NEWS RELEASE                              August 29, 2008   

Lt. Governor’s Art Council features
artist Kevin Marc Bernstein

OLYMPIA –   Several panels of acrylic art inspired by nature are on display in the Office of Lieutenant Governor, the work of artist Kevin Marc Bernstein.

Before moving recently to Kansas to be an assistant professor at Kansas State University, Bernstein was a resident of Seattle and had several exhibits throughout the Northwest.

He was also an adjunct faculty member at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, an instructor at the University of Washington and a guest lecturer at several other institutions.

"Slowing down to discover how the familiar is unfamiliar in nature has enhanced my vision as a painter," Bernstein said.  "The ephemeral and elemental experiences in nature are a spiritual guide to help explore painting as a journey of discovery as well as invention."

"In my work, I respond to the process of painting as it cues the sensation of nature, geologic time, the biological and organic," adds Bernstein, whose background includes a month as an artist-in-residence at North Cascades National Park in Newhalem.

Artists for the Lt. Governor’s Art Council are nominated by a review of their works and based on themes chosen by the council.  Works and featured artists change each quarter. The council is chaired by Linda Owen, wife of the lieutenant governor.

The Office of the Lieutenant Governor is open to the public from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. It is located in Room 220 of the Legislative Building (State Capitol), 416 Sid Snyder Avenue S.W. in Olympia.

For more information contact:

Office of the Lt. Governor: Brian Dirks (360) 786-7707
or dirks.brian@leg.wa.gov