Resume

EDUCATION

ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

GROUP EXHIBITIONS + AWARDS

2019 Signature Member, Northwest Watercolor Society
2019 Roslyn Art Show, Judges Special award, Roslyn Bound
2019 TIETON 10 x 10 Show, Harvest
2018 California Watercolor Society International Exhibit, Ocean Bluff
2017 Best of Gage Art Show, 2nd place in abstract painting category, Ocean Birds
2017 TIETON 10 x 10 Show, People’s Choice Award, Dance Positions
2017 Northwest Fine Arts Competition, Phinney Center Gallery, finalist, 3 Italian Aprons
2017 NWWS International Open Exhibition, finalist, Spring Tides
2016 KROB International Delineation Competition, professional hand, winner, Industrial Garden
2015 KROB International Delineation Competition, professional hand, finalist
2015 Roslyn Art Show, Judges Choice award, Bluebird
2015 NWWS 75th International Open Exhibition, finalist, In Concert
2014 NWWS Waterworks show winner, Chorus
2013 NIAUSI, Fellowship, The Civita Institute, Drawing Lessons from Civita, an Artist’s Adventure in Italy.
2012 Center for Wooden Boats, Illustrated Festival Graphics
2007 Award of Excellence, AIP 22 American Society of American Illustrators, Union Gap
2010 Burien Art Show, Honorable Mention, The Poppies
2001 Award of Excellence, AIP 16 American Society of American Illustrators, King Street Station

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Seattle Studio, Design/Drawing, Perspective, Printmaking, Expressive Landscapes, Field Sketching, Watercolor + Color Strategy
Civita Studio/Workshop, Italy 2016-19: The Depictive and the Evocative through painting + drawing
France Studio/Workshop, 2018-2019: Expressive Landscapes through painting + drawing
Translating Landscape: an online course
The Beauty of Composition: an online course
The 7 Essentials of Studio Practice: an online course
2019 Daniel Smith Artist Materials, Expressive Landscapes
2018-Present Illustration + Design Drawing for Architects and Designers
2017 Design Drawing, Exploring the Evocative and the Depictive, Kansas State
2012 Drawing with Intention Workshop, Larson Gallery, Yakima, Washington
2012 Path with Art, Seattle, Washington
1994 Design Drawing, University of Washington
1987 Freehand Drawing, University of Washington

PUBLICATIONS

2014 Drawing Lessons from Civita, an Artist’s Adventure
2019 The New Palette Magazine Issue #71: Gathering Evidence and Discovering Intention

WORKSHOPS AND RESIDENCIES

Monotype + Pastel Painting: Dawn Emerson, La Connor, Washington, 2015-19
About Color: Marie Thiebault, Seattle, Washington, 2019
Artistic Exploration with Skip Lawrence, Wilsonville, Washington, May 2019
Oil Painting, Still Life with Jim Phelan, Seattle, Washington, Gage Academy 2019
Expressive Life Drawing with Barbara Fugate, Seattle, Washington, Gage Academy 2011-2019
Watercolor with Tom Hoffmann, 2007-18
Bob Nugent; Art in Printmaking, A6 Gallery, Bend, Oregon, January 2016
Watercolor Workshop, Alvaro Catagnet, Seattle, Washington, July 2015
Artistic Exploration with Skip Lawrence, Cascade Fine Art Workshop, August 2014
Powerful Painting and Pastels with Dawn Emerson, La Connor, WA and Eugene, Oregon, 2011-14
2013 NIAUSI: Civita Institute: Fellow for the Northwest Institute of Architecture and Urban Studies in Italy: Fall 2013
Composition/Architectural Collage with Anne Lewis, Seattle, Washington, 2010
Expressive Painting and Drawing with William Parks, Sitka Center for Arts and Ecology, September 2012
Drawing from the Heart with Dawn Emerson, Jandana Ranch, Kamloops, Canada, 2012
Painting instruction: Kim Mathews Wheaton, Moses Lake, Washington, 2012-16
Watercolor with Cathe Gill, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2009-11
Northwest Pottery, Ceramics, Fall 2008
Color Pencil Drawing, 2004 Watercolor Painting, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
Certificate: AC Glassel Jr. School of Art, Lithography and Photography, Houston, Texas, 1982