About the Artist

Artist

“It is the passion to create works that visually, as well as subconsciously, stir the emotions and enliven the spirit that keep painting forever exciting.”

Curiosity has a way of coloring the way we live life and it has always colored the way I approach my art. As a child my inclination of
questioning the ‘why’ ‘how’ and ‘what if’ of everything still exists today, it is a part of who I am and greatly influences my approach
to painting.

For me, being an artist isn’t just about creating a beautiful work of art, which I do hope to achieve, but it is also the feeling of joy, surprise and wonder in the making of it. Using the simple tools of paint, ink, charcoal, paper, brushes and canvas can result in an unending variety of approaches to painting, styles and subject matter.

Each painting I approach with anticipation as to how it will look in the end and wonder what I will learn on the way to creating it. I don’t use a particular method of painting or start with a well-defined vision of the final outcome. It is more a trust that using sound principles of art and design, with a willingness to try something I haven’t tried before, can result in something exciting and new to look at.

It is with this challenge of taking a blank, flat sheet of paper or canvas and turning  it into a seemingly living, three-dimensional world that keeps my passion and curiosity alive. Using the right color, making the right lines, creating the needed shapes and spaces that the painting demands, will hopefully result in the reward of a painting well done.

What inspires me the most is hearing from another, that the work I have created, has emotionally touched or inspired them in some meaningful way.

GALLERY SHOWS & JURIED EXHIBITIONS
Rimrock Gallery 2021 • Mockingbird Gallery 2000-2020 • Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery/April & October Group Shows, Portland, OR 1997-2020 • Mockingbird Gallery/2-4 Person Show, Bend, OR 2003-2009 • Oil Painters of America Annual National Exhibition, Howard Manville Gallery, Kirkland, WA 2004 • Miniatures 2002 Show, Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM • Oil Painters of America Annual National Exhibition 2001-2002 • "Pastels U.S.A" PSWC 15th Annual International, Tower Theater Gallery, Roseville, CA 2001 • C. M. Russell Museum Auction of Original Art, Great Falls, MT 1999-2002 • C. M. Russell Museum Miniature Show, Great Falls, MT 1999, 2000, 2003 • Wichita National Miniature Art Show, Wichita, KS 2000 • Pastel Society of New Mexico National Pastel Show, Albuquerque, NM 2000


PLEIN AIR PAINTOUT & SHOW
Mockingbird Gallery Plein Air, Bend, Oregon 2003-2010, 17th Annual Maritime Art Exhibition & Plein Air, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay Oregon 2010

MEMBERSHIPS

Salmagundi Art Club (juried member) 2010, American Society of Marine Artists Signature Member 2010, Oil Painters of America 2000-2010, WAOW (Women Arts of the West) 2001-2003, Northwest Pastel Society 1998-2002,
Oregon Pastel Society 1998-2002

AWARDS
"2001 Winsor Newton Award of Excellence", Oil Painters of American Show
Pastel Journal’s "Second Annual Pastel 100" 2001, Finalist in Abstract CategoryPainters Showcase 1998, People’s Choice and Judge’s Choice

GALLERY AFFILIATIONS
Rimrock Gallery, Prineville OR   2021

Mockingbird Gallery, Bend, OR 2001-2021
Rental Sales Gallery Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR 1997–2021