The Last Two Years

The Last Two Years

How did I cope with the Pandemic as an artist? EMOTIONALLY I became anxious, stressed and unsettled. I had a very hard time working in my studio. I struggled with what my purpose was on planet earth, again. I had a very hard time with the steady count of people dying all over the world. I got ...

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Florabundance

  “Art in Olympia Storefronts” is a new project of the Olympia Artspace Alliance (OAA) to create a series of temporary art installations in vacant storefront windows in downtown Olympia. Randi Parkhurst and I were selected to for the first round of installations in the former Capital Savings & Loan Building located at 425 Franklin ST ...

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Above, Below and Beyond

My solo show at the Kittredge Gallery was a highlight for me this year. The gallery is located on the University of Puget Sound campus in Tacoma, Washington. It was a wonderful opportunity to share the wide range of ideas and mediums I work with and teaching with Becky Frehse in her painting class was ...

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Summer 2018

I’ve begun a large project where I will be painting outdoors at a local park; Priest Point Park, Olympia, Washington over the next three months. I’m calling it “She’s Making a Painting”. This photo shows me at work on the preliminary study for the larger painting which will be comprised of three canvases, each 9′ X 4′. The triptych ...

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Nurse Stumps are the Best Hosts

Nurse Stumps are the Best Hosts

  I have always loved the cycle of the forest and how the ancients elders life as a tree ends just as it’s new life for support begins. I have started photographing the amazing start for so many trees in the forest from nurse stumps.  Here is one of my favorite hard wired beginning for this ...

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Jentel, Wyoming

I was awarded a one month Artist Residency at Jentel for August 2018.  I am very excited to have an opportunity to work in a new environment especially during a wonderful time of year.  I am planning to take all of my plein air gear with me and soak up the beauty of Wyoming. There ...

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Painting Workshop Video Featuring Helen O’Toole

Check out this video and get inspired by the 2013 painting workshop with Helen O’Toole. Workshops are held every year during the last week of July at Kathy Gore Fuss’s studio in Olympia, Washington. Each year offers one week of intensive study with a guest instructor along with a lecture series free to all workshop participants. Thanks to John ...

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Painting Workshop with Emily Gherard

Painting Workshop with Emily Gherard

July 27 through July 31, 2015   Emily received her BFA from Rhode Island School of Design (2002) and her MFA from the University of Washington (2004).  She was represented by the Francine Seders Gallery and Blindfold Gallery.  Emily has received PONCHO Special Recognition Award (2006) and  GAP Grant (2014). She has taught extensively in the Puget ...

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Painting Workshop with Helen O’Toole

Helen O’Toole — July 29th – August 2nd 2013 Helen received her MFA at the Chicago Art Institute.  She is an Associate Professor at the University of Washington and is represented by the Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA.  Helen is a recent recipient of the Pollack Krasner Foundation Award and is preparing for a group exhibition ...

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