Biography
My first memory is drawing. I drew a red oval in the back of a picture book with a ball point pen while mom was in the kitchen. I drew as much as I could with markers, crayons, colored pencil and ball point pens when I was young. Before I knew it, mom put me in private art lessons where I learned about still life, plein air, pastels, watercolors and my true love - acrylics.
I always had a love for the representational, and continued to draw and paint this way through grad school, where I got an MFA in scenic art.
My journey has brought me always back to acrylics, and now I paint abstractly, finding the color and medium ever stretching my work.
Resume:
Shows:
Bainbridge Art Council 2010
Bainbridge, New York
UNC Greensboro 2006
Greensboro, North Carolina
Greenhill Art Center 2006
Greensboro, North Carolina
Select Writing:
Choosing the Right Drawing Paper
Drawing magazine Summer 2010
Choosing the Right Watercolor Paper
Watercolor magazine Fall 2010
Acrylic Supplement
American Artist June 2010
Artist Statement:
Art can be fearful work. It takes a courageous person to be vulnerable enough to put their work out there, not knowing if the world will enjoy it, relish it, venture into it or want to spend time or money on it.
But, an artist cannot avoid being an artist, no matter how much vulnerability is required.
It is imperative that I paint, and always has been. I am always at home in my artwork, truer to myself and my gifts than I am when I withhold.
It is in painting that I can explain my choices, my desires and my character. Abstract work has become my first love, and it is required of me now to explore this subject and medium to its fullest.