STATEMENT
Vagabond, 2022
40×60
Acrylic, Oil, Wax Crayon and Fabric on Canvas
If Heaven had but Tongues to Speak, 2018
30×48
Mixed Media on Wood Panel
Eine Klein Störung
(A Little Disruption), 2022
30 x 24 in
Acrylic, Charcoal and Oil on Canvas
Vagabond, 2022
40×60
Acrylic, Oil, Wax Crayon and Fabric on Canvas
Episode I, 2010
41×73
Videographic Painting
Video Projected on Painted DiBond Panel
Sojourn, 2022
40×50
Acrylic, Graphite and Oil
White Paper and Flowers, 2012
41×73
Videographic Painting
Video Projected on Painted DiBond Panel
He-She-Her (detail), 2022
Acrylic, Graphite and Crayon on Wood
38×54
Architetto, 2021
48×60
Acrylic on Canvas
Acrylic, Polymers, Oil, pigments on Canvas
Secrets of the Marianna Trench, 2017
48×60
Acrylic, Polymers, Oil, pigments on Canvas
My work is an investigation of balance, empathy and open mindedness. As a woman, I feel our own contemporary empowerment can paradoxically detach us from the love and security we so desire. Keeping a balance has been an important struggle for me and one which I have found peace by creating serene beauty to guide my daily thoughts.
Uniquely, I have also developed works combining video, painting, music, choreography and/or poetry. Using all these disciplines helps me to express how life is beautiful, strange and complex and it takes many dimensions to fully express it.
EDUCATION
Undergraduates studies at American Academy of Art in Chicago, IL. and Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) ’81-’84.
Continuing education; Moulin de Perot in Valence, France and Red Deer College in Alberta, CA and Fine Arts Atelier in Atlanta
Currently enrolled at Rhode Island School of Design CE program
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
| 2024 | Ceres Gallery, New York, NY Quinlan Center for the Arts, Gainesville, GA |
| 2023 | Muse and Co. Fine Art, Marietta, GA |
| 2022 | LM Studio Gallery, Hyeres, Cote D’Azure, France |
| 2017 | City Gallery, North Charleston, SC |
| 2015 | Muse and Company Fine Art, Roswell, GA The Rousch Gallery, Solo Show, Carrollton, GA |
| 20`14 | SEA Contemporary, Solo Show, Rosemary Beach, FL |
| 2011 | Studio b, Solo Show , Alys Beach, FL |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2023 | Laguna Art Gallery, Mission Viejo, CA | |
| 2021 | Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL The Hudgens Center for the Arts, Duluth, GA | |
| 2019 | Museum of Encaustic Art, 50 States Show, Sante Fe, NM | |
| 2018 | Small Works Show, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL October Group Show, Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA August Group Show, Gallery 104, NY, NY The Earth Show, Gallery 104, NY, NY Sacred Spaces, Gregg Irby Gallery, Atlanta, GA | |
| 2017 | Two-person Show with Fran O’Neill, Sublime Original, Jacksonville, FL Ephemera, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA New York Art Week Show, Caelum Gallery (Chelsea), New York, NY A.I.R. National Artists Show, Brooklyn, NY | |
| 2016 | Art Design Consultants, Art Comes Alive , Cincinnati, OH Ward Nasse Gallery, Summer Solstice II, New York, NY Art Design Consultants, High Design + Fine Art, Cincinnati, OH Huff Harrington Fine Art, Oil and Water, Atlanta, GA The HUD Gallery, Mediums In Transposition, Ventura, CA JF Gallery, Group Exhibition, Best in Show, West Palm Beach, FL | |
| 2015 | Satellite Contemporary, Resurrected, Las Vegas, NV Orange County Creatives Gallery, Humans, Laguna Beach, CA Hudgens Center for the Art, Duluth, GA Blue Mark Studios, Method, Atlanta, GA Liberty Town Gallery, Frozen, Fredericksburg, VA | |
| 2013 | The Art of Simple, Seaside, FL Art Gallerie Stoa, Group Show, Holmsbu, Norway | |
| 2011 | Bill Lowe Gallery, Small Group Show, Atlanta, GA Chastain Art Center, APS National Show , Atlanta, GA | |
| 2010 | Anne Irwin Fine Art, Small Works Show, Atlanta, GA Emerging Artists Show, Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, GA Rochester Contemporary Art Center, 6x6x20, Rochester, NY Desotorow Gallery, Blind Proxy, Savannah, GA Valdosta National – Juried Exhibition, Valdosta, GA Elon University, Small Works Invitational, Elon, NC | |
| 2009 | Grosse Pointe Art Center, Embedded Light, Grosse Pointe, MI |
Selected Awards and Recognitions
| 2022 | Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 50 | |
| 2021 | Circle Quarterly, Fall Issue | |
| 2018 | CreativPaper Magazine, Nov 2018 Spotlight Magazine – ISSUE 7, Circle-Foundation for the Arts | |
| 2017 | Art Journey, Abstract Painting; A Celebration of Contemporary Art, F+W Media Gate Posts with No Gate, In conjunction with Peter Waldor and Shanti Arts Studio Visit Magazine | |
| 2015-16 | Blink Art, Art Design Consultants | |
| 2015 | Art Galleries and Artists of the South | |
| 2014 | Studio Visit Magazine | |
| 2013 | Incite: Dreams Realized, Northlight Books, Best of Mixed Media One Life, International Photography Annual | |
| 2012 | Stone Voices, Winter 2012-13 FORM Atlanta, Artistic Independence Still Point Arts Quarterly, Issue no.4 , The Romantic Barn | |
| 2011 | FORM Atlanta |
Teaching and Lecturing Engagements
| 2016+ | Founder, Fountainhead Art Space, Roswell, GA |
| 2011-2012 | Fine Arts Workshop, King Plow, Atlanta |
| 2010-2012 | The Art School in Sandy Springs Studio b, Alys Beach, FL |
| 2010 | Founding Member Southeastern Encaustic Artists |