ArtsWest Association Artists
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Artist |
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About the Artist |
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Oil, |
Dori began painting, in oils, after her retirement in 1992. She has added watercolors and ink drawing to her media. Her subject matter is drawn from her extensive travels throughout the U.S. and Europe, but primarily from her beloved Northwest. |
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Drawing, Painting, Printmaking |
Tatyana Brown born and educated in St-Petersburg, Russia is the established artist and printmaker.She uses variety of media in her art from drawing and watercolor to linocuts, etching and lithography. Tatyana mostly exhibits her art in Seattle galleries, art shops, festivals and fairs. |
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Watercolor |
John has been an art instructor for 40 years in high schools and community colleges. Retired since 1993, he is a frequent traveler where he uses his favorite medium of watercolor in travel sketches and larger works in the depiction of landscapes, as well as other subjects. |
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Sculpture |
Esther Ervin generally creates sculpture in series, amalgamating traditional ethnic materials and her western aesthetic. Most of these works incorporate one or more gourds. She has a BS in Biology and an MFA in Illustration. She is a recent PONCHO Artist in Residence at Pratt Fine Arts Center and recipient of the Gregory M. Robinson Scholarship. Her work has been shown in numerous invitational and juried exhibitions. |
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Pencil, Acrylic, Watercolor |
Lately, Doug switched from pencil drawing to painting, in watercolor and acrylic. Many of Doug’s works are inspired by his love of music, his interpretation of songs and poems. |
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Fused Glass |
After an introductory class in fused glass, Alina found her perfect artistic medium. Since that time, she has tried to communicate her artistry and imagination through fused glass. Her imaginative and color-inspired technique results in a wide array of creations. Her art has been featured in the Seahurst Art Gallery, the Burien Arts Gallery, and in both the Burien Spring Art Stroll and the Fall Art Walk. Born in Russia, Alina now resides in the Seattle area. |
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Fiber art |
Jan Dale Koutsky’s fiber art pieces are inspired by our natural world. They are made of 100% Tibetan wool and silk with various specialty yarns, wires and beads. For complete information about her work, please visit www.jandalekoutsky.com. |
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Acrylic |
Carol was often in trouble for drawing on any flat surface in her family home. She majored in art at Marylhurst, near Portland, Oregon, and finished her BA at the University of Washington. She now paints in Mary Lantz's studio at SSCC. Her eye always finds humans, except when mountains or water call to her. |
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Pastel |
Painting with pastel is to me like a chisel is to a sculptor. Each stroke of the stick contributes to the building of an image with depth and feeling. The resulting texture and shapes create the motion that excites me |
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Watercolor, Acrylic |
Ada most often works in watercolor, but has begun painting in acrylic and is working to master that medium. For the most part she paints pet portraits. Ada came to painting again after starting out as a set designer, followed by years of acting and directing. In 1997, she decided she wanted to draw again and, after taking a basic drawing class, she went on to watercolor and computer art. Today she shares her art career with her forty-five years in theatre. |
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Watercolor |
Judith earned a BFA in Interior Design from the University of Kansas and enjoyed a career in commercial interior design, working with architectural firms in Omaha. She later worked as a consultant in Montana, collaborating on the Great Falls International Airport. She started painting for pleasure in oil and watercolor, and has enjoyed watercolor workshops with Judi Betts, Caroline Buchanan, Frank Webb, Judy Morris and Julie Creighton, all of whom have added much to her appreciation of art. |
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Watercolor |
Paul's travels to many beautiful and interesting places in the world created a desire to capture on paper or canvas the essence of places and people, landscapes, seas, mountains and cultures. He believes the essence of light can only be captured with art, and that movement of shape and form, enhancement of color and contrast contribute to the composition, which must modify nature to present a work with which the viewer associates a comfort and perhaps even a familiarity. A graduate of the Richmond Professional Institute with a BFA, Paul painted mostly in oil before taking up watercolor in 2000. |
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Watercolor, Collage |
Susan has been painting in watercolor since 1998. Although she loves West Seattle, the majority of her work is inspired by her international travel. There is nothing she likes better than to sit in an outdoor cafe and let an espresso grow cold as she paints the view in a sketchbook. By sometimes using collage, Susan loves to both create more abstract pieces and include ephemera from her trips. |
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Photograph |
Ken Paige is a photographer, woodworking designer, and observer of color and scale. He is interested in the natural world and what we have done with it over the millennia. His work ranges from blended natural scenes with merely a hint of our presence to energetic collisions between our world and us. |
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Oil painting |
I have been an exhibiting artist since graduating from the University of New Mexico in 1976. Being half South American and half Irish American my work, though representational, has a lyrical quality that invites the viewer to dream. |
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Sculpture, Painting |
Stephen Rock is partner in Rock|Dement visual art space in Seattle’s Pioneer Square and owner of Rock’s Studio, a digital printmaking studio. He has exhibited work for over 30 years in solo and group shows regionally and on a national level and is a versatile artist exhibiting in many mediums including painting, sculpture and mixed digital processes. |
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Mixed Media |
As an impressionistic artist Marilyn uses heavy texture and brilliant colors to make her canvases exciting. She calls these mixed media pieces "tumble" paintings because they are designed to be hung more than one way depending upon the viewer's preference. This involves others in the creative process. "Art plays a key role in our lives, no matter how subconscious it may be, giving us an important avenue of introspection." |
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Sculpture |
Sculptures made by Esther Wertheimer fulfills her objectives: to transform bronze and steel into symbols of the spirit, inanimate materials into kinetic, pulsating forms. Esther Wertheimer’s career in art began in 1958. Trained in Canada, Austria and Italy, she earned her BA at Loyola of Montreal, Quebec and her Masters at Goddard College in Plainview, VT. Born in Poland, she divides her life between Canada and Boca Raton, Florida — when not traveling worldwide to her installations and exhibitions. |
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Photography, Image Processing, Digital Prints |
Hans learned photographic processing in high school, and made photography his avocation while working as an engineer in the aerospace industry. His photo prints are primarily outdoor scenes, and were made on climbing and backpacking trips in the Cascades, Olympics, and Sierras, and in the Alps in Europe. He began using personal computers in the late 1970's, and now performs photo restoration and photography of art works for Seattle clients. |
