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"Forest Whispers"

Galleries

Ruth’s work is exhibited regularly at:

Mary Lou Zeek Gallery, 335 State Street, Salem, Oregon:     503-581-3229,  www.zeekgallery.com

RiverSea Gallery, 1160 Commercial Street, Astoria, Oregon:     503-325-1270,  http://www.riverseagalleryastoria.com

Associations

Ruth has earned signature membership in the National Watercolor Society and the Northwest Watercolor Society. She is President Emeritus of the Watercolor Society of Oregon and Oregon’s Delegate to the Western Federation of Watercolor Societies

Lectures, Demonstrations, Instruction

  • Creative Arts Community, Menucha Residential Art Workshops
  • Arts Central
  • Lakewood Center for the Arts
  • Oregon Society of Artists
  • Buffalo Grass Watercolor Society
  • Art Media
  • Watercolor Society of Oregon
  • Cedar Hills Parks and Recreation
  • Keizer Art Association
  • Village Gallery of Arts

Juror

  • Chemeketa Community College
  • Oregon Society of Artists
  • Southwest Washington Watercolor Society
  • Mirror Pond Gallery National Watercolor & Pastel Exhibition
  • Beaverton Arts Commission Showcase
  • Keizer Art Association
  • Vistas & Vinyards Plein Air Group
  • 4 C’s Camera Club – Digital Art Division Statewide Exhibition

Solo Exhibitions

  • RiverSea Gallery, Astoria, Oregon: September 2005, March 2010
  • Mary Lou Zeek Gallery, Salem, Oregon: July 2003, 2005
  • Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Arts Commission, February 2006
  • Salem Art Association, Focus Gallery, April 2002
  • West Linn Library, “Haunting Aunties” 2000
  • Judith M Gallery, 1997
  • Patricia Jewel Gallery, 1996

Group Exhibitions and Awards

  • 2011 Rocky Mountain National Watermedia, Foothills Art Center, Golden, Colorado
  • 2011 Pike’s Peak Watercolor Society International Watermedia XVII, Cottonwood Center for the Arts, Colorado Springs, Colorado
  • 2011 Watercolor Society of Alabama 70th National Exhibition, Tennessee Valley Museum of Art, Tuscumbia, Alabama
  • 2011 Signature American Watercolor Exhibition, Fallbrook Art Center, Fallbrook, California
  • 2010 Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Exhibition, Foothills Art Center, Golden Colorado – Swede Jensen Memorial Cash Award
  • 2010 Northwest Watercolor Society Waterworks Exhibition, Seattle, Washington
  • 2010 Watercolor Society of Oregon Transparent Exhibition, Salem Oregon
  • 2010 California Watercolor Association, The Presidio, San Francisco California
  • 2009 Perceptions of the Past, Invitational Exhibition Celebrating Oregon’s Sesquicentennial, Rogue Community College, Grants Pass, Oregon
  • 2009 Beaverton Arts Commission Visual Arts Showcase, Beaverton, Oregon
  • 2008 San Diego Watercolor Society International Exhibition, San Diego, California
  • 2008 Northwest Watercolor Society Waterworks Exhibition, Bellevue, Washington
  • 2008 Watercolor Society of Oregon Aqueous Media Exhibition, Hood River, Oregon – Award of Distinction
  • 2008 Northwest Watercolor Society Annual Open Exhibition, Seattle, Washington
  • 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Mary Lou Zeek Gallery, Salem, Oregon, 100 Artists Invitational Exhibit
  • November 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 “Face The Public” Invitational collaboration, Mary Lou Zeek Gallery
  • 2004 Watercolor Society of Oregon Transparent Exhibition, Ashland, Oregon - Sweepstakes Award
  • 2004 Watercolor Society of Oregon Aqueous Media Exhibition, Keizer, Oregon – Second Place Award
  • 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011 “The Door Show” Mary Lou Zeek Gallery, Salem, Oregon
  • 2003 National Watercolor Society Membership Show, Rancho Cucamonga, California
  • 2003 Watercolor Society of Oregon Transparent Exhibition, Forest Grove, Oregon – Achievement Award
  • 2003 National Watercolor Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
  • 2003 Watercolor Society of Oregon Aqueous Media Exhibition, Springfield, Oregon
  • 2003 Hilton Head International Exhibition, Hilton Head, South Carolina – Honorable Mention Award
  • 2003 California Watercolor Association Exhibition, Danville, California
  • 2003 Texas Watercolor Society Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas – Merit Award
  • 2002 Waterworks Exhibition, Northwest Watercolor Society, Seattle, Washington
  • 2002 Red River National Watermedia Exhibition, Moorhead, Minnesota
  • 2001 Watercolor Society of Oregon Exhibition, Grants Pass, Oregon – First Place Award
  • 2001 Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Exhibition, Golden, Colorado
  • 2000 National Watercolor Society Open Exhibition, Fullerton, California – Combined Donors Award
  • 2000 Taos Exhibition of American Watercolors, Taos, New Mexico
  • 2000 Watercolor Society of Oregon Exhibition, Corvallis, Oregon – Fifth Place Award
  • 1999 Northwest Watercolor Society Waterworks Exhibition, Issaquah, Washington
  • 1999 Watercolor Society of Oregon Exhibition, Medford, Oregon – First Place Award
  • 1998 Kentucky Watercolor Society- Brown-Foreman Purchase Award
  • 1996 Watercolor Society of Oregon Exhibition, Bend, Oregon – First Place Award
  • 1996 Local 14 Art Show & Sale
  • 1997-2010 Salem Art Fair
  • 2002 Portland Art Festival
  • 2000, 2001, 2005 Art in the Pearl
  • 2003 Edmonds Art Festival

Collections:

  • Lake Oswego Foundation of the Arts, City of Lake Oswego, Oregon
  • Brown-Forman Corporation
  • Mr. & Mrs. E. A. White
  • Dr. Maggie Bennington-Davis
  • Dr. & Mrs. Steve Madey
  • Dr. Joseph Restic

Press

  • Goetze, Janet: “Painter thinks in 3-D for a creative challenge” The Oregonian, Southwest Weekly, February 1, 2007
  • Kinch, Michael: “Expressing Mood with Watercolor,” Watercolor magazine by American Artist, Summer 2005 issue
  • Boule, Margie: “Crazy Fun Figures into Artist’s Big Birthday Bash”, The Oregonian, May 1, 2003
  • Statesman Journal: “Ruth Armitage’s New Watercolors Unveiled”, June 29, 2003
  • Lawrence, William B.: The Palette, Issue #3
  • Schink, Christopher: The Palette, Issue #3
  • Woo, Cathy: Watercolor Magic, Creativity Issue 2002, “Find Your Personal Style”
  • Watson, Donna: Watercolor Magic, Creativity Issue 2002, “The Fruit of our Suffering”
  • Lawrence, William B.: Watermedia Focus, Issue 22
  • Cowan, Ron: “Artists give auction life” Statesman Journal, June 18, 2001
  • Editors: Watercolor Magic, Yearbook 2000, “Ones to Watch”
  • Greenwood, Phaedra: “Abstracts dominate this year’s watercolor exhibit”, Taos News, July 20, 2000
  • The Oregonian, Neighborhood Extra, August 11, 2000 “Sisters’ Song”
  • Featured Artist: Oregon Art Beat, April 2004, K.C. Cowan, producer, Oregon Public Broadcasting