About
BIO
As Artist and Graphic Designer, I have been creating work for over 25 years. In this current body of work, I use Lacquer as the medium because of the intense colors,
surface texture, and unique blending abilities.
The series developed from a trip to Alaska many years ago. A riverbed located in the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve where water, rich in iron, had dripped onto a section of rocks and left circles of rich blues, rusty oranges and smoke grays. The natural coloration and circular patterns, created by the constant dripping, was intriguing. My imagination was further sparked by the prospect of using an uncommon medium, lacquer. Finally the graphic and fine artist blended.
Koi Series: Koi have always been a favorite of mine. Their rich colors and graceful form always strike me as something beautiful and peaceful. The eight-panel piece has been a two-year project. It’s done in a pointillist style and each panel can stand-alone or come together to form a whole composition.
Current work can be seen at:
Leawood Fine Art
11843 Roe Blvd., Leawood, KS 66211
Phone: 913-338-4999
SHOWS
Jurors Award – Overland Park – Art at the Center 2009. Juried by: Lewis Nerman, The Nerman Museum of Contempory Art and Prof. Ann Wiklund, The Univ. of Kansas
Plaza ART Fair 2008 – Exhibitor, Kansas City, MO
Dot Gallery – Kansas City First Fridays, Kansas City, MO 10/2007
Open Studios- Arts Incubator, Kansas City, MO 11/2007
Vintner’s Cellar- Kansas City, MO 07/2007
Open Studios- Kansas City, MO 10/2004
Art In The Center- Overland Park, KS 04/2004 JURIED
Kansas City Artist Coalition- Kansas City, MO 12/2003 JURIED
Juried by: Jan Schall, Sosland Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Gould Evans Goodman Associates- Kansas City, MO 10-12/2002 Solo Show
Art-O-Matic- Participant, Winston-Salem, NC 2002/2003
Open Studios- Arts Incubator, Kansas City, MO 2002
Hidden Glen Art Festival- Olathe, KS 2001 JURIED
New Works Gallery- Kansas City, MO 2001
Art In The Woods- Overland Park, KS 2001 JURIED
The Plaza Association – 7 banners-Kansas City, MO 1993/1994/1996
Shawnee Mission Medical Center Exhibit- Merriam, KS 1986-88
Photography- Shawnee Mission Medical Center Exhibits 1986-88 JURIED
COLLECTIONS
Sprint Corporate Headquarters, Overland Park, KS
Gould Evans Goodman, Kansas City, MO
KRON TV 4, San Francisco, CA.
Anthem Media, Overland Park, KS
Fana Collection- Chicago, IL
Individual Patrons
PROFESSIONAL
Overland Park Arboretum, Judge, Photography Contest, 2003 and 2005
Adobe Certified Instructor (ACI) Photoshop CS2
Graphic Consultant. Kansas Small Business Development Center, Since 2004
Instructor – Johnson County Community College
University of Denver, Publishing Institute
ASSOCIATIONS
Kansas City Artist Coalition
New Theatre Guild
AD Club of Kansas City
ASAD – Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
EDUCATION
University of Missouri- BA- Art and Art History
University of Maryland
William Woods University
University of Minnesota
MNU- Masters- Educational Technology
