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Life and death and everything in between. Continuity, repetition, adaptation to circumstance. Memory. What happens when light is limited or space is restricted, or there's too much of a good thing. What was here yesterday? What will be here tomorrow? These thoughts intrigue me, and the observation of nature provides a way to ponder them.

 

I combine drawing, painting, collage and printmaking to create large mixed media monotypes. I apply thin layers of ink and paper, scrape or tear it away, and then rebuild layer after layer to achieve complex depth and texture. Sometimes I press leaves or flowers directly into the surface. I love the physical aspect of printmaking: mixing colors, placing the plate on the press, smoothing the blankets, and turning the wheel.

 

APRIL RICHARDSON    


 
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Upcoming Exhibitions (Details on Events Page)

2007
Lynnwood Convention Center, Lynnwood, WA
Leschi Starbuck's Coffee, Seattle, WA
Simon Edwards Gallery, Yakima, WA
Spectrum Fine Arts, Spokane, WA
Countrywide Home Loan, Portland, OR
Washington Department of Ecology, Lacey, WA

 
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2007
Daily Café
2006
K. Alan Smith Jeweler, Seattle, WA
Coffee Animals, Seattle, WA
Edmonds Library Gallery Exhibit, Edmonds, WA
 
 
2003
Spokane Arts Commission Chase Gallery, Spokane, WA
Kaspar's Restaurant, Seattle, WA
2002
Attic Gallery (formerly First Avenue), Portland, OR
Tully’s Coffee, Seattle, WA
Kaspar’s Restaurant, Seattle, WA
 
2001
First Avenue Gallery, Portland, OR
Eclectix Gallery, Jacksonville, OR
 
2000
Trammell-Gagné, Seattle Design Center, Seattle, WA
First Avenue Gallery, Portland, OR
La Velle Vineyards Gallery, Elmira, OR
Grants Pass Museum of Art, Grants Pass, OR
The Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, WA
 
1999 First Avenue Gallery, Portland, OR
 
1998
Fine Impressions Gallery, Seattle, WA
Auburn Arts Commission Gallery, Auburn, WA
Kent Arts Commission Gallery, Kent, WA

1997 University Unitarian Church, Seattle, WA
1996 On The Avenue, Everett, WA
1995 Metropolis Contemporary Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
1994 Battery Street Gallery, Seattle, WA
1993 Auburn Arts Commission Gallery, Auburn, WA
1992 Bruskin Gallery, Pt. Townsend, WA
1991 Silences Gallery, Seattle, WA

Selected Group Exhibitions
 
2007
Lynnwood Convention Center, Lynnwood, WA
 
2006
ArtsWest, Seattle, WA
Alexis Hotel, Seattle, WA
 
 
2004
AIA Home of the Month - January, Seattle, WA
Zimmerman Gallery, Reno, NV
 
2003
Washington State Convention and Trade Center, Seattle, WA
The Gallery at JOEL, Spokane, WA
Simon Edwards Gallery, Yakima, WA
Alexis Hotel, Seattle, WA
 
2002
U. S. Embassy, Manila, The Philippines
Museum of Northwest Art Auction, La Conner, WA
Phinney Center Gallery, Seattle, WA (Curator and exhibitor)

2001
Patricia Cameron Fine Arts, Seattle, WA
Simon Edwards Gallery, Yakima, WA
Bellevue Art Museum Auction, Bellevue, WA

2000 Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
 
1999
The Fountainhead, Seattle, WA
Seafirst Gallery, Seattle, WA
Smallworks Gallery, Las Vegas, NV

1998
Washington State Trade and Convention Center, Seattle, WA
First Avenue Gallery, Portland, OR
 
1997
Sev Shoon Arts Center, Seattle, WA
Seattle Art Museum Rental/Sales Gallery, Seattle, WA

1996 Art Factory, Seattle, WA
1995 Phinney Center Gallery, Seattle, WA
1994 Metropolis Contemporary Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
1993 Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA


Related Professional Projects
 
Juror, 57th Annual American Associatin of University Women Art Competition, Grants Pass, OR
Juror
, Juried Exhibition 14, Arts Council of Snohomish County, Everett, WA
Finalist
, Heritage Park Public Art Project (mosaic design), Lynnwood, WA
Coordinator, A Little Arts Festival, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
Curator, 14.15.art Group Show, Phinney Center Gallery, Seattle, WA; One Pacific Tower, Seattle, WA
Instructor (Monotype), Eclectix Gallery, Jacksonville, OR; Cancer Lifeline, Seattle, WA; Seattle Country Day School, Seattle, WA
 
Representation
 
SAM Gallery, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA; Fine Impressions Gallery, Seattle, WA; Patricia Cameron Gallery, Seattle, WA; Michelle Nance, Oil Arts, Bainbridge, WA; Timo Visual Enterprises, Seattle, WA;
Irene Mahler, Mahler Fine Arts Consulting, Seattle, WA; ArTerra, Bellevue, WA; Beth Jones, Art Consultant, Sacramento, CA; Simon Edwards Gallery, Yakima, WA; Spectrum Fine Arts, Spokane, WA; Caplan Art Designs, Portland, OR.