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Oil-based ink reduction print on BFK Rives paper, 17x19"

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Oil-based reduction print on BFK Rives paper, 12x18"

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Oil-based ink reduction print on BFK Rives paper, 12x18"

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Print 1/6 exhibited and sold in Seattle Prints Arts show at the Kirkland Arts Center.

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Oil-based ink reduction print on BFK Rives paper, 8x10"

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Oil-based ink relief print on BFK Rives paper, 8.5x10"

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Published in McClean's online exhibit themed, "Handle with Care."

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Oil-based relief print on BFK Rives paper, 8x10"

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Oil-based relief print on BFK Rives paper, 8x10"

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Oil-based relief print on BFK Rives paper, 5x7"

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LIFE LIFE

I grew up in Boulder, Colorado. Lots of snow, wind, heat, bugs, glorious sunsets and deep, crystalline fields of stars. Latch-key kid with lots of sibling angst. Lots of riding the city bus. Cartoons on Saturday mornings. Star Trek reruns in the afternoons after school. Summer camp with leather tooling and banana boats. Many snow balls to the face plus an occasional ice ball. Too many dodge ball impact burns in the gym. Outdoor chlorinated pools and bad sunburns. Jungle gyms and bikes. Stitches. Scraped knees and busted out baby teeth. Slurpees, purple tongues and brain freezes. The requisite amount of strep throat, mumps, stitches and broken bones. A fair number of trips to the emergency room. Years of music lessons (piano and violin). Numerous, highly creative and completely unsupervised craft projects kids today aren't allowed to do with materials kids today aren't allowed to have.

Went to college in Boulder, then moved to Berkeley, California with my boyfriend. First and huge stage of really growing up. Among the many highlights of my life in Berkeley was my introduction to JAZZ. And potstickers. And working for seven years at Cody's Books, one of the nation's premier independent booksellers at the time.

Started my 30s with a Master's Degree in Library and Information Science in Austin, Texas and then spent several years working in my field around Colorado. I met my seriously awesome husband in Denver, and we relocated to the Seattle area where I spent the majority of my working years as a librarian and library administrator.

Here we still are in the Seattle area decades later. The winters suck. The spring and summer make this area one of the most beautiful places on earth. It's home.

I'm an extrovert getting a lot more introverted over time. Maybe I'm an ambivert now. I garden. I quilt. I cook. I walk. I take pictures. I make art. I love my husband, my cats and my friends. I love working on a team toward a shared purpose. I love art, art teachers, artists and the art community.

I love animals and volunteered at Pasado's Safe Haven during the pandemic. I'm currently an Advanced Wildlife Volunteer at PAWS Wildlife Center. Best. Place. Ever. I served on the Board of Page Ahead Children's Literacy Program for a couple of years, on the University Unitarian Church's Art Committee (where I designed an artist's call program). I am the Program Leader for the Snohomish 4-H Sewing Program.

ART LIFE

I earned a BFA in Studio Arts with focus on large scale oil painting and screen printing, and a BA in Art History from the University of Colorado–Boulder (1981-1985).

With the necessity of earning a stable living, I built an amazing career as a public librarian and library administrator. After 25 years in the field, I had the great fortune in 2019 to be able to step out of the working world and return to the arts.

In addition to my return to painting and printmaking, I received a Certificate in Photography from the University of Washington in 2020. I also dabble from time to time in the world of ceramics.

WORK LIFE

I earned a Master of Library and Information Science from the University of Texas at Austin and worked in public libraries for 25 years. I served as the Director of Strategy (3 years) and the Director of Library Operations (9 years) for the King County Library System for 12 of my 21 years there. Big place (50 libraries across 2,200 square miles), big jobs. Learned a lot.

In June 2020, I concluded a 9-month role as the Acting CEO for Leadership Eastside, helping to guide the organization through a major leadership transition. I then served as the Interim Operations Director for the Kirkland Arts Center for 7 months during the mid-pandemic period.

I'm done with work life now.

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Used yellows and violets instead of standard flesh tones.

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Copy of 'Henri Matisse', André Derain, 1905; Oil on Oil Paper, 12x16"

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I restarted my art practice in 2021. I don't have a plan or a goal, I just paint. I'm getting used to it all again and to developing a creative - and as often as possible solvent free - regular practice. A chopping wood, carrying water sort of approach. Sometimes I like what I'm doing. Sometimes I don't. But being creative is just the right thing.

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Attribution coming soon; Oil on Canvas Pad, 16x12"

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Attribution coming soon.