Alas! my journey, rugged and uneven,
Through prickly moors or dusty ways must wind;
But hearing thee, or others of thy kind,
As full of gladness and as free of heaven,
I, with my fate contented, will plod on,
And hope for higher raptures, when life's day is done.

– William Wordsworth, Ode to a Skylark

Drawing for me has always been a process of internalization, a means by which what I am seeing can be run through my own mental filters, my biases, memories, desires and fears. Lately I have been interested in the transitory nature of memories in particular and how the cognitive functions of the brain compete with the underlying patterns of faith or spirituality. These drawings are both an attempt to capture something fleeting, memory in the act of dissolving and a question about what is left when that memory is gone.

 

born: 1970, Bothell, WA

education

University of California Davis, MFA
San Francisco Art Institute, BFA

selected publications

The Bird 2005, (Catalogue), 2005
Magnitude SEVEN, Manifest Volume 4, (Catalogue), 2005
The tingle of the Unexplained Series, St. Petersburg Times, issue 7/29/2004
Mixed Media, KET, episode #511, 2002

selected solo or two-person exhibits

New Work, Capitol Arts Center, Bowling Green, KY, 2005
Introductions, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA, 2001
2000 MFA Exhibition, Richard L. Nelson Gallery, Davis, CA, 2000

selected group shows

The Bird, Beijing Natural Culture Center, Beijing, China, 2005
Magnitude SEVEN, Manifest Creative Research and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2005
2004 Biennial Show, Brad Cooper Gallery, Tampa, FL, 2004
OH+5, The Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, OH, 2004