SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2006 Worker Bees, Alysia Duckler Gallery, Portland, OR Yard Dog Gallery, Austin, TX 2005 Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA 2003 Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA 2002 New Work, Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA Alysia Duckler Gallery, Portland, OR 2001 Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA 2000 Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR 1999 Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA 1998 Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR 1997 MIA Gallery, Seattle, WA 1995 MIA Gallery, Seattle, WA 1993 MIA Gallery, Seattle, WA 1992 MIA Gallery, Seattle, WA Linda Moore, San Diego, CA 1991 MIA Gallery, Seattle, WA Pulliam/Nugent Gallery, Portland, OR 1990 Sentinels, MIA Gallery, Seattle, WA 1989 New Work, Pulliam/Nugent Gallery, Portland, OR 1988 New Paintings, MIA Gallery, Seattle, WA 1987 Stomach Talk, SPU Gallery, Seattle, WA Sepik Visions, MIA Gallery, Seattle, WA 1986 Hundredwaters Gallery, Seattle, WA 1985 Hundredwaters Gallery, Seattle, WA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2001 Six Point Perspective, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT NW Wood, The Gallery @ Madison Audio, Seattle, WA 1999 Seattle, a Portrait of the City, Harborland Joho Bunka Plaza, Kobe, Japan 1995 Washington: 100 Years, 100 Paintings, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA 1994 Aviary, MIA Gallery, Seattle, WA 1993 Summertime, MIA Gallery, Seattle, WA Heads or Tails, MIA Gallery, Seattle, WA Botanic, Sean Elwood Fine Arts, Seattle, WA 1992 Passionate Prints, Bumbershoot Arts Festival, Seattle, WA (catalog cover) Seattle Invitational, Security Pacific Gallery, Seattle, WA 1991 MIA Group Anniversary Exhibition, MIA Gallery, Seattle, WA War in the Gulf, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA 1990 Artwork For AIDS, Seattle Center Pavilion, Seattle, WA 1989 Folk and Fanciful, Gallery 500, Elkins Park, PA 1988 On the Edge: Print Exhibit, MIA Gallery, Seattle, WA First Group Show, Pulliam/Nugent Gallery, Portland, OR 1987 First Impressions: Printmaking Northwest, Index Gallery Fur, Feathers, and Scales: Celebration Especially for Children, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA Faces, MIA Gallery, Seattle, WA 1986 Houses, Bumbershoot Arts Festival, Ron Glowen, Curator, Seattle, WA 1985 Double Image, Bumbershoot Arts Festival, Ron Glowen, Curator, Seattle, WA 1984 City as Collector, Seattle Art Museum, Howard Fox, Seattle, WA 1983 Greenwood Gallery, Seattle, WA
COLLECTIONS Microsoft Nordstrom Pacific First Federal Seattle Water Department Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA Vance Corporation Washington State Arts Commission
Statement
I am a self-taught painter. For the first years that I painted I was learning how to paint. I’ve painted many hours a day, mostly every day since then. Painting is the backbone of my life. But I’ve also had a life besides painting. My painting has grown to be less about learning how to paint and more about getting down what I see and feel and live. The paintings evolve as I paint them – in a way I try to stay out of the way and let them happen. I try to leave room for them to breathe and live in the world. Ever since I started painting I’ve also worked a regular job outside of art. It had nothing to do with art and the people I work with were not interested in the fact that I am an artist. But they are interested in me as a person and a worker and I am interested in them. This show is about many of the things people do for work. Some of the people in these paintings have jobs that interest me – boxer, beekeeper, chef and veterinarian. Worker bees.
