympia, WA
2006, Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, WA
2006, PONCHO Art Auction – Award of Excellence, Seattle, WA
2006, Allen Sheppard Gallery, New York, NY
2005, SAM Gallery at the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
2005, Zinco Contemporary, Santa Fe, AZ
2003, Waterworks Galery, Friday Harbor, WA
2002, Bellevue Art Museum 2002 Auction “Best of Show”, Bellevue, WA
2002, Atelier 31, Kirkland, WA
My interest is in creating a permanent record of the impermanence of our world. In considering the exquisiteness of a moment shared, of a new connection, a new thought, an old memory, I am often stuck by the duality of permanence and impermanence all around us.
My work engages the natural world through this lens. Images of birds or flowers talk to me of connection, of beauty, of freedom, and of the precarious and profoundly precious nature of our world. Making marks on a surface, choosing colors, dripping, obscuring and replacing images talk to this through the act of painting.
Paintings are made of hundreds of distinct moments and of small decisions; each has its own "no" or a small ecstatic "yes." The finished piece is a history of those fleeting, but profound moments.
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2016, J-Go Gallery, Park City, UT
2016, Waterworks Gallery, Friday Harbor, WA
2015, Soren Christensen Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2015, Salon Refu, Olympia, WA
2014, Waterworks Gallery, Friday Harbor, WA
2013, District Art Gallery, Park City, UT
2013, Soren Christensen Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2012, Waterworks Gallery, Friday Harbor, WA
2010, Waterworks Gallery, Friday Harbor, WA
2010, SRG, Seattle, WA
2010, Museo Gallery, Langley, WA
2009, Museo Gallery, Langley, WA
2008, Waterworks Gallery, Friday Harbor, WA
2006, Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Kirkland, WA
2006, RC Gallery, Portland, OR
2006, Waterworks Gallery, Friday Harbor, WA
2004, AT.31 Gallery, Seattle, WA
2004, Waterworks Gallery, Friday Harbor, WA
2003, AT.31 Gallery, Seattle, WA
2003, Waterworks Gallery, Friday Harbor, WA
2002, Atelier 31, Kirkland, WA
2001, Atelier 31, Kirkland, WA
2000, Atelier 31, Kirkland, WA
1998, Auburn Art Commission, Auburn, WA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2016, Atelier Gallery, Charleston, SC
2016, J-Go Gallery, Park City, UT
2016, Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2015, Birdwatching Gallery Walk at Terminus, Atlanta, GA
2015, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
2015, Atelier Gallery, Charleston, SC
2015, J-Go Gallery, Park City, UT
2015, Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2014, Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2013, Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2013, Waterworks Gallery, Friday Harbor, WA
2013, Atelier Gallery, Charleston, SC
2013, Jules Place, Boston, MA
2012, Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2012, Soren Christensen Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2012, Jules Place, Boston, MA
2012, District Art Gallery, Park City, UT
2011, Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2011, Bennett Gallery, Nashville, TN
2011, Museo Gallery, Langley, WA
2011, Waterworks Gallery, Friday Harbor, WA
2010, Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2009, Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle, WA
2009, Waterworks Gallery, Friday Harbor, WA
2008, Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle, WA
2008, Seattle Art Museum Gallery, Seattle, WA
2007, Waterworks Gallery, Friday Harbor, WA
2007, Gallery 6311, Seattle, WA
2006, Childhoods End Gallery, Olympia, WA
2006, Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, WA
2006, PONCHO Art Auction – Award of Excellence, Seattle, WA
2006, Allen Sheppard Gallery, New York, NY
2005, SAM Gallery at the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
2005, Zinco Contemporary, Santa Fe, AZ
2003, Waterworks Galery, Friday Harbor, WA
2002, Bellevue Art Museum 2002 Auction “Best of Show”, Bellevue, WA
2002, Atelier 31, Kirkland, WA