Amy Ferron Artist's Bio

Amy Ferron is a mixed media artist whose unique shapes create their own fantastic worlds.  Amy's decades as a master quilter inform her painting style, translating from fabric into paint and collage the artful play of papers that she uses to define space with light and dark.  Her paintings and collages have been exhibited at the San Juan Museum of Art, Whatcom Museum, Cascadia Art Museum, Washington State Convention Center, Seattle City Hall, Anacortes Art Festival and numerous other local galleries and juried shows.                                                    

Amy paints or prints her backgrounds and then applies handmade paper, hand painted paper, purchased papers and maps to create unique and playful worlds.Influenced by the art of Henri Rousseau and Rex Ray, she creates unique garden scenes, landscape and under-seascapes.

 

Amy Ferron- Artist's Statement

Each object in nature is individual and unique. I look at grasses, flowers, and seaweeds capturing their beauty and combining them in a unique and playful world. Flowers bloom in the dark or commune with the stars. A powerful sun orchestrates plants growing behind a garden wall. Salish seaweeds move gently through a dark seabed, and bull kelp dance as they seek sunlight.

My aim is for each piece to evoke a feeling of hope and joy - for the viewer to delight in nature and the struggles and wonders of being alive.

Contact info:

[email protected]

Www.amyferron.com

@AmyFerronFineArt

Ph: 206-232-4243

Amy Ferron Artist's Resume    

Art Education

      Pratt Fine Art Center, Kirkland Arts Center and Gage Art Academy

      Course work in Oil Painting, Landscape Painting, Collage Abstract Painting

       Studied with Michael Ottersen, Bill Turner, Willie Bonner and Ricki Wolfe

Exhibitions

2025  - Artists' Registry Exhibition, San Juan Museum of Art, Friday Harbor, Wa

         -  Celebrations!, Women Painters of Washington Gallery,

               Seattle, Wa

         - Women Painters of Washington: A Sampler, Mirabella, Seattle

         - See Creatures, House of Orange Gallery, Cannon Beach, Or

         - Art of the Garden, Schack Art Center, Everett, Wa

         - From My Point of View- Cordata Gallery, Bellingham, Wa

         - Spring Art Exhibit, Women Painters of Washington Gallery, Seattle, Wa

         - Rain, River, Ocean: The Essence of the Pacific Noerthwest,

             JG Art Gallery Bainbridge Island, Wa      

          - Anniversary Show- JG Art Gallery, Bainbridge Island, Wa

          - A Promise of Spring, Women Painters of Washington Gallery,

                 Seattle, Wa

2024     - Best of the Northwest Show, Magnuson Park, Seattle, Wa

     - Small Works Show, Parklane Gallery, Kirkland, Wa

     - Nature Calls, Lopez Island Library, Lopez Island, Wa

     - Lopez Artists Guild Show, Lopez Community Center,

        Lopez Island, Wa          

     - Introducing...- Bainbridge Arts and Crafts Gallery,

       Bainbridge Island, Wa

     - Things in Motion, Women Painters of Washington Gallery,

       Seattle, Wa

2023     - The Healing Garden, The Confluence: Art in Twisp,

               Twisp, Wa

     - Like a Breath of Fresh Air, Scott Milo Gallery, Anacortes, Wa

     - Joy- Floral and Botanical Studies, Harris Harvey Gallery,

        Seattle, Wa

2022     - Arts Alive! Invitational Artist, LaConner, WA

      - Art of the Garden, Schack Art Center, Everett, Wa

      - Arts at the Port, Anacortes, Wa Juror: Greg Robinson

      - Creative Paradigm, Matske Fine Art Gallery,

         Camano Island, Wa         

      - Flower Power, Women Painters of Washington Gallery, Seattle

2021     -This Is Me, Red Sky Gallery, Lake Forest Park, WA

      - Fresh Talent, Bainbridge Arts and Crafts Gallery,

        Bainbridge Island, WA

      - Arts at the Port, Anacortes, Wa Juror: Carie Collver

      -The Legacy Continues, Wenatchee Valley Museum

       and Cultural Center,

       Wenatchee, WA

      - Reflections, Women Painters of Washington Juried Show,

        Juror: David Martin

      - Critters and Creatures,

         Women Painters of Washington Gallery, Seattle, WA

2020     - Layers, Walters Cultural Arts Center,  Three Artist show,

               Hillsboro, Or

      - Present Tense, Matske Fine Art Gallery and Sculpture Park,

         Camano Island, Wa    

