Betty Smith Professor Wwu Art Department Bellingham Wa 98225

Betty Jo Fitzgerald

Creative person Statement

Expressing the joy I feel for color and the delight I find in the natural world are the compelling forces in my artwork.I am a colorist with a pattern fetish. I paint whimsical, imagined landscapes, infused with high central color, that are dotted with establish or insect icons. I meld babyhood memories with an education in ecology and botany and delight in placing flora and brute in odd contexts. I take vicarious vacations by painting my knickknacks in exotic destinations. When working in mixed media or printmaking I similar to layer. My paintings or monotypes are altered with oil pastel, pencil, watercolor crayons and are collaged with etchings, rice papers or pocket-sized found objects. So, I add arbitrary color and paint with a conscious naïveté. The imagery often reflects my concerns near the residue in our ecosystems, without losing my sense of humor. My experimental approach remains focused by my personal vision—to limited sensuality, playfulness and magic in my work. I piece of work out of ii studios: one west of the Cascades and one east.

  EDUCATION

2006-75 Main Classes and Workshops in USA and abroad
1992-87 Studied painting & printmaking at Evergreen State College, Olympia
1966 MS, Botany, University of Washington, Seattle, and Costa rica, Org for Tropical Studies
1963 BS, (magnum cum laude), Academy of Northward. California, Chico

PROFESSIONAL Feel

Since 1995 Who's Who in American Art, Marquis Who'southward Who, New Providence, NJ;
Retired Lecturer & Teacher at art workshops
2000 Centrum Residency & Printmaking Teacher
1999-00 President, Northwest Watercolor Society, V. Pres., 1998 & Signature Fellow member since 1986
1999-01 Treasurer, Women Painters of Washington, President, 1992-93, elected Member since 1987
1999 Demonstrating Artist for "Jubilant Women in the Arts", Frye Art Museum
1988-98 National Collage Society, Board of Directors, Signature Member since 1989, Invitee Lecturer in Art at The Evergreen St College
1963-77 Botany instructor at Academy of Washington, Seattle University and The Evergreen State College

SELECTED JURIED EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS

Northwest Watercolor Society's 61st National, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
NW Expressions, 2004,2002,1998,Coos Art Museum , Coos Bay, OR
Northwest Watercolor Society's 60th Retrospective, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Juror'south Award Ann'l Juried Show, Carnegie Fine art Eye, Walla Walla, WA
Thunder & Lightning Exhibit, Art Agenda, Salisbury State Univ., Salisbury, MD
Mamaroneck Artists' Guild 36th Nati'50, Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY
11th Greater Midwest Internat'fifty, Central Missouri Univ. Gallery, Warrensburg, MO
Judges Honor Nat'l Collage Club Exhibit & Tour, OH, DC, VA, NC,
45th Pacific NW Craft Exhibition, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
National Watercolor Order Annual, Brea Civic Center, Brea, CA
Springfield Art League Nat'l Exhibit, GWV Smith Art Museum, Springfield, MA
Watercolors West, Missoula Museum of Fine art, Missoula, MT
Fine art for Environmental Advocacy, Adell McMillan Gallery, Univ. of O, Eugene, OR
Navarro Arts Quango National Exhibit, Corsicana, TX
Southwest Washington 40th Exhibition, Country Upper-case letter Museum, Olympia, WA
Women Painters of Washington Invitational, Linz-on-the-Rhine, Federal republic of germany
WPWCulture and Agriculture Juried Show, New Visions Gallery, Marshfield, WI
Watercolor Art Society National, Houston, TX
Best of Show,2006, 2nd Identify, 2003 Peninsula Art League, Juried Open Exhibit, Gig Harbor, WA
Whatcom Museum of History & Art, An Enduring Legacy, Women Painters of Washington 1930-2005, Bellingham WA

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Pullman Regional Hospital, WA
Allen Women's Center, Denver, CO Depository financial institution of Louisville, Louisville, KY
Metropolis of Olympia Portable Drove, Olympia WA Dr. Mikael Kautsky, DDS, Olympia, WA
Dermatology & Allergy Specialists, Olympia, WA City of Moscow Art Collection, ID
Inter-Fluve Inc, Hood River, OR Lombard Veterinary Clinic, Portland , OR
Music-Vend Distribution Co, Seattle, WA South Audio Therapy Services, Tumwater, WA
North Kansas City Hospital, MO Olympia Golf & State Lodge, Olympia, WA
Samsun Medical Middle, Santa Barbara, CA USF & G Annapolis, Maryland
Schoolhouse Administration Center, Hampton, PA South Audio Radiologists, Olympia, WA
Gritman Dialysis Centre, Moscow, ID Swedish Medical Center Foundation, Seattle, WA
Telco Credit Spousal relationship, Seattle, WA Univ. of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA
Washington State Ferry Organisation on the "Yakima" US West Marketing Division, Denver , CO

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