Member Since: October 2010
My current work is inspired by entanglements.
I like to explore contradictory impulses: approaching and withdrawing – overlapping and pulling apart – density and delicacy– beauty and menace.
I am intrigued by evocative placement and seductiv...
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| Gender: | Female |
| Artist Statement: | My current work is inspired by entanglements. I like to explore contradictory impulses: approaching and withdrawing – overlapping and pulling apart – density and delicacy– beauty and menace. I am intrigued by evocative placement and seductive colors. |
| Education: | BFA University of Oregon MA / MFA University of Iowa |
| Awards & Distinctions: | Twice awarded Colorado Council on the Arts Fellowships -Drawing 1998 -Painting 2002 Merit Awards- Colorado Juried Exhibition, Colorado Springs Art Center 2002 "Drawing from Perception" (juror, Rackstraw Downes) 1998 |
| Professional/Teaching Experience: | 1993 - 2005 Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO- Drawing 1990 College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA Ptg/Drwg 1989 Morehead State University, Morehead, KY Ptg./Drwg |
| Exhibitions: | Solo or 2 Person Shows 2007 Pierce College, Tacoma, WA 2006 Davis and Cline, Ashland, OR 2005 Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA Cornell College, Luce Gallery, Mount Vernon, IA 2003 Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA, “Toxic Beauty” 2002 Diane Nelson Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA 2001 Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA 2000 Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA, “Dangerous Terrain” 1999 Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO - monotypes 1997 Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA “Other Regions-New Paintings About Place” US Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO- 1993 Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA 1991 Stonybrook School, Stonybrook, Long Island, NY “Looking Homeward” 1990 Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA 1989 Morehead State University, Morehead, KY. |
| Artistic Influences: | The poetry of the natural world in all it's paradoxical forms. |
| Artist Tags: | vines, floral, botanical, realism, mystery, poetic |
