Biography
Currently living in NYC, I was born in Chicago and lived in California where I earned a BFA degree at the Art Institute of Southern California. I’ve had a life long interest in art and have worked in a variety of media including: oil and acrylic paint, encaustic, watercolor, bronze casting, and printmaking. In 2008 I created Art in Brooklyn, a website promoting local artists.
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Artist Statement
My paintings of urban landscapes depict the constant evolution of the city, its parks, architecture, and people. I’m attracted to the energy of crowds and the interactions that take place on the streets. Using an improvisational method, I apply the paint with a variety of tools such as brushes and painting knives. This technique gives the canvas a highly textured surface as layers of paint are applied to build the image. As I continue to work on a picture the layers accumulate, creating a three dimensional landscape with overlapping ridges and slabs of paint. My work is inspired by reality but stands on its own as a creative exploration of the basic elements of art – line, color, and form.
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Exhibits
2010
Breukelen Coffee House, Spread the Love Group Exhibit, Brooklyn
Sweet Lorraine Gallery, New and Used Paintings Exhibit (with John Tebeau), Brooklyn
2009
Spoke the Hub, Solo Exhibit, Brooklyn
Red Horse Cafe, Solo Exhibit, Brooklyn
Hudson Guild Gallery, Jazz and Art Group Exhibit, NYC
2008
Annual Gowanus Art Studio Tour, Brooklyn
Fall Cafe, Solo Exhibit, Brooklyn
Hudson Guild Gallery, NYC
2005
Gowanus Artist’s Studio Tours
Ninth Street Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Group Show
2002
Laguna College of Art & Design, Juried Alumni Exhibition
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Bibliography
Crawford, Louise. “The 2009 Park Slope 100.” Only The Blog Knows Brooklyn, December 2009
http://www.onlytheblogknowsbrooklyn.com/only_the_blog_knows_brook/2009/12/here-it-is-the-fourth-annual-list-of-100-people-places-and-things-that-make-park-slope-park-slope-100-stories-100-ways-of.html
“Making an Impression.” Insight Magazine, 2009, Vol II Issue 3: 62-67
http://www.onefokus.org/insight/
Scales, Claude. “Jazz and the Visual Art.” Self-Absorbed Boomer, May 2009
http://selfabsorbedboomer.blogspot.com/2009/05/jazz-and-visual-arts_12.html
Nash, Jennie. “Inspiration Improvisation.” Meet Your Muse, January 2009 http://meetyourmuse.blogspot.com/2009/01/inspiration-improvisation.html
“En plein air.” A Year in the Park, July 2008
http://ayearinthepark.typepad.com/prospect_a_year_in_the_pa/2008/07/en-plein-air.html
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Education
Art Institute of Southern California, BFA
New York Academy of Art
