My name is Gwyn Pevonka, and I’m a painter and mixed media artist currently based in Spokane, Washington. Originally from Knoxville, Tennessee, I relocated to the Pacific Northwest in July 2021. I’m a former artist-in-residence at the Hive® and the founder of the 33 Artists Market, a curated event celebrating local makers and creatives.

Since 2009, I’ve been working in a process-driven style that’s all about layering and excavation. Each of my paintings is built one layer per day over the course of 20–30 consecutive days. Once cured, I carve into the surface, revealing the rich, hidden history of color and texture beneath — this moment of discovery is my favorite part of the process and where my abstract voice truly lives.

In 2016, I began experimenting with the pieces carved away from these paintings. I carefully slice these paint fragments into delicate slivers and reassemble them into textured collages I call Acrylic Assemblages. These pieces feature mermaids, florals, and animals, constructed entirely from the remnants of my paintings — a practice rooted in reuse, storytelling, and transformation.

My work moves between two primary bodies: my carved abstract paintings (with the occasional landscape) and my Acrylic Assemblages. In 2020, I extended this ethos of repurposing into a line of Resin + Paint Earrings, preserving my studio’s paint slivers in resin to create wearable, one-of-a-kind pieces of art.

Nothing goes to waste in my studio — every layer, every scrap, and every fragment holds the potential for something new.

Cheers,

Gwyn Pevonka