statement

As a society we are successively bombarded with random imagery, but we have adapted to compartmentalize this conflicting information.  In the realm of painting, however, the viewer inevitably searches for a relationship between arbitrary images before dismissing the combination for lacking substance.  My goal is to reward the viewer who seeks meaning.  The meaning will not reveal a singular narrative, but will offer multiple interpretations.  My paintings serve to engage the viewer as participant, rather than recipient.

bio

born: 1982, Wakarusa, Kansas

education

Fort Hays State University, MFA, 2008

Washburn University, BFA, 2004

selected awards/honors

37th Annual Smoky Hill Art Exhibition Merit Award, Hays Arts Center, 2006

Creative and Scholarly Innovation Grant, Washburn University, 2004

selected publications

Creative Convocation, Vol. 2, Issue 1, p. 46-48, 53, 2006

selected solo or two-person exhibits

Mimesis, 5.4.7. Arts Center, Greensburg, Kansas, 2010

Sight and Sound, Moss- Thorns Gallery, Hays, Kansas, 2008

selected group shows

64th Annual May Show, Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, Ohio, 2009

Washburn Art Alumni Exhibit, Mulvane Art Museum, Topeka, Kansas, 2008

Annual Smoky Hill Art Exhibition, Hays Arts Center, Hays, Kansas, 2008

FHSU Master of Fine Arts Invitational, Mercer Gallery, Garden City, Kansas, 2007