Juli Adams

  Michelle Anderst

  Carole Barrer

  James Caudle

  Daniel Cautrell

  Sara Everett

  Cristin Ford

  Mattie Iverson

  Lisa Jacoby

  Weston Jandacka

  Kathy Liao

  Doug Mandt

  Liz Maxfield

  Janet Nechama Miller

  Teresa Morani

  Aimee Mori

  Erik Owen

  Jim Pirie

  Kate Protage

  Grego Rachko

  Stan Raucher

  Lee Richmond

  Lanae Rivers-Woods

  Angela Scott

  Chris Sheridan

  Rick Simpson

  Jason Stauffer

  Leslie Stoner

  Brad Strain

  Ken Van der Does

  Misha Van de Veire

  Chris White

  Harry Woods

  Rebeqa Rivers

  James "Shoes"

  Walker

Images:

Artist Statement:

My work reflects my attraction to wide-open spaces, and the transitional variations of layered color found stacked within these large expanses.

Using only a palette knife, my language is a time-intensive process of putting down thin layers of paint over a textural surface. I organize, disrupt and balance the forms with subdued color, distilling my encounters into visual experiences.  My compositions are defined by horizontal structures based on color and mass.  They are stabilized by either opposing pressure found above and below a single “horizon” line, or by stacked and weighted bands of gently pulsating color.

I begin each composition with a small study on paper; at this stage, my intuitive spontaneity is key.  When my process leads me to a finished study, I record in my notebook the color recipes, the development of the color application, and the measurements for each change in the composition.  The final painting then takes on a different course of ordered and conscious specificity, in an attempt to capture what was found in the study, completing a process that is directed by chance and intention.

I am not a symbolist – I do not decide in advance what I will be painting or what kind of experience the painting will be.  But in the act of resolving each painting, the piece truly becomes a real and unique experience.  I seek to solidify what this experience is, not to identify it to something already known.  My intention can be measured in the layers of paint by what was originally put down and how it is then covered up.  It is the self-reflection as revealed in the outcome of my work that interests me most.

Biography:

Education:

BFA Summa Cum Laude  (painting & photography) Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle WA; 2003-2006

Selected Exhibitions

2009     

Work in review, Cornish College Alumni solo presentation - January - Seattle, WA

2008     

Small Works,  Some Space Gallery Group show - November - Seattle, WA

Texture, Color, Form,  Pacini Lubel Gallery Group show - March - Seattle, WA

2007     

ArtsWest Gallery Group show - December - Seattle, WA

Center on Contemporary Arts (CoCA), 15th Annual Painting Marathon - November - Seattle, WA

Group Exhibition, Winston Wachter Fine Art - June thru July - Seattle, WA

The Aesthetic of Complexity,  VIVEZA Art Gallery group show - April thru June - Seattle, WA

2006     

First Expressions: Soft Focus,  VIVEZA Art Gallery - August - Seattle, WA

Cornish BFA Exhibition, Terry Ave Studios / Cornish College - May - Seattle, WA

2006 Emerging Artists Student Show, D'Adamo Woltz Gallery - February - Seattle, WA

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