2019     - Whatcom Museum Bellingham National Juried Art Exhibition,

               Water's Edge, Juror: Bruce Guenther

       - Northwest Collage Society Winter Show, Phyllis Lamphere Gallery, 

         Washington State Convention CenteR, Juror: Alfred Harris

      - A Brush with Color, Scott Milo Gallery Juror: Jennifer Bowman

      - Elemental Rhapsody, Tacoma Art Company

        Juror: Becky Frehse

2018     - Skagit Valley Arts Alive! Show, LaConner, Wa

      - Small and Powerful, Women Painters of Washington Gallery,

        Seattle, Wa

      - Essence, Arts at the Port, Anacortes, Wa

        Juror: Michael Monroe

      - Line___, Seattle City Hall Gallery and Anne Focke Gallery,

        Seattle, WA

      - Solo show - Mapscapes, Lopez Island Library, Lopez Island, Wa

      - Duets, Women Painters of Washington Gallery, Seattle, Wa

2017     - A Generous Kingdom, Verum Ultimum Gallery,

             Portland, Or

      - Cascadia Art Museum, Provincetown White Line Prints, 

        Juror: David Martin

      - Resonance, Arts at the Port, Anacortes, Wa

         Juror: Pablo Schugurensky

      - Hot Time, Summer in the City, Seattle City Hall,

         Juror: Larry Calkins

       - Solo show – Collages, Gathering Place in the Hamlet,

         Lopez Island,  Wa

       - Writing on the Wall, Women Painters of Washington Gallery,

         Seattle, Wa

       - Women Artists Coast to Coast: East, Prince Street Gallery, NY, NY

       - Search for Meaning, Vachon Gallery, Seattle University

       - EAFA Juried Abstract Exhibit Juror: Katya Palladina

         Bellevue, WA

2016     - Line____, Phinney Ridge Community Center, Seattle, WA

      - Lopez Artists Guild Show at Lopez Island Community Center

      - Visual Impressions, Ryan James Fine Arts, Kirkland, WA

        Jurors: Charlotte Dean, Ellen Miller-Wolfe, Suzy Mings, Nancy Whittaker

      - Kirkland Arts Center Artists' Exhibition,

        Juror: Frederick Holmes

      - 35 Live: CoCA Members Show, Seattle, WA

       - Abstract Marks, Women Painters of Washington Gallery,

       Seattle, Wa    

2015     - Line___, Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, WA

      -  Painting Poetry, Women Painters of Washington Gallery,

         Seattle, WA

       - Radiance, Women Painters of Washington Gallery,

         Seattle, WA

       - Kirkland Arts Center Juried Show,

         Jurors: Amy Spassov, Erik Hall

      - Environmental Art, Ida Culver House Juried Art Exhibit 

      - New Creations, VALA Juried Art Exhibit, Redmond, WA

 2014    - Art in Motion, Gallery 360 at Slocum House,

              Vancouver, Wa

       - Mercer Island Community and Event Center Art Gallery

 2013   - Snohomish County Art Collection purchase of 3 pieces

 

Publications

            2019     - Shark Reef Literary Magazine

Public Art

            2023     - City of Renton Utility Box Cover                                   

            2022     - City of Bellevue Utility Box Cover

            2017     - Beach Orcas on Parade: A Juried Public Art

                          Exhibition, Richmond Beach Community

                          Association, Shoreline, Wa

Community Participant       

            2018   -Speaker for Artist United, Normandy Park, Wa

            2017.   - Panelist, City of Mercer Island Mural selection

            2016-2024 - Lopez Island Studio Tour

            2016     - Kirkland Arts Center Studio Tour

 

Commissioned Work

            2023     - Label for Imagery Estate Wines

                          2023 Aleatico Rose

Public Collections     

            2013     - Snohomish County Art Collection, Everett, WA

Professional Affiliations

2014-2018 -Northwest Collage Society Member

2014-Present -Women Painters of Washington, Lopez Artists Guild

 2019-2020-President of Women Painters of Washington 

 

Awards

2022     3rd Place Award “Creative Paradigm” juried show

2021     2nd Place Award “This is Me” juried show

2021     Golden Paints Art Award “Reflections” juried show

2020     Artists and Craftsman Supply Award “Present Tense” show

2020     Selected by West Seattle Garden Tour - Annual Art Poster

2016     Favorite Artist Award “Painting Poetry”

             Women Painters of Washington

 

Other Education

            1986 MBA Seattle University,    

            1979 B.S. Computer Science University of Dayton