ABOUT THE ARTIST
Architect by day and artist by night, I am based in Lakewood, Colorado and have been painting with watercolor since 2000. I enjoy creating paintings that have a real sense of texture to them. By using salt, wax, and scarring to manipulate the paper and paint, I create abstract works that rely on the interaction of controlled mark-making and chance.
In 2011, I developed sensory neuropathy, a condition that makes my nerves overactive. The textures in my art represent the sensations I feel in my nerves; my physical interaction with the paper is an expression of what happens beneath my skin. While nobody else can see or experience these sensations in the ways that I do, I try to visually articulate them by bringing them to the surface of my art. I feel that the texture one is drawn to in a painting is a reflection of the impressions that life has left on their soul.
Watercolor has taught me focus and patience, and continues to be a form of meditation that helps me cope with circumstances beyond my control. When working with a medium that uses water, one must give up a certain level of authority and appreciate the effects of chance. However, through practice and experimentation, colors and their relationship to one another are carefully chosen. When I discover exciting color combinations from my daily interactions with nature and the built environment, I recreate them in my palette and let their unique personalities guide my paintings compositionally. The time spent creating my paintings, composing their colors and weaving the layers of textures into them, has brought light back into a life that I once thought would be destined for darkness.
CURRICULUM VITAE
education
2004
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Bachelors of Architecture
2003
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Bachelors of Arts in Architecture
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
“Discovering Home” Lakewood Arts / Lakewood, CO
2022
“Comfort in Chaos” Plasteel Frames and Gallery / Seattle, WA
“Shifting Patterns” Studio 103 / Seattle, WA
2021
Third Culture Coffee / Seattle, WA
2020
Cafe Cesura / Bellevue, WA
2019
New Seasons Market / Mercer Island, WA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
SeeSaw Gallery 2024 ‘Chromatic Visions: An Exploration in Abstraction” / Englewood, CO
40 West Gallery 2024 ‘Dreamland" Exhibition” / Lakewood, CO
40 West Member Showcase /. Lakewood, CO
Center for the Evergreen Arts 12x12x12 Small Works Show / Evergreen, CO
WCACO Mermber Show Niza Knoll Gallery / Denver, CO
Lincoln Gallery National Fine Art Show / Loveland, CO
WCACO Member Show, NEXT Gallery / Lakewood, CO
D’Art 360 Degrees - Looking at the Last Year Exhibition / Denver, CO
The Space Between Exhibition, The LAB on SANTE FE /. Denver, CO
41st All Colorado Art Show, Curtis Center for the Arts / Greenwood Village, CO
Colorado Women’s Museum Group Show, D’ART Gallery / Denver, CO
RemainReal Gallery ‘90’s Nostalgia’ Exhibition / Denver, CO
The BRDG Project ‘Seed’ Exhibition / Denver, CO
2023
Lakewood Arts ‘Abstractum - Fractal’ Exhibition / Lakewood, CO (FIrst Place Ribbon)
Center for the Arts Evergreen 2023 “Touch & Go Exhibition” / Evergreen, CO
40 West Gallery 2023 ‘Community" Exhibition” / Lakewood, CO
40 West Gallery 2023 ‘Mud Season’ Exhibition / Lakewood, CO
CORE ART SPACE “Rose Colored Glasses” Exhibition / Lakewood, CO
40 West Gallery 2023 ‘Oceans of Longing’ Exhibition / Lakewood, CO
D’art Gallery WCACO ‘Atmosphere’ Exhibition / Denver, CO
WCACO Member Show 931 Gallery / Denver, CO
RemainReal Gallery ‘Mental Health’ Exhibition / Denver, CO
Lakewood Arts ‘Artist Choice’ Exhibition / Lakewood, CO
2022
40 West Gallery 2022 ‘Texture’ Exhibition / Lakewood, CO
27th Annual Gateway to the Rockies Art Show / Aurora, CO
Thrive Workplace at Ballpark / Denver, CO
Kirkland Fine Art Center’s In Comfort of Chaos / Kirkland WA
Studio 103 “AROUND THE SQUARE” / Seattle, WA
311 Gallery’s All Abstract Show / Raleigh NC
2021
Port Angeles Fine Art Center Chasing Shadows Show / Port Angeles WA
Shoreline Arts Festival Online Art Show / Seattle WA
Plasteel Frames and Gallery / Seattle WA
Columbia City Gallery “Shifting Tides” / Seattle WA
Fushion Art “7th Annual Colorful Abstractions” / Palm Springs CA
Jansen Art Center “2021 Winter Juried Exhibit” / Jansen WA
2020
Studio 103 “AROUND THE SQUARE” / Seattle, WA
Shoreline Arts Festival Online Art Show / Seattle WA
Port Angeles Fine Art Center Well+Being Show / Port Angeles WA
10x10x10Tieton / Tieton WA
Watercolor Artist of Sacramento Horizons / WASH 42nd Annual Open Exhibition “Go with the Flow 2020"
SAP Art Gallery Pop-up / Kirkland WA
2019
OK Underground ‘PIONEER SQUARE ART WALK” / Seattle, WA