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Born Arendal, Norway

Resides Seattle, Washington

Education

1999   BFA, cum laude, Cornish College of the Arts

1993   Art history study in Europe, Art History Abroad

1992   AA Interior Design, Art Institute of Seattle

Exhibitions

2017    Beach Orcas on Parade, Richmond Beach Public Art

2017    Small Works Show, Gallery North, Edmonds

2016    Small Works Show, Parklane Gallery, Kirkland

2016    6x6NW, Shoreline Arts Council, Shoreline

2016    Arts of the Terrace, Juried Show, Mountlake Terrace

2016    Fremont Art Walk, Saturn Building, Seattle

2016    Julia's of Wallingford, Seattle

2015    Seattle Sampling Artist studio tour

2015    S.O.S. II - Summer Open Studio, Seattle

2015    Julia's of Wallingford, Seattle

2014    McMenamin's Anderson School, Bothell (permanent collection)

2014    Holiday Art Sale, Pratt, Seattle

2014    S.O.S. - Summer Open Studio, Seattle

2014    Pets on Parade, Schack Art Center, Everett

2013    Central Pizza, Seattle

2013    Julia's of Wallingford, Seattle

2013    Historic Maloney's, Skykomish

2013    Sodo Pop, Seattle

2013    Alchemy of Attunement at Horse Harmonics, Bow, WA

2009   Lynnwood Convention Center

2009   Juried Art Show, Edmonds Arts Festival

2009   Edmonds Art Walk, Coldwell-Banker Bain

2008   Olympia Art Walk, Bandaloop Brothers

2002    Artist’s Gallery of Seattle

2000   Open Studio Tour, ActivSpace, Seattle

1999     BFA Show, Fisher Gallery, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle

1998    Group Show, John McKinney Gallery, Bellingham




ARTIST’S STATEMENT
 
Overall in my paintings, my interest lays mainly in form, whatever my subject matter.  Color is very important to me as well, largely intuitive, related often to mood or energy.

I spent  more than a year concentrating solely on horses as my subject of focus due to my lifelong love and fascination with these animals. 
I am currently enjoying experimenting with portraiture and a wide variety of subject matter –  travel, nature, memories, even stories told to me by my daughter.

Appreciating both abstraction and figuratism, I often find myself combining both in a single painting as well as incorporating graphite within the confines of the oil painting or oil bar with acrylics.  I enjoy experiencing the contrast of paint's fluidity and the precision of drawing and often find them quite compatible.  I've also started employing encaustics which is fabulous fun!!


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Another artistic adventure is illustrating a children’s book…have a look at www.blackberricat.com or http://introducingblackberri.blogspot.com or go straight to www.blurb.com and look for "Blackberri's Bacon Cookies"...be warned, you may be tempted by many other fun books on the site as well .