Sharpening up with EDGE



Centrum Offices at Fort Worden

Last month I was one of a group of fifteen artists selected to take part in Artist Trust's EDGE Program for Professional Development. The week-long seminar took place at Fort Worden in Port Townsend, WA, courtesy of the Centrum foundation. We benefitted from over 53 hours of presentations by dedicated, experienced arts professionals coaching us in everything from developing a business plan to deciphering contract and copyright law. Focusing on "the other side" of my art career so intensively will come to be, I think, a watershed week for me. It created a shift in how I perceive my career in a way that may only be matched by the day eight years ago this month when I decided to pursue art professionally.

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This Friday, October 7th, I will be presenting a slideshow of my work along with several other EDGE participants. The event is part of Seattle's Arts Crush month, and will take place at The Project Room, 1315 E. Pine, from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. It's a rare opportunity to meet and learn first hand about Washington artists working in a wide range of media and styles. I hope you can stop in.

Coming Up: On Saturday morning, I will be returning to Centrum for a one-week painting residency, inspired by the fog, light, water and trees unique to Fort Worden. I look forward to sharing the results of that week with you here very soon.

Winning with the Palouse

I have two recent "wins" to report. First, thanks to the votes from so many fans in e-mail, as well as visitors to the Peterson-Cody Gallery in Santa Fe, I won the People's Choice Award for the Fresh Paint show (see previous blog post). Thank you for taking time to vote! I was thrilled to sell "Chase Road" shortly after the show opened. I had a great time in Santa Fe

Just last week my painting "Humps and Hollows" was honored with a first place prize at the Women Painters of Washington Spring Members Show. I was especially honored, as the juror for this show was Master Artist Juliette Aristedes, director of the Classical Atelier at Gage Academy, and author of two books: Classical Painting Atelier and Classical Drawing Atelier, both published by Watson-Guptil.

You will get to see many more paintings of the Palouse in my upcoming solo show at the Fountainhead Gallery on Queen Anne in Seattle during the month of May. Details forthcoming.