James FitzGerald
Jared FitzGerald
Miro FitzGerald
Jennifer Anna Perkins
Margaret Tomkins
Paulina Jean Watson
William S. Watson
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View clockwise beginning with the left top image-Jim FitzGerald's sculpture and paintings can be purchased through the Martin-Zambito Fine
Art Gallery, Seattle, WA One Person Exhibitions: In 1959,
fire destroyed Jim's home and Seattle, WA studio. He lost a large amount of his earlier work and because of the fire his involvement in sculpture
became more dominant because of its durability. Until his untimely death, James FitzGerald was among the leading modernist sculptors of the
Pacific Northwest. A Seattle, WA native, he exhibited widely in major American museums. A pioneer in large-scale public, private and religious
sculptural commissions; FitzGerald also had a broad grasp of media ranging from pottery, mosaic, stained glass and bronze fountains to lost wax
bronze. FitzGerald began his career as a painter, first studying with Orozco in Mexico, in the 1930's, working collaboratively on WPA funded
murals in Colorado. In 1939, his interests turned to architecture. After studying briefly at Yale's Architecture School, he returned west to
execute his first public commission, the Portal of the North Pacific, a cement relief sculpture near Mercer Island Floating Bridge tunnel
entry in Seattle, WA. Called an architect of environmental mood; FitzGerald's narrative and smaller bronze sculptures addressed explicitly the
politically charged context of the 1960's and 1970"s and risked formal chaos in favor of an obsessive piling of images in an effort to evoke a
sense of disorientation and alarm in the viewer. Upon close inspection, however, his work operates as a symbolic residue of culture created out
of a commanding skill and determined vision. Married artist Margaret Tomkins 1939 For more information and to view
James FitzGerald sculpture go to these sites: Martin-Zambito Gallery
Seattle Art Museum
Background: New York Academy of Fine Art, New York, NY; University of
Washington, Seattle, WA; Florida State University, FL; University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO
Selected Exhibitions: Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, Watercolors1971; Institute for
Contemporary Art, Boston, MA; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA 1974; Rene Block Gallery, New York, NY; Louisiana Museum, Denmark;
Akademie Der Kunste, Berlin, Germany, Documenta 1976; Robert Miller, Inaugural Exhibition: Jared FitzGerald; 112 Greene
Street, New York, NY,Curated by Jean Dupuys 1977; Robert Miller, New York, NY 1981; Tananbaum Vanderwoude, New York, NY 1983;
The Red Studio, New York, NY; The Hudson Street Show, New York, NY 1984; Parker Bratten Gallery, New York,Curated by Richard Bosman
1987; Traver Sutton Gallery, Seattle, WA 1988;William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA 1989 - 1991; Barrett House, New York, NY, New
Directions. Curated by Richard Armstrong; Cavin-Morris, New York, NY Summer Invitational; Cavin-Morris, Songs for
the Numinous: Print Show 1991; Artists Space, Four Artist. Curated by Carlos Solana, New York, NY 1992; Artists Space,
Night of 1,000 Drawings, New York, NY; FitzGerald Studio, Aesop's Fables: Prints, 1993 - 1994; FitzGerald Studio, Creation:
Prints and Southwest Landscapes Aesop's Fables: Prints, New York, NY; John McEnroe
Gallery, New York, NY 1995Selected Collections: Seattle Art Museum,
Seattle, WA; Gregory Amenoff, Lawrence Gazlay, Doris Hoffman, Paul and Natalia Lamb, Carlos Gutierrez-Solana, Nathan Kernan, Mark Shilen
and Spencer Throckmorton Married to artist Jennifer Anna Perkins Jared FitzGerald has working studios in Manhattan, New York, NY
and Medanales, New Mexico email: jaredstudios@nyc.rr.com>
Background: University of
Washington, Bachelor of Fine Art (BFA) 1969; San Francisco Art Institute, 1965; University of Washington, Master of Fine Arts (MFA) 1974
One Person Exhibitions: Polly Friedlander Gallery, Seattle, WA
1975 - 1977; Volcano Arts Center, Hilo, Hawaii 1978; Foster White Gallery, Seattle, WA 1979 Full
Fellowships: Yale School of Art, Norfolk, CN 1967; Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture,
Skowhegan, MA 1969; Brooklyn Museum Max Beckmann Fellowship, Brooklyn, NY 1969 - 1970; Artist-in-Residence, MacDowell Colony,
Petersborough, NH 1971 Exhibitions: Seattle Art Pavilion,
Seattle, WA 1967; Artists Private Studio Exhibition, Seattle, WA 1967;"Yale Art Fellows Exhibition", Yale School of Art, Norfolk, CN 1967;
"Invitational Exhibition" Maine Art Gallery, Wiscassett, MA 1969; Hicks Street Gallery, New York, NY 1970; "Survivors 72", "Five Women
Artists", Milo Johnstone Gallery, Seattle, WA 1972; Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 1972;Studio Co-Op Exhibition
1973; Henry Art Gallery, "Master Thesis Exhibition", University of Washington, Seattle, WA 1974; "Annual Painting Exhibition", Tacoma Art
Museum, Tacoma, WA 1975; "Recent Paintings by Messhardt and FitzGerald", Polly Friedlander Gallery, Seattle, WA 1976; "West Coast
