View clockwise beginning with the left top image-Margaret Tomkins paintings can be purchased through the Martin-Zambito Fine Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
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Luner Light (1945) 11" x 15" Code No: 187 Tempera on Wood Black As White (1956) 12 ¾" x 14 ¾" Code No: 232 Acrylic on Glass and Paper Edge (1976) 33" x18" Acrylic on Canvas Carnival (1968) 54" x 77" Acrylic on canvas Merge (1987) 18 ½" x 25 ½" Acrylic on Wood Untitled (1971) 80 ½" x 116" Acrylic on Canvas Margaret Tomkins: Fine Arts Painter; Born: Los Angeles, CA 1916 - 2002 Background: University of California, Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) 1938; Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) 1939 Instructor in Art: Assistant professor of art, University of Washington 1949; Guest professor of art, University of Washington 1962, 1972; Spokane Art Center 1941 - 1942 One Person Exhibitions: Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA 1941; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA and California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA 1947;Artists Gallery, Seattle WA 1958; Henry Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 1962; Scott Galleries, Seattle, WA 1964; Gordon Woodside Gallery, Seattle, WA 1967; Richard White Gallery, Seattle, WA 1970; Polly Friedlander Gallery, Seattle, WA 1977; Washington State University, Pullman, WA 1977; Evergreen State College Art Gallery, Olympia and Whatcom Museum of Art, Bellingham, WA 1978; Diane Gilson Gallery, Seattle, WA 1979; Bellevue Art Museum, Seattle and Cheney Cowles Memorial Museum, Spokane, WA 1982; Foster White Galleries, Seattle, WA 1995 also included in numerous group shows 1941 - 1988. A pioneering abstract painter, for sixty years, Margaret Tomkins was a strong presence in the non-objective art tradition of the northwest and maintained an important place in American modernist abstraction. Tomkin's surrealistic biomorphism of the 1940's transferred creative internal energies into organic, visceral abstractions based on natural forms. A direction she continued to explore through the 1950's. In 1959, Tomkins shifted to abstraction in predominatly blacks, grays and whites. Through the 1960's and 1970's, her work reflected her responses to the environment and personal experiences, including travel to Europe and South America, that initiated the development of vibrantly colored organic abstractions. Following the death of her husband in 1973, Tomkins moved permanently to Lopez Island, San Juan Islands, WA., where she embarked on large, more softly geometricized paintings in nearly translucent acrylic color. Having a strong connection to New York throughout her career, her paintings related to an early phase of abstract expressionism in its evocation of landscape through atmospheric light and color. Tomkin's work of the last decade, following a stroke, was figurative and abstract with a myriad of colors. Married artist James FitzGerald 1940 For more information on Margaret Tomkins and to view her paintings go to the following galleries: Martin-Zambito Gallery martin-zambito.com Seattle Art Museum seattleartmuseum.org Tacoma Art Museum tacomaartmuseum.org Henry Art Gallery henryart.org Home Page William S. Watson View clockwise beginning with the left top image - prices shown do not include shipping or handling Twilight for Tojo (1992) 23" x 17 ¼" x 3 ¼" Construction Too Hot To Handle(1991) 48" x 36" Acrylic & Collage on Canvas Mardi-Gras Foretoken(1990) 36" x 48" Acrylic & Collage on Canvas Holy Smoke 20" x 16" Acrylic and Collage on Paper Realistic Dreams(1990) 36" x 48" Acrylic & Collage on Canvas One Stop(1999) 16" x 20" Oil and Collage on Board William S. Watson: Fine Arts Painter, Assemblage-Construction Sculptor and Clay-Ceramics Artist; Born: Portland, OR 1935. Background: Fayetteville Technical Institute, Fayetteville, NC 1977 - 1978; Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA 1978; California State University, San Luis Obispo, CA 1978 - 1980 Exhibitions: "Nuclear Visions" Oregon Coast Council for the Arts 1987; "Washington State Exhibition" The Center on Contemporary Art (COCA) 1989; The Arial Gallery, Soho, NY 1991; Public Spaces Program, The Funding Center, Alexandria,VA 1992; The American Society of Interior Designers, Washington D.C. 1992; Invitational Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, Lopez Island Library, Lopez Island, San Juan Islands, WA 1992; "Personal Patterns", Agora Gallery, Soho, NY 1992; Art Collection CD "Virtuosity", New York, NY 1995 - 1996; Grays Harbor College, Aberdeen, WA 1997; Central Adirondack Arts Show, Adirondack, New York 2003; Sedona, AZ: Village of Oak Creek (VOCA) Invitational Exhibition 2005 - 2006; L'Auberge de Sedona Visual Artists Coalition (SVAC) Exhibition 2006; SVAC