Design your own sandcastles with this creative Sandcastle Texture Summer Art Project for kids. Great summer craft idea for kids!
Our school celebrated Chinese New Year recently so it was perfect timing to explore dragons! I had recently seen a dragon project in an old Arts and Activities magazine that would fit nicely with this art lesson. We talked extensively about dragons and looked online for many examples. The students were more than eager to…
Artist Statement I feel as though I’ve lived a thousand lives in this one lifetime and I’ve experienced so many things, all of which come together in an alchemical process that results in the creation of a painting. For patrons of my work, the feedback I hear most often is that it’s peaceful and contemplative. This feels like a full conversation between me and the viewers of my art. My sense of composition comes from my love of Asian art which has been lifelong. Before I was 10, I was captivated by a book of Japanese woodblock art of the Ukiyo-e period. I’ve always loved the simplicity of form, color, and use of space. The main touchstones of my life, which bring me peace and a sense of belonging, are my love of nature and its preservation. I choose subjects, like birds and simple treasures of the everyday, to represent this. Originally from Chicago, I have been at home in Southern Oregon for over 20 years. I am a signature member of the Society of Animal Artists and most recently I was honored to receive the 2023 Purchase Award at the National Museum of Wildlife Art. My work is now in the permanent collection at the National Museum of Wildlife Art as well as at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum and various personal and private collections throughout the world. I am represented by Meyer Gallery, InSight Gallery, Trailside Galleries, and Mockingbird Gallery. I paint full time, so donating my art to organizations that work toward conserving our environment and educating people about why we should preserve it, is vitally important to me. Nature is a gift to interact with wisely and respectfully. I admire my fellow wildlife artists as well as the institutions that show our art, and the patrons who make what we do possible. We don’t exist without others. Thích Nhất Hạnh had this quote, which beautifully captures the interconnectedness of our lives with nature:“If you are a poet, you will see clearly that there is a cloud floating in this sheet of paper. Without a cloud, there will be no rain; without rain, the trees cannot grow; and without trees, we cannot make paper. The cloud is essential for the paper to exist. If the cloud is not here, the sheet of paper cannot be here either.” Art, and in particular wildlife art, has the power to communicate this relationship, bringing the viewer closer to the world around us. I am proud and humbled to be part of this ecosystem. Gallery Exhibitions 2014-2024 Annual solo show of new works, Meyer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM2024 Trailside Galleries, TBA2024 Group show, Annual Fall Gallery Showcase, InSight Gallery, Fredericksburg, TX2023 Group show, Fall Anniversary Exchibition, InSight Gallery, Fredericksburg, TX2022 Small works show, Trailside Galleries2022 Group Show, September Song, Mockingbird Gallery, Bend, OR2021 Solo show, Avian Realms, Meyer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM2021 Group show, Hanson Howard, Ashland, OR2021 Two-person show, InSight Gallery, Fredericksburg, TX2020 Featured, Small Works Holiday Show, Meyer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM2020 Guest artist, Anniversary Show, Mockingbird Gallery, Bend, OR2020 Solo show, Avian Gatherings, Trailside Galleries, Jackson, WY2015-2018 Small Works Invitational, InSight Gallery, Fredericksburg, TX2019 Group show, Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival, Trailside Galleries, Jackson, WY2019 Two person show, InSight Gallery, Fredericksburg, TX2018 Featured, Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival, Trailside Galleries, Jackson, WY2018 Group show, Birds of a Feather, Trailside Galleries, Scottsdale, AZ2017 Three-person show, InSight Gallery, Fredericksburg, TX2017 Group show, Deck the Halls: Wildlife Art Show, Trailside Galleries, Jackson, WY2002-2017 Small Works Show, Howard/Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA2014 Solo show, Howard/Mandville, Kirkland, WA2014 Two-person