About

 

Artist Statement

 

My creative spirit is awakened by the subtle beauty of imperfection. I find it in naturally occurring patterns and textures on distressed surfaces such as a scrap of metal, stone or other weathered surfaces.

 

I may discover a hint of what looks like a distant mountain or wisp of a cloud within an image of a weathered surface and use this as a starting point in my composition. I combine images to further suggest a landscape or other composition. These compositions are released from the seemingly mundane image of a rusty metal image and take on a new life, changed and elevated to a new form of visual energy.

 

My creative process begins with my digital images. Printed using archival pigment inks on a quality cotton fiber paper. The print is mounted on a custom-made boxed wooden panel. The piece is hand textured with clear acrylic gel medium for a brushstroke finish.

 

My wish is for the viewer who experiences my artwork to come away with an appreciation for the natural world and to see subtle beauty in unexpected places.

 

 

EXHIBITIONS

Hedges Family Winery Solo Show, Red Mountain, WA 2023

L'Art de L'Art Show, DS Watkins Gallery, Kennewick, WA 2023

67th Annual Juried Central Washington Art Exhibition, Yakima, WA 2022
Gallery by the Park, Annual Juried Show, Richland WA 2022
Solo Show, Gallery at the Park, Richland, WA  2021
Art in the Pearl Online Art Festival, Portland, OR  2020
"Celebrate Decay: Beauty Conveyed" 2 Zero 2 Gallery, Walla Walla, WA  2019
Gallery by the Park, Annual Juried Show, Richland, WA  2019
Art in the Park Juried Art Fair, Richland, WA  2019
Art in the Pearl Juried Art Fair, Portland OR  2018
Wenaha Gallery Solo Show, Dayton, WA  2017
Bellevue Festival of the Arts, Bellevue, WA  2017
Salem Art Fair & Festival, Salem, OR  2017
Bellevue Festival of the Arts, Bellevue, WA  2016
Gallery at the Park, Annual Juried Show, Richland, WA  2016
Art in the Pearl Juried Art Fair, Portland, OR  2014
Bellevue Art Museum Juried Art Fair, Bellevue, WA  2013
Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts, Lake Oswego, OR  2013
Art in the Pearl, Juried Art Fair, Portland, OR  2012
Gallery by the Park, Annual Juried Show, Richland, WA  2012
Gallery by the Park, Summer Celebration Juried Show, Richland, WA  2011
Sausalito Juried Art Festival, Sausalito, CA  2011
Bellevue Art Museum Juried Art Fair, Bellevue, WA  2011
Gallery at the Park, Annual Juried Show, Richland, WA  2011
You & I Gallery, "This Is What I Do" Art Show, Kennewick, WA  2011
509 Juried Art Exhibition, Washington State University, Richland, WA  2011
"Painting With Light: A Photographer's Journey" Allied Gallery, Richland, WA  2010
Gallery at the Park, Summer Celebration Juried Show, Richland, WA  2010
Larsen Gallery, 43rd Annual Allied Arts Juried Exhibition , Yakima, WA  2010
Scottsdale Juried Art Festival, Scottsdale AZ  2010
54th Annual Central WA Juried Exhibition, Larsen Gallery, Yakima, WA  2009
Art In The Pearl Juried Art Fair, Portland, OR  2009
Bellevue Art Museum Juried Arts Fair, Bellevue, WA  2009
Gallery at the Park, Summer Celebration Juried Show, Richland, WA  2009
Gallery at the Park, Summer Celebration Juried Show, Richland, WA  2008
Washington State University, Fall Artists' Exhibition, Richland, WA  2008
Larsen Gallery, 53rd Central Washington Juried Exhibition, Yakima, WA  2008
"Introducing LuAnn Ostergaard", Simon Gallery, Yakima, WA  2008
Gallery at the Park, Summer Celebration Juried Show, Richland, WA  2007



AWARDS

Best of Show, Gallery by the Park, Annual Juried Show, Richland, WA  2016
Excellence 2-D Medium, Condotta Award, Gallery at the Park, Richland, WA 2013
Purchase Award, Larsen Gallery Guild, Larsen Gallery, Yakima, WA  2009
Chancellor's Award, Washington State University, Richland, WA  2008
Purchase Award, Argus Insurance, Larsen Gallery, Yakima, WA  2007

 

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

3 Lincoln Center, New York, NY
Grand Hyatt Lodge, Denver, CO
Omni Hotel, Austin, TX
Hyatt Place Hotel, Athens, GA
Marriott Atlantis Resort, Bahamas
Portside at the Inlet, West Palm Beach, FL
Miramonte Resort, Choachella/Palm Desert, CA
Argus Insurance, Yakima, WA

 

REPRESENTATION

Art Spirit Gallery, Coeur D'Alene, ID

Freed Gallery, Lincoln City, OR

Phinney Gallery, Joseph, OR

Earthenworks Gallery, Port Townsend, WA

Earthenworks Gallery, LaConner, WA

Gallery at the Park, Richland, WA

D S Watkins Gallery, Kennewick, WA