Artist Statement

I have been an abstract expressionist painter since age 5. The

immediacy and freshness of this style as well as its complexity and boldness has

always spoken to me. To this end I paint with acrylic paint in an alla prima style,

in a spontaneous and physical way, moving back and forth across the painting

surface, making marks that dance across that surface. I start by introducing

color, shapes and line, then respond to their development. I move these

elements around, adding and removing paint in multiple layers. The work

pushes and pulls itself to completion. I have had the good fortune to live in New

Mexico for a number of years where the light, sky and general landscape are

captivating. My work is inspired by this beauty surrounding me and is a

translation of the energy of my environment onto canvas, panel or paper. More

recently, my work has focused on my own interior landscape, guided by my

intuition and emotion.

The paintings in my figurative series on paper arise organically

from the paper, and appear through subtle layers of paint that are applied and

partially removed over a heavily textured surface. I use a neutral palette with

strategic hits of color. The works are constructed with thick textural material on

heavy water color paper and are created with layers of acrylic paint and graphite.

The textured, layered, ambiguous forms of the figure produces an

image that appears to have been uncovered, as if discovered at an archeological

site. The figures mix a feeling of the ancient with the contemporary. The

additive and subtractive nature of the process of their creation furthers this

quality. The paintings present as abstract shapes, lines and colors that suddenly

comprise a recognizable figure or group of figures. They are not necessarily

male or female, but rather contain all of humanity. Given the ambiguity of their

identity and gender, they portray timeless and familiar interactions. The

universality of their relationships are revealed through groupings and small

gestural cues such as the tilt of a shoulder, curve of the spine or bend of the leg.

EDUCATION:

1975 B.A. English, magna cum laude, UCLA, Los Angeles, California

1978 J.D., Loyola Marymount, Los Angeles, California

Art Studies at Art Institute, Los Angeles, California College of Arts and Crafts,

Oakland, and with artists Robert Burridge, Mira White, Bob Winston and Ed

Gilliam

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EXHIBITIONS:

2017, April, solo show, Calvin Charles Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

2017, March, two person show, Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery, Lafayette, CA

2016, November, Art San Diego, Redwood Media Group, San Diego, CA

2016, February, two person show, Louisa Hopkins Underwood Center for the

Arts,

Lubbock, TX

2015, January, solo show, Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery, Lafayette, CA

2014 May, group show, Jay Etikin Gallery, Memphis, TN

2013, June, group show, Sarah Park Gallery, Stonington, CT

2012, December, group show, Selby Fleetwood Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2012, April, group show Muse Fine Art, Denver, CO

2011, November, group show Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX

2011, November, group show at Selby Fleetwood Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2011, May, group show, Selby Fleetwood Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2011, April, group show, Four Starr Gallery, Stonington, CT

2011, January, three person show, Matrix Arts, Santa Fe, NM

2010, September, three person show, Matrix Arts, Santa Fe, NM

2010, August, group show1228 Parkway Art Space, Santa Fe, NM

2009, November, group show, Selby Fleetwood Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2009, May, group show, Selby Fleetwood Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2008, November, group show, Selby Fleetwood Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2008, May, group show, Selby Fleetwood Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2007, December, group show, Infusion Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2007, October, group show, Marziart, Hamburg, Germany

2007, September, group show Four Starr Gallery, Stonington, CT

2007, September, two person show 1228 Parkway Art Space, Santa Fe, NM

2007, May, group show, Farrell Fischoff Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2007, April, group show, Four Starr Gallery, Stonington, CT

2006 October, two person show, New Editions Gallery, Lexington, KY

2006, June, two person show, Farrell Fischoff Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2006, May, group show, Lyman Allyn Musuem, New London, CT

2006, March, group show, Four Starr Gallery, Stonington, CT

2005, August, two person show, Farrell Fischoff Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2005, May, group show, Farrell Fischoff Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2005, April, two person show, New Editions Gallery, Lexington, KY

2005, March, Emerging Artists Show, Scottsdale, AZ

2005, January, group show, Farrell Fischoff Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2004, November, two person show, SKF Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

PUBLICATIONS:

September, 2016 American Art Collector, Alcove Books, Berkeley, CA

July, 2014, Studio Visit Magazine

December, 2012, Denver Centric Magazine

Fall, 2012-Winter, 2013, Tucson Where Magazine

May, 2011, American Art Collector Magazine

September 2010, Pasatiempo, Santa Fe, NM

Spring, 2010 Tops Magazine, Lexington, Ky

Fall/Winter 2007 Trend Magazine, Santa Fe, NM

October, 2007, Internationale Kunst, Hamburg

September, 2007, Santa Fe Reporter, Santa Fe, NM

2007, Book Cover, The Meaning of Others, by Ruthellen Josselson, et al.,

published by the American Psychological Association

April 2006, Stonington Times, Stonington, CT

June 2006, Pasatiempo, Santa Fe, NM

December, 2005, Albuquerque Journal North, Santa Fe, NM

Summer, 2005, Arts and Antiques Magazine

May, 2005, Lexington Herald Leader, Lexington, Ky

May, 2005, Nougat Magazine, Lexington, Ky