artist statement
I am a Teacher - passionate to inspire and connect everyone to the creator within themselves.
I am a Painter - constantly curious and experimental, thinking outside the box, and always asking "what if".
I am a Dreamer - who steps into my dreams and makes them a reality.
I am a Believer - living my life expectantly and abundantly - thinking "as if" it has already happened.
I am an Artist.
"I shut my eyes in order to see" is one of the artist’s favorite quotes because it reminds her of how inspiration begins — dreaming.
biography/curriculum vitae
awards/juried exhibitions
Ohio Watercolor Society -Watercolor Ohio 2011 & 2012 - National Exhibition- Traveling ShowPikes Peak International Watermedia XVII - H.K. Holbein Award 2011Ohio Watercolor Society -Watercolor Ohio 2010 National ExhibitionPennsylvania Watercolor Society International Exhibition - Lancaster Museum Of Art - 2010First Place – Western Ohio Watercolor Society Winter Show – Springfield Art Museum - 2009Best Of Show-Western Ohio Watercolor Society Winter Show - Springfield Art Museum - 2008Pennsylvania Watercolor Society International Exhibition - Lancaster Museum Of Art - 2007National Watercolor Society Members Show - 2007International Society Of Experimental Artists Annual Exhibition- Northern Michigan University - 2007Purchase Award - Art Design Consultants National Juried Exhibition, "Art Comes Alive”- 2007Mississippi Watercolor Society's Grand National Juried Exhibition - 2007Watercolor West Nationally Juried Exhibition - 2007
education
Louisiana Tech University - BFA, Graphic Design
U.S. Army Specialty Training, Denver, CO - Graphic Illustrator
Professional Workshops: Katherine Chang Lui, Mary Ann Beckwith, Mark Mehaffey, Carole Barnes,
Cheng Kee Chee, Alex Powers, Stephanie Raynor, Maxine Masterfield and Don Andrews
teaching experience
Watercolor Intensity Workshops - Winter 2010 - present
Painting The Essence of Tuscany - plein aire workshop - Florence, Itally - September 2008
Nature's Palette - mixed media workshops - Fall 2003/Spring 2004 - present
Lima Area Watercolor Society - watercolor on yupo - Spring 2005
Tri-Arts Club - Painting On Yupo - Spring 2006
Watercolor Sessions - watercolor basics/elements of design - Spring 1998 - present
Children's Watercolor Camps - June 2000 - present
Growing With Art - children's art camp - watercolor/pottery basics - June 2009
juror experience
St. Mary's Art Exhibition - Wassenberg Art Center - May 2010
Lima Area Art Show Exhibition - Fall 2009
Toward Independence - Art Show for Developmentally Disabled - April 2009 & 2010
Mason Outdoor Art Festival - Spring 2009
Greenville Watercolor Exhibition - Spring 2001
Speaking/Demonstration Experience
Lima Area Watercolor Society - watercolor demonstration - September 2010
St. Andrew's - MOPS - "A Prayer Put To Paper" - speaking/painting demonstration - March 2010
Community Brethern - MOPS - "A Prayer Put To Paper" - speaking/painting demonstration - March 2010
Western Ohio Watercolor Society - painting demonstration - September 2009/October 2008
Lima Area Watercolor Society - watercolor demonstration - Spring 2004
exhibitions
“Painting The Essence Of Tuscany” – group exhibition - Town & Country Fine Art Gallery–September 2009
“Connecting Vision With Inspiration” - group exhibition – Middletown Arts Center – November 2008
Solo Exhibition - April 2008 - Art People Gallery - San Francisco, CA
Group Exhibition- April 2008 - Infusion Gallery - Los Angeles, CA
“Tactile Color” - 2007 - Therapy Cafe - Dayton, OH
"Emotional Landscapes" - St. Clair Memorial Gallery - Greenville, OH
"Every Front Porch Has A Story To Tell" -Town & Country Fine Art Gallery, Kettering, OH
"Nature's Palette" - Town & Country Fine Art Gallery, Kettering, OH
"My Story" - St. Clair Memorial Gallery - Greenville, OH
"Lowcountry Skies" - Town & Country Fine Art Gallery, Kettering, OH
"Charleston Colors" -- Town & Country Fine Art Gallery, Kettering, OH
"Scottish Mists" - Town & Country Fine Art Gallery, Kettering, OH
"Walking In Charleston" - Knight Gallery, Charleston, SC
publications
"Splash 12: Artistic Vision", Northlight Books, Rachel Rubin editor - to be released May 2011
“Artistic Touch 4”, Christine Unwin, author, Creative Art Press – to be released Spring 2010
“Do Trees Nap?”, author/illustrator, Trish McKinney – Claybridges Publishing, August 2009
"Benny The Baffled Behemoth", author, Melissa Leembruggen - illustrator, Trish McKinney - September 2008
"Defining The Art Of Trish McKinney" - Published May 2008
“Exploring Color II”, Nita Leland, author, Northlight Publications - August 2008
collections
CareSource
Dave Seyer & Keith Wyatt
Denise Rehg, President/Cultureworks
James & Dorothy Miller
Steve & Meghan Shuflebarger
Dr. Troy Tyner
David & Maria Berry
Andy & Lynn Denka
Helen Demers
Pat Bajadali & Karen Livingston
Bob & Lisa Tramontano
Dr. Charlotte Eckhardt, Wales, England