statement

The Form of Affection

I have three points to make:

1. The internal core, the pattern at the center of all life is as such:
Many distinct and diverse parts meet, interpenetrate, and
bind together into a relationally unified whole.
Communion, Coherence, Affection, Love

2. This norm is constantly threatened
Threatened by conflicts internal
Threatened by conflicts external

3. A vision of unity is relevant and poignant to the degree that
unity is vulnerable.

Each work I make is the form of affection, the shape, the texture, the color and tone of love.

bio

born: 1981, Moscow, Idaho

education

Pacific Northwest College of Art, BFA, 2004
Tyler School of Art, MFA, 2008

selected awards/honors

Meyer Oppenheim Prize, awarded for works included in "Royal Scottish Academy Open Exhibition" to an artist under the age of 35

selected publications

9th International Drawing Annual (INDA), Manifest Drawing Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2015 publication
5th International Painting Annual (INPA), Manifest Drawing Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2015 publication

selected solo or two-person exhibits

Froelick Gallery, The Form of Affection, Portland, Oregon, 2015
Gallery of Art Temple University Rome, The Piero Project: In-person Meditation in Color and Composition, Rome, Italy, 2014
Froelick Gallery, Common, Portland, Oregon

selected group shows

The Royal Scottish Academy, Royal Scottish Academy Open Exhibition, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2016
Prince Street Gallery 8th National Juried Exhibit, Prince Street Gallery, New York, New York, 2016
Washington Art Association, The Art of Painting, Washington Depot, Conneticut, 2015
First Street Gallery, First Street Gallery National Juried Exhibition, New York, New York, 2015