Artist Statement

Rasmusson was born in Provo, Utah. 

 She began her studies at Salt Lake Community College, in Salt Lake City Utah, and attended both Lyme Academy of Fine Art, Old Lyme, Connecticut, and Dundas Valley School of Arts, Ontario, Canada. 

 Currently, she lives in Southern Utah.

 Her textural, painterly works examine the ever-changing relationship that an artist develops with a certain subject.

 In her words, "painting to me is like a conversation; I may have an idea of what I want to say but there is that process of give and take that happens when I put a mark down on the canvas ... there are always pleasant surprises."

Dialogue with artist and subject
Understand the creative vocabulary.
Each new painting finds voice.
Through line, structure, and composition
Push and pull, texture.
Light and dark, intensity of hues.
Opposition of elements, saturation of color.
Each engage the eye in playful resonation.
Sit back, relate.
Feel peace, enjoy balance; receive harmony.
Celebrate color, structure...life.
I do.

 Bio

Born

Provo Utah

Education

Dundas Valley School of Art, Ontario, Canada 1996-1997

Lyme Academy of Fine Art, Old Lyme, Connecticut 1995-1996

Salt Lake Community College, Salt Lake, Utah 1993-1995

Museum Exhibitions

Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Utah 2008

Sping Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Utah 2007

Art in Bloom, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, University of Utah, 2006

Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Utah 2006

Fairfield Museum of Art, Fairfield Utah, 1999

Solo Exhibitions

Walking Shaddows, Jackson Hole Art Association, Jackson, Wyoming 2010

Artist Writer Exchange, A Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah 2009

Rose Wagner Art Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah 2007

Overview, A Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2005

Gastronomy Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah 2001

Artworks Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah 1998

Associations, Committees

Director of  Cedar City Art Committee, 2007-2009

Cedar City Arts Council, Children's Art 2006

Art  Program for Elementary Schools, North Elementary, through SUU University 2006

Publications

Southwest Art Magazine, Start your Collection, 2006

Cedar City Review, Local Artist 2005

Collections

Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah

Fairview Museum of Art, Fairview, Utah

Gastronomy Inc, Salt Lake City, Utah

Salt Lake International Aitport, Salt Lake City, Utah

Howa construction, Salt Lake City, Utah

ATK Thiokol, Utah

Private Collections, Nationally