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

University of California Santa Cruz Certificate Program, 2000–2001
Helper Workshops, 2002–2006, Paul Davis, Sylvia Davis, David Dornan
Workshops and classes with Paul Davis, Doug Braithwaite, 2004–2006

Juried Awards & Shows

Purchase Award, 64th Annual Cedar City Art Committee Exhibition,
       Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, Cedar City, UT, 2007
Honorable Mention, Everett Ruess Plein Air Painting Competition, Escalante UT, 2004

Exhibitions

Solo exhibit, Anasazi State Park Museum, Boulder, UT, 2007
Emerging Artists Exhibit, Helper Arts Festival, Helper UT, 2006
Two-artist exhibit, Anasazi State Park Museum, Boulder, UT, 2006