Teaching Positions La Conner Workshops, 95 & 97; Coupeville Arts Center, Washington, 99; print instructor, Centrum Residency, Irish Cult Exchange, Pt Townsend, Washington, 2000; Spokane Watercolor Sco Workshops, 2006; instructor, Extended Education, Evergreen State Col, Olympia, Washington, 2006-2007.
Business and Professional Positions President, Northwest Watercolor Found.
Commissioned Works Watercolor painting, Sovrain Financial, Baltimore, Maryland, 88; watercolor painting, Allen Womens Center, Denver, Colorado, 89; 2 mixed media collages, Olympia Golf & Country Club, Washington, 90; 2 paintings watercolor, Samsun Med Center, Santa Barbara, California, 90; watercolor collage, Telco Credit Union, Seattle, Washington, 91; acrylic/canvas painting, Swedish Med Found, 04.
Public Works Univ Washington Med Center, Seattle, Washington; Sch Admin Center, Hampton, Pennsylvania; North Kansas City Hosp, Missouri; Washington State Ferry Comn, Seattle, Washington; City of Olympia, Washington.
Exhibitions Nat Watercolor Soc Ann, Brea Civic Center, California, 91; Water Music Festival Invitational, Ilwaco Heritage Mus, Washington, 93; NW Watercolor Soc Signature Member Invitational, Washington State Conv Center, Seattle, 93; SW Washington 40th Exhib, State Capital Mus, Olympia, 93; 11th Ann Greater Midwest Int, Art Center Gallery, Cent Missouri State Univ, 96; Art for Environmental Advocacy, Adell McMillan Gallery, Univ Oregon, Eugene, 98; NW Expression, Coos Art Museum, Oregon, 98; NW Watercolor Soc Invitational, Maryhill Mus Art, Goldendale, Washington, 97; 1st Int Exhib, Salisbury State Univ, Maryland, 97; Frye Mus, 60th Anniversary, Seattle, 2000; Coos Art Museum, Oreg, 2001-2004; Bellevue Art Museum, Washington, 2001; Watcom Mus History & Art, Bellingham, Washington, 2005.
Bibliography Glenda Helbert (author), Joy washes the artist's watercolors, Olympian, 11/3/1986; Linda Thomson (author), Featured artist draws on childhood for inspiration, News Tribune, 4/16/2002; Cathy Woo (author), Think Like an Artist, Artist Mag, July 2004.
Publications Author, Abstracts in Watercolor (editor by Lou Schlemm), Rockport Publ, Massachusetts, 96; Road Tableaux, catalogue of watercolor paintings, 2002.
Honors and Awards Hon Fellow, Washington Native Plant Soc, 1998; Ewws Gold Award, Ea Washington Watercolor Soc, 2000; 3rd Pl Pennsylvania Art League Nat, Gig Harbor Gallery, Wa, 2003; Best of Show, PAL Nat, Gig Habor, Washington, 2006; and others.
Memberships Women Painters Washington (president, 92-93, treasurer, 96-2001); Nat Watercolor Soc; Arts Olympia (treasurer, 95 & 96-98); NW Watercolor Soc (signature member, vice president, 98-99, president, 1999-2000); NCoast Collage Soc (signature member).
Gallery Speciality Contemporary mixed media & monotype.
Areas of Interest Travel, native plants, art advocate in the community.
Dealers Childhood's End Gallery Olympia WA; Bank Left Gallery Palouse WA.
