When I discovered printmaking.
I was elated. Finally, a medium that took my meticulous drawings and transformed them into something earthier and more evocative than I had the wisdom to do myself. Not only that, but I could make multiple copies without compromising the original image. It makes me smile
I love printmaking because the possibilities are endless and the images have a more powerful presence as non-essential elements are removed to clearly convey a feeling. To me, prints create a visual haiku poem.
MILLIE WHIPPLESMITH PLANK RESUME
GROUP/SOLO/JURIED EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2023 “Exquisite Invitation of Light”, Turner Fine Art / Jackson, WY
2023-2021 “Artists for Conservation” / Vancouver BC
2023 Society of Animal Artists, 63rd, Exhibition, Stifel Fine Arts Center / Wheeling, WV
2022-2020,2017,2015-14 , “Birds in Art”, Leigh YawkeyWoodson Art Museum / Wausau, WI
2022 “Animals of North America”, Customs House Museum / Clarksville, TN
2022 “Society Animal Artists, 62nd “, Turtle Bay Exploration Park / Redding, CA
2022-21 The Kingdom”, Midland Center for the Arts / Midland MI
2021 ““Art That Matters to the Planet”, Roger Tory Peterson Institute / Jamestown, NY
2021 “Searching for Meaning”, Gallery One / Point Reyes, CA
2021 “Stillness, Movement, Chaos” ,Rochester Print Club / Rochester, NY
2021 “Printmakers Invitational”, Siskiyou Art Museum / Dunsmuir, CA
2021, 2017 “Yosemite Renaissance ” Yosemite Museum / Yosemite, CA
2021,2020,2017 “Art of the West”, High Desert Museum / Bend, OR
2021 “Whipplesmith Prints:, solo show, Rogue Manor / Medford, OR
2020 “Animal Artists,” Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum / Oradell, NJ
2019 “Art and the Animal”, Briscoe Museum of Western Art / San Antonio, TX
2019 “West Coast Woodcut”, Maryhill Museum of Fine Art / Maryhill, WA
2019 “Guarded Spaces” , 3 person show, Hanson Howard Gallery / Ashland, OR
2018 “Art and the Animal “ , The James Museum of Western Art / St Petersburg, FL
2018 “Emerald Prints “ / Eugene, OR
2018 “Westcoast Prints”, Coos Bay Art Museum / Coos Bay, OR
2017 “Avian “ , Yosemite Area Audubon Society / Oakhurst, CA
2017 “The AIR Exhibit”, Cultural Center of Cape Cod / S. Yarmouth, MA
2017 “Impressions”, solo, Liberty Arts Gallery / Yreka, CA
2016 “Ink Stains & Wood Dust”, 2 person, Siskiyou Art Museum / Dunsmuir, CA /
2016 “Landscape: A Sense of Place”, Site: Brooklyn Gallery. / Brooklyn, NY
2016 “Impressions of Glacier”, solo, Rogue Cultural Center / Medford, OR
2015 “Print Exhibit” , solo, Merced Art Center / Merced, CA
PUBLICATIONS
2024 Fine Art Connoisseur
2023 Enjoy Magazine
2020 California Fly Fisher
2020 Cascade A&E
2017 Modoc & More
2015 Land & People Magazine
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Woodson Art Museum, WI (3)
Maryhill Museum of Art, WA
Lassen National Volcanic Park, CA
Smith River Alliance, CA
Point Blue Cons. Science, CA (3)
AWARDS/RESIDENCIES /
JURIED MEMBERSHIP (selected)
2021 Artists for Conservation, signature member
2021 Yosemite Renaissance 36 Yosemite Museum, Third Place
2020 Art of the West High Desert Museum, Jurors’s Choice
2018 Emerald Prints, Eugene, OR, third place
2018 Westcoast Prints, Coos Bay Art Museum, award of excellence
2017 Avian, Yosemite Area Audubon Society, Best of Show
2017-present Society of Animal Artists, signature member
2016 Artist in Residence Lassen Volcanic National Park
2014 Artist in Residence,, Glacier National Park
2014 California Centered: Printmaking Exhibition, Best of Show
2013 North Valley Art League’s 29th National Show, excellence
2012 Siskiyou Artists Association, Best of Show
2012-present California Printmaker Association
GALLERY AFFILIATIONS
Turner Fine Art Gallery, WY
Phinney Fine Art Gallery, OR
Chico Paper Co., CA
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS (selected)
Thomas Driscoll, CA (8)
John & Susan Brennan, CA (2)
Cora Brownell, CA (6)
Sharmel Christ, CA (2)
Arnot & Liz De Vellegas, CA (2)
Megan Foley, CA (2)
Erik & Jimalee Gorden, CA (3)
Mary Harrington, CA (2)
Tom & Sari Jopson, CA (6)
Bob & Audry Kennedy, CA (3)
Rick Kennedy, CA (2)
Robert Monnaughey, MA (3)
Pris & Greg Montgomery , CA (3)
Florence Wilkins, CA (3)
Marc Williams, CA (3)
Lauren Schneider, PA
Ben Carter, TX
Cathy Dombi, WY
Susanne Fogger, AL
Jessica Lee, DC
Elizabeth Krakow, OR