Most of my work begins as a drawing, in varying degrees of finish. It is really only in the last year that I've had the confidence from showing paintings as finished pieces to now show drawings as finished work. I've found the way I work on the drawings forces me to commit to choices early on. My drawings have also been influenced by the way I paint and sculpt. I like the humbleness of drawings. They don't get the credit that oil paintings and bronze sculpture, but they can rival them for content. I like the fragility of drawing materials. I thinks its good for me to remember the imperminance and delicacy of paper and life.

 

born: 1980, Miami, Florida

education

Art Academy of Cincinnati, BFA

selected publications

Manifest volume 1, Manifest Press, 2005

selected solo or two-person exhibits

Handfuls of Something, Risch Gallery, Ft. Thomas, KY, 2004
The Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center, Covington, KY, 2003

selected group shows

Friends and Strangers, Global Lead Gallery, Cincinnati, OH 2006
Terrestrial Domains, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH 2005
Transitions, Gallery Salveo, Cincinnati, OH, 2004
Face to Face, Foundation Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, 2003