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​                            Creative Endeavors

ABOUT ME

BIO
I have been passionate about art since I was a little girl. I have explored many mediums including drawing, watercolor, oils, acrylic, ceramics, paper media, encaustic wax, mixed media, photography and jewelry. I started sharing my passion at craft bazaars when I was sixteen and began selling jewelry online in 2005 through Etsy. My art endeavors paused for several years while my husband and I sold everything we had, quit our jobs, and spent the next 5 years rebuilding, living aboard, and cruising on a sailboat on the Gulf coast. After my permanent return to Oregon, I began to explore new mediums and transitioned my jewelry craft to fiber arts. I have since further expanded my art journey to include oil painting, sewing primitive folk-art dolls and creating art books.

FELTING
After decades of exploring various art mediums, I discovered the fiber art world in 2011 and became enamored with the texture and warmth of wool. I fell madly in love with being able to create paintings with wool and needles. My earlier painting skills transitioned easily to this new medium as I layered and sculpted the wool into wall art. I began sharing my felted wool art at various local fiber art shows and soon expanded to fine art, juried shows, gallery representation, and multiple online platforms, winning top awards in fiber art shows and juried fine art exhibits. I started teaching "Painting with Wool" in 2017 and found a new and rewarding avenue to share my passion.


Wildlife and nature are my focus in my felted wool paintings. I have always been drawn to nature and animals and was excited that the texture and warmth of wool was portraying the wildlife so beautifully. Each new piece brings about a learning experience and discovery for what the wool can do and how I can layer the colored wools to accomplish new ways of portraying the color in the eyes, fur and movement of animals and the dance and depth of clouds and water. The most rewarding experience of the felted wool paintings is when someone discovers felted wool for the first time through my art. I love to watch the wonder develop and the excitement rise when people fall in love with a piece that calls to them.

Framing Felts:  
With Glass: 
Find a frame that is thicker or has a double mat so the thick felt will fit. You can also mount it into a shadow box which also retrains the texture of the needle felted wool. It's best to have a spacer between the fiber and the glass so the fiber can breathe.
Without Glass:
This retains the texture of the fiber to the fullest. Your options for frames is wider since you don't have to fit the glass in the frame. I prefer it framed this way but it will possibly need special care if left exposed to dust over time. See below for care instructions. 

Fiber Care Instructions
If your felted piece is hangs without glass, dust may cling to the fibers. You can use a vacuum nozzle with a nylon sock fitted over it and splay your fingers over the top of that and then you can safely vacuum without pulling out the fibers.  

OIL
I have been steadily painting with oils for the last 8 years. I began using brushes as most artists start out with but quickly fell in love with the palette knife. I began participating in local plein air events (painting outdoors, onsite). Painting with palette knives has been become a passion. It creates a vibrancy, movement, and texture to my paintings which I love to share with others. I also am drawn toward painting pet portraits and portraits of people in addition to landscapes and wildlife.

OTHER CREATIVE EXPLORATIONS
I have recently taken up illustration with pen and ink and greater detailed watercolors that focus on nature and ecology. I feel blessed to be able to explore so many different art mediums and find a passion in each one that feeds my artistic soul and the love of art in others when I share it. 

Awards

September 2024
​August 2024
​August 2024
​December 2023
​June 2023
​June 2021
​August 2016
2015
​2015
​September 2015
September 2014
Maritime Exhibit Coos Art Museum- Nati'lJuried
Lane County Fair
Umpqua Valley Plein Air Paint Out UVAA
12x12 Show- Oregon Society of Artists-Juried
OSU's College of Forestry "Windblown"
​Movable Book Society Paper Engineering Int'l Awards
​Lane County Fair
Light Space and Time Online Exhibit
Springfield Mayor's Art Show
Oregon Flock and Fiber Festival 
​Oregon Flock and Fiber Festival
"Director's Choice Award" (oil)
Two 2nds (Oil) and two 3rds (oil/felt)
Gallery's Pick (Oil)
2nd (Felt)
Best in Show, (Felt)
Honorable Mention-Emerging Artists Division (Book) 
​1st (Felt)
Special Award (Felt)
Special Recognition Award (Felt) 
1st2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th (Felt)
1st with Judge's Choice / 3rd / 4th / 5th
 (Felt)

Memberships and Representations

Emerald Art Center 
Maude Kerns Art Center 
Umpqua Valley Arts Association 
Eugene Saturday Market 
Guild of Natural Science Illustrators (GNSI) 
Imagination Gallery
Forinash Gallery 
Backstreet Gallery 
Plein Air Painters of Lane County
Plein Air Painters of Oregon
American Society of Marine Artists

BEING REVISED........

