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NWCS Members Fall 2023 Exhibit

Edmonds Waterfront Center Squared

Edmonds Waterfront Center
220 Railroad Ave, Edmonds, WA 98020
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Susie Arnold Wish I Was the Moon
Patty Duggan American Oligarch
Martha Soriano Inner Thoughts Become Art
Susan Rose Cook The Woman in the Yellow Hat NW Collage Society Merit Award
Nancy Meldahl Giraffe Habitat
Wendy James Wandering
Wendy James Emerge Eleanor Wolters Smith Memorial Award
Kudra Migliaccio Blush
Judy Bjorling Where Did the Flowers Come From?
Debbie Smith Linger Near
Yael Zahavy-Mittelman Walking in Chaplin's Shoes NW Collage Society Merit Award
Cheryl Chudyk Scraps from the Desk of the Great Michael Toti
Lynette Hensley Alighted
Lynette Hensley Flutterby NW Collage Society Award
Meryl Alcabes Pomegranate With Lemons
Michele Unger Wonky Floral #3
Susan Weihrich Going Home
Susan Weihrich Away From Home
Jan Clem Pucker Up
Lynn Skordal RM is Feeling the Rain Again
Lynn Skordal Blackpool Summer 1943
Laurie Baars Eggshells and Ash
Laurie Baars Shades of Indigo Peggy Tuttle Memorial Award
Kathy Parker Untitled
Nan Harty Wanting to be Free
Liz Byrd Memories to the Fore
Susan Akers Smith Ruby
Catalina Mercado Green Water
Catalina Mercado Black Staircase
Catalina Mercado Magenta Loops
Judith Heim If Wishes Were Horses NW Collage Society Merit Award
Judith Heim Alice's Party
Anne LaFever Memories of Florence
Anne LaFever The Youngest Magi NW Collage Society Merit Award
Karin K Mueller Bad Hair Day NW Collage Society Fall Show Award
Karin K Mueller Party Shoes
Lisa Alden Women Rising
Ann Ringstad The History of Elf
MJ Davison Friday's Wild Captive
Priscilla Moore Cottage View
Torea Frey Language Just Beyond Grasp
Esther Hayman Life Saver
Tricia Schug Perfect Spot for a Good Book
Lynne Conrad-Marvet Textural Landscape
Elsa Bouman Howdy Doody Time
Elsa Bouman OZ
Elsa Bouman Vote
Ann Nauman RIP Brice Marden
Cathy Tanasse Modular Study
Judith Sander Bird Queen
Judith Sander Crows Watching
Gina Hanzsek You Got This
Gail Fligstein Regenerate
Marilee Clarke Two Rose Bouquets
Sally Little Papa Red 1
Sally Little Papa Red 2 Gay Jensen Innovation Award-Fall Show-2023
John Arbuckle Lemon Drop
Colleen Foye Bollen Cosmic Connection
Susan Wilson Re-New
Stella Gausman Early Blooms
Lynn Bensinger They KNEW
Kim Weers The Music of Color
Janet Atlas Through a Broken Window


Northwest Collage Society Awards: View description for each of our named awards.



Juror

Juror

Sharon Grader

Art and creativity have always been an important part of Sharon Grader’s life. Growing up in Eugene, Oregon with access to the University of Oregon’s museums and galleries helped establish art as a cornerstone for her creativity.

Relocating to Seattle opened a whole new world view. Art and cultural were available everywhere leading to a career in graphic design. As a professional graphic designer for more than 30 years, she discovered the language of design and how to see as an artist. All of the elements of composition such as shape, line, and color are carried forward into her art. Since leaving the corporate world, she has unlocked the joy of creating for herself and coloring outside the lines. In 2013 she discovered encaustic painting and fell in love immediately—there was no courtship, just a primal connection to the magical ephemeral quality of molten beeswax.

Exploration and experimentation are major elements of her artistic journey of discovery. She often works with found objects, using cardboard, paper bags, dyed silk, rusted paper, encaustic monoprinting, watercolor, oil, and pastels. She is fascinated with the creative process and the constant wonder that surprises her every day.

Juror Artist Statement Juror

I am an abstract painter drawn to the fundamental aspects of creating art. No matter whether the medium is hot beeswax, ink, watercolor, oil, acrylic, combined with asemic writing or mark making, my curiosity constantly challenges me to push the boundaries of my limitations. When I paint, every line, every color, every shape has a purpose, a meaning and a relationship to each adjacent component. My work is disciplined, yet free and unexpected, calm and thought provoking. For me, this is a journey of discovery and happy accidents.


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