Statement

My work is an exploration of nature—my attempt to describe the natural world that influences me.
But at the same time, I’m making paintings, and my thesis so to speak, is about paint: not skies and water, trees and clouds. A natural deconstruction of imagery takes place in the rendering, a break with the literal. By allowing the medium to emerge—flowing marks, moving paint, surface textures— I am approaching an interpretation of the sublime in nature.

Nature doesn’t care whether we look or not. The most awe-inspiring visual moments in the landscape: sunrise and sunset for example, can appear the most trivial when painted. Finding a language to describe my discoveries, to lead a viewer to see these intimate details, is the goal of my work.

Bio

Education

BFA in Painting from Indiana University; currently lives in Leelanau County in Traverse City, Michigan with her family.

Exhibitions

2008

Nature Interpreted, Group Show, Emily Amy Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Art in Embassies collection, Kinchasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

2007

Sryker Foundation collection, Kalamazoo, MI

2006

Two-Person Exhibition, Water Street Gallery

Northwest Michigan Regional Exhibition, Dennos Museum Center

2004

First Place, 24th Annual Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey, MI

One-Person Exhibition, Michigan Artists Gallery, Suttons Bay, MI

2002

One-Person Exhibition, Water Street Gallery, Saugatuck, MI

One-Person Exhibition, Lake Street Studios, Glen Arbor, MI

2001

Honorable Mention, International Society of Experimental Artists, Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City

Honorable Mention: Oils & Acrylics, A Juried Show, Traverse Area Arts Council

Group Exhibition, Landscapes of Community, Dennos Museum Center

2000

Group Exhibition, Seven, Parallel Arts Gallery, Northport, MI

Group Exhibition, Landscapes of Community, Dennos Museum Center

1998

Second Place: All-Media Show, Traverse Area Arts Council

1996

First Place: All-Media Show, Traverse Area Arts Council

Regional Exhibition, Dennos Museum Center. Juror: MaryAnn Wilkinson, Detroit Institute of Arts

Press

Traverse Magazine, 11/04

"…the artist looks for distant, sweeping vistas which she likes to contrast with small, intimate, abstract details. She achieves a tactile quality by sanding the panels which reveals the painting process in layers beneath."