Yaquina Art Gallery Wall Spotlight Shows featuring the artwork of Jane Hodgkins and photographer Kim Cuc Tran-June 23rd to July 6th « Yaa Spotlight

Yaquina Art Gallery Wall Spotlight Shows featuring the artwork of Jane Hodgkins and photographer Kim Cuc Tran-June 23rd to July 6th

In a two week Wall Spotlight Show from June 23^rd to July 6th, the Yaquina Art Association will be featuring the artwork of Jane Hodgkins and photographer Kim Cuc Tran. The Yaquina Art Association Gallery is located in Nye Beach at 789 NW Beach Drive. Hours of operation are 11 am to 5 pm every day.

Jane Hodgkins has a passion for all things prints. The show will include linocut prints, drypoint etchings, silkscreens, nature prints, and eco-dyed leaf prints. Several of the pieces involve the use of more than one technique, for example a linocut or etching may serve as the background for a silkscreen. Jane learned printmaking at Oregon Coast Community College.

Kim Cuc Tran was born and raised in Vietnam, escaped the communist by boat to Malaysia in 1980, and immigrated to the US in 1981. She graduated at Cal State University of Long Beach with a BS in Chemical Engineering in 1986. Her engineering career led her to West Linn, Oregon in 2001. She and her husband retired and moved to Newport in 2009.

Photography has been a hobby and interest in her life. Her photography skill flourished as she started taking photography classes with the Vietnamese Artistic Photographic Association in 1993. Then advanced furthermore as she continued on at Tri-Community Photography School in California for 5 more years.

The process of capturing an image is so fulfilling and enjoyable to her. She and her husband both enjoy going out looking for an inspiring shot. They have been traveling for photography to many locations in the US and to other countries including Canada, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Japan, Peru, New Zealand, Mexico, Netherland, Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, China, Tibet, Italy, Slovenia, Greece, Monaco, France, and Spain.

She enjoys shooting abstracts, close-ups, birds and flowers; and then creates artistic photos to share with the viewers. Her mantra for photography is “Simplify, simplify, simplify”. This mantra has served her well in the process of capturing and creating inspiring images.

She has received numerous awards in photography competitions at Vietnamese Artistic Photographic Association, Tri-Community Photo School, Photographic Society of America, Oregon State Fair Salon of Photography, and Columbia Council of Camera Clubs.

She is an active member of Yaquina Art Association and Yaquina Art Association Photographers.

Her other interests include gardening, reading and cooking.