quite clear

Warm colors from the wild west. Digital collage © 2014 Liz Ruest, 31 layers

on second thought

A landscape complicated by texture. Digital collage © 2014 Liz Ruest, 25 layers

Show: Kenmore Art 2014

See this award-winning piece through this weekend, Sunday, June 29, 10am-7pm, Bastyr University, 14500 Juanita Drive NE in Kenmore, WA

Skagit Horizons

Have you driven through the Skagit Valley in northwestern Washington? I find it beautiful all year, not just during its famous tulip season. The horizons are visible for miles! That I grew up in a farming area likely explains why I’m drawn to these views. My home town, in the Ottawa Valley, has similar terrain. A friend…

Skagit Homestead

Skagit Valley farmhouse, in passing. Duotone digital photograph © 2014 Liz Ruest

Black Nugget Bulkhead

Pattern and texture draw the eye in. Duotone digital photograph © 2014 Liz Ruest

Skagit Fields

Skagit Valley farmland detail. Duotone digital photograph © 2014 Liz Ruest

Show: Waterworld

Once again, June Sekiguchi has developed a wonderful theme, and once again, I’m delighted to be invited to participate. The show invites us to view art that depicts our relationship with life in and among  water through literal and interpretive aspects of what is  essential to our survival, environment, and pleasure I’ll be bringing a…