Watercolors
About the artist
Art has always been a part of my life. I grew up surrounded by paintings my parents bought and became acquainted with works by famous artists from early childhood.
I received a BFA from the University of Washington. After many years of graphic design work, teaching art classes, and other art endeavors I returned to my fine art roots, concentrating on watercolor painting. Recent works have included cut paper collages made up of paintings which I "repurpose" into new images.
I am active in Art Works Northwest, an artist cooperative in the Tri-Cities area of Washington and a founding member of the Mid-Columbia Watercolor Society.
Exhibits
Awards
Condotta Award, Allied Arts Association, Richland, WA 2023
Wallowa Valley Festival of Arts, Joseph, OR 2021, Best Watercolor
Wild Landscape, Joseph, OR 2020, 1st Place
Wallowa Valley Festival of Arts, Joseph, OR 2019, Best Watercolor
311 Gallery Flowers & Garden Show 2017, Raleigh NC, 1st Place
Spokane Watercolor Society Juried Show 2017, Spokane WA, Merchandise award
311 Gallery Flowers & Garden Show 2016, Raleigh NC, Honorable Mention
Art & the Garden Exhibition 2015, Traverse City MI, 2nd Place
National Greeley Art Exhibition 2015, Greeley CO, Honorable Mention
Kitsap Arts & Crafts Juried Show 2014, Kingston WA, 3rd Place, 2-Dimensional
National Greeley Art Exhibition 2014, Greeley CO, 1st Place, Watercolor
Waterworks Juried Art Exhibit 2014, Miles City MT, 3rd Place
Solo Shows
Gallery at the Park, Richland, WA – October 2023
Hedges Family Estates, Red Mountain, WA – October 2021, May 2019
Tucannon Cellars, Benton City, WA – March 2018
Wenaha Gallery, Dayton, WA – Oct 2017
Renton Technical College, Renton, WA - Nov 2016-Jan 2017
Cheryl Sallee Gallery, Auburn Senior Center Auburn, WA - July - Aug 2015
Crossroads Carnegie Art Center, Baker City, OR – Feb 2015
Juried Exhibits
Coos Art Museum Maritime Art Exhibition, Coos Bay, OR -- 2024
2nd Inland Northwest Juried Show, Jundt Art Museum, Spokane, WA -- 2024
Wild Landscape, Josephy Center, Joseph, OR – 2023,2022,2021,2020, 2019
Women’s Art Show, Josephy Center, Joseph, OR – 2024,2023,2019
Wallowa Valley Festival of Arts, Joseph, OR –2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2015, 2014
Central Washington Artists Exhibit, Larson Gallery, Yakima, WA – 2024,2023,2022
Foundry Vineyards Juried Show, Walla Walla, WA – 2023
Put a Bird on It juried show, Larson Gallery, Yakima, WA – 2022
Art Works Northwest Juried Member Show, Larson Gallery, Yakima, WA – 2022
Combine Collective Juried Art Event, Walla Walla, WA – 2022
Nature in the Abstract, Josephy Center, Joseph, OR – 2022
Little Works, Josephy Center, Joseph, OR – 2021
Coastal Landscapes, Elisabeth Jones Art Center, Portland, OR – 2021
For the Seventh Generation, Elisabeth Jones Art Center, Portland, OR – 2021
Uncorked Juried Exhibition, Moses Lake Museum & Art Center, Moses Lake, WA – 2020
311 Gallery, Raleigh, NC – 2018, 2017, 2016
Jundt Art Museum, Spokane, WA - 2018
Arts in Harmony, Hopkins/Blaine, MN – 2018, 2017, 2016
Allied Arts Annual Juried Show, Richland, WA – 2018, 2016, 2014, 2012
Waterworks Art Museum Annual Show, Miles City, MT – 2018, 2017, 2015, 2014
Spokane Watercolor Society, Spokane, WA –2018, 2017, 2016, 2015
Kingston Art Festival, Kingston, WA – 2018, 2017, 2016, 2014
Palouse Watercolor Socius/Lewis-Clark State College, Lewiston, ID – 2017, 2013
Arts and Flowers, Ellington-White Gallery/Arts Council of Fayetteville, NC – 2017, 2015
National Greeley Art Exhibition, Greeley, CO – 2016, 2015, 2014
The Reach through Art, The Hanford Reach Interpretive Center, Richland, WA - 2016
Chancellor's Exhibit, WSU, Tri-Cities, Richland, WA – 2015, 2013
Art and the Garden Exhibition, Traverse City, MI - 2015
Women Artists from the Columbia Valley, WSU-Tri-Cities, Richland, WA - 2014
Maritime Art Exhibition, Harbor History Museum, Gig Harbor, WA - 2014
Light Night! Juried Show, Larson Gallery, Yakima, WA - 2014
Peninsula Art League Annual Juried Show, Harbor History Museum, Gig Harbor, WA - 2013