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Artist Statement 

I’ve loved animals since I was a kid, and always had several imaginary animal friends. My toys were all animals, and they all lived rich and interesting lives in my mind. Somehow in another timeline, there might just be a world where humans never happened, and where animals do all the things we do. I’d love to live in that world, so I paint little scenes from it. As I work, stories unwind in my head about the subjects; their names, what they’re thinking about, how they spend their days…if you want to know some of their secret backstories, just ask me.

I’ve been a graphic designer for years, have been drawing since I can remember, and studied scientific illustration later in life. The pandemic allowed me the free time to really explore this animal world. When I’m not painting, I love to work in the garden and enjoy the outdoors with my husband, here in our amazing state and around the world. If you live near me, I know your pets’ names (but can never remember yours) and will pet them if at all possible. I’m that lady. 

Artist Statement

 As an art extrovert, I paint both to connect with people and to push my work beyond the “obvious” and into a story that I want to tell.  I am passionate about recording the humor, the absurd, and the eccentric that surrounds us. 

I have a disciplined studio practice and work in series, whether subject or palette driven.  This gives me the chance to reflect on themes from several perspectives.  

My work is a process where I find a subject, study it, maybe add in humor or emotion and then go to the easel.

Watching and listening to individuals discuss my work reinforces my sense of success.  It means the painting was accessible and produced an emotional reaction whether it is excitement, contemplation, or a smile.  

Artist Statement

If you want to tell my story, tell it in art. I make art out of what worries me, what makes me laugh, what makes me mad. Art is an interaction, a slow conversation. 

On the surface my art looks pretty detailed, even decorative sometimes. The epitome of over the top. But look closely for secret compartments, backstory. You might not notice the personal and political undercurrents. Though hidden in plain sight, swimming through a sea of detail.

After I’m done with them, cookie tins no longer resemble cookie tins. Sona tubes/ plaster/ spray-foam insulation are no longer hardware store inventory. Cloth is no longer cloth. It all speaks now of forest/village/global communities and environments, with a highly detailed colourful imprecision.

I wonder if the world is surprised at where human evolution has led. Who would have thought that something as beautiful and brilliant as human beings could turn against the very ingredients of our own existence? Each of us has just borrowed a set of molecules from the universe’s available supply. And we will need to give it all back one of these days, like returning a book to the library.

So how do we manage to see ourselves as NOT part of the world? We are made of exactly the same stuff.  

To hear Kathy in her own words https://youtu.be/bUr73Ub_DWw

Artist Statement

Steve has always relied on the visual arts to enhance and balance his medical profession.

An Edmonds native, his passion for the natural world led to a love of drawing and photography. As a teenager, Steve spent endless days sketching and photographing microscopic biologic structures. My academic background was in biology. Historically scientists and artists have relied on drawing and painting of the biologic world to record their observations and inspiration. The use of these tools to describe and record its visual nature led me to a love of art. 

Although I was initially interested in a representational approach to morphology ("art in biology"), I later explored the biologic basis of our appreciation of art such as color and form ("biology of art"). 

 I frequently ask what distinguishes art from science and randomness, and what does that tell us about our attraction to it? I hope to inspire curiosity and appreciation about the structure of our biologic world.