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ARTISTS STATEMENT:
My paintings are about the rhythms of the natural world. Ideas of memory, fragility, and interconnectedness traverse the work.
The imagery I use consists of glyphs, semi abstracted plants, animals, and figures that inhabit a 'landscape' made up of simple geometric patterns. The geometry serves as a loose framework to organize, join, and simultaneously isolate the various subjects in the paintings.
Earthy colors, repeated patterns and marks intermingle with hidden images to form layers of meaning. Rich textures, scratched, weathered surfaces, and subtle light qualities come from months of intuitively working and reworking the surfaces. No preliminary sketches are made; every thought is worked out directly on the piece, forming a roadmap of the creative process. The resulting work is an encouragement to slow down, observe, and listen.
RESUME:
*Education
2002 M.F.A.- Painting/Drawing
Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas.
1994 B.F.A. - Painting/Drawing (with an
emphasis in illustration)
Central Missouri State University,
Warrensburg, Missouri.
*Professional Experience
2002 - Present Assistant Professor of Art,
Central Wyoming Community College,Riverton,
Wyoming.
1999 - 2002 Instructor of Record, Painting and
Drawing, Wichita State University, Wichita,
Kansas.
*Solo Exhibitions
2009 'Now and Then,' Central College, Pella,
Iowa.
2008 'A View of Solitude,' Stewart Gallery,
Boise, Idaho.
2008 'In Search of ...' Memorial Hall Main
Gallery, Chadron State College, Chadron,
Nebraska.
2008 'Lost and Found,' Lyndsay McCandless
Contemporary, Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
2007 'In the Distance,' Casper College,
Casper, Wyoming.
2007 'Here and Somewhere Else,' Western
Wyoming College, Rock Springs, Wyoming.
*Two Person Exhibitions
2003 'Desire to Disappear,' Western Community
College, Rock Springs, Wyoming and The Wyoming
Arts Council Gallery, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
*Select Group Exhibitions
2009 'Simple Things for Complex Times,'
Lyndsay McCandless Contemporary, Jackson Hole,
Wyoming.
2009 'A Day in May,' Stewart Gallery, Boise,
Idaho.
2009 'CWC Annual Faculty Show,' Central
Wyoming College, Riverton, Wyoming.
2008 'The Songcathcer Show,' Lark and Key
Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina.
2008 'Winter Exhibition,' Stewart Gallery,
Boise, Idaho.
2008 'C.W.C. Faculty Show,' Central Wyoming
College, Riverton, Wyoming.
2007 'Art NOW Miami,' exhibited by Stewart
Gallery, Miami Beach, Florida.
2007 'Variable Constant,' Jackson Hole Center
for the Arts, Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
2007 'Rocky Mountain Invitational,' The
Nicolaysen Museum of Art, Casper, Wyoming.
2007 'The Governors Capitol Art Exhibition,'
The Wyoming State Museum, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Juried by Ben Mitchell, Curator of Art,
Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, Spokane,
Washington.
2007 'New Wyoming Painters,' The Nicolaysen
Museum of Art, Casper, Wyoming.
2007 'C.W.C. Faculty Show,' Central Wyoming
College, Riverton, Wyoming.
2006 'Rocky Mountain Invitational,' The
Nicolaysen Museum of Art, Casper, Wyoming.
2006 'C.W.C. Faulty Show,' Central Wyoming
College, Riverton, Wyoming.
2005 'C.W.C. Faculty Show,' Central Wyoming
College, Riverton, Wyoming.
2004 'Print & Paper,' Wyoming Arts Council
Gallery, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
2004 'The Renewal of the Spirit,' Art West
Gallery, Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
2004 'Constructing Environments,' 500X
Gallery, Dallas, Texas.
2004 'This Ain't Cowboy Art,' Pirate Gallery,
Denver, Colorado.
2003 'C.W.C. Faculty Show,' Central Wyoming
College, Riverton, Wyoming.
2003 'Re-Create,' The Lander Art Center,
Lander, Wyoming.
2002 'C.W.C. Faculty Show,' Central Wyoming
College, Riverton, Wyoming.
2002 'Interspaced: Four artists
Interpretations of Space.' Lee Shiney Gallery,
Wichita, Kansas.
2001 'Humane/ Inhumane,' Butler County
Community College, Eldarado, Kansas.
Curated by Kevin Mullins, Ulrich Museum of
Art, Wichita, Kansas.
2001 'Graduate Group Show,' Wichita Art
Museum, Wichita, Kansas.
2001 '13th Annual Biennial Faculty Show,'
Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University,
Wichita, Kansas.
2001 'Miami University Annual Young Painters
Competition,' Miami University, Miami, Ohio.
Juried by Angela Lange, Museum of Modern Art,
New York, New York.
2000 Inclusion in the Juried National Internet
Format of New American Paintings, M.F.A.
Annual 2000.
1997-2000 Gallery V, Kansas City, Missouri.
(Continuous representation.)
*Awards
2008 Wyoming Arts Council Fellowship Award.
2007 Governors Capitol Art Exhibition, Bobby
Hathaway Jurors Choice Award and the Wyoming
State Collection Purchase Award.
*Publications
-The Boise Weekly, June 2, 2009.
'The Walls of Perception' by Bill English.
(article and images)
-Jackson Hole News and Guide, June 4-10, 2008.
'Art, Exploration Mix in Show of Paintings'
(article and image)
-Jackson Hole Daily, June 6, 2008. Vol. 30
Issue 135.
'Art, Exploration Mix to Form Show'
(article and image)
-Planet Jackson Hole, June 4-10, 2008. Vol.6
Issue 25.
'Space Art; Lost and Found; Picasso at NMWA'
(article and image)
-The Casper Star Tribune, May 11, 2007. The
Weekender.
'Three-Ring Exhibition'
(article and images)
-The Dallas Art Review.
'Odd Wonderments at 500X.'
(article and images)
-SPLASH! Vol. 7 #2
'The Renewal of the Spirit'
(article and images)
-The Wichita Register, April 2002.
(images)
*Collections
-Audax Theatre Group, New York, New York.
-The Scott Opler Foundation, St. Petersburg,
Florida.
-The Nicolaysen Museum of Art, Casper, Wyoming.
-The Wyoming State Museum, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
-Spink Butler LLC, Boise, Idaho.
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