My subject is movement, energy, and change.
The act of creating a painting sometimes begins with a meditation. Then comes the flow of energy carried by the paint onto the silent receptive surface.
I often shut my eyes in order to feel this flow more intensely. The energy guides my hand until surface and paint pass through the transformative process. Space, time, and movement are born, revealing the archtypal forms, half hidden in the maze of marks and colors. It is a journey of discovery, simultaneously playful and mystical. A face may appear, or a flock of birds. Or the marks may remain in their primeval condition, before the coming of named things.
Everything is in a state of change. Nothing is fixed or certain.
EDUCATION
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
| 2008-2010 | - Studio Artist, The Jacksonville Center for the Arts, Floyd, VA
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| 2008 | - “From There to Here,” Alleghany Highlands Arts & Crafts Center, Clifton Forge, VA, solo exhibition |
| - Studios on the Square, Roanoke, VA, solo exhibition | |
| - “Art Gala at the Link,” O. Winston Link Museum, Roanoke, VA, invitational exhibition | |
| - “6th Annual New Works Exhibit,” The Jacksonville Center for the Arts, Floyd, VA, juried exhibition
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| 2007 | - Olin Hall Gallery, Roanoke College Biennial, Salem, VA, juried exhibition, Honorable Mention Award |
| - “Perception is Reality,” WVTF Art Gallery, Roanoke, VA, two-person exhibition | |
| - “My Self: The Manifestation of an American Psyche,” Jefferson Center, Roanoke, VA, invitational exhibition | |
| - “New River Art 2007,” Perspective Gallery, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA, juried exhibition, Award of Distinction
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| 2006 | - The Transcendental Arts Council’s Energy Explosion Artists’ Tour, Martinsburg, WV |
| - Gallery By the James, Buchanan, VA, solo exhibition | |
| - “Gather to Gavel,” Mill Stone Gallery, Fincastle,VA
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| 2005 | - “Unity in Diversity,” The Willendorf Group, Studios on the Square, Roanoke, VA |
| - Mallory Gallery, Berkeley Springs, WV | |
| - “Small Works Invitational,” Mill Stone Gallery, Fincastle, VA
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| 2004 | - Formation of the Willendorf Group with three other artists, showing in various venues in Roanoke, VA
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| 2003 | - Arts Council of the Blue Ridge, Roanoke, VA, solo exhibition
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| 2002 | - “After 9/11,” Jefferson Center, Roanoke, VA |
