photo by Diana Rico

AWARDS

2007, Sept-Dec: Fellowship Grant Recipient; Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, Taos NM

2004, March: First Place Water Media Award, Gold Show, Clallam Arts Center, Port Angeles, WA

2003, August: People’s Choice Award, Master Gardener Exhibit, Port Townsend, WA

1990, June: Orleana Harsch Award, NW Watercolor Society Annual Exhibit, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA

1990, June: Watercolor Award, Northwest Annual, Bellevue, WA

1989, May: Langnickel Professional Painting Award, 49th Annual NW Watercolor Society Exhibit, Bellevue, WA

1987-88: National Exhibit Competition Winner, Artists’ Liaison National Competition

1986, June: Professional Painting Award, Pacific NW Arts and Crafts Fair, Bellevue,WA

FACULTY POSITIONS

1986-88: Washington State Artist-in-Residence, State Arts Commission, Olympia, WA

1985-86: Watercolor Instructor, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA

MEMBERSHIPS

2008: TAO: Taos Artists Organization, Taos, NM

2008: High Road Artisans, Truchas, NM

2007: Corvidae Printmaking Guild, Port Townsend WA

2006-2008: Seattle Print Arts, Seattle, WA

1989 to present: Signature Member Northwest Watercolor Society

EDUCATION

1996, May: Master’s Degree, MSN, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA

1981, May: Bachelor of Arts, Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA

1981: Independent Study with Seattle Artist, Karen Guzak

COLLECTIONS

Steven Keely Collection: “Outside the Lock”, “Blackberry Moon”, “Waiting Moon”, “Dream Basket”

King County Arts Commission Portable Works Collection: “Raven Moon”

Katherine Baril Collection: “Forgotten Pocket”, “Return of the Salmon Moon”, “Blackberry Moon II”

Louis Mangione Collection: “First Flight”, “Manta”, “Budding Moon”, “River of Dreams”, “Homage Rising”, “Earth Vessel” Monoprints, #s 8, 9, and 10, ‘Night Peepers”, “Lunar Drum”

Todd Detwiler Collection: “Fallen Moon Rising II”, “Morning’s Web”, “Earth Vessel” Monoprint #12, “Valley of the Ravens”, “Sanctuary II”, “Night Peepers”

Cindy Alford Collection: "Mourning Blanket”, “Reeds”, “ Machu Pichu II”, “Clouds I”

ONE and TWO PERSON EXHIBITS

2006, April: Port Townsend Gallery, Port Townsend, WA

1991, April: “Recent Works”, Artspace Gallery, Bay City, Oregon

1989, February: “From the Seed”, Linda Meier Gallery, Seattle, WA

1987, October: “New Moons”, Steven Keely Gallery, Seattle, WA

1987, April: “Watercolors”, Hank’s by the Lake, Seattle, WA

1986 November/December:: “Solo”, Kid’s Center, Seattle, WA

1986, August: “New Artists”, Seattle Art Museum Rental and Sales Gallery, Seattle, WA

1986, June: “Recent Works”, Community Arts Center, Ellensburg, WA

1986, January: “Recent Works”, Viking Union Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA

1985, September: “Lunar Tapestries”, King County Arts Commission Gallery, Seattle, WA.

1985, March: “Grid as Matrix”, Steven Keely Gallery, Seattle, WA

1983, April: “Watercolors”, Cental Oregon Community College Gallery, Bend, OR

1982, April: “Watercolors”, Blue Heron Gallery, Vashon, WA

REPRESENTATION

2008: High Road Gallery, Truchas, NM

2005-2007: Port Townsend Gallery, Port Townsend, WA

PUBLICATIONS

2005, October: “Art Port Townsend” festival poster and studio tour brochure cover.

1990,1985,1986: Northwest Watercolor Society Exhibition Catalogs

1987, Spring: Artists’ Liaison Catalog

1984, December: CALYX, A Journal of Art and Literature by Women, volume 8, number 3

JURIED AND INVITATIONAL EXHIBITS

2007, January: NWWS Signature Members Exhibit, Snohomish Arts Center, Everett, WA

2006, December: “Small Expressions V”, Northwind Arts Center, Port Townsend, WA

2006, June: “Earth, Air, Fire and Water”, Port Townsend, WA, juror, Jake Seniuk

2005, December: “Small Expressions IV”, Northwind Arts Center, PortTownsend, WA.

2004, December: “Small Expressions III”, Northwind Arts Center, Port Townsend, WA

2004, October: “Art Port Townsend Annual Exhibit”, Northwind Arts Center, Port Townsend, WA

2004, March: “Gold Show” (award), Klallam Arts Center Gallery, Port Angeles, WA

2003, December: “Small Expressions II”, Northwind Arts Center, Port Townsend, WA

2003, August: "Master Gardener Conference Exhibit” (award), Fort Warden, Port Townsend, WA

1993, June: “Northwest Watercolors”, Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, WA

1992, October: “Images of War”, OK Hotel, Seattle, WA

1991, August: NW Watercolor Society Signature Members Exhibit, North Central Washington Museum, Wenatchee, WA

1991, July: Group exhibit, Artspace Gallery, Bay City, Oregon

1990, June: 50th Annual NW Watercolor Society Exhibit, Stonington Gallery, Seattle, WA

1990, May: NW Watercolor Society Signature Members Exhibit, Arts Center Gallery, Everett, WA

1989, June: 49th Annual NW Watercolor Society Exhibit, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA

1989, May: Printmaker’s Exhibit, Chandler Gallery, Wellfleet MA

1989, April: NW Printmakers’ Invitational, Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA

1989, March: “The Rest of the Northwest”, Broadway Market, Seattle, WA

1989, March: Annual Women’s Exhibit, Linda Meier’s Gallery, Seattle, WA

1988, May-Sept: Group Exhibition, Chandler Gallery, Wellfleet, MA

1988, May-July: 48th Annual NW Watercolor Society Exhibit, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA

1988, April: Art Liaison Spring Exhibit, Scottsdale, AZ

1988, March: National Watercolor Society Invitational Exhibit, LA Artcore Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1988, January: Art Liaison Exhibit, Gallery Imago, San Francisco, CA

1987-88: National Watercolor Society Traveling Exhibit

1987, October: Art Liaison Fall Exhibit, Scottsdale Arizona

1987, July: David Brown Galley, Provincetown, MA

1987, Jan/Feb: National Watercolor Society 66th Annual Exhibit, Muckenthaler Center, Fullerton, Ca

1986, December: “Celebration: Especially for Children”, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA

1986, Summer: King County Arts Commission New Acquisitions, Public Arts Space, Seattle Center, Seattle, WA

1986, June: “Watercolors West”, Missoula Museum of Art, Missoula, MT

1985, June-Aug: Oregon/Washington Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Maryhill Museum, Goldendale, WA

1985, June: “Reclaiming our Images”, National Women’s Studies Conference, Seattle, WA

1985, June: 45th Annual NW Watercolor Society Exhibit, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA

1984, April-June: 44th Annual NW Watercolor Society Annual Exhibit, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue,WA