Place by Ruthie V

Place

 

This show is about the strength of our community, and the comfort of home.

 

KulshanCLT homeowners provide the foundations of our economy. They are teachers, farmers, small business owners, bank tellers, librarians, bus drivers, construction workers, and artists. These are the people who get pushed to the edge of our towns when we don’t have housing that’s affordable at their wages.

 

When people have affordable and stable housing, they’re able to be more involved in their community. I would not have been able to produce this show without the security and affordability of my KulshanCLT home. Being involved with KulshanCLT has helped me see and appreciate abundance in Whatcom County.

 

Several works in this show talk about the comfort of home ownership through gardens, pets, and quiet moments.

 

Place tells a story about having enough, and sharing it with gratitude.

 

Thank you for supporting local art, and affordable home ownership.

 

Ruthie V.   

Alleyway, Oil, 20″ x 16″

Baby Feet, Oil, 11″ x 18″

Bellingham Farmer’s Market, oil, 40″ x 30″

Breakfast, Oil, 40″ x 40″

Comfort, Oil, 36″ x 24″

Companion, Oil, 48″ x 30″

Clouds Crumble Into Mountains, Oil, 36″ x 36″

Dent in MOrning’s Pillow, Cement & Acrylic on panel, 48″ x 46″

Fortress, Oil, 30″ x 24″

Gratitude, Oil, 30″ x 30″

Neighborhood, Oil, 36″ x 24″

Neighbors, Oil, 24″ x 24″

Past and Present, Oil, 40″ x 30″

Sleep, Oil, 36″ x 24″

The Stand, Oil, 40″ x 40″

Family, Oil, 30″ x 40″

Writer, Oil, 36″ X 24″

Two Hens, Oil, 30″ x 40″

View, Oil, 12″ x 12

Solidarity, Cement & acrylic on panel, 50″ x 48′

 

Ruthie V. is a fine artist, a muralist, and a paint color consultant. Her work is accessible, intelligent, playful and nourishing. Her fine art paintings have no limit on the subject matter, or on the techniques of application. Her landscapes, industrial scenes, abstractions, portraits, and pen-and-ink creative inventions have been shown in regional galleries such as the Blue Horse, Mindport, Smith & Vallee, FrameWorks, and Lucia Douglas. She paints commissioned works, portraits, murals, and helps people find paint colors for their homes and businesses.

 

Ruthie V.

Born in Tacoma, Washington

Sarah Ruth Vergin

 

Education:

2000 – 2004          WWU BA Fine Art Painting

2003                        Studies in art, Italy

1999 – 2000          Art apprenticeship in Japan

1996 – 1999          Whatcom Community College

1993 – 1995          Spokane Community College

 

Shows:

March            2009 Solo show         Place, Blue Horse Gallery

January         2009 Window            Ant Landscape, Mindport Gallery

Dec – March  2009 Group show     WWU President’s home

December      2008 Group show     Mindport Gallery

November   2008 Group show       Plein Air Paint Out, Blue Horse Gallery

Sept – Nov   2008 Group show      WWU President’s office

January        2008 Group show      Public Hanging, Blue Horse Gallery

2007 Solo show    The Humanity of Land, Smith & Vallee Gallery

2007 Solo show    Green Power Inspirations, FrameWorks Gallery

2006 Solo show    Local Landscapes, FrameWorks Gallery

2006 Group show Tree of the Year, Lucia Douglas, Whatcom Land Trust

2005 Solo show    Spinnaker Gallery

Recent Awards and Memberships related to Art and Architectural Color Consulting:

2008   Bellingham Farmer’s Market voted Best of PAPO show, Blue Horse Gallery

2008 – 2009  Bellingham’s Best Artist, Cascadia Weekly

2007 – 2009  Member of Sustainable Connections

2006 – 2009  Member and Business Partner with Kulshan Community Land Trust

2007   Volunteer of the Year Award, Kulshan Community Land Trust

 

 

Place

 

This show is about the strength of our community, and the comfort of home.

 

KulshanCLT homeowners provide the foundations of our economy. They are teachers, farmers, small business owners, bank tellers, librarians, bus drivers, construction workers, and artists. These are the people who get pushed to the edge of our towns when we don’t have housing that’s affordable at their wages.

 

When people have affordable and stable housing, they’re able to be more involved in their community. I would not have been able to produce this show without the security and affordability of my KulshanCLT home. Being involved with KulshanCLT has helped me see and appreciate abundance in Whatcom County.

 

Several works in this show talk about the comfort of home ownership through gardens, pets, and quiet moments.

 

Place tells a story about having enough, and sharing it with gratitude.

 

Thank you for supporting local art, and affordable home ownership