Visit Carrie Goller Gallery in historic downtown Poulsbo.
People And Portraits
BFFs, oil 8×10
Crow Quill Night Owls, mixed media on wood block 8×10 (Chandler collection)
Lake Chelan, oil 30×40 (Balassa collection) My mother could not swim and was afraid of the water — wading only this far with her ever-present cigarette (she gave up her beloved smoking in her early 30’s at my oldest brother’s urging). Thanks mom!
Chin Up, oil/encaustic 7.5×7.5 (Roberts collection) (Bainbridge Island Museum of Art)
Airstream Alice, oil, mixed media 10×8
Wired, oil/encaustic 14×8.5 (Ingold collection)
Teardrop, oil, mixed media 10×8 Here we are camping; you can see my beautiful mother here, with us three children in the background in front of our little trailer, which I think was called a Teardrop. We had so much fun in our little trailer — oh the simpler days!
Shyla, mixed media 8×8 (Byrd collection)
PopTart, oil 20×16 (Asadorian / Meyers collection) Selected for Collective Visions Gallery 2011 Annual Juried Show
March Hare, oil on wood block 10×8
Yellow Dress, oil/encaustic/mixed media 6.5×6.5×1.5 My mother is actually pregnant here, I love her sunny face in her sunny dress.
World’s Fairest 1962 (Seattle), acrylic on wood block 6.5×6.5 My mother at the World’s Fair, Seattle in 1962, when I was a baby (as seen in October 2010 American Art Collector magazine).
Annika, oil on wood block 10×8 (Thornburg collection)
Amazing Grace, mixed media 8×10 (Gaines collection)
Disneyland 1960, mixed media 18×18 (private collection) My mother holding my brother at Disneyland, she was pregnant with me.
Kitten, oil 16×12
Debutantes, oil 36×36 (Piehl collection) My cousins – from left to right – Desiree, Peggy Sue, Penelope, Laurie (clutching her blanket as usual) and me at a family gathering after my Aunt Jeanne’s first wedding. There was plenty of the universal language of giggling as we watched the bride and groom dance. (as seen in October 2010 American Art Collector magazine)
Lake Chelan Study, oil, mixed media 10×8 (Walters collection) (as seen in October 2010 American Art Collector magazine)
Cabellero, oil, mixed media 24×24 (private collection) The whole family heading out to Boulder, Colorado to see relatives in our Buick Cabellero — stylish!
Indispensible, mixed media on wood block 8×10 (Oliver / DiMaggio collection)
Somers, mixed media (oil/acrylic) 8×10 (Somers collection)
Chamomile, mixed media on wood block 8×10 (Sweet Laurette’s collection)
Swan, oil, mixed media 10×8 (Burrata Bistro collection)
Uncle Jim, acrylic/mixed media on wood block 8×8 (Piehl collection) We miss you, Uncle Jim.
Arctic Bill, acrylic on wood block 8×8 (Thornburg collection)
Faithful, oil/encaustic/mixed media 8×8 (Thornburg collection)
Lisa and Ryan, acrylic 8×8 (Willett collection)
Gary as Elvis, acrylic 8×10
Avila, oil on wood block 8×10 (Strom/Avila collection)
Birds and Bees, oil/encaustic/mixed media 6.5×6.5×1.5 (private collection) My father grew up on Bainbridge. This is from a rare photo of him with his father, who was very handsome. He disappeared and was never found.
Arrival, oil/encaustic/mixed media 7×7 I will never forget the moment when my cousins Terri and Laura arrived from Colorado in Uncle Jim’s little jet. Both of our fathers were pilots. They literally burst out of the plane in their matching ensembles; the party had arrived! Sadly, we lost our wonderful Laura to a heart problem.
Bringing in the Sheaves, encaustic/mixed media 10×8 (Obergottsberger)
Portal, encaustic/mixed media 10×8 from photo by Bryna Hoffmeister (Sweeney collection)
Florence, oil/encaustic/mixed media 6x5x1.5 (private collection) My Swedish maternal grandmother. She had thirteen children! My hat is off to you, Grandma!
Lost, encaustic/mixed media 8×4.5 (Pagosa Springs Art Gallery)
Reunion, encaustic/mixed media 8×4.5 (Savella collection)
Red Mittens, oil/mixed media 8×4.5 (Pagosa Springs Art Gallery)
Mariia, charcoal 14×11 (from photo, right) commissioned by her 6 children to memorialize her during their 2005 Hispanic mother’s day celebration. (De Luna collection)
Mariia, charcoal 14×11 (from photo, right) commissioned by her 6 children to memorialize her during their 2005 Hispanic mother’s day celebration. (De Luna collection)
Sad Woman, pastel 14×12. (Director’s Gallery) When I told the model she looked sad, she said “I am sad. I’m sad about the state of the world.” This portrait was featured in the 6 Kitsap County-wide papers in “What’s Up” and also in the Kitsap Sun “Arts and Entertainment.” Received 2nd Place/Honorable Mention at the 9/05 Silverdale Art Walk.
Sad Woman, pastel 14×12. (Director’s Gallery) When I told the model she looked sad, she said “I am sad. I’m sad about the state of the world.” This portrait was featured in the 6 Kitsap County-wide papers in “What’s Up” and also in the Kitsap Sun “Arts and Entertainment.” Received 2nd Place/Honorable Mention at the 9/05 Silverdale Art Walk.
Mother Gloria, pastel 14×11 (from photo, Little Sisters of St. Claire collection) completed for presentation at her 90th birthday celebration. Here are her thoughts on the arts. The Arts Music is the voice of the soul Dance is the rhythm of the soul Painting is the mirror of the soul Drama is the enactment of the soul
Christine, pastel 14×12 (live sitting) see right for a photo of model
Christine, pastel 14×12 (live sitting) see right for a photo of model
