Artist Statement:
I am interested in how people communicate: effectively and ineffectively. Communication is the one thing that binds us all together, the one common thread that must continue. Without communication what else do we have? When making work I am interested in the certain moments that communication or lack of communication occur and interpreting those moments through mark. What interests me most is when the marks that emerge on the page overlap and meld with the marks below or on top and create their own type of mark, something that I had not planned. My work is a mix of intuitive and deliberate mark making paired with the spontaneity that occurs when these marks overlap.
Education:
2008 - MFA, Towson University, Concentration: Painting
2006 - BA, West Virginia Wesleyan College, Concentration: Intermedia, Minor: Business
Awards & Distinctions:
2011, Visiting Artist Award, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA
2010, Artist's Grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Professional/Teaching Experience:
Present - 2007 Adjunct Professor, Northern Virginia Community College, University of Mary Washington, Towson University
Courses taught: Introduction to Printmaking, Printmaking for Non-Art Majors, Design for Non-Art Majors, Drawing I, Painting I, Fundamentals of Design I
2010 - 2009 Coordinator of College Exhibitions, Corcoran College of Art + Design, Washington, DC
Exhibitions:
2012 - Crowded Spaces (Solo), University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA
2011 - Engulfed (Solo), McDaniel College, Westminster, MD
2010 - Deconstructed (Solo), Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center, Frederick, MD
Artistic Influences:
Julie Mehretu, Brice Marden, Reed Danziger, Jill Moser, Creighton Michael, Judy Pfaff
Artist Tags:
line, energy, color, movement, communication
