There are all kinds of dahlias. Some are structurally too perfect, almost mechanically designed, and others are full of movement and excitement, with petals swirling all around. My original photo of this one was lively but a monochromatic hot pink flower needing some help to vary the color enough to make it fun to paint. What do you think? It’s a bit of a visual reversal with hot shadows and cool highlights breaking some basic rules of picture making.
Exhibit Dates: January 17- February 27, 2026
Awards Reception: Saturday January 17 from 1:00-4:00pm with Live Music! Please come celebrate art!
Join me for the opening of the 19th Annual CVG Show, an all media juried art competition for Washington and Oregon artists in Photography/Digital, Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional art.
The Juror, Christian Waguespack, is Director of Curatorial Affairs and Curator of Northwest Art at the Museum of Northwest Art in La Conner, WA. From almost 700 entries he chose which artworks were invited to be included in the show. 132 artworks by 128 Washington and Oregon artists were chosen for this year’s CVG Show. So, I’m honored to be included.
If you can’t make it to Bremerton, you can see the whole show posted online!
Collective Visions Gallery
331 Pacific Avenue
Bremerton, WA
360-377-8327
Gallery hours: Wed – Sat 12 pm – 5 pm : Sunday 12 pm – 4 pm
One thing I particularly love about the CVG show is the interesting public events that they offer to get to know the juror’s thinking, discussion events about the state of the art world and guest lecturers all happening throughout the period of the show. Here’s the schedule during this show’s run:
- Sunday, January 18 1 PM CVG Show Juror’s walk-through and talk at the gallery. Open to the public.
- Friday, February 6, 5 – 8 PM – First Friday Artwalk & Public Reception at Collective Visions Gallery. Music by Tom Lukas. Open to the public.
- Sunday, February 15, 2 PM Panel Discussion moderated by artist Linley B. Logan, with guest artist panelists Jen Agaiak Wood and Ed Archie Noisecat. The topic to be discussed will be Indigenous Intrinsic Manifestations. Click here to learn more. Open to the public.
- Friday, February 27, Final day of CVG Show 6 PM Guest Lecture with Martha Worthley at Collective Visions Gallery. Click here to learn more. Open to the public.
- People’s Choice Award winner will be announced at the end of the lecturer’s talk.
VOTE FOR MY PAINTING “SWOOP!”
| Coming Soon! April 3rd to 25th in Anacortes… I’m busy this winter painting new works for the Tulip Festival Poster Artists Past and Present exhibit to be held at the Scott Milo Gallery in Anacortes, WA. I had the honor in 2016 to be the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival poster artist and look forward to being in this group show again with 8-10 paintings. Here’s a link to my posts from that time. If you get a chance to visit the tulip fields this spring, you might want to see work of several artists who have been inspired by the region. Come to the First Friday Reception, 6:00-8:00 pm on April 3rd. Scott Milo Gallery420 Commercial Ave Anacortes, Washington 98221 Phone 360-293-6938 E-mail gallery@scottmilo.com Hours: Tuesday – Saturday 11am – 5pm and by appointment. 360-293-6938. First Friday gallery participants linked here. And, great restaurants right by the gallery like A’Town Bistro and Frida’s Gourmet Mexican. Make an evening of it! |
| Find my art: Prints and cards of my paintings can be found at some local shops; Bainbridge Island Museum of Art store and Bloedel Gift Shop on Bainbridge Island. Spark & Thread on Capitol Hill in Seattle, and Women Painters of WA Gallery in Columbia Tower, Seattle. Custom sized prints on various substrates can be ordered from FineArtAmerica.com and Saatchiart.com. Or, check out what originals and prints are available directly from me at my Etsy shop. Keep color alive and blooming in your daily life! |
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