2013-2018/2025-Present
2015-2017, 2023
2023-Present
2013-Present
2022-Present
2017-2018
2015-2016
2024-Present
2022 Present
2024-Present
​2025-Present

Exhibitions

SOLO EXHIBITS
Cafe Sheilagh
Eugene Textile Center
Oregon Pain Clinic
Emerald Art Center
Eugene Textile Center
Willamette Valley Cancer Institute
Oregon Pain Clinic
Imagine It Framed


On display
Gallery Exhibit
On display
Featured Gallery Exhibit
Gallery Exhibit
On display
On display
Friday Art Walk Exhibit

2012
2016
2017
2017
2017
2018
2018
2019
ART FESTIVALS  OPEN
2013
Black Sheep Gathering
Oregon Flock and Fiber
2014
​Black Sheep Gathering 
Oregon Flock and Fiber 
2015
Black Sheep Gathering

Oregon Flock and Fiber



ART FESTIVALS  JURIED
2014

Eugene Saturday Holiday Market 
2015
Eugene Saturday Holiday Market 
2016

Maude Kern's Art & the Vineyard  
NW Art & Air Festival
Art By the Bay         
2017

Eugene Saturday Holiday Market
2018
Eugene Saturday Holiday Market
2019
Eugene Saturday Holiday Market
Cottage Grove Art Show
2021
Eugene Saturday Holiday Market
2022
Eugene Holiday Market
2023
Eugene Holiday Market
2024
Eugene Holiday Market
2025
Roseburg Summer Art Festival
GROUP EXHIBITS        OPEN
2013

Lane County Fair
Springfield Mayor's Art Show
2014
Celebrate Arts!
Oregon Flock and Fiber Art Competition
Coos Art Museum Biennial
Oregon Open Art Show
2015
Oregon Flock and Fiber Art Competition
Springfield Mayor's Art Show
Salon Du Peuple
2016
Lane County Fair
Monthly Member Gallery Exhibit
2017
Annual Art Guild Art Sale
Monthly Member Gallery Exhibit
2018
Monthly Member Gallery Exhibit
McKenzie Art Guild Holiday Show
2019 TBD

2020 No Shows. - COVID


2021 TBD

2022 TBD
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2023 TBD

GROUP EXHIBIT       JURIED
2025
Asian Celebration of Art
Umpqua Valley Plein Air Paint Out
2024
Asian Celebration of Art
Umpqua Valley Plein Air Paint Out
National Emerald Spring Show
2023
Asian Celebration of Art
Umpqua Valley Plein Air Paint Out
2022
Umpqua Valley Plein Air Paint Out
2021
Umpqua Valley Plein Air Paint Out

CLASS/WORKSHOP HISTORY
Adult Needle Felting Class (4 classes)
Children's Wet Felting Workshop (1 class)
Adult Needle Felting Workshop 
Adult Needle Felting Workshop
Adult Needle Felting Workshop
​Adult Needle Felting Workshop


Guest in Booth at Fiber Art Festival (Felts)
Guest in Booth at Fiber Art Festival (Felts)

Guest in Booth at Fiber Art Festival (Felts)
Guest in Booth at Fiber Art Festival (Felts)
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Guest in Booth at Fiber Art Festival (Felts)​Guest in Booth at Fiber Art Festival (Felts)





Booth Indoor Handmade Market

Booth Indoor Handmade Market

Booth at Outdoor Art Festival
Booth at Outdoor Art Festival
Booth at Outdoor Art Festival

Booth Indoor Handmade Market

Booth Indoor Handmade Market

Booth Indoor Handmade Market

Booth Indoor-Select Artists Show

Booth Indoor Handmade Market

Booth Indoor Handmade Market

Booth Indoor Handmade Market

Booth Indoor Handmade Market

Booth at Outdoor Art Festival



Lane County Events Center
Emerald Art Center

Florence Events Center
Clackamas County Events Center
Coos Art Museum
New Zone Gallery

Clackamas County Events Center
Emerald Art Center
New Zone Gallery

​Lane County Events Center
Emerald Art Center

​McKenzie Art Guild
Emerlad Art Center

Emerald Art Center











Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
Umpqua Valley Arts

Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
Umpqua Valley Arts
Springfield, OR

Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
Umpqua Valley Arts

Eugene Textile Center
Emerald Art Center
Eugene Textile Center
Eugene Textile Center
Eugene Textile Center
Eugene Textile Center
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Eugene, OR
Canby, OR
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Eugene, OR
Canby, OR

Eugene, OR
​Canby, OR






Eugene, OR

Eugene, OR

Eugene, OR
Albany, OR
Winchester Bzy, OR

​Eugene, OR

Eugene, OR

Eugene, OR
Cottage Grove, OR

Eugene, OR

Eugene, OR

Eugene, OR

Eugene, OR

Roseburg, OR


































































4 classes throughout 2017
2017
March 2024
September 2024
March 2025
June 2025

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