Jurors for 2017
Liana Bennett
Liana was born in North Wales, moved with her family to Canada and on to LA. As a kid she drew all the time and not much else. In 1984, desiring a place that young artists could go to be with their peers and practice their art, she founded, is the owner of and also serves as an instructor for Arts Umbrella in Bothell, Washington. Arts Umbrella features many teachers and classes for youth through adults. She says “I would have loved a place like that!” Liana is also a painter in acrylics, oils and mixed media, and is drawn to painting figures. Her website is artsumbrellaartcenter.com.
Sue Peterson
Sue Peterson is owner/curator of Fountainhead Gallery on Queen Anne in Seattle, Washington. Along with husband Ron, they have created a sophisticated gallery space which is now in its twenty-first year. That longevity serves as a testimonial to Sue’s exquisite taste for all art, including plein air. The gallery’s open floor plan allows for multiple space configurations, creating a feeling of serenity and spaciousness. The gallery is poised to grow into a neighborhood cultural center with an ongoing series of musical events, artist demonstrations, and art workshops to accompany its beautifully displayed art. Fountainhead Gallery’s website is fountainheadgallery.com.
Susan Ogilvie
Susan Ogilvie is a plein air and studio pastel artist who has participated three times in Paint the Peninsula. Her first year as a participant she won first place. She also teaches plein air and studio pastel painting workshops from coast to coast in the United States and in Europe. Susan has had signature status with The Pastel Society of America in NYC since 1991. She was included for entry in the Best of Pastel 2017, North Light Publishers and had an article she wrote printed in the May/June 2017 issue of The Pastel Journal. Susan’s website is susanogilvie.com.
Judge for 2017
Cathe Gill
Catherine Gill’s life as an artist continues to be exciting, challenging, sometimes balanced and always fun. Her energies all go into finding new ways to be creative in doing her artwork and teaching. Catherine’s work space is her studio in the Ballard area of Seattle. It is also all the many places that she goes to paint and teach workshops. Working on location has provided a real depth of experience that expands her skills and her mind. Her outdoor studio ranges from the park near her house, to the industrial area of Seattle where her studio is located, to the Cascade Mountains. She can also be found painting in a kayak on Lake WA, climbing trees in southwest WA, on the decks of small boats in Alaska. It extends to China, Montana, Idaho, Maine, Hawaii, Oregon, France and Italy. But it could also be out the car window.
Catherine enjoys working on location and likes what happens with the ideas that are generated when she is out there. New shapes and marks and ideas develop. She might start in the autumn standing in front of a forest and painting orange trees, but wind up realizing it is a refuge; that the small animals are starting to hunker down to survive, and the painting then becomes about safe places in hard times. Catherine Gill has lived and worked in the Pacific Northwest for over 30 years. She paints on location in watercolor, oil, and pastel, and is a printmaker. Catherine teaches painting and printmaking in her studio in Seattle, as well as throughout the United States and many other countries. Her artwork and current list of workshops and videos and DVDs can be viewed at www.catherinegill.com.
Her artwork has been exhibited nationally and throughout the world. Catherine is co-founder of Art Partners International, dedicated to bringing together artists and art of different cultures. She is a member of Northwest Watercolor Society, Women Painters of WA, Plein Air Painters of WA, Seattle Print Arts and Print Arts NW. Her book on landscape painting, Powerful Watercolor Landscapes, with writer Beth Means, was released by Northlight/F&W Publications January 2011. Her work can also be found in Art Journey America: Landscapes (F&W), Kipp, December 2011; and Gallery of Marine Art, Rockport Publishers, McClish, 1998, and has appeared in numerous magazine articles.
Catherine enjoys working on location and likes what happens with the ideas that are generated when she is out there. New shapes and marks and ideas develop. She might start in the autumn standing in front of a forest and painting orange trees, but wind up realizing it is a refuge; that the small animals are starting to hunker down to survive, and the painting then becomes about safe places in hard times. Catherine Gill has lived and worked in the Pacific Northwest for over 30 years. She paints on location in watercolor, oil, and pastel, and is a printmaker. Catherine teaches painting and printmaking in her studio in Seattle, as well as throughout the United States and many other countries. Her artwork and current list of workshops and videos and DVDs can be viewed at www.catherinegill.com.
Her artwork has been exhibited nationally and throughout the world. Catherine is co-founder of Art Partners International, dedicated to bringing together artists and art of different cultures. She is a member of Northwest Watercolor Society, Women Painters of WA, Plein Air Painters of WA, Seattle Print Arts and Print Arts NW. Her book on landscape painting, Powerful Watercolor Landscapes, with writer Beth Means, was released by Northlight/F&W Publications January 2011. Her work can also be found in Art Journey America: Landscapes (F&W), Kipp, December 2011; and Gallery of Marine Art, Rockport Publishers, McClish, 1998, and has appeared in numerous magazine articles.
