
"My commitment to the practice of encaustic painting on wood panels created a series of unfolding stories of translucent wax-layered pigments, emanating light to the surfaces—they glow.
On canvas, bright, pigmented acrylics of pearlescent color shift illuminating light, enhanced with metallics.
Larger canvases bring open space and freedom to my current body of work. In the underpainting foundation of each canvas, I strive for meditative carelessness in brush strokes, akin to the Japanese "sembyo" style, painting without fear and hesitation. This dialogue between myself and canvas defines the new reality in my landscape.
My paintings capture the thoughts and emotions that landscapes evoke.
My intention through my work is to create a reverence for landscapes, the earth, and consciousness that feeds me physically, emotionally, and spiritually."
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2017 Petley Jones Gallery - Vancouver BC
2015 Christine Klassen Gallery - Calgary, AB
2014 Butters Gallery - Portland OR
2013 Christine Klassen Gallery - Calgary, AB
New Art Center - NYC NY
Petley Jones Gallery - Vancouver BC
2012 Butters Gallery - Portland OR
2010 Van Tuinen Art - Olympia WA
2009 Butters Gallery – Portland, OR
Artworks - Vancouver BC
Washington Center - Olympia WA
2008 Summit Fine Art Banff – Canada
Artworks- Vancouver, BC
2007 Butters Gallery – Portland, OR
Summit Fine Art Banff – Canada
Artworks- Vancouver, BC
2005 Butters Gallery – Portland, OR
2004 Butters Gallery – Portland, OR
Kimzey Miller Gallery – Seattle, WA
Gallery Gora – Montreal, Canada
2003 Artworks Gallery – Vancouver, BC
Elizabeth Edwards Gallery – Palm Springs, CA
2002 Butters Gallery – Portland, OR
Kimzey Miller Gallery – Seattle, WA
2001 Kimzey Miller Gallery – Seattle, WA
Elizabeth Edwards Gallery – Laguna, CA, Palm Spring, CA
2000 Butters Gallery – Portland, OR
1998 Santa Fe Contemporary Art – Santa Fe, NM
1997 Butters Gallery – Portland, OR
1996 Kimzey Miller Gallery – Seattle, WA
1995 Butters Gallery – Portland, OR
1994 Butters Gallery – Portland, OR
1992 Butters Gallery – Portland, OR
1990 Phillip Brock Gallery – Seattle, WA
1989 Paccar Corp. – Bellevue, WA
1988 Marianne Partlow Gallery – Olympia, WA
1986 Pacific NW Bell – Seattle, WA
1984 Lynn McAllister Gallery – Seattle, WA
1980 Hope College – Holland, MI
1979 Grand Valley State College – Grand Rapids, MI
1978 Muskegon Community College – Muskegon, MI
1977 Kalamazoo College - Kalamazoo, MI
Selected Exhibitions
2017 Steidel Fine Art - Austin TX
Butters Gallery - Portland OR
Christine Klassen Gallery - Calgary AB
Denver Central Library - Denver CO
ADC - Cleveland OH
2016 Christine Klassen Gallery - Calgary AB
Butters Gallery Print Show - Portland OR
Petley Jones - Vancouver BC
2015 Butters Gallery - Portland OR
Petley Jones - Vancouver BC
2014 Butters Gallery - Portland OR
Christie Klassen Gallery - Calgary Canada
2013 Petley Jones - Vancouver BC
2012 LA Affordable Art Show - January
Weiss Gallery - Calgary, Canada
2011 Projects Gallery - Philadelphia, PE
Petley Jones Gallery - Vancouver BC
Elevations Gallery - Canmore AB
2010 Broadway Gallery - New York City, NY
Miami Basel Show - Nina Torres Gallery - Miami, FL
LA Art Seen - Los Angles, CA
2009 Miami Red Dot Show (Butters Gallery)
Artprize - Grand Rapids, MI ( top 75 )
Robert Daniel Gallery, Tacoma, WA
2008 Butters Gallery – Portland, OR
Miami Red Dot
2007 Art Works Gallery – Vancouver, BC
2006 AAF – New York City, NY
2005 AAF – New York City, NY
Florence Biennale – Florence, ITALY
2004 Palm Springs International – Palm Springs, CA
Gallery Ochi – Sun Valley, ID
2003 Elizabeth Doyle Gallery – Maui, HI
2000 Art 21 International Show – Las Vegas, NV
1999 Santa Fe Contemporary Art – Santa Fe, NM
1998 Agart World Print Exhibition – Bled, Slovenia
Facet Fine Arts Center – Taos, NM
1997 SITE Santa Fe – Santa Fe, NM
1996 Seattle Art Fair – Seattle, WA
1995 Seattle Art Fair – Seattle, WA
1994 Portland Art Museum – Portland, OR
1993 Butters Gallery – Portland, OR
1992 van Straten Gallery – Chicago, IL
1988 van Straten Gallery – Chicago, IL
1987 Centrum Print Show – Seattle, WA
Whatcom Museum of Art – Bellingham, WA
1986 Shoshanna Wayne Gallery – Los Angeles, CA
van Straten Gallery – Chicago, IL
WA State Pavilion Expo – Vancouver, British Columbia
1983 Northwest Print Council – Portland, OR
1976 Henry Museum - Seattle, WA
1974 Joslyn Art Center - Omaha Nebraska
1973 Hope College - Holland, MI
Publications
2013 100 NW Artists Book Schiffer Press December
2012 Artwit NYC Online Magazine April
2010 NY Arts Magazine Summer
2008 The Rocky Mountain Outlook May
2007 The Oregonian February
2005 Bienalle Internationale Dell' Arte Contemporanea, Quinta Edizona
2005 Home and Garden Fall
2002 The Portland Mercury April
2004 Dream House Western Canada Magazine
2004 The Magazine Sante Fe, New Mexico
Museums, Public and Private Collections
Grand Rapids Art Museum
Kansas State University
Paccar Corporation
Art in Embassy, 2016 Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 2008 Doha, Qatar
The Village Vancouver BC
L' Hermitage Hotel Vancouver BC
U.S. State Department
Imperial Bank of Canada
Winsor Park Hotel, Taiwan
Nordic Research Group Vancouver, BC
Intrawest
Keg Restaurant Vancouver BC, Calgary, Montreal, Austin TX, Banff, Canada
Commonwealth Insurance Company Vancouver BC
PHSA Vancouver BC
Bonneville Power Administration
Museum of Encaustic Art - Santa Fe, NM
Mitsubishi
Steelcase Corporation
American Art
Westinghouse Corporation
City of Grand Rapids, MI
Herman Miller
City of Olympia - WA
Tectonics Corporation
Hope College - Holland MI
Seattle First National Bank
Kaiser Medical
Association of Northwest Gas Utilities
Hilton Hotels
Hyatt Regency Hotel
Bank of America
Heritage Bank
Gannet News
Nordstrom
Paccar Corp.
Security Pacific
U.S. West
Burlington Northern
First Federal Bank of Detroit
FILM INDUSTRY
Tin Star TV Series
Jake 2.0
FEIHT Productions ( Killer Instinct)
Prior Offenses Production
I Robot
Smallville
L Word
Code Name-The Cleaner
DEBRA VAN TUINEN