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I feel like I'm living in a garden where I am both the gardener and the bloom. Or maybe I'm living in a jungle and I'm only a little spider spinning a web. |
My work is infused with magical realism and surrealism; not styles I consciously pursued. My affinity for ancient art, mythology and the extraordinary has appeared as I work.
I love life’s exuberant drama; the constantly changing peak moments we all experience.
I attempt to catch the actual and imaged moment with as much sensory overload as I can compose.
Education
B.A. Art History University of Michigan
B.F.A. Painting & Drawing School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Shows
Southern Arizona Artists Guild at Cornerstone Hospital
September - November 2019
7220 E. Rosewood Street
Tucson, AZ 85710
The Golden Ticket Juried Art Exhibit
August 29, 2014 - October 1, 2014
Clifton Cultural Arts Center
3711 Clifton Avenue
Cincinnati, OH
"Green Wall" and "Thatcher Woods Dusk" were selected to be shown in this show.
Art and Open Space Mountain Parks
October 4, 2012
Chautauqua Community House
900 Baseline Road
Boulder, CO
Painting "Flagstaff Fire" was selected for the first art show presented by Boulder's Open Space Mountain Parks Department (OSMP). The work had to be either created on or about the OSMP. This painting expressed the terror facing Boulder in June 2012 as a fire burned just west of the city. The insignificance of human effort against nature's power made me think of the gold in Russian religious icons.
New Core Art Space
April 6, 2012
900 Santa Fe Drive
Denver, CO
Painting "Thatcher Woods Raku" was sold at the silent art auction benefiting the Human Trafficking Clinic at the University of Denver (Josef Korbel School of International Studies).
University of Michigan Alumni Art Show
September 19, 2007 - September 25, 2007
Madron Gallery
1000 W. North Ave., 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL
Horsin' around the Avenue
May 31, 2006 - September 16, 2006
On the street 24 hours a day
705 Lake Stree
Oak Park, IL
Carousel horses, including Bubbles, were displayed on Lake Street during the summer and a Carousel Horse Auction was held in September. The proceeds from the sale were donated to benefit the Animal Care League.
Nippon Steel SAIC Presidential Awards
May 6, 2004 - November 11, 2004
Nippon Steel USA
900 North Michigan Avenue
Suite 1820
Chicago, IL
"Zoo" was the winner of the program. It is in Nippon Steel USA's permanent collection.