“And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.”

This is what I paint.

In addition to being a painter, Lee Schiring is a musician and teacher. She is a former ballet accompanist, as well as a church organist.

Color, shape, and form coalesce into a visual momentum driving the image as musical force drives a Bach Prelude—with the added fillip of jazz as played by John Lewis of the Modern Jazz Quartet, pushing Bach’s rhythms and harmonies.

The work builds slowly, about three square inches a day. The artist spends her working hours crawling over bits of vegetation with a tiny brush, in pursuit of a cumulative resonance.
Her work hangs in the homes of professors, accountants, and other professionals.

Resume : Lee Schiring

Web site—schiring-studio.com

Born—Chicago, IL; Lives in Bellevue, WA

EXHIBITIONS

2012 – Bainbridge Arts and Crafts Gallery, Bainbridge Island, WA

2011 – Peninsula Cancer Center, Poulsbo, WA

2011 – Bainbridge Arts & Crafts Gallery, Bainbridge Island, WA

2011 – Third Annual Senior Art Show, Senior Council, Kirkland,
WA

2010 – Confluence Gallery, Twisp, WA

2008 – Kenmore Art Show, Kenmore, WA

2007 – Kenmore Art Show, Kenmore, WA

2006 – Kenmore Art Show, Kenmore, WA

2005 – Eastside Fine Arts, Bellevue, WA

2004 – Kenmore Art Show, Kenmore, WA

2004 – Anacortes Art Festival, Anacortes, WA

2004 – Pacific Northwest Annual, University of Oregon, Eugene

2001 – Bellevue City Hall, Bellevue, WA

2000 – Bellevue City Hall, Bellevue, WA

AWARDS & HONORS

- First Place, Third Annual Senior Art Show, Senior Council,
Kirkland, WA. 2011

- Honorable Mention, Kenmore Art Show, Kenmore, WA. 2006

PUBLICATION

- Wrote article, “Sakura, Sakura,” published in the Washington
Park Arboretum Bulletin, Spring 2006; illustrated with a
painting of the same name.