statement

I am a student.
Painting is my teacher.
And the only real lesson
to be learned is that
Beauty
is not in the eye of the beholder.
It is everywhere.

bio

born: 1962, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

education

University of Wisconsin-Madison, MFA, 1991
St. Cloud State University, MA, 1989
St. Cloud State University, BFA, 1988

selected awards/honors

Merit Award, 20" x 20", LSU Student Union Art Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA, 2011
4th Place Medal, Biennale Internazionale dell‚ Arte Contemporanea, 2003
5th Place Medal, Biennale Internazionale dell‚ Arte Contemporanea, 2001
Individual Visual Arts Fellowship, Arizona Commission on the Arts, 2000

selected publications

Landi, Ann "The Best Underrated Artists," ARTnews, (September 2010) 96-103
Sasse, Julie "Trouble in Paradise," Trouble in Paradise: Examining Discord between Nature and Society, Published by the Tucson Museum of Art (2009) 132-133
Highton, Luke and James, Sarah  "Leipzig: The City According to Art," Art Review, (January 2008) 83-89
Rubin, David  "Birdspace: A Post-Audubon Artists Aviary," Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, LA

selected solo or two-person exhibits

Stark Gallery, Xavier Academy, Phoenix, AZ, 2009
Archiv Massiv, Leipziger Baumwoll Spinnerei, Leipzig, Germany, 2007
Circa Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, 2007
Studio Lodo/Phoenix Center for Contemporary Art, Phoenix, AZ, 2005

selected group shows

Manifest Creative Research and Drawing Center, Out of the Gray, Cincinnati, OH, 2012
LSU Student Union Art Gallery, 20"x20"x20", Baton Rouge, LA, 2011
Coconino Center for the Arts, Night Visions IV, Flagstaff, AZ, 2011
Tucson Museum of Art, Trouble in Paradise, Tucson, AZ, 2009