Solo Exhibits
2022 Drawn Together Exhibit at Helen S. Smith Gallery, Green River College Drawn Together is the title of a collaborative exhibit between artists Susan Burgers, Laura Viola Preciado and Kathleen Secrest who began drawing together as a way create community and inspire their individual artistic practices. Exhibition included a Virtual Artist Talk for the community. The archived exhibit website and artist talk can be viewed at https://www.greenriver.edu/community/art-gallery/gallery-archive/
2018 Unitarian University Church, Seattle, WA
2017 Rose Center for the Arts, Lower Columbia College, Longview, WA
2014 Gallery 420, Ellensburg, WA
2000 Art at Work Gallery (Cheney Cowles Museum), Spokane, WA
Juried Shows & Awards
2025 Northwest Pastel Society 2025 International Show, Cole Gallery
2025 Northwest Pastel Society 2025 Signature Show, Directors Award (Juror Mitch Albala)
2024 Northwest Pastel Society 2024 Signature Show, Second Place Award
2024 Northwest Pastel Society International Juried Exhibition
2023 Northwest Pastel Society International Juried Exhibition, Maggie Price Award (Juror Liz Haywood-Sulivan)
2023 Northwest Pastel Society Signature Show, Juror Award, Scott Milo Gallery, Anacortes, WA
2023 Dakota Pastels First Quarter Contest. Honorable Mention
2022 Northwest Pastel Society 2022-2023 Members Show, Schack Center, Best of Show
2022 Women Painters of Washington Spring Juried Exhibit Award
2022 Northwest Pastel Society 2022 Signature Show, Honorable Mention
2021 Northwest Pastel Society International Juried Exhibition, Tacoma, WA
2021 Northwest Pastel Society 2021 Signature Show, Second Place Award
2020 Women Painters of Washington Spring Show, Matzke Fine Art, Camano Island, WA
2020 Northwest Pastel Society International Juried Exhibition, Tacoma, WA
2020 Juried Showcase Artist, Northwind Arts Center, Port Townsend, WA
2019 Northwind Arts Center Juried Show“ Expressions Northwest,” Port Townsend, WA, (Juror: David Sessions)
2019 UArt Online Exhibition
2019 NWPS Signature Show, Scott Milo Gallery, Anacortes WA, Honorable Mention
2019 Pastel Society International Juried Exhibition, Tacoma WA, Jurors Award (Juror: Tony Allain)
2019 Juried Showcase Artist, Northwind Arts Center, Port Townsend
2018 Women Painters of Washington, “Play of Light,” Matzke Fine Art, Camano Island, Best of Show (Juror: Karla Matzke)
2018 NWPS Signature Show, Schack Arts Center, Everett, WA, Honorable Mention
2018 Northwind Arts Center Juried Show“ Perspectives on Landscape,” Port Townsend, WA, (Juror: Kathryn Townsend)
2018 Coupeville Arts Festival & Pacific Northwest Art School, Second Place Award, (Jurors: Rob & Victory Schouten)
2018 21st Juried Art Show, Schack Arts Center, Everett, WA
2018 Northwest Pastel Society International Juried Exhibition, Tacoma WA,
2017 Northwest Pastel Society Signature Show, Director’s Award, (Juror Craig Lemley, Dakota Pastels)
2017 Anacortes Arts Festival, T.Baily Corporate Award (Juror Pablo Schugurensky)
2017 Northwind Arts Center Juried Showcase Artist, Port Townsend, WA, September artist of the month
2017 Alchemy and Art, Juried show at Northwind Arts Center, Port Townsend, WA
2017 Northwest Pastel Society International Juried Exhibition, Tacoma WA,
2017 Evergreen Association of Fine Arts, Open Juried Abstract Exhibit, Kirkland, WA, Daniel Smith Award
2016 Juried Showcase Artist, Northwind Arts Center, Port Townsend
2016 44th Annual Pastel Society of America Exhibition, The National Arts Gallery, New York, NY
2016 Women Painters of Washington, Coast-to-Coast Exhibit, Seattle Convention Center
2016 4th Annual ICON Juried Show, Lynn Harris Gallery, Pioneer Square, Seattle WA
2016 UArt Online Exhibition
2016 3rd Annual Living Marks Exhibit, Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, OR
2016 18th Annual Art Port Townsend Exhibit, Special Award (Juror Patricia Watkins)
2016 Northwest Pastel Society International Juried Exhibition, Tacoma WA, Director’s Award (Juror: Richard McKinley)
2015 Northwest Pastel Society Members Juried Exhibition,
