Statement
There is no method to my approach. I paint chaos and then try to bring order to that chaos. Sometimes it works, often it does not. The process is trance-like; there is an implied trust that in imperfection I can endure and find beauty.
Selected Exhibitions
2022 - May Show at Hanson Howard Gallery, Ashland, OR
2021 - Portland Art Museum, Rental Sales Gallery, OR
2020 - Hanson Howard Gallery, Ashland, OR
2019 - OSU, Memorial Union Gallery, Corvallis, OR
2019 - Abstract Catalyst 6, Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland, OR
2018 - Transform, Siren Nation, Portland's Center for the Arts, OR
2017 - Giving Voice, 12x16 Gallery, Portland, OR
2017 - Between the Lines, Pearl Womens Center, Portland, OR
2016 - Ephemeral, 12x16 Gallery, Portland, OR
2016 - Colors of Oaxaca, Viajero Art Gallery, Oaxaca, Mexico
2014 - Wax and Words, Frances Keevil Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2012 - Residency Exhibit, Can Serrat, Spain
Teaching Experience
2022 - Instructor - Journaling, Bainbridge Is., WA
2021 - Instructor - Venetian Plaster & Cold Wax, Gig Harbor, WA
2018 - Instructor - Abstract Painting, London & Alnwick, UK
2017 - Instructor - Cold Wax Workshop, Gig Harbor, WA
2016 - Instructor - Painting & Book Arts, Can Serrat & Bordils, Spain 2016 - Instructor - Life Drawing, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2015 - Instructor - Drawing & Painting, Mexico City, Mexico
2015 -Inst.Gum Arabic Printmaking, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
2014 - Instructor - Painting: Encaustic & Plaster, Oaxaca, Mexico 2014 - Instructor - Encaustic, Kiama, Australia
2014 - Instructor - Encaustic, Ubud, Bali
2013 - Instructor - Cold Wax Workshop - Melbourne, Australia
2013 - Instructor - Cold Wax Workshop - Huskisson, Australia
2012 - Instructor - Painting - San Miguel de Allende, Mexico 2012 - Artist in Residence - Can Serrat, Spain