Roxanne Everett is a contemporary landscape painter who is inspired by wilderness areas of the US and abroad. Roxanne received a Bachelor of Architecture at the University of Idaho and, later, a Masters degree in Forest Sciences at the University of Washington. Following a career as an Architect, she spent many years as a US National Park Backcountry Ranger, living and working months at a time in remote alpine environments. Roxanne was selected as an artist in residence for several private arts organizations (US, Iceland, Australia, Canada, Greece) plus six US National Parks. Her work is shown regularly in the Golden West Gallery in Stehekin, WA, The Women Painters of Washington Gallery in Seattle and at various locations across the Pacific Northwest. Her work can be found in the permanent collections of six National Parks including: Isle Royale National Park (MI), Acadia National Park (ME), Badlands National Park (SD), John Day Fossil Beds National Monument (OR) and Agate Fossil Beds National Monument (NE). Kings Canyon National Park’s Grant Grove Visitor Center (CA) has her backcountry journal on permanent display.

As a painter, I am guided by a profound respect for nature and a personal connection to all its parts and processes. I paint to communicate the importance of preserving intact ecosystems, whether it is a scenic vista or an endemic species. My paintings encourage the viewer to forge a deeper relationship with the land.
I interpret the landscape as it appears to me, both visually and instinctively. I use pattern, texture, color and reflections to help define a subject. These cues draw the viewer inward thus eliciting an emotional response which, hopefully, leads to increased awareness and stewardship toward fragile threatened areas, important species or precious natural habitats.