About Me

I am a visual artist working in both watercolor, pastel and oil, living on the beautiful Olympic Peninsula in Washington state.

My subject matter in oil is very different from my pastel and watercolor work. My water color is expressionistic, where as my pastel work is abstract. And I have recently begun to work in oil in the last 3 years.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS

  • ​Penisula At League Juried Show
  • 2022 ArtWorks2
  • 2022 CVG Show Bremerton
  • 2020 CVG Show Bremerton
  • 2019 Blue Whole Gallery Juried Show
  • 2018 City of Sequim, Civic Center Private Collection
  • 2017 Northwest Pastel Society International Open: pastel “What Lies Beneath XX”
  • 2017 Land Trust Exhibit, Alderwood Bistro, pastel, ”Slow Slip Series”
  • 2017 CVG 2017, Bremerton, “Slow Slip Series”
  • 2016 Northwind Art Center, Port Townsend “Small Expressions 14” pastel, “Slow Slip Series“
  • 2016 Art in the Library: Invitational- Abstract Pastels
  • 2015 Northwest Pastel Society Members Show: Juror’s Award- Pastel: “What Lies Beneath I” [SOLD]
  • 2015 Northwind Art Center: Alchemy of the Abstract VII: Pastel/Mixed Media: “9.0”
  • 2015 Sequim Arts Juried Show: Merit Award- pastel: “What Lies Beneath II”
  • 2014 Northwind Arts Center, Port Townsend “Expressions Northwest”:  pastel:” What Lies Beneath I”
  • 2014 Sequim Arts Members Show; “Tuolumne Meadows”  watercolor [SOLD]
  • 2014 Northwind Art Center, Port Townsend “Small Expressions 13” watercolor “Colorations”
  • 2014 Sequim Arts Juried Show: Merit Award -watercolor, “Colorations”
  • 1986 Contemporary Crafts, International Design Center, Minneapolis, MN
  • 1986  ACC Winterfair, Baltimore, MD
  • 1985  American Craft Exposition, Chicago, IL
  • 1985 & 1986 The Art of Crafts, Denver Art Museum
GALLERIES
  • 2015-2021 Northwind Art Center “Artist Showcase” 
SHOWS
  • 2021-2022 ArtWorks2
  • 2018-2021 Art Port Townsend Studio Tour 
  • ​2016-2021 ArtFusion
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
  • Bob Tilley " Hay Bales"
  • Sheila Keys, “Accretionary Tumble”, pastel/mixed media, "Hay Bales", oil
  • Linda Tilley, "Slow Slip Series", pastel
  • Brian Goodman, “What Lies Beneath XX”, pastel
  • Dan Davenport, “Hiking Season”, watercolor
  • Dan Davenport, “Misty” watercolor
  • Sheila Keys, “What Lies Beneath IV”, pastel
  • Lynn & Vic Bender, “Slow Slip Series X, XI, XV, III”, pastel
  • Lynn & Vic Bender, “Spain Series”, watercolor
  • Joan & Tom Anderson, ‘Ginger’, watercolor
  • Gudrun Blackmon, “Tennies”, watercolor
  • CMix, “Slow Slip Series”, pastel
Education
  • 1990 Coursework for PhD in Sedimentary/Tectonics in Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota
  • 1978 Master of Arts, Ceramics, Penn State