I believe we live in a world where people are more alike than different and I’m especially interested in our common truths. With art as the catalyst, I occupy a state of presence to communicate first with myself and then offer a place in which the viewer may pause, observe, discover and be transported.
My art is about routes, rootedness and connections, one to the other. I explore just below the surface of consciousness, drawing from my own inner world and marrying it with outside influences, some personal, others gleaned from our environment and culture. I am an observer, a scribe, a poet and my art forms the foundation for stories to be told. Ordinary experiences such as the wind swaying tall grasses, the sheer magnitude of the night sky, graceful interactions between people captivate my imagination.
The language of abstraction provides a means of communicating visually, often influenced by our landscape and the marks left by inhabitants - human, animal, current and ancient. My work is naturally impacted by a sense of place – spaciousness and yet full of upheaval, destruction – man-made and natural forces. Memories bubble forth, interjecting themselves as well as sights, sounds, conversations, poetry. Dualities. The nexus between the man-made and natural world is where I find beauty in the decay of crumbling structures or weathered detritus. With a minimalist aesthetic, symbols and marks speak to history, a mystery and relational encounters on a search for deeper meaning.
SELECTED ART CLASSES
Nicholas Wilton, Art2Life Creative Visionary Path Program, 2017, 2018
Cheryl Taves, The Artist Mindset, 2019
Lauren Mantecon, Deep Dive Mastery program, 2020-2021; various workshops at Mantecon Studios, 2016 +
Jane Dunnewold, Art Cloth Mastery Program, 2010-2012
Other workshops and classes include Pamela Caughey, Mark Eanes, Sara Post, Paula Roland
CONTINUING EDUCATION
Bill Porteous and Cheryl Taves, invitational Critical Discussion Group, 2020-present. Weekly discussion of abstract art, mentoring & coaching with 10 artists from 5 countries.
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
BA CUM LAUDE 1975
EXHIBITIONS
2024 (November -December) dual-exhibit with Sam Elkins, Moore Alternative Space Gallery, Austin TX
2023 (April-May) solo exhibit at Georgetown Art Center, Georgetown TX
2022 (October) juried group exhibit, Art Hop XV, Georgetown TX
2022 (October-December) solo exhibit at Georgetown City Hall, Georgetown TX
2021 (June-July) co-exhibit at Georgetown Public Library, Georgetown TX
2021 (October) juried group exhibit, Art Hop XIV, Georgetown TX
2021 (January) juried group exhibit, Texas State University, Round Rock TX
2020 (October) juried group exhibit, Art Hop XIII, Georgetown TX
2019 (June) group exhibit at Alternative Space Gallery, Austin TX
2019 (September) juried group exhibit, Women and Their Work, Austin TX
2019 (November), selected group exhibit, Dell Jewish Center, Austin TX
2018 (September) juried group exhibit, Women and Their Work, Austin TX
2017 (May) solo exhibit, Alternative Space Gallery, Austin TX
