Rock Silke Oil on canvas |
“I have been drawing and painting since childhood, and exhibiting since 1982 in group, individual and one-woman shows. Whether painting landscapes, still-lifes, or figures, I am inspired by color and form. In painting landscapes I work from sketches, color notes, and memory. For me, painting is one way to honor and remember this awesome and beautiful world and to share what I see and feel. I try to make a composition that forms a whole, not just an arbitrary slice of scenery. I simplify the forms and contours and usually use intense colors and sharp contrasts. While the painting is a “world” in itself, I hope to convey the feeling of the landscape - the vastness of the sea or the depth of a canyon.” |
Shows - Events
First Prize: Save Our Shores Art Competition, 1997
Cover Art: Santa Cruz County Guidebook to Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, 1997
Silke has participated in numerous one-woman, group, and juried shows, including:
- Oceans Festival, Pajaro Valley Arts Council, 2001;
- Atelier presents Silke, Atelier Gallery, July 1997;
- Local Color, Primal Visions Art Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA 1994;
- New Women’s Art Gallery Celebrates Nature, Santa Cruz, CA 1993;
- Seventh Annual Open Studios, Santa Cruz, CA 1992;
- For the Seventh Generation, One-Mile Mural Project, 1996, 1997, 1998;
- Lesbian Visual Artists Invitational, The Brick Hut, Berkeley, CA 1991; and
- Oceans Festival Juried Exhibit, Santa Cruz Art League, 1990.
- Santa Cruz Invitational, Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery, Powell College, UC Santa Cruz, Feb.-Mar. 1898