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What's New:
2024
My second solo show at the Elisabeth C. Miller Library, University of Washington Botanic Gardens, will be on display from May 2 to May 30, 2024. Titled, “Earth Apparelled with Plants: Watercolors, Artists; Books and Hand-Colored Prints,” it includes four large watercolors of meadow flowers drawn and painted from life in season, 24 hand-colored prints of watercolors of flowers from my garden (a series from January to December of 2023), and 20 "Pockets Books” - foldbooks made incorporating obsolete circulation cards from library books and drawings. All the pieces hope to illuminate that “greater delight,” which is our earth covered with plants. |
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2022
My solo show, “Flower Pleasure: Books, Bookmarks, and Watercolors” is on view at the Elisabeth C. Miller Library at the University of Washington Botanic Gardens from July 5 to July 28, 2022. A “meet the artist” event is scheduled for July 7, from 3-5 p.m. Greatly inspired by the Miller Library itself and its amazing collection of horticultural books from ancient herbals to modern books on ecology, the show includes bookmarks with images from Gerard’s herbal of 1597 and quotes from garden writers. I also used Gerard’s image to inspire large watercolors. And the show includes a set of artists’ books “A Flower Year: Books I-XII” with short essays and printed and hand-painted images, another artists’ book, “A Pumpkin Season” (accordion-fold and 15 feet when extended), and 30 images from daily watercolors done of flower-strewn objects from London’s Victoria and Albert Museum.
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2021
My work is included in the Bainbridge Arts and Crafts exhibition “Essential,” opening 3 September 2021 with a reception from 6-8 p.m. “Essential” will be on view for the entire month of September.
Included are large watercolors of flowers and more of the Blue and White series. Also featured is “The Garden Project,” where I added my images to the words of 50 local gardeners, who responded to my request to tell a little about their gardens and their gardening. These small pieces will stretch along a gallery wall - like pages from a gardening book.( My portion of proceeds will be donated to the local food bank.)
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2019
My series of teacup paintings “Twenty-five Teacups” is part of “Tea Party” at Bainbridge Arts and Crafts in Winslow, Washington, opening Friday, 1 November through 30 November. |
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2017
My work is included in a group show titled "All That Glitters, " at Bainbridge Island Arts and Crafts in Winslow Washington, opening 1 December 2017 and up the whole month. There are 25 pieces, penline and watercolor drawings in series: flowers, armchairs, and furnishings with a story.
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2015
I'm part of the show titled "Big Bad Birds" (at Bainbridge Arts and Crafts in Winslow Washington, opening 8 May 2015 and hanging for a month), even though I have painted "small sweet birds " - like these Chickadees, Black-capped and Chestnut Backed. |
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2014
On my blog I've been serializing a little picture book I've written and illustrated. "Friends for Frances" is about a set-in-her ways kitty:
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who has two summer visitors and an adventure, and learns a happy lesson:
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More on the blog, under the tab above.
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2013
Three drawings from a new series "Garden Notes" are included in the exhibition "Botanical Drawings" at the Conocophillips Gallery - APU Grant Hall, Anchorage, Alaska which runs from November 1-30, 2013.
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At the amazing fabric-on-demand website www.spoonflower.com/designs/1947644 you can find "Garden Pleasures - Garden Treasures" - a fabric I designed last spring.
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2012
My watercolor pencil drawings were included in an exhibition at Bainbridge Arts and Crafts, Winslow, Washington. "Pages: Books in Art" from September 2, 2012 to October 1, 2012. |
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