About
ARTIST STATEMENT
My creative spirit is awakened by the subtle beauty of imperfection. I find it in naturally occurring patterns and textures on distressed surfaces such as a scrap of metal, stone or other weathered surfaces.
I may discover a hint of what looks like a distant mountain or wisp of a cloud within an image of a weathered surface and use this as a starting point in my composition. I combine images to further suggest a landscape or other composition. These compositions are released from the seemingly mundane image of a rusty metal image and take on a new life, changed and elevated to a new form of visual energy.
My creative process begins with my digital images. Printed using archival pigment inks on a quality cotton fiber paper. The print is mounted on a custom-made boxed wooden panel. The piece is hand textured with clear acrylic gel medium for a brushstroke finish.
My wish is for the viewer who experiences my artwork to come away with an appreciation for the natural world and to see subtle beauty in unexpected places.
EXHIBITIONS
L’art de L’art Show, DS Watkins Gallery, 2023
Hedges Family Winery, Red Mountain, WA 2023
Gallery by the Park, Annual Juried Show 2022
67th Central Washington Juried Artist Exhibition, 2022
"Power and Passion”", Solo Show, Gallery at the Park, Richland, WA 2021
Art in the Pearl Online Art Fair, Portland, OR 2020
‘Celebrate Decay: Beauty Conveyed’, Solo Show,
Two Zero Two Art Gallery, Walla Walla, WA 2019
Gallery by the Park, Juried Show, Richland, WA 2019
Art in the Park Juried Art Fair, Richland, WA 2019
Art in the Pearl Juried Art Fair, Portland OR 2018
Wenaha Solo Show, Wenaha Gallery, Dayton, WA 2017
Bellevue Festival of the Arts, Bellevue, WA 2017
Salem Art Fair & Festival, Salem, OR 2017
Bellevue Festival of the Arts, Bellevue, WA 2016
Gallery at the Park, Juried Show, Richland, WA 2016
Art in the Pearl Juried Art Fair, Portland, OR 2014
Bellevue Art Museum Juried Art Fair, Bellevue, WA 2013
Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts, Lake Oswego, OR 2013
Art in the Pearl, Juried Art Fair, Portland, OR 2012
Gallery by the Park, Juried Show, Richland, WA 2012
Gallery by the Park, Summer Celebration Juried Show, Richland, WA 2011
Sausalito Juried Art Festival, Sausalito, CA 2011
Bellevue Art Museum Juried Art Fair, Bellevue, WA 2011
Gallery at the Park, Juried Show, Richland, WA 2011
You & I Gallery, "This Is What I Do", Kennewick, WA 2011
Juried Art Exhibition, Washington State University, Richland, WA 2011
"Painting With Light: A Photographer's Journey" Allied Gallery, Richland, WA 2010
Gallery at the Park, Summer Celebration Juried Show, Richland, WA 2010
Larsen Gallery, 43rd Annual Juried, Yakima, WA 2010
Scottsdale Juried Art Festival, Scottsdale AZ 2010
54th Annual Central WA Juried Exhibition, Larsen Gallery, Yakima, WA 2009
Art In The Pearl Juried Art Fair, Portland, OR 2009
Bellevue Art Museum Juried Arts Fair, Bellevue, WA 2009
Gallery at the Park, Summer Celebration Juried Show, Richland, WA 2009
Gallery at the Park, Summer Celebration Juried Show, Richland, WA 2008
Washington State University, Fall Artists' Exhibition, Richland, WA 2008
Larsen Gallery, 53rd Central Washington Juried Exhibition, Yakima, WA 2008
"Introducing LuAnn Ostergaard", Simon Gallery, Yakima, WA 2008
Gallery at the Park, Summer Celebration Juried Show, Richland, WA 2007
AWARDS
Best of Show, Gallery by the Park, Richland, WA 2016
Condotta Award, Gallery at the Park, Richland, WA 2013
Purchase Award, Larsen Gallery Guild, Yakima, WA 2009
Chancellor's Award, WSU, Richland, WA 2008
Purchase Award, Larsen Gallery, Yakima, WA 2007
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
3 Lincoln Center, New York, NY
Grand Hyatt Lodge, Denver, CO
Omni Hotel, Austin, TX
Hyatt Place Hotel, Athens, GA
Marriott Atlantis Resort, Bahamas
Portside at the Inlet, West Palm Beach, FL
Miramonte Resort, Choachella/Palm Desert, CA
Argus Insurance, Yakima, WA
Rettig, Osborne, Forgette, Kennewick, WA
REPRESENTATION
D S Watkins Gallery, Kennewick, WA
Art Spirit Gallery, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
Phinney Gallery, Joseph, OR
Freed Gallery, Lincoln City, OR
Gallery at the Park, Richland, WA