Artist’s Statement: Start with Light. Let me explain.
Look at my current series: each a simple still life. Vase, flowers, drape, table.
The set-up is easy. I find a vase, prop a red poppy or sunflowers in it, set the vase on the table, maybe throw a drape in, and then flood the thing with an emphatic light source. Next, I look and look, and eventually see. See shape, line, shadow. Find pattern, contrast, texture. Something about Light uncovers the life energy in these humble objects.
The painting of it is hard, fun work. I had no idea when I started painting that it would be so intellectually stimulating, because painting is NOT thinking. But, painting moves the brain in wonderfully mysterious ways. Painting is healing.
In this series, I paint the same objects over and over again. Oddly, every view seems new to me. I often have more than one canvas or board going in my studio of the same still life, but from alternate angles. I’ve noticed that my work is structural… I am interested in getting to the bones of the matter.
If you look at one of my paintings in this series, and feel hope, peace, or tranquility, then I have succeeded.
Galleries
Up Front Gallery, 48 Front Street, Issaquah, WA
Exhibitions 2010
Sammamish Art Fair, Ocotber 9 & 10
Sammamish City Hall, 801 228th Ave. SE, Sammamish, WA
29 Pegs on the Wall! Members' Salon Show
Up Front Gallery, 48 Front St N, Issaquah, WA
July 2 - August 1
BRUSHES with the Land
Gallery By The Bay, 8700 271st NW, Stanwood, WA
June 18-July 18, 2010
2010 City of Kent Summer Art Exhibit, June 4 - August 27
Kent, WA
Northwest Pastel Society 2010 Members’ Exhibition
Blue Horse Gallery, Bellingham, WA
Education
University of Washington 2009 – 2010 Certificate Program in Figure & Portrait Art
University of Washington 2008 – 2009 Certificate Program in Drawing & Painting
University of California B.A. in Studio Art
Education, Specifc to Visual Arts & Artists
Short Summary of Prior Professional Experience
1983-2008 School principal, university professor, elementary teacher
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