2015 Northwest Pastel Society International Juried Exhibition, Tacoma, WA, Juror’s Award (Juror: Michael Chesley Johnson)
2015 Spokane All Media, Chase Gallery, Spokane, WA
2014 Northwest Pastel Society Members Juried Exhibition, Juror’s Award (Juror: Diana Sanford)
2014 Northwest Pastel Society International Juried Exhibition, Tacoma, WA, Juror’s Award (Juror: Marla Baggetta)
2012 Northwest Pastel Society Members Juried Exhibition, Juror’s Award (Juror: Casey Klahn)
2013 Northwest Pastel Society International Juried Exhibition, Tacoma, WA, Juror’s Award (Juror: Lorenzo Chavez)
2012 Northwest Pastel Society Members Juried Exhibition, Juror’s Award (Juror: Dawn Emerson)
2012 Northwest Pastel Society International Juried Exhibition, American Art Company, Tacoma, WA, President’s Award (Juror: Elizabeth Mowry)
2012 Expressions West, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR, (Juror: Douglas Russell)
2012 Group Show for May - July, Chase Gallery, Spokane, WA
2011 Invited to participate Annual Pacific Northwest Plein Air, Hood River, WA
2011 First Place Award, High Country Artist: Plein Air Paintout, Cle Elum, WA (Juror: Catherine Gill)
2010 Northwest Pastel Society International Juried Exhibition, Tacoma, WA, (Juror: Duane Wakeham)
2009 Northwest Pastel Society Members Juried Exhibition, Blue Horse Gallery, Bellingham WA, (Juror: Wade Marlow)
2009 Expressions West, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR, (Juror Richard V. West)
2008 Northwest Pastel Society International Juried Exhibition, Tacoma, WA, July 2008 (Juror: Margot Schulzke)
2008 Northwest Pastel Society Members Juried Exhibition, Gallery at Community Center at Mercer View, (Juror: Susan Ogilvie)
2006 Mirror Pond Gallery Annual Juried Show, Bend, OR
2006 Pastel Society of Oregon 15th Juried Biennial National Show, Umpqua Valley Arts Center, Roseburg, OR
1991 New Hampshire Art Association Juried Exhibition at The Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH Award: Miraim S. Sawyer Award
1991 Omer Lassonde, Juried Exhibition, Portsmouth, NH
1984 Schoharie County, NY, National Juried Exhibition
Exhibitions
2024 July at Scott Milo Gallery, Anacortes, WA
2024 Matzke Fine Art and Sculpture Park, Camano Island, WA
2023 July at Scott Milo Gallery, Anacortes, WA
2022 Matzke Fine Art and Sculpture Park Small Works Show
2022 Summer Show, Matzke Fine Art and Sculpture Park, Camano Island, WA
2022 June at Scott Milo Gallery, Anacortes, WA
2021 Matzke Fine Art and Sculpture Park Small Works Show
2021 Matzke Fine Art and Sculpture Park Spring Show
2021 Matzke Fine Art and Sculpture Park Pilchuck Show
2020 Northwind Art Center Winter Showcase
2020 November at Scott Milo Gallery, Anacortes, WA
2020 Matzke Fine Art and Sculpture Park Summer Show
2017 NPS Mixed Media Exhibit, Gallery North, Edmonds, WA
2016 NPS Member’s Exhibit, Dakota Arts, Bellingham, WA
2015 “Painting and Poetry” Women Painters of Washington, Oct - Dec, Columbia Center, Seattle, WA
2015 Women Painters of Washington Members Show, August, Scott Milo Gallery, Anacortes,WA
2014 Bozzi Gallery, Spokane, WA
2013 Chancellor’s Exhibit Washington State University, Richland, WA
2013 “Finale” Women Painters of Washington, Sept - Nov, Columbia Center, Seattle, WA
2013 “Illumination” Women Painters of Washington, June - August, Columbia Center, Seattle, WA
2012 “Encounters” Women Painters of Washington, May - July, Columbia Center, Seattle, WA
2011 Group Show at Columbia Center for the Arts, September, Hood River, WA
Publications
2015 Riverit Magazine, April 2015
2013 Pastel Journal, 14th Annual Pastel 100 Honorable Mention
2011 Best of Pastel, Volume 2
Private Collections
Pacific Regency Towers, Bellevue, WA
Design Spike, Spokane, WA
Professional Affiliation
Signature Member of Pastel Society of America, 2016 to present
Signature Member of Northwest Pastel Society, 2006 to present, past Board Member
Juried member of Women Painters of Washington, 2012 to present
Juried member or New Hampshire Art Association 1990
