Roslyn Lindquist

info@roslynlindquist.com

Shows and Demos

2010

Beaverton Arts Showcase, February 7-20, Beaverton City Library, Beaverton, Oregon

Solo Show, February 2-28, Baker and Spice Bakery, 6330 SW Capitol Hwy, Portland, Oregon

2009

6X6 Wild Arts project, November 21-22, at the Portland Audubon Wild Arts Festival, Portland, Oregon

Local 15 Show and Sale, October 1-4, World Forestry Center, Portland, Oregon

Open House and Art Show, September 15, 4-7pm, Kruse Professional Building, Portland, Oregon. Work will be displayed through the end of September.

2008

Intersect/Parallel, December 2, 2008 - January 28, 2009, Glenn and Viola Walters Cultural Center, Hillsboro, Oregon

6X6 Wild Arts project, November 22-23, at the Portland Audubon Wild Arts Festival, Portland, Oregon

Party of Nine Show at the Art Department, Salem, Oregon

Recycle Show at the 9th Street Gallery, Newport, Oregon

Panorama of Watercolor Show, May 31 - June 13, at the Tualatin Heritage Center, Tualatin, Oregon

2007

Group Watercolor Show, November, Spring Creek Coffee Shop, Milwaukie, Oregon

Yupo Demo, November 16-18, at Orycon, Portland, Oregon with Kamila Miller

Group Watercolor Show, October, Blue Moon Coffee Shop, Lake Oswego, Oregon

Tualatin Twelve Show, March 12 - 30,  Heritage House, Lake Oswego, Oregon

2006

Tualatin Twelve Show,  Heritage House, Lake Oswego, Oregon

Artist's Statement

I have played with art all my life, but in 2006, I decided to be an artist.  I didn’t run out and quit my day job.  Working as a software engineer and an artist is not a contradiction for me.  I use logic and process in art as much as I use creativity in engineering.

I have always been drawn to natural science.  When I was small and my Father caught a fish, he couldn’t simply clean it, I wanted a dissection.  I approach an art project like an experiment.  The object is not just to finish a piece, but to learn from each step.  I like to take advantage of the properties of paints, mediums and grounds to make them do the work for me. I paint in watercolor and acrylic. I am drawn to the depth and complex color that comes from many transparent layers of paint.

I paint places I want to be, and moods I want to be in.  Painting is a way to share the way I experience the world.  In my mind, I wander around inside the painting, find a nice place to sit and watch the action.  A piece is successful for me if I want to hang out in it.

Most of the animals I paint are specific individuals I have met at the Oregon Zoo, Portland Audubon, a county fair, or my back yard.  I spend time watching, sketching, and photographing them.  My goal is to catch the feeling of two-way contact, and the emotion I felt when I observed the animal.