Artist Statement

I am an admirer of the common and ordinary. Line, curve, mass and color are the elements that make up what we see. First utilized in drawing, still life, human figure both still and in motion, then in a more abstract pure architectural form. Whatever the subject matter, I approach with respect and candor. Every act of viewing brings a new edition of a piece. the visual baggage we all carry with us brings an involuntary concept to each spectator. I welcome the diverse response my work elicits.

RESUME

2017
RAM Wustum, Racine, Wi

2016
ARC Gallery, Chicago,IL Solo Exhibition

2012
Open Studio Chicago, IL

2009
Open Studio Chicago, IL

2006
Masur Museum of Art 33rd Annual Juried Competition Monroe, LA

2004
ArtCrave Galleries International Juried Competition
Brooklyn, New York **Award Winner

2004
Masur Museum of Art 31st Annual Juried Competition Monroe, LA

2004
Galesburg Civic Art Center Galex 38 Galesburg, IL

2003
Smithtown Township Arts Council The Ties That Bind: Women and Collaboration in Art & Life St. James, New York

Englewood Arts National Juried Art Show Museum of Outdoor Arts Englewood, CO

Gallery 510, Winter Thaw National Juried Exhibition Decatur, IL

2002
International Juried Group Show Laredo Center for the Arts, X Annual Laredo, Texas

BFA Show, School of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL 2002 Juried Group Show, Clune Construction Co. Chicago, IL

Juried Group Show, School of the Art Institute of Chicago Window Hermes on Oak, Solo Exhibit Chicago,IL

Curator, Group Show, Bank One, NAWBO Chicago, IL

Art Education

2002 BFA, Painting and Drawing Art Institute of Chicago
1999 Oxbow Residency, Saugatuck, Mi. 1999

Awards

1994 Recipient of SAIC Recognition Scholarship
2004-6 **ArtCrave Galleries, Finalist Cash Prize

Private Collections:

California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey,
New York, New Mexico, Colorado