TRISHA GILMORE

We are pleased to feature the tufted wood creations of Trisha Gilmore in the April-June 2025 exhibit at the Burien Arts Gallery Wall, Highline Heritage Museum, 819 SW 152nd Street, Burien, WA.

Trisha is known as an acrylic painter who focuses on botanical and flower images. She also uses collage and multi-media in her works.

The works shown in this exhibit are tufted wool on canvas. She uses a rug tufting machine held in both hands that pushes out yarn into a stretched canvas.

“I draw an original sketch onto the canvas with a Sharpie and then start loading the gun with the color of wool yarn that I have chosen,” she explained. “I shoot the wool into the canvas row next to row, changing the color of yarn when the design requires it.  I do not choose the colors I’m going to use ahead of time, but choose as I go.  I make these decisions in palette as I do when painting pictures. They feel organically alike to me, just different materials.  I like to use floral and plant designs as they are abstracted easily and offer lots of color and texture ideas.”

Trisha teaches a tufting class every few months through local galleries.

Trisha has been making art since grade school, when she found her first “How to Draw Comics” book.  Trisha has been a teaching artist in and out of the classroom with Pratt, Powerful Schools, Seattle Public Schools, The Community School and many other venues over the years.  She was a member of the Tukwila Arts Commission for 17. She holds degrees in education and art from George Fox University and the University of Washington.

For more on Trisha, see her website https://www.trishagilmoreart.com and Instagram @trishagilmore

All works on display are on sale through the artist.