Artist • Phyllis Meyer

Born in Long Beach, CA, Phyllis earned a B.A. from UCLA and a M.S. in Library Science from California State Fullerton. She began her art career in 1994 after early retirement form the California State University Chancellor’s Office. Since that time Phyllis has taken many watercolor classes and workshops. Phyllis is a creative and original artist who is ever open to new techniques, media and subjects. She works in watercolor, acrylic and mixed aqueous media. Her subjects (frequently abstracts, birds, landscapes) are painted up close and personal, using intense colors and unusual perspectives. For several years Phyllis painted a series of whimsical red birds doing a variety of human activities—an especially popular series was her Gym Birds. Many of the activities in this series were tasks that could not be performed by a bird (i.e. juggling, jumping rope, gardening) which added to their humor.

More recently Phyllis has begun painting crows, enjoying their nerve, curiousity and intelligence. Some of this series have been avatars of human sins (Temptation, Avarice, The Glutton.) Phyllis is an intuitive painter who paints strictly for the joy of applying paint to paper. She hopes the viewers find the paintings joyful and evocative of something in their hearts.

Paintings by Phyllis are included in corporate collections (Don Morrisette Headquarters, Daniel Smith Collection, Pacific University) as well as many private collections. Until recently she was represented at Fire’s Eye Gallery in McMinnville and shows frequently at the Village Gallery of Arts in Portland. She has exhibited in numerous juried, solo and group shows locally, regionally and nationally. Memberships include the Watercolor Society of Oregon (1997 to present), the Northwest Watercolor Society (1996 to present, Signature Member), Village Gallery of Arts (1993 to present), the Beaverton Arts Commission (1996 to present) and the National Watercolor Society (2005 to present, Signature Member.) In 2008 Phyllis was juried into the 141st American Watercolor Society Show.

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