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Keepers of the House, 2" X 3", Monotype. |
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Knit Sweater, 4"X5", Intaglio. |
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Sam, 4" X 5", Intaglio. |
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Tuesday, 2" X 3", Monotype. |
Betsy Arvidson
Artist Statement
I believe that everyone is given a gift, a talent, however it is each person's responsibility to provide the discipline to develop that gift and to remember its source.
I develop my landscape images by drawing from the reservoir of imprints made through years of looking at nature. I attempt to awaken dormant appreciation of the beauty that surrounds us. When creating images of figures, I attempt to evoke an awareness of a person's emotion at a particular time, as I feel it is emotion rather than physicality that we are drawn to and which stays with us. It is my hope that these glimpses can initiate bonds between us all.
I develop my landscape images by drawing from the reservoir of imprints made through years of looking at nature. I attempt to awaken dormant appreciation of the beauty that surrounds us. When creating images of figures, I attempt to evoke an awareness of a person's emotion at a particular time, as I feel it is emotion rather than physicality that we are drawn to and which stays with us. It is my hope that these glimpses can initiate bonds between us all.
Biography
Born: Boston, Massachusetts
One Person Exhibition:
- Wehrle Gallery, Ohio Dominican University, Columbus, OH (Upcoming exhibition March -April 2007)
- Wehrle Gallery, Ohio Dominican University, Columbus, OH (Nov 2003-Jan 2004)
- The Sharon Weiss Gallery, Columbus, OH (represented by The Sharon Weiss Gallery)
- The Parker Gallery, Washington, DC (fall 2004, summer 2005, winter 2005-2006)
- Art For Life, Columbus, OH (2004, 2006)
- The Cooley Gallery, Old Lyme, CT
- Bradshaw House Gallery, Birmingham, AL
- Gallery on Second, NYC, NY
- Susan Conway Carroll Gallery, Washington, DC
- Morningstar Gallery, NYC, NY (represented by Morningstar Gallery before closing.)
- New York Academy School of Figurative Art Benefit Auction, NYC, NY
- New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ
- Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, OH
- Ohio Dominican University, Wehrle Gallery, Columbus, OH
- High Road Gallery, Worthington, OH
- Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP
- Ohio Dominican University
- Will Barnet, NA
- Dr. & Mrs. William H. Gerdts
- Everett Raymond Kinstler, NA
- Other private collections in California, Connecticut, Florida, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Canada, Ireland, and the Netherlands
- Kean University, New Jersey, Bachelor of Arts Degree
- Ringling School of Art, Sarasota, FL
- Art Students League, NYC, NY
- National Academy of Design School of Fine Arts, NYC, NY
- Administrative Coordinator: Ohio Physicians Health Program , Columbus, OH (1997- )
- Coordinator of Artist Membership and Director of Special Events: National Academy of Design Museum, New York City, NY (1982-1996)