Judith’s educational background includes an undergraduate degree in Art History from the University of Pittsburgh, and a graduate degree in Art as Applied to Medicine from the University of Toronto. She began her professional life as an artist in 1965, as the medical illustrator for McGill University. Subsequently, she enjoyed almost twenty years exploring all aspects of printmaking. Eventually health concerns caused her to abandon this medium and she turned to neon sculpture combined with found objects. Following a five year flirtation with electricity, Judith discovered the excitement of using pastels in various ways. In recent years she has added encaustic painting to her arsenal. Currently she is using her pastels to enhance an exploration of mixed media on canvas. The artist was born in Pennsylvania and has resided in Olympia, WA since 1972.
Energy and mystery are the most important components of my painting style. I am concerned with conveying a sense of movement beneath the surface…an obvious or latent energy. There is usually a mysterious component as well, in these pictures. Conveying the feeling that something interesting has either just happened, or is about to happen in a particular scene, is my intent
In recent years I have become increasingly distressed by the limitless amount of greed and cruelty that mankind is willing to exhibit in his behavior. Watching and reading about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led me to create two series of large, mixed media (with collage) paintings. Two of these entries are from these series. The third “Coyote Conscience” is related to social media.
