Raven and Buffalo 7 featured on the cover of Southwest Art magazine, January 2008

Solo Exhibitions
2008: Howard/Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA - icon
2008: Giacobbe-Fritz Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM - instinct and insight
2007: Gallery Fraga, Bainbridge Island, WA - road trip with raven
2006: Upstairs Gallery, Frame-It on Broadway, Seattle, WA – raven and buffalo
2006: Seattle Academy of Fine Art (now Gage Academy of Art), Rosen Gallery – new paintings
2006: Gallery North, Edmonds, WA – new paintings

Juried Exhibitions and Awards
2007: Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR – Expressions West 2007, juror: Amy Pence-Brown, associate curator, Boise Art Museum – 2nd place purchase award
2006: Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR – Expressions West 2006, juror, Ed Musante, artist Entry of Merit Award
2005: Eastside Association of Fine Art, Bellevue, WA - 30th annual juried exhibition

Group Exhibitions
2008: Friesen Gallery, Seattle, WA - What Does Compassion Look Like? - Seeds of Compassion Benefit
2007: Washington State Convention and Trade Center, Seatle, WA – One Four Two Six – Jackson Street Studios group show
2007: Gallery Fraga, Bainbridge Island, WA – birds of a feather
2006: Washington State Convention and Trade Center, Seattle, WA – Gage Academy of Art Instructor and Alumni Show
2005: Fraga Gallery, Bainbridge Island, WA - Jackson Street Studios group show
2005: Seattle Academy of Fine Art (now Gage Academy of Art), Seattle, WA – Alumni Exhibition

Associations
Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, WA – former president, board of directors
Represented in New Mexico by Giacobbe-Fritz Fine Art, 702 Canyon Road, Santa Fe, NM
Represented in Washington by Howard/Mandville Gallery 120 Park Lane Suite D Kirkland, WA
Represented in Washington by Gallery Fraga Bainbridge Island, WA

Bibliography
Western Art Collector, May 2008, pp. 116 - 121
Abatemarco, Michael, Santa Fean, April/May 2008, pp. 66
Western Art and Architecture, Spring/Summer 2008, pp. 156
Jackson, Devon, Southwest Art, January 2008, pp. cover, 61, 87
American Art Collector, July 2007, pp. 106
Mabry, Wolfgang, Focus Santa Fe, August, 2007. pp. 20 - 21

Collections
Seattle University, Seattle, WA
Horizon House, Seattle, WA
Southern Oregon Communitty College Foundation, Coos Bay, OR
Phil Smart Mercedes Benz, Seattle, WA

Education
2004 – 2005: Seattle Academy of Fine Art (now Gage Academy of Art)
1979 – 1980: Art Center College of Design

 
Artist’s Statement
Inspired by the wildlife and landscapes I encounter while travelling I return to my studio with insights about the world and about myself. Rather than faithfully documenting the flora and fauna, I strive to capture the feeling and emotions these trips provide. Each trip consists of both a journey through the outer world, and an inner journey where I learn more about my humanity, my spirit and the world inside. These paintings are about both worlds and how they relate.

Richly textured and developed using many layers of alternately opaque and translucent paint, strong graphic composition and bold colors combine to set the stage for realistically rendered animals, objects and landscapes. These are integrated with abstract elements and expressive brushwork reflecting the inner emotive world. I continue working until a balance between both worlds is achieved and the painting comes alive.

Stylistically, my work is grounded in realism, inspired by the graphic and iconic images of painters such as N.C. Wyeth and the landscapes and cloudscapes of Maxfield Parrish. The atmospheric aesthetic of Russell Chatham and the Hudson River painters often finds it way in to my work. But my desire to express emotion and to explore the unseen inner world calls me to integrate the expressive colors, shapes and mark-making found in contemporary abstraction.