Alaskan Raven Studio

Art in Alaska. Story of an Alaskan artist.

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March 15, 2019 by Raven

EXHIBITIONS
Well Street Art Gallery, Fairbanks; Stephan Fine Arts, Anchorage; Alaska House Art Gallery, Fairbanks; House of Wood, Fairbanks; Alaska Art in the Parks Exhibit, Anchorage; Philip J. Steele Gallery, Denver; Artique, Anchorage; Fairbanks Art Association’s Bear Gallery, Fairbanks; Anchorage Museum of Art, Anchorage 

Chosen thirty-one times for Juried Show Competitions.
Awards: received two First Place Awards, one Second Place Award, one Peer Choice Award and four Honorable Mentions. 
Jurors: David Ronton, Nebraska; Don Decker, Alaska; Richard Benson, NY, Vincent Burke, Maryland; Carole O. Barnes, Colorado; Linden Ontjes, Alaska; Fran Larsen, New Mexico; David Giese, Idaho; Gary Kaulitz, Alaska; Julie Decker, Alaska; Bella Feldman, California; Sheri Simons, California; Asia Freeman, Alaska; Ed Levine, New York; Elizabeth Kuiper, California; Marjolaine Renfro, Idaho; John K. Melvin, California, Mark Mehaffrey, Michigan; Daniel Keys, California; Jovencio de la Paz, Oregon.

COLLECTIONS & COMMISSIONS
Public:
University of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks, Alaska
Tanana Valley Clinic, Fairbanks, Alaska
Central Peninsula Hospital, Soldotna, Alaska
Private: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, South Carolina, Texas, Washington, Australia, Canada, Germany, Russia, Sweden

Experience Highlights
Founder and owner of Alaskan Raven Studio 
Maintains a painting studio in North Pole, Alaska and Salcha, Alaska
Media: oil, acrylic, watercolor, conte, charcoal, ink
Emeritus Creative Director, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Freelance Graphic Designer

Education
Rocky Mountain College of Art, Denver: Fine Art & Graphic Design 
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Studied with wildlife artist William D. Berry
Numerous painting workshops and retreats
Bachelor of Theology, Christian Life School of Theology

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portraits

March 14, 2019 by Raven

"Darcy"
Crossing the Pont Neuf bridge in Paris
Painting, motorcycle, Alaska, Summer
The Roar of Summer

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LANDSCAPES?

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sandhill cranes, ravens, swans…

March 14, 2019 by Raven

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Crane Essence
9" x 12" oil on canvas $500. SOLD
Legs Made for Walking
12" x 9" oil painting on canvas $500. SOLD
Crane Hunting
12" x 9" Oil painting on canvas SOLD
"Feathers" 24" x 18" SOLD

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Landscapes

February 14, 2019 by Raven

Interested in prints?

Denali and the Raven
Raven soars under the shadow of North America's largest mountain, Denali. SOLD
Spring Walk in Creamers' Field
Watercolor 30" x 22" $1800. The snow is almost all melted and the sun is blazing warm. SOLD
Judy's View
10" x 8" Oil on canvas Judy watches cinematic views of Alaska Range mountains pouring into the Tanana River valley with her morning coffee. SOLD

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The Roar of Summer

August 4, 2018 by Raven

Painting, motorcycle, Alaska, Summer

The Roar of Summer
24″ x 18″ painting on canvas by Raven

This painting is about summer. It’s a portrait of Roy and his motorcycle. His bulldog watches from the shadows. But it’s really about summer; getting the sun in your eyes and the wind in your hair. It’s the passion of riding and The Roar of Summer.

Here’s a 2 minute video about the process of creating this painting.

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“Sterling, look at that!” “Look at what, Felix?” “That huge box. From Canada.” “Looks like the artist received another shipment of Kroma paint. Watch, she’ll spend the rest of the day arranging it in her studio. All those tubes of paint go in some sort of order.” “Paint? What is that?” “Paint is color. She […]

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“Sterling, What is the artist doing now?” “What do you mean, Felix?” “She spends lots of time brushing paint on the sides of her painting. The edges. You know what I mean?” “She makes changes on it when she changes the front of the painting. The sides appear to be important to her.” “But why?” […]

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Alaskan Raven Studio
PO Box 80231
Fairbanks, Alaska 99708
USA
alaskanblackbird@yahoo.com

 

Represented by:
Well Street Art Co.
1302 Well Street
Fairbanks, Alaska
907 452-6169

Stephan Fine Arts
939 West 5th Ave.
Anchorage, Alaska 99501
USA
(907) 274-5009
http://www.stephanfinearts.com/

more about Raven

I ventured to Alaska before there was an oil pipeline and fell in love with the gnarly spruce trees, intense weather and mountains I could touch. Very different from the landscape in St. Louis. I was looking for different. The spruce trees: those scraggy, wizened, lanky conifers danced onto the first page of my sketch […]

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