Kate in Paria Canyon
KATE MCGEE PASTEL ARTIST
I have been intrigued by the hedgerows of the Willamette Valley; the tension between the overlapping, looping blackberries, wild roses and the adjacent grasslands; the contrast between rows of a poplar woodland, hedgerows and agricultural fields.
I have been under the spell of the high desert, its dusty colors and empty spaces.
Now I am experimenting with making space from memory, marking the page to create an imagined place that resounds with the viewer.
I compose continually, adjusting the shapes, scumbling the colors and revising the light to create paintings that satisfy. I reconfigure, recolor and distill what is imagined and what is before me, seeking its radiant essence.
Exhibitions
| May, 2010 2010 Emerald Art Center Juried National Exhibition--two pieces Springfield, Oregon April-May, 2010 Juried Members Show Northwest Pastel Society--three pieces Blue Horse Gallery Bellingham, Washington Purely Pastel Artists Group Show Purely Pastel Artisits Premiere Group Show June 1-June 26, 2010 Jacqua Gallery Emerald Art Center, Springfield, OR Reception June 11 5:30 to 7:30 August-September, 2010 Purely Pastel Artists Group Show Broken Color La Follette Gallery Eugene, Oregon May, 2011 Purely Pastel Artists Group Show Presentations in Pure Pigment Springfield Art Museum Springfield, OR |
July, 2009
Solo Show, Altera Roadside Attractions, Bend, OR April and May, 2009 Solo Show Tate Common Hall, Roadside Attractions Eugene, Oregon April, 2009 Juried Members Show Northwest Pastel Society Blue Horse Gallery Bellingham, Washington Honorable Mention-High Country Willows October, 2008 Solo Show, DIVA Eugene, Oregon Willamette Valley Views (or, Places Between My House and Scott's House), Eugene, Oregon May, 2008 Emerald Art Center Juried National Exhibition Frameworks Award, Springfield, OR February, 2008 Art by Architects Juried Show DIVA, Eugene, OR |
Juried member: Pastel Society of Oregon
Member: Northwest Pastel Society
Member: Westcoast Pastel Society
Member: Purely Pastel Artists
Member: Westcoast Pastel Society
Member: Purely Pastel Artists