About the Artist

Kay M. Dewar was a lifelong resident of the Pacific Northwest.  She was born in Bremerton and lived her student years in Edmonds. Early art years were accomplished while a resident of West Seattle, followed by a return to Bremerton for her retirement years.  As of 2025 she has been a resident of North Dakota, a move that involved relocating to be near a daughter.

As a fine artist Kay has exhibited and won awards in local and international shows and had solo shows at several galleries in the Puget Sound region. She has worked in numerous mediums and thoroughly enjoys the world of creating. Kay says she is most happy when she has several projects in the works.

After working for many years almost exclusively in colored pencil, Kay added oils, watercolor/gouache and soft pastels to her working environment.  She is enjoying the flexibility of working in a variety of styles and with a variety of mediums.  

Her artwork is published in the Best of Colored Pencil 3 (1996), Best of Colored Pencil 4 (1998), and Best of Colored Pencil 5(1999), published by Rockport Publishers. In 2005 her artwork was included in “Colored Pencil Comes of Age” in the quarterly American Artist Drawing magazine (Winter 2004) and in “Drama in Black, White and French Gray” in the American Artist magazine (June, 2005). A colored pencil artwork, "Balancing Act," is included in Ann Kullberg’s CP Treasures Book, published 2012.

Kay was employed at the University of Washington for more than 30 years, retiring as a graphic designer. Her graphic work is included in a number of Atmospheric Science publications and classroom textbooks and as been included in government publications on the environment. For most of her "retirement years" she worked for clients, mostly in the art community, as a website designer and administrator.  

Currently, "retirement" is being taken more seriously.  Those art and knitting projects have taken over -- and are being enjoyed!

Affiliations:

Colored Pencil Society of America, National Governing Board Member for over 20 years; Emeritus Board Member; Life Member

Women Painters of Washington,  since 2001; Life Member

Puget Sound Group of Northwest Artists, 2021-2025, Signature Member

Collective Visions Gallery in Bremerton, 2022-2025, Member