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Context & Construct

Floating World 3

Floating World 4

Urbanscape - 2008

Formwork 10, 2007

oil & blue graphite on canvas

15.5" x 19.5"

Formwork 13, 2007

oil & blur graphite on canvas

25.5" x 25.5"

Formwork 8, 2007

oil & blue graphite on linen

17.5" x 17.5"

Floating World 2: Power, 2008

oil on canvas

21.5" x 21.5"

Formwork 5, 2007

oil & blue graphite on linen

25.5" x 29.5"

Formwork 9
 

Artist Statement  

Thinking about the word Structure triggers an endless list of associations, from the enormous projects we construct to the molecular arrangements from which we are built.  As an urban “plein-air” landscape painter, I have explored how everyday structures influence us. The roads we travel, the buildings we occupy and the signs we read all serve as both background and performer.  Hidden within a cracked section of pavement, a rust-stained dumpster or colorful graffiti are stories.  By peeling back some of the extraneous layers of this urban fabric, my series of paintings invite the viewer to become a creative collaborator in assembling these stories.

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EDUCATION

1998 B.F.A. The Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA.

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007 Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA.

2006 Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA.

2004 Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, WA.

2003 Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, WA.

2002 Jay Dotson Studio, Seattle, WA.

2002 Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, WA.

2002 Paramount Cafe, Seattle, WA.

1999 Bergen M.F.A. Gallery, Savannah, GA.

1998 Gallery Lumiere, Savannah, GA.

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008 Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA.

2007 dba256 Gallery, Pomona, CA.

2007 Alexis Hotel, Seattle, WA.

2006 SAM Gallery, Seattle, WA.                                                                                      

2006 Gage Academy, Washington State Convention and Trade Center, Seattle, WA.

2006 Northwinds Art Port Townsend Juried Exhibition, Port Townsend, WA.

2004 Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA.

2004 Enumclaw Arts Commission Juried Exhibition, Enumclaw, WA.

2003 Enumclaw Arts Commission Juried Exhibition, Enumclaw, WA.

2003 Savannah Gallery, Atlanta, GA.

2003 Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, WA.

2002 Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, WA.

2001 Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, WA.

2001 Bemis, Seattle, WA.

2001 Genema Gallery, Atlanta, GA.

                           

AWARDS

2006 Artist Trust GAP Grant (World Trade Center Project)

2004 Puget Sound  Energy Purchase Award, Enumclaw Arts Commission

2003 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant (World  Trade Center Project)

2003 First Prize, Enumclaw Arts Commission

 

PUBLICATIONS AND APPEARANCES

2007 New American Paintings Issue 73, The Open Studios Press

2006 Exhibition review by Judy Wagonfeld, Seattle Post Intelligencer,1.20.06, p.31

2005 Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Artist Survival Skills Panel Discussion, 5.05

2003 Exhibition review by Gary Faigin, NPR Station KUOW Seattle, 2.25.03

2000 The Savannah Sketchbook, Design Press Publishers                 

 

COLLECTIONS

King County Public Art Collection

MacQuarie Real Estate Financial Inc. of Australia

City of Seattle Portable Works, Seattle, WA.

American Life Inc. of Seattle and New York

Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA.

City of Enumclaw, WA.

Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA.

The Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA.