About THE ARTIST

Evelyn Woods is a painter. She attended Central Washington University, graduating in 1979 and completed graduate work in 1993 at the University of Washington. She was born in New Orleans and grew up in New York, Virginia, Texas and Florida until settling as an adult in the Seattle area in 1970. Her home and studio are located on Whidbey Island. She has had solo exhibitions at Prographica Gallery, Davidson Galleries, Museo Gallery and Smith and Vallee Gallery.

“My process as a painter is deeply interwined with why I paint. I am interested in the connection between where memory and the unconconsious emerge. A part of my process is rooted in nthe practice of walking in solitude, be it in a neighborhood, an urban landscaoe or in the woods close to my home. During those times I am taking in a multitude of images, smells, the stillness or movement of air, the quality of light and the overall feel of a place. Embodied in the aforementioned qualities resides the duality of stillness and the vitality of of energetic life which I in turn soak up like a sponge. It is here where I am able to make sense of a life lived and its relevance to living in the moment with all senses activated. This is whenI know I am on to something that I can work with back in the studio. Images get burned into the retina for a myriad of unknown reasons. Be it a mood, color, pattern, feel or even a hint of something familiar. Strength, vulnerability, beauty, and fragility are components of nature present in the tenuous balance of life which I find fascinating as subject material. When the elements of play, curiosity and exploration are combined with the intellect there is a chance for my work to evolve in a personally exciting and meaningful way. What continually keeps me engaged and inspired as an artist is the thrill of exploration which happens in the laying down of paint and what transpires in the process.

In essense my work is an excavation of self in time and space much like a self-portrait. I don’t always know where a painting will take me, but if in the process I get to explore in a world of my own cration, well…that’s a good place to be.”

Evelyn Woods

Resume

Education 

  • 1993 Master of Fine Arts in Painting, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 

  • Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and Art, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA 

Selected Juried Exhibitions and Awards

2022

. Evelyn Woodfs, Smith and Vallee Gallery, Edison, WA

2021

. Still Life, Museo Gallery, Langley, WA

2020

. Landscape, Museo, Langley, WA

2019

. Perambulations, Prographica Gallery, Seattle, WA

. A Graceful Exit

2016

. Things that Kill, Prographica Gallery, Seattle WA

2015 

  • Canopies, Prographica Gallery, Seattle WA 

  • Observing Observing, Prographica Gallery, Seattle WA 

2014 

  • Surroundings, Museo Gallery, Langley, WA 

2013 

  • Dwellers (solo exhibition), Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA 

  • The I-5 Connect, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Culver City, CA 

2012 

  • New Contemporary Works, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA 

  • Yesterday’s Tomorrow, Museum of Northwest Art, La Connor, WA 

  • Evelyn Woods (solo exhibition), Museo Gallery, Langley, WA 

  • The Space Between Things, Prographica / Fine Works on Paper, Seattle, WA 

2011 

  • Cross-Section, Prographica / Fine Works on Paper, Seattle, WA 

2010 

  • New Works (solo exhibition), Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA 

  • Preview of Things to Come, Prographica / Fine Works on Paper, Seattle, WA 

  • Blurring the Lines, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA 

2009 

  • West Coast Drawings, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Culver City, CA 

  • On Paper, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, NY 

  • On Paper, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA 

2000 

  • Real Illusions / 7th Annual Realism International, Van de Griff Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 

1999 

  • Paper Made: A Paper Exposition, Van de Griff Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 

1998 

  • Commencement Gallery (solo exhibition), Tacoma, WA 

  • Realism Knows No Bounds, Van de Griff Gallery Santa Fe, NM 

  • Solo exhibition at Woodside Braseth Gallery, Seattle, WA 

  • 2nd Annual National Juried Exhibition, Arternatives, San Luis Obispo, CA 

  • Hackett, Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA 

  • Still Life Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL 

  • 3rd Great Plains National, Moss, Thorns Gallery of Art, Fort Hays State University, KS 

1996 

  • 31st Annual Open Exhibition, San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands, CA 

  • Rethinking Beauty, Coleman Gallery, Albuquerque, NM 

  • National Art Exhibition: Seen / Unseen, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, NM 

  • EXPO 15, BJ Spoke Gallery, Huntington, NY 

  • National Art Exhibition: Form and Metaphor, Eastern New Mexico University Portales, 
    NM (recipient of the juror’s award) 

  • Works on Paper, School of the Arts and Humanities Shepherd State College, 
    Shepherdstown, WV 

  • Magnum Opus IX, 9th International Open Exhibition, Sacramento Fine Arts Center, 
    Carmichael, CA 

  • Watermark, A National Works on Paper Exhibition, Gallery Concord, Concord, CA 

  • West Coast Works on / of Paper, The Ink People, Center for the Arts Eureka, CA 

  • 6th Annual National Juried Exhibition, 1708 Gallery Richmond, VA 

1995 

  • Art Reach ’95, National Congress of Art & Design, Salt Lake City, UT 

  • About Drawing, Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, CA 

  • Westmoreland Heritage Festival, LaTrobe, PA (recipient of the juror’s award) 

1994 

  • Northwest International Arts Competition, Whatcom County Museum, Bellingham, WA 

1993 

  • MFA Thesis Exhibition, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA 

1986 

  • Northwest International Arts Competition, Whatcom County Museum, Bellingham, WA 

1983 

  • Pacific Northwest Arts & Crafts Fair, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA