Growing up on the plains in Southwest Kansas, I learned to look for beauty in unexpected places. This habit has led me down roads less traveled around the world and in my approach to painting. I am particularly drawn to painting lush foliage, water and reflections (none of which we had on the farm!) from a non traditional view point. There is something so compelling in the shapes and colors provided by nature. In isolating these items from their surroundings I hope to entice the viewer to slow down, take a second look and enjoy what they might otherwise have missed.
After 6 great years of painting in my studio at the Boardinghouse Studios, I have moved downtown to a studio with more space. In my new studio (in the Neusteters building at 16th and Stout) I am currently exploring painting water on a much larger multi-panel scale. If you would like to stop by and see my new work, please just drop me a note.
Select Exhibitions - Solo Show The Women's College, University of Denver, Denver, CO - Solo Show Denver Athletic Club Galleries, Denver, CO - Water Exhibition - Art Students League of Denver, CO - Colorado Artists "Mauka Makai" Group Show, Brushstrokes Gallery, Denver, CO - Colorado Artists Show, Mauka-Makai, Kuloko Gallery, Honolulu, HI - Colorado Artist Show at Cedar Street Gallery, Honolulu, HI - Punahou Art Gallery, Honolulu, HI - "Artists to Watch in 2010", Red Shift Gallery, Denver, CO - Colorado State Capitol, Colorado Council on the Arts Exhibition - Denver International Airport, Colorado Council on the Arts Exhibition, - Zip Pop Show, Zip 37 Gallery, Denver. CO Select Charities - CNI Gala - Benefitting Colorado Neurological Institute, Denver, CO - Art for Life - Benefitting Project Angel Heart, Artwork Network, Denver, CO - Grand Gala, Benefitting the Grand Foundation, Grand County, CO - The Mask Project 2010 - Benefiting The Denver Hospice, Denver, CO Representation - The Art Source, Denver, CO - Element, Denver CO