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Artist Statement
My work is a direct reflection of the natural world and built environment demonstrating my love for the inspiration they provide me as a painter and an artist. I visually respond to everyday observations with a twist. Capturing imagery through photography is my first step as I craft a painting that may bring in several elements and layers versus focusing on a single image. Pushing these contexts enables me to create new images as I re-imagine landscapes, figures and narratives along with skewing perspectives and manipulating the medium. Using saturated color also keeps my work alive to the mystical visions that eliminates redundancy. Using oil paint provides enough diversity for me a sole process. I also use watercolor and mixed media. I strive for the viewer to appreciate the context in which I create my work and hope my works inspires viewers as well.
Exhibitions
2024 Beneath the Surface: Spirituality in Art, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Flow"
2024 Invisibility: Existing on the Periphery, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Fading Memories"
2024 Herstory, Viridian Gallery, New York, NY
"We Will Find You"
2023 Featured Artist, Studio Visit Magazine
"Desert Dreams"
2023 6th Midwest Open, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
“We Will Find You”
2023 Art Prize, Grand Rapids, MI
“What Did You Say?”
2022 Magnified: The History of Histology, Roche Diagnostics, Tucson, AZ
"Cellular Tableau"
2022 Darkness of These Times, Viridian Gallery, New York, NY
"A Growing Concern"
2022 Art Prize, Grand Rapids, MI
"Social Distancing at Japanese Gardens"
2022 Goods & Heroes, Three Oaks, MI
Selected Paintings
2021 Art Prize, Lantern Coffee, Grand Rapids, MI
"Blue Eyed Cows"
2020 Outside The Practice, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL
Selected Paintings
Teaching and Residency
2023 Artist Residency at Skopelos Foundation for the Arts, Skopelos, Greece
2022 Substitute Teacher, Fiber and Material Studies,
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2013, 2014 Teacher at Academy for the Arts, Singapore
2012, 2013 Summer Visiting Artist, Singapore High School of the Arts (SOTA)
School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)
Seasonal Portfolio Reviewer for Admissions
2018-present
Co-Director of Career and Professional Experience
1989-2017
Led Study Trips to Ireland and Greece
1999-2006
Education
University of Iowa Bachelor of Fine Art with emphasis in Painting
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