| Artist Profile |
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| MUSEUM SHOW: 2007 Blossom~Art of Flowers; An International Art Competition and Museum Exhibition, Premiere at Houston Museum of Natural Science, followed by two-year national museum tour. Selected as one of 61 finalists out of 1,742 entries from over 14 countries. |
| 2008 Sensational Norfolk Spring Arts & Crafts Show, Norfolk, VA 2007 An Old Norfolk Christmas Arts & Crafts Show, Norfolk, VA 2007 Sensational Norfolk Spring Arts & Crafts Show, Norfolk, VA 2006 An Old Norfolk Christmas Arts & Craft Show, Norfolk, VA 2006 Sensational Norfolk Spring Arts & Crafts Show, Norfolk, VA 2005 An Old Norfolk Christmas Arts & Craft Show, Norfolk, VA 2001 Yorktown Museum Gift Shop, Yorktown, VA 2001 Norfolk State University, Norfolk, VA 2000 Charles Taylor Art Center, Hampton, VA 2000 Roanoke Island Festival Park, Manteo, NC |
| AFFILIATIONS |
| Tidewater Art Alliance |
| ARTIST STATEMENT |
| Galleries |
| The shadows, light, and movement of an object are the hooks that draw me in to further study. While my favorite subjects tend to be organic, the dramatic light also inspires as it crosses the bends and folds of an interesting piece of statuary. I love the challenge of sculpting a three dimensional appearance in my drawings and paintings. My goal is to create a work of art that invites one to step into the scene and take a journey. When a viewer accepts this invitation and takes the trip wherever it may go, then I know that I've successfully shared the inspiration that hooked me in the first place. I am an abstract expressionist, who interprets reality into fantasy expressed in terms of shapes, structures, color, and light. To achieve this, I have developed my own interpretation of the pointillism technique most notably associated with the works of Georges-Pierre Seurat. I use oil pastels on canvas, and love the immediacy of the medium. Since oil pastels never truly dry, I seal each piece with multiple layers of polymer, thereby leaving the work unimpeded by the distortion of glass. It is then ready for the journey each viewer takes through my art. |
| PRIVATE COLLECTIONS |
| Roseville, CA Valley Lee, MD Clarkston, MI Raeford, NC Wilmington, NC Sparta, NJ Spring, TX Norfolk, VA Portsmouth, VA Virginia Beach, VA |
| JURIED SHOWS: |
| 2008 Stockley Gardens Spring Arts Festival, Norfolk, VA 2008 Free Spirit, Tidewater Art Alliance Juried Art Exhibition, Suffolk, VA 2008 Dare To Dream, Tidewater Art Alliance Juried Art Exhibition, Norfolk, VA 2007 Port Warwick Art & Sculpture Festival, Newport News, VA 2007 Seawall Art Show, Portsmouth, VA 2007 Stockley Gardens Spring Arts Festival, Norfolk, VA 2006 Tiny Treasures, Tidewater Art Alliance Annual Juried Miniature Exhibition, Norfolk, VA 2006 Seawall Art Show, Portsmouth, VA 2006 Stockley Gardens Spring Arts Festival, Norfolk, VA |
| SOLO SHOWS: |
| 2007 McCormack & Puryear Jewelers, Norfolk, VA 2006 Gateway Bank, Norfolk, VA 2006 Hi-Ho Silver, Norfolk, VA |
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