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Artist Statement

I love the human form. I am especially interested in its movement through contemporary situations like airports and urban settings.

The surfaces of my paintings reflect my other love, that of the tactile. Textured and active, additive and subtractive, they reveal the history and struggle of each painting’s evolution.

As I add layers of paint, I embrace ambiguity in suggesting the representational and then exploring the boundary of what is actually conveyed. I work to balance the formal elements with my search for time, emotion, and experience.

The result is a sense of motion, that even in these captured moments, all is in flux.

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Education

BA Duke University, with Honors
MS Ohio University
San Francisco Academy of Art University
San Francisco Art Institute

Selected Solo Exhibitions

“New Work,” Gallery One, Petaluma, 2009
“Figures,” Gallery Two, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, 2007
“Backstage,” Throckmorton Gallery, Mill Valley,  2006

Selected Group Exhibitions

“Speaking of Solitude,” Marin MOCA National Competition (juror Maria Medua, Director SF MOMA Rental Gallery), September 2010
Juried Figure Show, University of San Francisco Law Library, August-December 2010
Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, August 2010
Guest Artist, Graton Gallery, June 2010
“Invitational #4,” Graton Gallery, January 2010
“Tiny Show,” Studio Gallery SF, December 2009
“City Streets,” Studio Gallery SF, June 2009
“Body Work,” Studio Gallery SF, May 2009
“Tiny Show,” Studio Gallery SF, December 2008-2009
Sonoma County Open Studios, Artrails, October 2002-2009
“All Mixed Up,” regional juried group exhibit, Artisans Gallery, San Rafael, August 2007
Sausalito Art Walk, summer 2007
“Tiny Show,” group show, Studio Gallery SF, December 2006, 2007
Anticipation Art Gallery, group show, December 2006
Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival, September 2006
“Faces of the Fallen,” group show, Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, February 2006
Graton Gallery Show, “Invitational,” September-November 2005
Giant Steps, Access Benefit show, November 2004

Affiliations

Faculty, Graduate School, San Francisco Academy of Art University
Faculty, Undergraduate School, San Francisco Academy of Art University