Hope Stevenson (1939-2015) was born in Puerto Rico and grew up in Mexico City. She attended the Chicago Academy of Fine Art and received a BA in Fine Arts from the University of Northern Colorado. Over the course of her career, Hope taught art and showed her work in galleries in various states, but her heart was in Mendocino, CA where she excelled as a plein aire knife painter and where she and her husband lived for nearly 20 years. Hope showed her work at the Highlight Gallery and the Mendocino Arts Center, and dedicated her time and talent to participating in and supporting the Mendocino art community. Hope's talents crossed many media, including oil painting, water color, etchings, drawings and sculpture, but she is best known for her landscapes in oil using a palette knife. Stevenson used a palette knife to capture the character of the north coast in oil. Her textural surfaces and sense of color conveyed her obvious love for the area. Her style was semi-impressionistic. She preferred painting on site because it kept her work fresh and loose. "Painting on site allows me to interact with the scene. The wind off the ocean, the hot sun, or the changing clouds directly affect my feeling for the scene and are apparent in the finished painting." Hope taught art in the public schools, drawing and painting workshops at the Mendocino Art Center, Civic Arts in Walnut Creek, CA, the Bermuda Arts Center, the Hui No'Eau Art Center in Maui and private workshops in Kauai, HI, Baja, CA and various California locations. Hope Stevenson has shown her work in Mendocino and other California cities, Washington DC, Colorado, Arizona, Hawaii, New Mexico and Oregon. She was the recipient of many awards and enjoyed successes in numerous solo exhibitions. Her paintings can be found in important private, corporate and government collections throughout the United States and abroad. Enjoy some of Hope's artwork below Resume Information Background and Education: Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico - 1939 Raised in Mexico City, Mexico Attended: University of Colorado - 1957-1958 Mexico City College - 1958 Chicago Academy of Fine Art - 1963 Degree: B. A. - Fine Arts - University of Northern Colorado - 1970 (Admitted to Master's Program in Fine Arts - l980) Art Teacher: Eaton School District, Eaton, CO - 1970-1982 Professional Artist: 1982 to present Currently teaches workshops in California and Hawaii. Art Shows and Awards - Oils: AAUW Art Mart, Greeley, CO - l975, l976, l977 - Jurors' Choice Award, l977 Gilpin County Art Show, Central City, CO - l978 Thompson Valley Regional Juried Show, Loveland, CO - 1st and 2nd, Oils, l978 Poudre Valley Regional Juried Exhibit, Ft. Collins, CO - 1979 High Plains Regional All-Media Juried Show, Greeley, CO - 1980 Northern Colorado Invitational Show, Greeley, CO - 1979-1985 Grasslands Rendezvous National Juried Show, Greeley, CO - 1985 Professional Artists of Colorado Art Show, Colorado Springs, CO - 1985 Niwot Gallery Invitational Show, Longmont, CO - 1st and Best of Show - 1986 Stampede Art Show, Regional Juried, Greeley, CO - Jurors' Choice Award, 1987 The Best and the Brightest Show, Scottsdale Artists' School, Scottsdale, AZ - 3rd, Oils,1987 Landscapes:Euro. & Amer. Perspectives, Carega Foxley Leach Gallery, Wash.D.C.-1989 Mendocino Art Center-several group shows including juried shows and awards, 1991-2000 Mayor's Choice Show, Carmel, CA - 1995 Mendocino Art Center Juried Membership Show - Ist (Top Award), 1999; Hon. Mention, 2000 Landscape Interpretations: Redwood to Oak-Ocean to Stream, Grace Hudson Museum, Ukiah CA, April - July 31 2005 Hope Stevenson's unique palette knife technique continues the tradition of California Impressionism in all its bright and colorful glory. Her work compares in style particularly well to that of Edgar Payne (1882-1947) One-Woman Shows: Maxims of Greeley, CO - May, l983 Niwot Gallery, Longmont, CO - August, l986 Haggenmaker Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA - January, 1988 Doug's Hang-Up, Greeley, CO - December, l989 Highlight Gallery, Mendocino, CA - Yearly since 1988 Smith Cosby Gallery, Carmel, CA - Featured Artist Show, Carmel Art Fest. May 1995 Gallery 10, Mendocino Art Center - September, 2005 Commissioned Work: Cover design for weaving booklet - l975 Set of ink drawings of Centennial Village for the City of Greeley (for note cards) - 1977 Ink drawings for St. Paul's Congregational Church, Greeley, CO - 1980 City of Greeley, new Recreation Center, oil painting - 1985 City of Greeley l989 Calendar, oil painting - 1988 Book cover painting:"Mendocino From The Beginning", Mendocino,CA, 1992 Knife Painting on jeroboam wine bottle for "Winesong", Mendocino, CA, 1994, 1995,1996 "Winesong" 1997 poster painting, Mendocino, CA, 1997 Private and corporate commissioned oil paintings