Party Time!

The Museum of Northwest Art is having it's 

annual art auction,

 'MoNA XLV: Sapphire Dream'

One can bid on items in the silent auction

through May 31, 2026

The LIVE auction is Saturday, May 30, 2026

Stefano Catalani, myself, 

and Christian Waguaspack

During the Artist Party, I won the 

Visionary Award!

THANK YOU 

to all who voted for me!

My surprise award! 

This is the artwork that won. 

It is available for purchase in this auction,

 #71

'The View From Here' 28x35" oil pastel on paper;
Kathleen Faulkner

why I'm busy

It is almost May.

This year is flying

and some opportunities are happening.

I am showing paintings at Burton Jewelers through the year

and I'll be at First Friday Art Walk May 1 from 5-8pm

I change out the work occasionally 

'Evergreen' mixed media on paper;
Kathleen Faulkner

Some work is headed over to the 

Jeannette Best Gallery 

in Pt Townsend, WA for several months.

'An Organic Matter' 16x16" oil pastel on panel;
Kathleen Faulkner



May 30 is the Museum of Northwest Art's
45th annual auction.
'The View From Here' 
was accepted for this event.

'The View From Here' 30x40" oil on canvas'
Kathleen Faulkner

June is my solo painting show
 at the wonderful 
Perry + Carlson Gallery

It is a story about a place in time.

'Current Events' 30x40" oil on canvas;
Kathleen Faulkner

July 31 - August 2 

Anacortes Arts Festival Fine Arts Show

I am happy to have my painting, 

'Night Light' 

accepted into this show.

'Night Light' 24x24" oil on canvas; 
Kathleen Faulkner

small things

Brooches, Kathleen Faulkner

It started as a lark.

Sculpture was no longer easy for me because

I wanted to make large work.

I ended up making tiny objects. 

And I'm ok with that.

 

Night Light

 

'Night Light' 24x24" oil on canvas; Kathleen Faulkner

It is winter now, and the nights are long.

The darkness sometimes feels like a way to escape the business of living, moving, bustling.

I do my most focused work in the early morning.

still so dark

Maybe the darkest bit of the long night.

Bodies of water

 

'Bodies of Water' 11x14" oil pastel;
Kathleen Faulkner

An atmospheric river arrives.

It is loud.

Its effects are mighty on the 

Skagit, Snohomish, Nooksack, Stillaguamish, Puyallup, and Cowletz rivers.

We see good action, movement, and some panic. 

There is a lot of destruction.

Further West is the Salish Sea. 

Deep below the surface, another reality.

Can you hear the silence?

Night Life

'Night Flight' 10x10" oil pastel and oil on panel;
Kathleen Faulkner

Spending time on water can sometimes 

change my view of reality.

It is a different world.

Add nighttime, and it becomes surreal.

'Night Light' 24x24" oil on canvas;
Kathleen Faulkner

a little press

 

'Night Life' 22x30"oil pastel; Kathleen Faulkner

Here is a very nice write up on myself and this artwork

at

Showcase my Art

October

'Padilla Bay' 10x10" mixed media; Kathleen Faulkner

I will be in a group show for the month of October 

at 

Scott Milo Gallery in Anacortes, WA.

The opening is October 3rd from 6 to 8 pm.

I will be showing oil pastels, mixed media, and a few oils.

'Sea State' 12x12" mixed media; Kathleen Faulkner

From October 24th through the 27th, 

I will be showing in ART'S ALIVE at Maple Hall in LaConner, WA

The opening is October 24th from 5 till 8pm. 

'Tidelands' 30x30" oil pastel; Kathleen Faulkner

and, of course,

My work is always available through 

Perry + Carlson Gallery 

in Mt Vernon, WA. 

and this

'Agua Verde' oil pastel; Kathleen Faulkner

 

I am currently showing online at

Gallery Cygnus.

Click the link below to view the 

show.

Solo at Gallery Cygnus

'High Tide' oil pastel; Kathleen Faulkner

current events

Two Moons in LaConner is showing several Skagit artists
through Gallery Cygnus
counter clockwise:
Kathleen Faulkner, John Simon,
Michael Clough, Cathy Schoenberg

Three of my oil pastels currently showing
in the group show at Perry and Carlson Gallery

 

'Stickpins' wood, sterling silver;
Kathleen Faulkner

I am so pleased to announce that my jewelry will
be available in August at Tacoma Art Museum Store. 

