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What started and continues as a love affair with visual art and
perception has taken me along a number of different and intriguing
paths of exploration, all of which converge to make my art that
much more textural and yet simplified.
It must have been the Gypsy blood in my veins-Norwegian Gypsy-that
compelled me to need the dance and music of metal at my ears and
on my wrists. I started by making jewelry for myself, but repeatedly
people asked me where I got what I wore, so I took the next step
and started selling my handcrafted trinkets. I have been designing
and fabricating one-of-a-kind sterling and copper, and then fibre-coiled
and beaded, jewelry since the early 1990s.
I thoroughly enjoy the process of working with metals, natural
stones and fibres and the feel of tools in my hands. Although
I sketch designs, invariably once I start working on a piece,
it feels like it takes on an energy of its own and I let it evolve
into the design and materials the piece wants to be.
I enjoy seeing my artwork adorn another person. Once it is on
someone's body, the work becomes a part of them and takes on yet
another dimension.
kwest jewelry has been displayed and sold in a number of galleries
and fine art showrooms from Sedona to Solana Beach to Bellingham
and beyond.
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Education
Adult Ed and self-taught
San Bernardino Valley College
Crafton Hills Community College
The Shepherdess
Irvine Center
Beading Conferences
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Metalsmith Techniques
Design, Painting, Life Drawing and Printmaking
Printmaking, Life Drawing
Cold Joinery and Enameling
Enameling
Beading Techniques
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Galleries
Allied Arts Gallery, Bellingham, WA
Artworks, Riverside, CA
RAA Gallery and Art center, Redlands, CA
JD Myers, Redlands, CA
The Irvine Center, Irvine, CA
Northwind Gallery, Sedona, AZ
Forrest Fine Art Gallery, Sedona, AZ
Trios Gallery, Solano Beach, CA
Angel's, Morro Bay, CA
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Shows
Museum of Northwest Art, LaConner, WA
Collage, Redlands, CA
Take 5 Recycled Show, San Bernardino, CA
Art for Heaven's Sake, Redlands, CA
Art-in-the-Park, Redlands, CA
Westminster Fine Art Show, Westminster, CA
Treasures in the Garden, Riverside, CA
Winterfest, Riverside, CA
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