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Artist Statement
My work reflects the experience of living in the high country of the Colorado Plateau,
among the canyons and mountains of central southern Utah. My representations of
the landscape always begin on the land itself, painting or sketching en plein air, but
the artistic process pulls me into the studio and onto the painting surface. The
impetus for each piece arises from observation of the country in which I live, but
each painting takes on a life of its own in a series of actions and reactions,
combined with memory and mood. Color, composition, and the plasticity of the paint
are my primary tools.
Thus, each work goes beyond its specific geography to reflect a more abstract
reality. I intend my surfaces to engage the viewer and to challenge perceptions, to
go beyond the landscape to provoke a reaction to the painting itself.
General Education
PhD, Communication, Stanford University
MLS, Librarianship, University of California, Berkeley
Art Education
2004-2006 Workshops and classes with Paul Davis, Doug Braithwaite
2002-2006 Helper Workshops, Paul Davis, Sylvia Davis, David Dornan
2000-2001 University of California Santa Cruz Certificate Program
Juried Awards & Shows
2008 1st Annual Kane County Artists Exhibition, Thunderbird Foundation for the Arts,
Mt. Carmel, UT
2008 84th Annual Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT
2007 Purchase Award, 64th Annual Cedar City Art Committee Exhibition, Braithwaite
Fine Arts Gallery, Cedar City, UT
2004 Honorable Mention, Everett Ruess Plein Air Painting Competition, Escalante, UT
Exhibitions
2008 Two-artist show, Gallery 24, Torrey, UT
2007 Solo exhibit, Anasazi State Park Museum, Boulder, UT
2006 Emerging Artists exhibit, Helper Arts Festival, Helper UT
2006 Two-artist exhibit, Anasazi State Park Museum, Boulder, UT
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