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RESUME
BEVERLY CHICK
5425 N. Samson Avenue
Boise, ID 83704
(208) 375-3165
Email: bevchick@cableone.net
Born: Columbus, Ohio 1952
Website: www.chickartisticcreations.com
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
The Gallery at Hyde Park, Boise, 2005-present
The Rediscovered Book Store & Gallery, 2007 - Present
Sawtooth Artisan's Gift Shop & Gallery in Stanley, Idaho, 1993 to present
Vine Arts Gallery, Vineyard Church in Boise, 2006 to present
Frame Works Gallery, Boise, 2006 to present
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2003 St. Luke's Hospital in Boise, April
2002 Women's Business Center Art Exhibit, Boise.
2001 Kulture Klatsch Restaurant, March
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2001 to present Lifeline Chiropractic in Boise
2005 & 2008 Art Source Gallery Juried Show (International), June
2006-2008 Cat Fancier's Show, March
2003-2008 Art at the Market, Emerging Artist Showcase, Boise
1994-2003 Arts For Christmas Art & Craft Show, Boise Art Museum
2002-2003 Idaho City Art & Crafts Festival, Idaho City, June
2002-2006 WCA (Women's & Children's Alliance) Celebration of the Arts Exhibit
2007-2008 WCA (Women's & Children's Alliance) We Art Women Art Exhibit, May
2000-2001 Sawtooth Mountain Mamas Art & Crafts Show, Stanley, Idaho, July
1995-2007 Art & Roses Exhibit, Julia Davis Park in Boise, June
2007 Idaho Landscapes Exhibit, Garden City Library, June
2006 Essence of Life Exhibit, SPAN Suicide Prevention, BSU Student Union Gallery, April-May
2006 Healing Art Show, Idaho Mental Health Counselors Association, Holiday Inn, Boise
2003 Treasure Valley Juried Show, BSU Student Union Gallery, Boise, April-May
2002 Third Street Gallery, "Winter Solstice" Moscow, Idaho, November-December
Pat Works, Owner & Manager of C & J Salon in Boise, Idaho
Dr. Lynne Jellum, Owner of Lifeline Chiropractic in Boise, Idaho
Dona Jeka, Owner & Manger of The Mortgage Shoppe in Boise
Nichelle Nichols, Professional Actor (“Uhura” from Star Trek)
George Takei, Professional Actor (“Sulu” from Star Trek)
Geraint Wyn Davies, Professional Actor, California
Dave Scott, Owner & Manager of Slanted Fedora Entertainment, Kansas
REVIEWS
Amy Atkins & Rachel Daigle, "More Than a Candle in the Wind," Boise Weekly, November 2007
"Beverly Chick" An online biography, bookcrossing.com online book club website, 1996
"Beverly Chick Featured Artist at The Wild Ivy Gift Shop." Kuna-Melba News, October 2003
Carey Parrish, Editor of Web Digest Weekly: "Your work is astonishing in its detail and clarity....Having seen your gallery I am now a big fan!" 2008
COMMISSIONS & PUBLICATIONS
2008 Rock Animal Dog Portrait Commission for Lisa Marten
2008 Portrait of Katharine Hepburn published in Web Digest Weekly, Carey Parrish, Editor
2008 Portrait Commission of Pet cat for Ron Jouten, Boise
2008 Portrait Commission of pet cat ("Smoke") for Cathy Arend, Montana
2005 Portrait of Princess Diana published in coffee table book, "Diana in Art"
Compiled by Mem Mehmet, Published by Caxton Publishing Group, Pop Art Books
2003-2005 Book labels for bookcrossing.com online book club, "Maynard's Muse"
1999 Portrait Commission, "Winter Wonder Trek," Dave Scott, Owner of Slanted Fedora Entertainment, Kansas
1992 &
1996 Black & White spot illustrations for Cat Fancy Magazine
1985
Cover art portrait for Enterprise Magazine
SELECTED AWARDS
2nd Place, Western Idaho Fair Juried Show, 2007, "Autumn at Hidden Lake"
3rd Place, Western Idaho Fair Juried Show, 2007, "Horseplay in the Daisies"
1st Place, Western Idaho Fair Juried Show, 2006, "Still Waters"
2nd Place: Western Idaho Fair Juried Art, 1996, “Angel Aura” & “Tiger ”
1st & 2nd Place: Nampa Art Guild Spring Show, 1995-1996, “Ground Hog Day” & “Otter Delight”
Best of Show: Anaheim Art Association Juried Show, Anaheim, California, 1989, “The Challenge”
EDUCATION
Associate Degree in Art, Fullerton College, California
BIOGRAPHY
Beverly Chick’s colored pencil & turpenoid paintings have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in galleries, gift shops and museums, primarily in Idaho, including the Boise Art Museum, The Gallery at Hyde Park, The Art Source Gallery, Frame Works Gallery, Sawtooth Artisan’s Gift Shop & Gallery and the Vine Arts Gallery.