2022 Drawn Together Exhibit at Helen S. Smith Gallery, Green River College Drawn Together is the title of a collaborative exhibit between artists Susan Burgers, Laura Viola Preciado and Kathleen Secrest who began drawing together as a way create community and inspire their individual artistic practices. Exhibition included a Virtual Artist Talk for the community. The archived exhibit website and artist talk can be viewed at https://www.greenriver.edu/community/art-gallery/gallery-archive/
2018 Unitarian University Church, Seattle, WA
2017 Rose Center for the Arts, Lower Columbia College, Longview, WA
2014 Gallery 420, Ellensburg, WA
2000 Art at Work Gallery (Cheney Cowles Museum), Spokane, WA
Juried Shows & Awards
2025 Northwest Pastel Society 2025 International Show, Cole Gallery
2025 Northwest Pastel Society 2025 Signature Show, Directors Award (Juror Mitch Albala)
2024 Northwest Pastel Society 2024 Signature Show, Second Place Award
2024 Northwest Pastel Society International Juried Exhibition
2023 Northwest Pastel Society International Juried Exhibition, Maggie Price Award (Juror Liz Haywood-Sulivan)
2023 Northwest Pastel Society Signature Show, Juror Award, Scott Milo Gallery, Anacortes, WA
2023 Dakota Pastels First Quarter Contest. Honorable Mention
2022 Northwest Pastel Society 2022-2023 Members Show, Schack Center, Best of Show
2022 Women Painters of Washington Spring Juried Exhibit Award
2022 Northwest Pastel Society 2022 Signature Show, Honorable Mention
2021 Northwest Pastel Society International Juried Exhibition, Tacoma, WA
2021 Northwest Pastel Society 2021 Signature Show, Second Place Award
2020 Women Painters of Washington Spring Show, Matzke Fine Art, Camano Island, WA
2020 Northwest Pastel Society International Juried Exhibition, Tacoma, WA
2020 Juried Showcase Artist, Northwind Arts Center, Port Townsend, WA
2019 Northwind Arts Center Juried Show“ Expressions Northwest,” Port Townsend, WA, (Juror: David Sessions)
2019 UArt Online Exhibition
2019 NWPS Signature Show, Scott Milo Gallery, Anacortes WA, Honorable Mention
2019 Pastel Society International Juried Exhibition, Tacoma WA, Jurors Award (Juror: Tony Allain)
2019 Juried Showcase Artist, Northwind Arts Center, Port Townsend
2018 Women Painters of Washington, “Play of Light,” Matzke Fine Art, Camano Island, Best of Show (Juror: Karla Matzke)
2018 NWPS Signature Show, Schack Arts Center, Everett, WA, Honorable Mention
2018 Northwind Arts Center Juried Show“ Perspectives on Landscape,” Port Townsend, WA, (Juror: Kathryn Townsend)
2018 Coupeville Arts Festival & Pacific Northwest Art School, Second Place Award, (Jurors: Rob & Victory Schouten)
2018 21st Juried Art Show, Schack Arts Center, Everett, WA
2018 Northwest Pastel Society International Juried Exhibition, Tacoma WA,
2017 Northwest Pastel Society Signature Show, Director’s Award, (Juror Craig Lemley, Dakota Pastels)
2017 Anacortes Arts Festival, T.Baily Corporate Award (Juror Pablo Schugurensky)
2017 Northwind Arts Center Juried Showcase Artist, Port Townsend, WA, September artist of the month
2017 Alchemy and Art, Juried show at Northwind Arts Center, Port Townsend, WA
2017 Northwest Pastel Society International Juried Exhibition, Tacoma WA,
2017 Evergreen Association of Fine Arts, Open Juried Abstract Exhibit, Kirkland, WA, Daniel Smith Award
2016 Juried Showcase Artist, Northwind Arts Center, Port Townsend
2016 44th Annual Pastel Society of America Exhibition, The National Arts Gallery, New York, NY
2016 Women Painters of Washington, Coast-to-Coast Exhibit, Seattle Convention Center
2016 4th Annual ICON Juried Show, Lynn Harris Gallery, Pioneer Square, Seattle WA
2016 UArt Online Exhibition
2016 3rd Annual Living Marks Exhibit, Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, OR
2016 18th Annual Art Port Townsend Exhibit, Special Award (Juror Patricia Watkins)
2016 Northwest Pastel Society International Juried Exhibition, Tacoma WA, Director’s Award (Juror: Richard McKinley)
2015 Northwest Pastel Society Members Juried Exhibition,
