Maggie LeMoine

Medium: Watercolor
Studio: 12840 NE 83rd Street
Phone: 425.576.9808

“There is a sense of quiet stillness and expectation in watercolor.” - Colley Whisson
 

I think watercolor is just plain fun. It’s something you cannot control. I wait to see which direction it moves and then move with it. It is independent on its own. No other medium offers the chance to work with a medium in motion.

My watercolor paintings are a real reflection of where I am at that moment. My favorite way to paint is plein air or “on the spot and outside”. When I’m plein air painting, the strong emotions I feel are put onto the paper. The moment is captured in the painting. The experience shows in the painting. 

I always said I wanted to paint in watercolor. One class and I was hooked. I have painted full time ever since. Suddenly everything I do is related to watercolor and the business of watercolor. The same path seen from a business person’s eyes is completely different than that path from this painter’s eyes. Larger, more details and the expectation of a painting. My eyes are open to many things today I missed while in the corporate world. I think I  am forever changed. The combination of travel and painting is reflected in my work.

Affiliations

Kirkland Arts Center

Mercer Island Visual Arts League

Eastside Fine Arts

Northwest Watercolor Society

My exhibitions

Kirkland Arts Center Holiday show 2002-2003

Kirkland Performing Art Center 2003

Mercer Island Spring and Holiday show 2002-2004

Juried Show Eastside Fine Arts 2003

Alki Bath house, Alki, WA

Eastside Gallery at Factoria, WA

Starbucks on Mercer Island, WA

Parklane Gallery in Kirkland, WA

Art Education
Classes and Workshops

Kirkland Arts Center

Michael Cooper

Joan Archer

Carolyn Buchanan

Zoltan Zsabo

Barbara Nechis

Frank Webb