'Urban Landscape' pencil drawing; Kathleen Faulkner

'Lucky Day' pencil drawing; Kathleen Faulkner

I will have these two drawings at the Washington Athletic Club in Seattle

with the group, Earth Creative.

Our work will be on view from August 1 through October 31.

Later, in  October, I will be showing at Scott Milo Gallery in Anacortes and

Arts Alive in LaConner, WA.

nocturnal

'Wildlife' 24x30" oil pastel on panel; Kathleen Faulkner

'Wildlife' is currently on display at 

Schack Art Center in Everett, Washington. 

The show is titled 'Cambian Layers II' 

and will be available for viewing through August 23, 2025

 

Below is some new work on the theme of night:

that other world through which we sleep 

'Sea Breeze' 8x8" mixed media on panel;
Kathleen Faulkner

'Deep Sea' 18x18" mixed media on panel;
Kathleen Faulkner

Older night scenes:

'Night Vision' 12x12" mixed media;
Kathleen Faulkner

'Nautical Twilight' 29x28" oil pastel on panel;
Kathleen Faulkner

'Nightlife' 22x30" oil pastel on panel; Kathleen Faulkner

Bay views

'Padilla Bay, Early Winter' 10x10" mixed media;
Kathleen Faulkner

'A Winter Day' 12x12" oil pastel; Kathleen Faulkner

'Tideland' 30x30" oil pastel; Kathleen Faulkner

'Islands' 10x10" oil pastel; Kathleen Faulkner

'Looking East' 10x10" oil pastel; Kathleen Faulkner

The Bay, on any given day,

is always different.

every low tide

all the tides

The water is always moving

except

for that small bit of *slack tide.

*what is a slack tide?

an excellent adventure

 2022

I am invited to send work to the American Embassy in Pristina, Kosovo.

'East of Here' 12x18" oil pastel; Kathleen Faulkner

'Almost Home' 30x24" oil on canvas; Kathleen Faulkner

Art Handlers arrive to pack and transport.

2025

This morning they are returned. 

They have seen things and been somewhere

I never will see or be.

I'm glad they're home, 

old friends.

small acts

 EC Artists

I have been putting more time and energy into environmental issues lately. 

It is something that I can do to make a difference. 

There are so many causes that one could pick.

All small acts add up over time.

necklace stories

'Wired' sterling silver, patina;
Kathleen Faulkner

 Necklace from a long time ago made for a past 

Museum of Northwest Art Auction.

'The Dictionary Necklace, Aardvark to Azure' 38"

Sterling silver, dictionary paper beads, ink, glass lenses; Kathleen Faulkner

 

This necklace was an exercise in patience. 

It includes the entire 'A' section of the dictionary.

'Love Me' 20" sterling silver, colored pencil, gouache, mica;
Kathleen Faulkner

Ode to the only mammal that can fly.

'Illuminated Kelp' 20" Sterling silver, gouache, 

watercolor; glass lenses; Kathleen Faulkner

I live by the Salish Sea. 

Benefits of kelp

'The Volcano Necklace' 18" sterling silver, gouache,
glass lenses; Kathleen Faulkner

I made this necklace for my Daughter who was born one 

week to the hour before Mt St Helens erupted.

'The Journal' 18" sterling silver, fossilized ivory, ink;
Kathleen Faulkner

This is the story of the flora and fauna discovered along the 

route that Lewis and Clark took to and from the West Coast.

'Childhood Landmarks' 30" sterling silver, ink, gouache,
colored pencil, glass lenses; Kathleen Faulkner

I grew up in Seattle. Many of my childhood haunts are gone now. 

Some are still around and are represented in the drawings. 

The links are name tags acknowledging places that are no longer.

This necklace acknowledges the place that shaped my childhood.

more necklaces

thinking about trees

'Looking at Trees' 30x30" oil pastel; Kathleen Faulkner

I lived in the Aleutians.

There is a token mini-forest that someone had planted

decades ago.

Other than that, there are no trees to speak of

because of the intense winds.

From most vantage points

one can see, on a clear day,

other islands in the chain 

and the different weather patterns.

When I returned to the Pacific Northwest,

I felt claustrophobic for a while.

I still get very uncomfortable when the wind whips the trees.