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Artist Statement
I enjoy making art. I am always energized and amazed at what can be created from a blank piece of paper or canvas. The process, the transformation from idea to art, that's what I love. I have enjoyed being a professional artist for over 20 years. I have worked as a fine art painter and a graphic designer since graduating college with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. I maintain a home studio and freelance graphic design business. Although I use a variety of art media, I concentrate on water media, specifically watercolor, acrylic and casein. My paintings explore the themes of nature, architecture and the human form. I enjoy using paint to express the abstract forms found in representational images. My subject matter becomes the framework within which I play with value, shape and color.
CV/Bio
Selected Exhibitions & Awards: 2022 Create! A Wisconsin Art Show, Kimberly, WI, Best of Show; 2022 Aqueous USA, Headley Whitney Museum, Lexington, KY, Bronze Award; 2022 Mid-Southern Watercolorists Juried Exhibition, Little Rock, AR, Cash Award; WVA NE Chapter group show, Kimberly WI, 2nd Place Award;2023 South Carolina Watermedia Society, Awarded Signature Status; 2021 March/April Artists Magazine, Over 60 Competition Winner; 2021 Create! A Wisconsin Art Show, Richeson School of Art & Gallery, Kimberly, WI, First Place Award; The Big Exhibit, North Shore Academy of the Arts, Grafton, WI, Best of Show for use of color and composition; artWORK: League of Milwaukee Artists Exhibition 2021, Grohmann Museum, Milwaukee WI, Third Place Award; 2020 Cape Cod Art Center National, Barnstable, MA, Watercolor Second Place; 39th Annual Michigan Fine Arts Competition 2020, Birmingham, MI, Alive in the Arts Exhibit 2020, Merchandise Award; Plymouth Arts Center,Plymouth, WI, Meritorious Award; Mid-Southern Watercolorists Juried Exhibition 2020, Galleries at Library Square, Little Rock, AR, Merchandise Award; 32nd Annual Northern Art Competition, Nicolet College Art Gallery, Rhinelander WI; 2019; NorthStar National Watermedia Juried Exhibition, Lakeville Area Arts Center, Lakeville MN, Merchandise Award; North East Watercolor Society 43rd Annual International Juried Exhibition 2019, The Gallery at Kent Art Association, Kent CT, Merchandise Award, Mid-Southern Watercolorists 2019 Juried Exhibition, Little Rock AR, Fisrt-timer Award; 2019 Waterworks, Plymouth Arts Center, Plymouth WI, Third Place Award; Pikes Peak Watercolor Society International Watermedia 2019, Colorado Springs CO; Red River Watercolor Society National Juried Exhibition 2019, Moorhead MN; Signature American Watermedia Exhibition 2019, Fallbrook Art Center, Fallbrook CA; 2019 NWWS Signature Exhibit, Washington State Convention and Trade Center, