BIOGRAPHY
Graduate of East Carolina University, BFA, Painting
EXHIBITIONS & AWARDS
2008, upcoming, Huntsville Museum of Art Gala, Huntsville, AL
2007, Exhibit, Ellis West Gallery, Durango, CO
2007, Exhibit, Red Sky Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2006, Exhibit, Ellis West Gallery, Durango, CO
2006, Exhibit, Red Sky Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2006, Aquatics Show, Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC
2005, Spring Gallery Walk, Ellis Crane Gallery, Durango, CO
2004 January, Durango Art Center, Four Corner’s Commission
Juried exhibition
2004 Durango Chamber Resort Association,
Regional Art Award
2004 Durango Art Center, Annual Juried Exhibit
2004 one woman exhibit, Wild Sage Salon, Durango, CO
2003 & 2004 About A Bike, one woman exhibit, Durango, CO
2003 Durango Art Center, Annual Juried Exhibit
2002 Bike Art, one woman show, Steamworks, Durango, CO
1997, 1996. & 95 Durango Arts Center, Durango, CO
Annual Juried Exhibit
1987 Red River Fine Arts & Wine Festival, Red River, NM
1985 Invitational exhibit, CAA Museum, Kerrville, Texas
1984 & 1985, Annual Spring Festival of Fine Arts & Crafts;
Prescott, AZ Best of Show,
1984 One woman show of pencil drawings, Wickenburg Inn
1983 Wickenburg Desert Caballeros Museum, Wickenburg AZ,
Best of Show in 2 categories
1981 Rocky Mountain Institute of Art, Denver, CO
Three person Invitational show
1980 Boulder Art Assoc Regional Juried Art Exhibit
Her works reside in numerous public and private collections.
Currently represented by
Ellis West Gallery, Durango, CO
Red Sky Gallery in Charlotte, NC.
Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC
The Churchill Gallery, Newburyport, MA
Jules Place, Boston, MA
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ARTIST STATEMENT
I can’t remember a time when art was not the focal point of my life. It has been my constant
companion and driving force for nearly 50 years. I received a BFA in painting from East Carolina
University in 1977, but soon after embarked on a career as a graphic artist and illustrator. I
continued to paint throughout the next 25 years, but as I neared the age of 50, I made the
commitment to paint full-time.
In those early years I experimented joyously in style and medium. My subject matter usually
had its roots in realism, but I soon began flirting with abstraction and non-objective imagery.
My move into modernism is the direction that has been intriguing me, coaxing me, pulling and
finally pushing me forward for the last few years. The process is more demanding and filled
with chaotic magic, focusing on texture, tension and gesture. For me, abstraction is about
emotion. About sensing rather than just seeing... in the same way that music is felt and not
simply heard.
Working intuitively continues to feel more pure and powerful to me. The unreliabilty of the
process breeds excitement and mystery, and I’m often taken by surprise as the editing and
re-editing of the composition takes shape and begins to move of its own accord. This process,
combined with non-figurative imagery is where I find passion and integrity in my art. I also
sense an intimacy here between the viewer and the artist, going beyond shape or color or texture, and into a private and powerful visual narrative.
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