In addition, her work is in public and private collections across the country including C & J’s Salon in Boise, Idaho, Dr. Lynne Jellum of Lifeline Chiropractic in Boise, Idaho, Cathy Arend in Hinsdale, Montana, Geraint Wyn Davies in Santa Barbara, California, and Nichelle Nichols (From “Star Trek”), California.
She specializes in animals and landscapes and receives several portrait commissions each year. She has her own business, Chick Artistic Creations, where she markets and sells her art in Idaho, in various art shows including the Capital City Market and the annual Cat Fancier’s Show.
Her artwork has been published by Slanted Fedora Entertainment, in Web Digest Weekly (an online newpaper), Cat Fancy Magazine, bookcrossing.com online book club, and in a coffee table book called “Diana in Art” published in 2007 by Caxton Publishing Group.
Ms. Chick is the recipient of numerous awards including top place awards of First & Second Place in the Professional Division of the Western Idaho Fair Juried Art Show in Boise, Nampa Art Guild Spring Show in Nampa, Idaho, and Best of Show at the Anaheim Art Association Juried Show in Anaheim, California.
Beverly also teaches art classes and workshops at the Vineyard Church and at her home in Boise, Idaho. She has an Associates Degree in Art from Fullerton Community College in California. She moved to Boise, Idaho in 1991 and lives there with her husband and their five cats.
What makes my colored pencil work unique is it doesn’t look like colored pencil. My work started out looking like traditional colored pencil, but I didn’t really like that look. It looked too stiff and rigid to me. So I started using techniques like using solvents and combining colored pencil with other media like acrylic and watercolor. Colored pencil & turpenoid (odorless turpentine) is a combination of drawing and painting. I first put down the colored pencil. Then I take a cotton swab and dip it in turpenoid, and swish in over the colored pencil like a paintbrush. This breaks down the layers of wax that is in the colored pencil and makes it look like watercolor or acrylic. These techniques give a much softer, painted look. I find that working with more than one medium allows me more creative and artistic freedom and it adds new dimensions to my work.
I like to experiment with certain techniques that I have found other artists using. Jackson Pollock is known for his paint spattering patterns and I occasionally use this technique in my work. I am also very inspired by the impressionists so I sometimes like to add just a touch of Monet-like impressionism to my work, letting the viewer’s imagination fill some of the details.
Animals, particularly cats, fascinate me and I feel a strong bond with them. Animals seem to have their own God-given beauty and charm. I love the beauty of a swan’s wingspread and its reflection on the water, as portrayed in my painting, “Smooth Landing.” A continuing theme to my work is capturing the funny and natural things animals do and capturing their personalities on paper. I like to portray animals & wildlife in terms of how they relate to us and our environment, as well as how they relate to each other in their own world.
Animals and nature/landscapes have the power to inspire and renew the human spirit. When I go on a vacation and see wildlife and breathtaking mountain scenery, I want to capture the wonder and inspiration I see and put it into my art. There is a simplicity there that cuts through the claustrophobia of clutter that is sometimes our lives and helps us to get back to the basics of what is really important.