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Artist Statement
My still-lifes and portraiture often explore the strangeness of depicting space, depth and form on a 2-dimensional surface. I enjoy creating space. I often tell my students that a realist artist is a magician, since we are essentially illusionists trying to make it seem like an object is there when it is not.
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I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago and was lucky to have an art education that inspired me to create and teach art. After graduating from Northern Illinois University with a degree in art education, I started a family with my husband Michael Caulfield and moved to Keene, New Hampshire. The community in Keene was amazing for nurturing a young artist. There I worked independently selling my work in galleries in the Northeast, entering juried shows, and teaching workshops in the community and abroad. I was fortunate to find success in those endeavors. When my youngest child was old enough for school I started working in the K-12 school system which, although it has altered the focus of my personal artwork, has been so rewarding. I love that I can encourage another generation with the power of personal expression and artistic skill. I believe that no matter your skill level, making art is a powerful tool for mental well being and without a strong public art education system many would miss out.
In 2013 I moved to Washington state near Portland, Oregon and I began selling my work at the Portland Saturday Market. My work in the past focused on a contemporary twist on traditional still life and portraiture using colored pencil as my primary medium. While selling my work at the Portland Saturday Market, I lightened up the seriousness of my work and started making anthropomorphic animal portraits, still in my realist style, but with a humor that might be inspired by the middle school students I teach or the playfulness of Portland. Once again I have been uprooted, now to the charming city of Edmonds, WA, just North of Seattle. In the past year I have been working on reviving my love for contemporary still life and look forward to where this new venture will take me.
Gallery Representation:
Currently always showing work at Gallery North, Edmonds Washington.
August 2024 - One person show "Little Boxes" at Gallery North Edmonds.
Teaching Experience:
2022 - Present - Art Teacher Bellevue Public Schools.
2013- present Art Teacher for Woodland Public Schools.
Article The Great Woodland Chalk Out
2013 Jamaican cruise workshop with Ann Kullberg. Was invited to teach a day long drawing workshop by 7 book author/artist Ann Kullberg.
2009 – 2013 – St. Joseph Regional School, Keene, NH. Duties include teaching and writing the art curriculum for all students preschool - 8th grade.
2008 - Caribbean cruise workshop with Ann Kullberg. Was invited to teach a day long drawing workshop by 7 book author/artist Ann Kullberg.
2007 - Alaskan cruise workshop aboard the Sun Princess with author Ann Kullberg.
2005-2010 - Moco Arts, Keene, NH. Taught adult drawing classes and children art classes at a local community school.
2006-2008 – Sharon Art Center, Peterborough, NH. Taught adult drawing classes.
In Print
Cover for Monadnock Table Magazine 2021 and 2013
Drawing featured on the Derwent Coloursoft colored pencil tin. Derwent Company, UK. Article in Keene Sentinel
Created all the artwork for the brochure for the Luminance pencils by Caran D' Ache including tutorials. Caran D'Ache, Switzerland. Visible on Artist's Network.
Created drawing tutorials for the Derwent Pencil Company featured on their website.
Featured in the "Still life Secrets Showcase" in Ann Kullberg's book "Colored Pencil Secrets for Success."
Featured in the book Drawing 365 by Katherine Tyrell.
Featured in the book Strokes of Genius 2.
Created 3 colored pencil kits for sale at www.annkullberg.com.
2 Cover Illustrations for Keene State College Magazine
Awards
2013 - 2021 Juried member of the Portland Saturday Market.
2013 - Received 5 year signature status in the Colored Pencil Society of America by being juried into the international show 5 times.
2012 - Keene Sentinel Article
2011 – Received signature status in the Colored Pencil Society of America by being juried into the international show 3 times within 10 years.
2010 - Article Keene Sentinel
2008 - 3rd Place in the National Portrait Society of America's Members Showcase Competition - Children's Category
2008 - Best of Show & People's Choice Award in the Thorne Sagendorph Biennial Regional Juried Show.
2008 - Best of Show CPSA 112 Juried Competiton: H2O.
2008 - President's Award, UKCPS 7th Annual Open International Exhibition 2008, UK.
2007 - First Place in UKCPS 6th Annual Open International Exhibition, Nottingham, UK.
2007 - Juror's Choice Award, "Play with your Food" exhibition, Sharon Art Gallery, Peterborough, NH
2007 - Prismacolor Award, The Art of Colored Pencil New England Juried Show, Gallery 297, Bristol Rhode Island.
2007 - First Place Art in the Park, Keene, NH, dry media catergory.
2006 - Finalist in the 23rd Annual Artist's Magazine Art Competition in the Still- Life Category.
2005 - Second Place Art in the Park, Keene NH, dry media catergory.
2005 - First place in the 2005 Keene Art Association Spring Juried Show.
2004 - Second Place Art in the Park, Keene, NH, dry media catergory.
Degree:
B.S.E.D. In Art Education from Northern Illinois University.
1996 - Recipient Peg Bonds Art Scholarship based on artistic merit, Northern Illinois University School of Art
Balancing Act - Self Portrait in Colored Pencil 12" x 36"
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