show, Meyer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM2013 Solo Show, Howard/Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA2012 Solo Show, Davis and Cline Gallery, Ashland, OR2012 Miniatures Show, Davis and Cline Gallery, Ashland, OR2010 Two-person show, Howard/Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA2010 Solo show, Davis and Cline Gallery, Ashland, OR2009-2013 Group and solo shows, Davis and Cline Gallery, Ashland, OR2009 Trompe L’Oeil Invitational, Desired Effects, Meyer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM2008 Solo show, As Shadows Settle, Churchill Gallery, Newburyport, MA2007 Two-person show, Howard/Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA2007 Solo show, Living Gallery, Ashland, OR2007 Lake Oswego Foundation for the Arts 50 Top Regional Artists, Lake Oswego, OR2004-2005 Solo show, Yoshida Gallery, Portland, OR2003-2005 Two-person show, Howard/Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA2003-2005 Solo show, Living Gallery, Ashland, OR2002-2007 Group and solo shows, Yoshida Gallery, Portland, OR2002 Retrospective, Giustina Gallery, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR2020 Featured, Small Works Holiday Show, Meyer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM1998-2009 Group and solo shows, The Living Gallery, Ashland, OR Museum Exhibitions 2024, 2020, 2019, 2017, 2015, 2007 Birds in Art, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI2020-2024 Art in the West, High Desert Museum, Bend, OR2020-2024 Western Visions, National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, WY 2023 Society of Animal Artists, 63rd Annual Exhibition, Stifel Fine Arts Center, Wheeling, WV Traveled to Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum and Ella Carothers Dunnegan Gallery of Art2022 Society of Animal Artists, 62nd Annual Exhibition, Turtle Bay Exploration Park, Redding, CA2022 Society of Animal Artists, Animals of North America, Customs House Museum, Clarksville, TN2021 Society of Animal Artists, The Kingdom, at Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, MI2021 Society of Animal Artists, Art that Matters to the Planet, Roger Tory Peterson Institute, Jamestown, NY2021 Society of Animal Artists, Animal Impressions, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, AZ2021 American Women Artists, Lifting the Sky: Elevating the Work of American Women Artists, online exhibition2020 Society of Animal Artists Member Show, Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum, Oradell, NJ2018-2019 Birds in Art National Traveling Museum Exhibition, various locations across the country2006 Annual Small Works Benefit Drawing, Morris Graves Museum, Eureka, CA2003 Solo show, Morris Graves Museum, Eureka, CA Publications 2022 Spotlight, International Artists Magazine, JAN2021 Cover art, Die Zeit, Literature section, DEC2020 Feature, Fine Art Connoisseur, JAN/FEB2020 Cover, Ashland Gallery Guide2019 Cover, Santa Fean Magazine2019 Spotlight, Western Art & Architecture, DEC2018 Feature, "Painting Birds in the Park," Lassen Volcanic National Park2017 Feature, "The National Park Artist in Residence Experience," Ashland Gallery Guide2017 Feature, "Elegant Restraint," Southwest Art, OCT2013 Southwest Art, MAY2011 Beginning: A collection of poems, Lewis Enterprises2011 Feature, Season 12: Episode 14, Oregon Art Beat, Oregon Public Broadcasting2010 Illusions: New works by Jhenna Quinn Lewis, Lewis Enteprises2007 Feature, Southwest Art, SEP2007 Seattle Homes and Lifestyle, JUL/AUG2007 American Art Collector, JUL2006 Southwest Art, NOV2005 American Art Collector, OCT2003 Southwest Art, DEC2002 US Art Magazine, NOV2002 Oregon Home Magazine, JAN2002 Cover, Ashland Gallery Guide2001 Southwest Art, DEC Awards Purchase Award, National Museum of Wildlife ArtSemi-finalist, Art Rewewal Center Salon Collections National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, WYLeigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WIHarry & David Corporate Collection, Medford, ORScott Valley Bank, Medford, ORThe Honorable Lawton Chiles, Governor of FloridaVarious private and corporate collections Professional Background 2017 Artist-in-Residence, Lassen Volcanic National Park2004 Studied with Gerald Hodge, Scottsdale School of Art1999 Studied with David A. Leffel, Taos, NM1992-1997 Owner/Director, Candy Stick Gallery, CA1976-1980 Art Education, University of Illinois
