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Artist Statement:

I use pattern and depth in my work to explore the complexities of human interaction and our relationship to the greater world.  With the problems of war, poverty, oppression and environmental destruction in our country and around the globe, I have been considering more seriously the consequences of the individualist mentality pervasive in American culture. 

The African concept of ubuntu, or a person is a person through other people, contrasts with our western notions of independence and self-sufficiency.  While my work does not contain any overt social or political messages, it is my contemplation on these issues of interconnection.  When I first began working with the theme of interconnection, I was interested in the idea of how the physical is connected to and by the spiritual, and used a grid to symbolize that web of connection.  That theme has expanded and become even more important to me through my studies of nature and social justice, which show the intricate systems of dependence that make up the natural world and teach how the health of the individual is dependent on the health of the larger community and environment.  The patterns I use to explore this theme are inspired by nature and human activity, such as leaves, birds, and human silhouettes.  I also use the strong visual component of depth by building up layers of oil paint while still revealing the previous layers.  This layering effect can signify the coexistence of the spiritual and the physical, history, progress or connection to origin.  Through pattern and layering the surface of the painting becomes a visual space that invites the viewer into contemplation suggested by their own associations to the imagery.

Biography:

Education

2009-10       NORTH SEATTLE COMMUNTIY COLLEGE, General Chemistry.

2007-8         GAGE ACADEMY, Classes: Still Life Painting, Studio Landscape Painting

1999             RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN, B.F.A. with honors, Providence, RI.                 

                      Sculpture Major.

1997             EUROPEAN HONORS PROGRAM, RISD, Rome, Italy. 

Selected Exhibitions

2010         BY THE RIVER, La Familia Gallery, Seattle, WA.

2010         PATTERNS AND NATURE, The Fireplace Gallery, Gresham, OR.

2010         TRASH WARS, NSCC Art Gallery, Seattle, WA.  

2009         5 x 5, La Familia Gallery, Seattle, WA.

2009         AQUA ART MIAMI, Miami, FL.

2009         PATTERNS, Solo Show, La Familia Gallery, Seattle, WA.

2009         PRATT FINE ART AUCTION, Pratt Fine Art Center, Seattle, WA.

2008         SIX DEGREES, Vermillion Gallery, Seattle, WA.  Event by ArtReach.

2007         INTERCONNECTED, Solo Show, Baas Art Gallery, Seattle, WA. 

2007        GAGE ACADEMY, Student Show, Seattle, WA.

2006         LYNNWOOD CONVENTION CENTER, May-October, Lynnwood, WA. 

2006        MEDITATIONS, Solo Show, Baas Art Gallery, Seattle, WA. 

2005        CONVERSATIONS IN ABSTRACT, Artforte Gallery, Seattle, WA.

2005        GROUP SPRING SHOW, Artforte Gallery at Windermere, Kirkland, WA.

2004        BUILT: ART AND DESIGN, Featured Artist, Seattle, WA.

2003        STREET OF DREAMS, MacPherson Construction and Design house, Issaquah, WA.

1999        SPIRITWORKS, The Cathedral of Hope, Pittsburgh, PA.

1999        RISD SCULPTURE DEPARTMENT SENIOR SHOW, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI.

1998        ADDICTION, The Arcade, Providence, RI.

1997        ANNUAL SKETCHBOOK EXHIBITION, the Cenci, Rome, Italy.
 

REPRESENTATION: 

LA FAMILIA GALLERY, 117 Prefontaine Place South, Seattle, WA  98104.  www.lafamiliagallery.org

AUGEN GALLERY, 817 SW 2^nd, Portland, OR  97204.  www.augengallery.com

STUDIO ART DIRECT, www.studioartdirect.com

CORPORATE COLLECTIONS: 

SCHNITZER WEST, LLC, Seattle, WA.

WASHINGTON SQUARE TOWER ONE, Bellevue, WA

INFINITY MARKETING GROUP, New York City, NY

MACPHERSON CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN, Sammamish, WA.

CAREER-RELATED EXPERIENCE: 

2008-9    THE ART WORKSHOP, WA.  Instructor.  After-school art programs offered for K-6^th grade. 

2004        MERCY HOUSING, Lynnwood, WA.  Instructor.  Summer art program for low-income

                 children