Member Biography

ARTIST STATEMENT

"Faces, people, cultures, integrity, pride, curiosity, survival and tradition–these are the driving forces in my work."

Art is a universal language through which one provokes thought and shares one’s emotions. When people who view my work see in the eyes and faces of these people what I have seen, then there is communication.

Good fortune has given me the opportunity to come face to face with people in many corners of the world; neighbors at our villa in Hanoi; local farmers on a trip across Tibet; Aeta hill-tribe people and jungle survival trainers in the Philippines; wedding guests in India; craftspeople of Thailand; powwow participants; and most recently Maasai herders and guides while on safari and climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro. Many of these faces will soon join those of the Aetas, Vietnamese, Thais, Chinese, Sikhs, Hindus, Native Americans, and American farmers in my continuing documentation of the sameness of our differences.

I received my formal artistic training at the University of Cincinnati where I earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts and Art Education in 1979. Throughout the late 70’s and early 80’s I explored and exhibited a range of media including soft sculpture, graphics and abstracts. In 1982 and 1983, while living in Boston, I developed and exhibited a unique body of paper weavings while exploring visual perception.

By mid-1984, I found myself living and working in Hong Kong where I resided for the following seven years. During that time, I traveled throughout Asia and was repeatedly captured by the depth, variety and language of faces I encountered. The result was a series of oil paintings which grew out of this kaleidoscope of cultures and colors. This series was exhibited in Hong Kong.

In 1991, I returned to the U.S. and once again took up residency in Washington State. In 1994 I had a solo museum exhibit at the Frye Art Museum in Seattle, WA, which allowed me to bring all these cultures together in one arena in the U.S. More recently my work has taken yet another direction—a series of works in progress of the Native American culture, Tibetans and Tanzanians.

My hope is that some day all cultures and races will be looked upon with equal value and respect and if in some small way my work aids this process, my mission is successful.

MUSEUM & SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009

• "Embracing Our Differences" - Northern New Mexico Art Gallery, Santa Fe, NM (December)

2007

• "International Portraits" - Solovei Gallery (April)

2006

• Boulder, CO–NCAR (National Center for Atmospheric Research) (July-August)

2001

• Lake Stevens, WA—City Hall Gallery (July-September)

1997

• Bellevue, WA—Enterprise Bank Sponsored Exhibit (February-April)

1994

• Seattle, WA—“Faces of Reality”—Frye Art Museum (January)

1987

• Hong Kong—“Moments in Asia”—Alvin Gallery (April)

1985

• Hong Kong—Nineteen 97 Gallery (June-July)

RECENT GROUP EXHIBITS

2010

• Farmington, NM – “Gateway to Imagination: A National Juried Competition" - Farmington Museum at Gateway Park (May-July)

2008

• Santa Fe, NM – “11th Annual Invitational Greeting Card Exhibit and Silent Auction" - Riva Yares Gallery (December 2008)

2007

• Santa Fe, NM – “Group Exhibit - Galerie Esteban (December - June)
• Tacoma, WA – Rebecca V Gallery - Grand Opening (March - May)

2006

• Seattle, WA - Women Painters of Washington Members Show" - Kirsten Gallery (October 2006)
• Chautauquah, NY - "49th Chautauqua National Exhibition of American Art" - Chautauqua Center for the Visual Arts (June- July)
• Farmington, NM – “Gateway to Imagination: A National Juried Art Competition” – Farmington Museum (May-July)
• Seattle, WA – “Women Painters of Washington: Celebration III” – Columbia Center Gallery (May-July)
• Chelsea, NY – “Divertimento” – Amsterdam Whitney Gallery – Three Person Exhibit (April-May)
• Denver, CO – "Faces & Places" - Wilson Adams Gallery - Two Person Exhibit (March-April)

2005

• Seattle, WA - "Women Painters of Washington" - Bank of America Gallery (October-December)
• Port Townsend, WA - "Art Port Townsend / Expressions Northwest" - Northwind Arts Center, Jefferson Arts Alliance and Port Townsend Arts Commission's 7th Annual Juried Art Exhibition (October)
• Bellevue, WA - "Women Painters of Washington 2005 Membership Show" - New Dimensions Gallery (October)

2004

• Anacortes, WA - "WPW Juried Exhibit" Depot Arts Center
• Renton, WA – "WPW Members Show" - Flamingo Gallery

2003

• Kirkland, WA—“WPW Members Show” —Lakeshore Gallery
• Ocean Shores—“Associated Arts of Ocean Shores 2003 Fine Art Juried Show”—Ocean Shores Convention Center
• Perry, FL—“2003 Progress Energy Florida International”—Main Street Galleries

2002

• Boise, ID—“First Annual Art Source Gallery Juried Art Exhibit”—Art Source Gallery
• Farmington, NM—“Northwest New Mexico Arts Council National Juried Art Show 2002”
  Farmington Museum at Gateway Park
• Germantown, TN—“Memphis/Germantown Art League’s Seventh National Juried Exhibition”—
  Germantown Performing Arts Center

2001

• Laredo, TX—“IX Annual International Juried Show”—Laredo Center for the Arts
• Soho, NY—“Faces of Reality”—Agora Gallery
• Chautauqua, NY—“44th Chautauqua National Exhibition of American Art”—Chautauqua Center for the Visual Arts
• Seattle, WA—“LINKAGES Human Figure 2001”—Fountainhead Gallery

AWARDS

2003

• Ocean Shores, WA—Honorable Mention—“Associated Arts of Ocean Shores 2003 Fine Art Juried Show”—Ocean Shores Convention Center

2002

• Germantown, TN —Merit Award— “Memphis/Germantown Art League’s Seventh National Juried Exhibition”—Germantown Performing Arts Center
• Farmington, NM—Honorable Mention— “Northwest New Mexico Arts Council National Juried Art Show 2002”—Farmington Museum at Gateway Park2001
• Chautauqua, NY—Bush Industries Award (Monetary Award)—“44th Chautauqua National Exhibition Of American Art”—Chautauqua Center for the Visual Arts
• Laredo, TX—Honorable Mention—“IX Annual International Juried Show”--Laredo Center for the Arts

CORPORATE & PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

• USA, Hong Kong, Philippines, Vietnam, France

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Oil Painters of America, Associate Member
• Women Painters of Washington, Member since 2001; Dues Chair 2002-06
• Frye Art Museum (Painting Demonstrator Feb 2001), Seattle
• Lake Stevens Arts Commission, Lake Stevens, WA - Arts Commissioner (2001-2)
  

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• Best of America Oil Artists, Volume II, pp 109-110, published Fall 2009 by Kennedy Publications
• "Santa Fean Magazine" June/July 2008 Art Issue, pp56-67, Top Talent -150 emerging, established, and most influentual artists chosen by collectors, curators and gallerists.
  

GALLERY REPRESENTATION

• Northern New Mexico Art Gallery, 142 Lincoln (at corner of Marcy), Santa Fe, NM 87501
• Note: CSH Gallery, LLC, previously located on Main Street in Scottsdale, AZ is now co-located with the artist's studio in Santa Fe, NM and on line at www.cshfineart.com

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