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Brock was raised in the Pacific Northwest in the unique Skagit Valley. This lush, coastal corner of Washington State is alive with agriculture as well as artistic culture, which drew Brock's parents to the area in 1985. Her father, Joel Brock, cultivated a successful career as a landscape painter and included his girls in his supply trips to Daniel Smith in Seattle, bustling gallery openings at the Edison Eye, and in his daily paint practices at the kitchen table.
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When Brock went to college, she initially chose a path to become an art therapist, but upon her father's passing in 2013, was inspired to pursue studio art full-time. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Painting from the University of Puget Sound in 2016 and went on to teach art at several non-profit organizations in Los Angeles. A big move was made in 2021 to the mountain town, South Lake Tahoe, where she lives currently, to pursue painting full-time.
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Statement
My work honors landscape for landscape's sake, just as pioneering painters did in the 19th century when it was daring to paint nature as the main subject. Whether in the Pacific Northwest or the Sierra Nevadas, personal attachment to a place has always fueled the excitement behind my main subjects. My work of the Skagit Valley has found success because of the strong sense of love and nostalgia the viewers have for those scenes. I see it as my job to capture as much of those soulful feelings as I can within a painting.
Combining the plein air experience with traditional studio practices has long been at the foundation of my method. Lively clouded skies, earthly hues found in farmlands, and the electric glow of golden hour all have a vibration that can only be understood through observation. Slow, studied observation is such a special way to honor something, especially in today's fast and distracting culture. I'm fortunate to be part of a profession that has been honoring our surroundings for so many years.
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Born
1994 Mount Vernon, WA
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Education
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2016 B.A., Studio Art - Painting, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
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Solo Exhibitions
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2026 Smith & Vallee Gallery, Edison, WA
2023 Smith & Vallee Gallery, Edison, WA
2022 Smith & Vallee Gallery, Edison, WA
Selected Group Exhibitions
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2025 "Summer Stock" Smith & Vallee Gallery, Edison WA
2024 Women’s Group Show, Smith & Vallee Gallery, Edison, WA
Seattle Art Fair, Lumen Field Event Center, Seattle, WA
Anacortes Arts Festival Juried Exhibition, Depot Train Station, Anacortes, WA
2023 Museum of Northwest Art 31st Annual Auction, LaConner, WA
Seattle Art Fair, Lumen Field Event Center, Seattle, WA
2022 Art By The Lake Festival, Tahoe City, CA
Arts At The Port Juried Exhibition (Juror: Greg Robinson), Anacortes, WA
2021 Museum of Northwest Art 29th Annual Art Auction, LaConner, WA
2018 Water and Wood, RESIN Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA
2016 Under Construction: Constructing a Graduate Art Portfolio, Kittredge
Gallery, Tacoma, WA
Senior Art Exhibition, Kittredge Gallery, Tacoma, WA
2015 Art Students Annual (Juror: Jeremy Mangan), Kittredge Gallery, Tacoma, WA
Local 14 Women's Art Show, Lakewood Center for the Arts, Portland, OR
Friends of Fish, Edison Eye Gallery, Edison, WA
2014 Art Students Annual (Juror: Timea Tihanyi), Kittredge Gallery, Tacoma, WA
2013 Art Students Annual (Juror: Helen O' Toole), Kittredge Gallery, Tacoma, WA
2012 Art Students Annual (Juror: Beverly Naidus), Kittredge Gallery, Tacoma, WA
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Awards & Residencies
2016 Summer Residency for Art Graduates, Univ. of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
Honorable Mention, Northwest Watercolor Foundation Gold Grant Award,
Bellevue, WA
2015 Scholarship Winner, Lake Oswego Crafts and Arts League, Portland, OR
Chism Scholar For Summer Research (Arts, Humanities, Social Science), University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
Delta Phi Award, Delta Phi Chapter of Univ. of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
Honorable Mention, Art Students Annual (Juror: Jeremy Mangan),
Tacoma, WA
Mildred Birkeland Scholarship, Univ. of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
Florence Ruth Todd Scholarship, Univ. of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
2014 F. Carlton Ball Scholarship, Univ. of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
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Publications
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2016 Associated Students of the Univ. of Puget Sound, Cross Currents: Literary & Arts Magazine 58, no. 2 (May 2016): 59.
2015 Associated Students of the Univ. of Puget Sound, Cross Currents: Literary & Arts Magazine 57, no. 1 (December 2015): 59.
2014 Associated Students of the Univ. of Puget Sound, Cross Currents: Literary & Arts Magazine 56, no. 1 (December 2014): 56.
Associated Students of the Univ. of Puget Sound, Cross Currents: Literary & Arts Magazine 55, no. 2 (May 2014): 40.