Gretchen Warsen

In the early 1980’s I received a Crayola Caddie—a wonderful, three-tiered art supply organizer. There were probably too many hours spent arranging the crayons and markers in rainbow order, but the thrill of all those shades, hues, and possibilities was something a budding artist could fully appreciate. Fortunately, there was no lack of creativity in my extended family and all forms of artistic expression were encouraged and supported. My two younger brothers and I grew up in an old farm house at the end of a dirt road in rural Maine where the constantly changing weather and raw landscape were perfect for observing and exploring. I majored in art at Bates College and spent a semester at the Tyler School of Art in Rome. After the birth of our first daughter, I left a graphic design job to become a full-time mom but made painting a priority ten years later. I now have a messy-but-active (the organized Crayola Caddie days are over) art studio in the back room of my house in Massachusetts. My understanding husband, two brilliant college-aged girls, dog and two cats, do their best to “leave Mom alone in her studio or else she will be grumpy.”

B. A., Bates College, 1 semester at Tyler School of Art in Rome

2024
The Other Art Fair, ZeroSpace Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Members Juried Show MJ1, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
2023
Group Show, “Art for Right Now: Small Works Show 2023” Gallery B Gallery, Castine, ME
Group Show, “Illumination” Gallery Twist, Lexington, MA
Group Show, “Pairings” Gallery Twist, Lexington, MA
Group Show, “Animal, Vegetable, Mineral” Gallery B Gallery, Castine, ME
Group Show, “Chroma” Paradigm Gallery and PXP Contemporary, Philadelphia, PA
Group Show, “Lasting Impressions” Gallery Twist, Lexington, MA
Group Show, “Enormous Tiny Art Show #33” Nahcotta Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
Members Juried Show MJ1, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
2022
Group Show, “Art for Right Now: Small Works Show 2023” Gallery B Gallery, Castine, ME
23rd Annual Roddy Art Competition & Juried Show, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
Group Show, “Flights of Fancy” Gallery Twist, Lexington, MA
Solo Show, Muffins on Main, Westford, MA
The Other Art Fair, Dallas Market Hall, Dallas, TX
2021
3-Person show, “Vivace” Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
22nd Annual Roddy Art Competition & Juried Show, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
Group Show, Mary Schein Fall Salon 2021, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
Group Show, “Cool, C...