National Drawing Exhibition", University of Washington, Seattle, WA 1976; Seattle Art Pavillion, CETA Exhibition, Seattle, WA 1976; Civic
Center Visual Arts Invitational, Seattle, WA 1976; Honolulu Academy of Art, Honolulu, Hawaii 1978; Factory of Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition,
Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA 1979; "Sculpture Invitational", Foster White Gallery, Seattle, WA 1979; Lower East Side Artists
Invitational Group Exhibition, New York, NY 1982; Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA 1987; "Sculptor James FitzGerald Retrospective",
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA 1988; "Eyes on Public Art", Seattle Arts Commission Public Art 21st Anniversary Retrospective Exhibition,
Seattle, WA 1994; Alexandria Museum of Art, 14th Annual Invitational, Alexandria, LA 1995; Seattle Art Museum Rental and Sales Gallery,
Seattle, WA 1995; Washington State Arts Commission "Art in Public Places and Percent for Art Program", 1996 - 2004; Invitational Exhibition:
"Variations in Abstraction" Bank of America Tower, Seattle, WA 2003; Central Adirondack Arts Show, Adirondack, New York 2003; 23rd
Annual Faber Birren National Color Award Show, Stamford, CT 2003; Sedona, AZ: Heritage Museum 2005; L'Auberge de Sedona Artisans
Brunch 2005; Village of Oak Creek Association (VOCA) Invitational Exhibition, 2005 - 2006; L'Auberge de Sedona Visual Artists Coalition
(SVAC) Exhibition 2006; SVAC Open Studios Exhibition 2006; Sedona Art Center Gallery 928-282-3865 - 2004 to Present; Kinion Fine Art
Gallery,Sedona AZ 928-203-0234 - 2006 to 2010 Commissions:
CETA "Artist in the City", two paintings for public installation: Seattle Public Library and the Seattle Arts Commission 1975;
Seattle Walls Project, Seattle Arts Commission, Arcade Building (75' X 75') 1976; Ballard Historical District, Seattle Arts Commission, Inlaid
Marble Paving Unit (60" X 72") 1977; King County Arts Commission, Bellevue District Court House 1982; Tonasket Elementary School,
Tonasket, WA 1994; South Seattle Community College, Seattle, WA 1995; Medical Lake School District, WA 1995; Hallett Elementary School,
Fairbanks, AK 1996 Publication Documenta: "Birth" 16mm film
(8 minutes) Natural Childbirth 1973; La Mamalle Publication, West Coast Art, Photo Esay 1975; Cable TV, New York City, "Artists Interview"
Invitational 1982 Married artist William S. Watson 1990
Watson-FitzGerald Studios are located in Sedona, AZ For more information
go to these sites: Sedona Art Center Gallery For More Information on Miro's Art: Miro FitzGerald
Married to artist Jared FitzGerald Jennifer Anna Perkins has working studios in Manhattan, New York, NY
and Medanales, New Mexico email: jaredstudios@nyc.rr.com>
View clockwise beginning with the left top image-Margaret Tomkins paintings can be purchased through
the Martin-Zambito Fine Art Gallery, Seattle, WA Background: One Person Exhibitions: 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 Seattle Art Museum Tacoma Art Museum Henry Art Gallery
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:
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.
For more information go to these sites: Sedona Art Center Gallery
The following Black Porcelain and Stoneware Ceramics are made by Wm. S. 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.
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James FitzGerald: Fine Arts Painter and Sculptor;
1910 - 1973Background: University of Washington, Bachelor of
Architecture 1935; Kansas City Art Institute; Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center 1937-1938; Carnegie Graduate Fellowship, Yale University
1938-1939Instructor in Art: Kansas City Art Institute, Colorado
Springs Fine Arts Center and Spokane Arts CenterFirst Sculptural Commission:
Concrete relief at eastern entrance of tunnel for the Lake Washington floating bridge, Seattle, WA, 1945
Established own bronze foundry in Seattle, WA
1964
James FitzGerald's also had a studio located at Lopez Island, WA
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Jared FitzGerald
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26" x 34"
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Jared FitzGerald: Fine Arts Painter
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Miro FitzGerald
Miro FitzGerald: Fine Arts Painter and
Sculptor; Born: Seattle, WA 1946
Assistant Director, Sedona Art Center, Sedona, AZ 2005 - 2007
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Jennifer Anna PerkinsJennifer Anna Perkins: Fine Arts Painter and Iconographer
Margaret Tomkins
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Margaret Tomkins: Fine Arts Painter; Born: Los Angeles, CA 1916 - 2002
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William S. Watson William S. Watson: Fine Arts Painter,
Assemblage-Construction Sculptor and Clay-Ceramics Artist; Born: Portland, OR 1935.
The Watson-FitzGerald Studios, LLC are located in Sedona, AZ
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Paulina Jean
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