I am an artist and an educator. I draw on neurology and psychology to understand how we perceive and process visual information. My interest in the history of self-portraiture reflects changing cultural conceptions of self over time, and how digital media influence current representations of self. 

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​As a recent empty nester, Turnbull explores themes of growth and belonging through a maternal lens.  She combines imagery of plants, birds, and home with geometric compositions to consider the nature of separation and division, as well as a meaningful relationship of parts to the whole. In oil paintings and mixed media drawings, Turnbull explores these growth patterns as metaphors for attachment and independence.  Turnbull’s artwork is on display in July this year at the Seattle Art Fair and will be featured in the Buckman Journal this summer.

I hold an MFA in Craft from the Oregon School of Art and Craft. I earned an MAT with a focus in Art Education from Lewis and Clark College, and a BA in Anthropology from Stanford University. I currently teach in the MAT program at Lewis and Clark College.

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