Loretta West

A vast experience of people and places has taught Loretta to be a keen observer of life. She was born and raised in northern Canada and has also lived in Toronto and New England, and presently resides in Eastern Washington. Loretta is influenced by her travels in the U.S., Canada and Europe. She studied art early on at a northern college and then pursued a completely unrelated career until moving East, where she took up the brush again to express what she saw and felt.

While being primarily self taught, Loretta is grateful of the tutelage she has received by instructors both at the Sharon Art Center in New Hampshire and other locations in Washington State. Her work is held in various private and corporate collections in Canada and the U.S.

Keep up to date on what Loretta is working on by going to her blog at www.lorettawest.blogspot.com

Recently, Loretta has been teaching both group and private lessons. Please contact her at colorgardenstudio@comcast.net for further details

Selected Group Exhibitions:

Santora Fine Art, Gardener, MA, Winter 2001 and 2002

Raw Space, Spokane, Spring 2006

River Ridge Fine Art Assn. Open Juried Show, Fall 2006

Spokane Watercolor Society, Open Juried Show, Fall 2007

Northwest Watercolor Society, Seattle, Waterworks Members Juried Show, Fall 2007

Solo show, Avenue West Gallery, Spokane, Spring 2009

Group show with Coeur d'Alene Art Assoc., Art on the Green, Summer 2009

Priest Lake Huckleberry Festival, Summer 2009

Guest Artist, Entree Gallery, Priest Lake, Idaho, Summer 2009

Spokane Visual Art Tour, Fall 2009


Awards:

Jack Richeson Award, Spokane Watercolor Society Fall 2007 Open Juried Show


Education:

Fine Arts Program, Grand Prairie Regional College

Bachelor of Arts Program, University of Calgary

Sharon Arts Center, Sharon, NH


Workshops:

Beth Patterson, Elise Beattie, Tom Lynch, Diane Maxey, Carol Santora, Stan Miller, Shirley Bird-Wright


Memberships:

North West Watercolor Society, Montana Watercolor Society, Coeur d'Alene Art Assoc.



Galleries:

Guest exhibitor, summer 2009, at Entree Gallery, Priest Lake, ID, www.entreegallery.com

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