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• Erin Dengerink Madarang, 91³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø, 360-546-9551, madarang@vancouver.wsu.edu
• Brenda Alling, Office of Marketing and Communications, 360-546-9601, brenda_alling@vancouver.wsu.edu
VANCOUVER, Wash. - Accomplished local artist Suzy Kitman is showing, "People in Landscape/Paintings," in the Engineering and Life Sciences building main-floor gallery at Washington State University Vancouver. This exhibit will run through Jan. 7. Kitman will be on hand to talk about her artwork and answer questions Nov. 14 from 2 - 4 p.m. in the gallery.
The series of oil paintings focus on portraits of people in natural settings. Using oils and traditional techniques, Kitman depicts modern people in un-modernized nature. Her work feels both contemporary and classical. Kitman gives equal weight to the people and the scenery around them in her paintings. The people she paints do not always look out at the viewer, so they are not a typical portrait.
Kitman says her work is meant to "challenge and explore the ways we recognize people and places while asking the questions: What does the viewer bring to and impose on the scene? How do we know someone from behind? Are we using the land or are we part of it?"
Kitman studied art at Kenyon College, the National Academy of Design School of Fine Arts and earned her master's degree in fine arts from the University of Montana.
Kitman's work can also be seen at Proper Eats and The Pines Tasting Room in Portland, South Bank Kitchen in Hood River, Ore. and The White Bird Gallery in Cannon Beach, Ore. To see more of Kitman's art, go to .
For more information about the art talk or any 91³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø art exhibit, contact Erin Dengerink Madarang, madarang@vancouver.wsu.edu, or 360-546-9551.
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