Open Studios Exhibition 2006; Sedona AZ Art Center Gallery 928-282-3865 - 2004 to 2010; The Hillside Clay Pigeon Gallery, Sedona AZ 2005 to 2009; Gallery Marjuli, Ocean Shores WA 360-289-2858 - 2006 to 2010; Kinion Fine Art Gallery, Sedona AZ - 2006 to 2010 Bill’s artistic background is unique, as he didn’t become an artist until late in life. Bill retired from the US Army after having served 24-years active service. His last 14-years in the U.S. Army was as a US Army Special Forces (Airborne) Green Beret. On 4 April 2001, at Fort Bragg, NC, after more than three decades of secrecy, the president of the United States, awarded the Presidential Citation (equivalent to America's second highest award for valor-the Distinguished Service Cross) to Bill and other military personnel who served with a Top Secret combat unit (MACVSOG) during the Vietnam War. While with the unit Bill commanded and led a small team (ST-Illinois) that conducted guerrilla operations behind enemy lines. Having lived outside the Continental United States for more than 20-years, his completed works of art depict the colors and symbols associated with ethnic influences found only in Central American and Far Eastern cultures. After his retirement, Bill, through the use of the GI Bill, completed his civilian studies. In 1980, although his college major had been Agriculture Science, his interest in art and art history, influenced his study and Bill became a self-taught artist. Though Bill is now retired from painting and working in clay he is presently in the process of publishing a book about his past. Bill married artist Miro FitzGerald in 1990. The Watson-FitzGerald Studios, LLC are located in Sedona, AZ Telephone: 928-284-2658 FAX Number: 928-284-2658 For more information go to these sites: Sedona Art Center Gallery sedonaartscenter Kinion Fine Art Gallery kinionfineartgallery Home Page The following Black Porcelain and Stoneware Ceramics are made by Wm. S. Watson View the images clockwise beginning with the left top image - prices shown do not include shipping or handling Large to Small Tiles Hi-Fired Black Porcelain/Stoneware Life Sized Skulls Adult & Child All White; all Black or White w/ Black Interior Hi-Fired Porcelain/Stoneware Skulls with or without Gold (shown) or Black Luster Skull Caps Bowls (Mixing) Various Sizes Hi-Fired Black Porcelain/Stoneware w/ Red & Clear Glaze Cups & Bowls Various Shapes Hi-fired Black Porcelain/Stoneware Platters & Dishware Hi-Fired Black Porcelain/Stoneware Coasters Hi-Fired Black Porcelain/Stoneware w/ Red Spot Glaze Display at Sedona Art Center Hi-Fired Black Porcelain/Stoneware Skull & Un-Glazed Tiles w/ Watson-FitzGerald Studios, LLC Logo Hii-Fired Black Porcelain/Stoneware Paulina Jean Watson Paulina Jean Watson has experience as a professional wildlife and portrait photographer and as an artist working in high fired porcelain/stoneware, hand built and wheel thrown ceramics. Born in Everux, France in 1960’s, Paulina, who is also Black Foot Indian, traveled with her family to Seattle, WA where she studied from 1976 to 1983 under master ceramist Edward Essex. “It was there I learned the patience and skill required to make clay an object of beauty and form. It was all I wanted to do.” Pulled into the corporate world for some years by necessity to support her own growing family, it was only a matter of time before Paulina returned to her great love of art and clay. At the invitation of Sedona painter and ceramic artist, William Watson, Paulina moved from Washington State to Sedona, Arizona with her eleven year old son and husband, wrought iron artist Tim Anderson, to apprentice with her father, Wm. ‘Bill’ Watson. Under his keen eye she learned extensive kiln use, building techniques and glazing and the complicated art of being a potter, acquiring her own unique style and work ethic. Greatly inspired by another well known Sedona ceramic artist Maggie Shipley, Maggie saw the gift in Paulina’s craft and took Paulina under wing to personally teach her, her classic designs, style and techniques. After two years as an apprentice to her father Paulina and her husband returned to Auburn, WA where she now has her studio and develops her own signature forms and designs. Home Page COPYRIGHT AND TERMS OF USE: 2:17 PM 5/15/1999 Your use of this web site means you agree to the following terms of use. If you do not agree with these terms you should leave this web site immediately and not use the files herein or contact the Watson-FitzGerald Studios in any way: physically or electronically. This site is owned and operated by Watson-FitzGerald Studios which owns, licenses and has copyrights on all material on this site. Viewing, downloading images or the HTML source does not transfer title or any intellectual property rights therein, to you. 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