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Raven and Buffalo 7 featured on the cover of Southwest Art magazine, January 2008
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Solo Exhibitions
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2010 |
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Haven, Giacobbe Fritz Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
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2009 |
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Talisman, Giacobbe Fritz Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
Talisman, Howard/Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA
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2008 |
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Instinct and Insight, Giacobbe Fritz Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
Icon, Howard/Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA
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2007 |
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Road Trip with Raven, Gallery Fraga, Bainbridge Island, WA
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2006 |
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New Paintings, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, WA
New Paintings, Gallery North, Edmonds, WA
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Juried Exhibitions, Invitationals and Awards
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2010 |
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Westen Visions, National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, WY
Birds in Art 2010, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI
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2009 |
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Masters of Influence Invitational, Lovetts Gallery, Tulsa, OK - Patrons Award
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2007 |
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Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR – Expressions West 2007, juror: Amy Pence-Brown, associate curator, Boise Art Museum – 2nd place purchase award
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2006 |
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Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR – Expressions West 2006, juror: Ed Musante, artist, Entry of Merit award
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2005 |
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Eastside Association of Fine Art, Bellevue, WA - 30th annual juried exhibition
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Selected Group Exhibitions
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2010 |
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Traditions in Transition, Kneeland Gallery, Ketchum, ID
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2009 |
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Artists of the Northwest, Mountain Shadow Gallery, Tucson, AZ
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2008 |
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Boston International Fine Art Show, Boston, MA
What Does Compassion Look Like, Friesen Gallery, Seattle, WA
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2007 |
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Birds of a Feather, Gallery Fraga, Bainbridge Island, WA
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2006 |
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One Four Two Six, Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, WA,
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2005 |
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Jackson Street Studios Group Show, Gallery Fraga, Bainbridge Island, WA
Gage Academy of Art Alumni Exhibition, Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, WA
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Representation
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
Publications
American Art Collector, August 2009, pp. 132 - 135
Santa Fean, August/September 2009, pp 135
Western Art Collector, May 2008, pp. 116 - 121
Santa Fean, April/May 2008, pp. 66
Western Art and Architecture, Spring/Summer 2008, pp. 156
Southwest Art, January 2008, pp. cover, 61, 87
Focus Santa Fe, August, 2007. pp. 20 - 21
American Art Collector, July 2007, pp. 106
Collections
The Woodmark Hotel, Kirkland, WA
Seattle University, Seattle, WA
Horizon House, Seattle, WA
Southern Oregon Communitty College Foundation, Coos Bay, OR
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 - it becomes a Talisman charged with energy intended for the benifit of the bearer.
Stylistically, my work is grounded in realism and inspired by the graphic and iconic images of painters N.C. Wyeth and John Nieto. The atmospheric aesthetic of the Hudson River school painters, expecially Thomas Moran, 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 more contemporary work. Nathan Oliveira has had a particularly strong influence in this regard.
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