I have a love/hate relationship with the cities in which I’ve lived. Everywhere I look, evidence of planning and structure exists simultaneously with chaos and unpredictability. Depending on the time of day, there are two worlds that exist in the same physical space: streets that appear gritty, dirty and depressing by day turn into an environment infused with a strange kind of lush, dark beauty and romance at night. Taking it all in can be both stressful and exciting, and I feel compelled to capture these moments and remember them.

What interests me most is the junction between sensation and fact—the way different objects come together, a combination of colors, lines and geometric shapes working together in a lyrical fashion to form intensely vivid, sometimes quite abstracted compositions. The origin of individual shapes becomes unimportant as color and texture take over, and different emotions emerge.

My paintings are the beginning of a story—a space that is somewhat recognizable and familiar, but leaves room for the story of the viewer’s choosing. Whether it feels magical and beautiful, or oppressive and ominous, that’s up to the viewer; but the plan is to take people to another place, one that’s part memory and part imagination, and provide them with a momentary escape.

I seek visual harmony, order and polish—in a tumultuous world, these are the things that keep me balanced, and they are the tools for my escape. I choose to pursue beauty.

Biography:

Education

2003-2005 MFA with Academic distinction, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn NY

2001-2003 Academy of Art College, San Francisco CA
1986-1990 BA in Art & English Lit, Smith College, Northampton MA

Selected Exhibitions

2008

Times Like These, a preview show at La Familia Gallery, Seattle, WA

Urban Eye, solo show at Allen Sheppard Gallery, New York, NY

Love is a Battlefield, group show at Bherd Studios, Seattle, WA

Addicted to Art, PONCHO Fine Art Auction, Seattle, WA

Group Exhibition, Ace Studios Gallery, Seattle, WA

The Round, Fremont Abbey Arts Center, Seattle, WA

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