Art Show: Flower Paintings by Corinna Luyken and Jimmy Ulvenes

Join Browsers Books for a special evening as they open Flower Paintings by Corinna Luyken and Jimmy Ulvenes on Friday, May 30 from 5-8 p.m. Paintings from these two local artists will be on display through June. 

• Friday, May 30, 5-8 p.m.
• Upstairs at Browsers Bookshop
• Learn more

Jimmy Ulvenes is a long time Olympia resident and artist. He taught art education in the local public schools for over 20 years, before a kidney transplant kept him home. It was then Ulvenes decided to become a full time artist. Jimmy has shown his work throughout the Pacific Northwest, presenting moody landscapes and seascapes of this area he loves, and has come to love painting floral pieces.

Corinna Luyken is the author/illustrator of numerous picture books that have been translated into thirteen languages. These include The New York Times Best Seller, MY HEART; THE BOOK OF MISTAKES (which The Wall Street Journal called “sublime”); ABC AND YOU AND ME (a Dolly Parton Imagination Library selection); THE TREE IN ME (an NCTE Notable Poetry Book and Indie Bestseller); and the forthcoming THE ARGUERS (Spring 2025). Corinna was raised in Oregon, California, and Hawaii; and studied dance improvisation, poetry, and printmaking at Middlebury College in Vermont. Her work is rooted in improvisation and explores themes of connection, perception, and misperception. She lives in Western Washington, near the Salish Sea, where she also likes to dig in the dirt, surf, and read with a cat (or two) on her lap. You can see more of her work at www.corinnaluyken.com.