2015 Northwest Pastel Society International Juried Exhibition, Tacoma, WA, Juror’s Award (Juror: Michael Chesley Johnson)
2015 Spokane All Media, Chase Gallery, Spokane, WA
2014 Northwest Pastel Society Members Juried Exhibition, Juror’s Award (Juror: Diana Sanford)
2014 Northwest Pastel Society International Juried Exhibition, Tacoma, WA, Juror’s Award (Juror: Marla Baggetta)
2012 Northwest Pastel Society Members Juried Exhibition, Juror’s Award (Juror: Casey Klahn)
2013 Northwest Pastel Society International Juried Exhibition, Tacoma, WA, Juror’s Award (Juror: Lorenzo Chavez)
2012 Northwest Pastel Society Members Juried Exhibition, Juror’s Award (Juror: Dawn Emerson)
2012 Northwest Pastel Society International Juried Exhibition, American Art Company, Tacoma, WA, President’s Award (Juror: Elizabeth Mowry)
2012 Expressions West, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR, (Juror: Douglas Russell)
2012 Group Show for May - July, Chase Gallery, Spokane, WA
2011 Invited to participate Annual Pacific Northwest Plein Air, Hood River, WA
2011 First Place Award, High Country Artist: Plein Air Paintout, Cle Elum, WA (Juror: Catherine Gill)
2010 Northwest Pastel Society International Juried Exhibition, Tacoma, WA, (Juror: Duane Wakeham)
2009 Northwest Pastel Society Members Juried Exhibition, Blue Horse Gallery, Bellingham WA, (Juror: Wade Marlow)
2009 Expressions West, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR, (Juror Richard V. West)
2008 Northwest Pastel Society International Juried Exhibition, Tacoma, WA, July 2008 (Juror: Margot Schulzke)
2008 Northwest Pastel Society Members Juried Exhibition, Gallery at Community Center at Mercer View, (Juror: Susan Ogilvie)
2006 Mirror Pond Gallery Annual Juried Show, Bend, OR
2006 Pastel Society of Oregon 15th Juried Biennial National Show, Umpqua Valley Arts Center, Roseburg, OR
1991 New Hampshire Art Association Juried Exhibition at The Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH Award: Miraim S. Sawyer Award
1991 Omer Lassonde, Juried Exhibition, Portsmouth, NH
1984 Schoharie County, NY, National Juried Exhibition
Exhibitions
2024 July at Scott Milo Gallery, Anacortes, WA
2024 Matzke Fine Art and Sculpture Park, Camano Island, WA
2023 July at Scott Milo Gallery, Anacortes, WA
2022 Matzke Fine Art and Sculpture Park Small Works Show
2022 Summer Show, Matzke Fine Art and Sculpture Park, Camano Island, WA
2022 June at Scott Milo Gallery, Anacortes, WA
2021 Matzke Fine Art and Sculpture Park Small Works Show
2021 Matzke Fine Art and Sculpture Park Spring Show
2021 Matzke Fine Art and Sculpture Park Pilchuck Show
2020 Northwind Art Center Winter Showcase
2020 November at Scott Milo Gallery, Anacortes, WA
2020 Matzke Fine Art and Sculpture Park Summer Show
2017 NPS Mixed Media Exhibit, Gallery North, Edmonds, WA
2016 NPS Member’s Exhibit, Dakota Arts, Bellingham, WA
2015 “Painting and Poetry” Women Painters of Washington, Oct - Dec, Columbia Center, Seattle, WA
2015 Women Painters of Washington Members Show, August, Scott Milo Gallery, Anacortes,WA
2014 Bozzi Gallery, Spokane, WA
2013 Chancellor’s Exhibit Washington State University, Richland, WA
2013 “Finale” Women Painters of Washington, Sept - Nov, Columbia Center, Seattle, WA
2013 “Illumination” Women Painters of Washington, June - August, Columbia Center, Seattle, WA
2012 “Encounters” Women Painters of Washington, May - July, Columbia Center, Seattle, WA
2011 Group Show at Columbia Center for the Arts, September, Hood River, WA
Publications
2015 Riverit Magazine, April 2015
2013 Pastel Journal, 14th Annual Pastel 100 Honorable Mention
2011 Best of Pastel, Volume 2
Private Collections
Pacific Regency Towers, Bellevue, WA
Design Spike, Spokane, WA
Professional Affiliation
Signature Member of Pastel Society of America, 2016 to present
Signature Member of Northwest Pastel Society, 2006 to present, past Board Member
Juried member of Women Painters of Washington, 2012 to present
Juried member or New Hampshire Art Association 1990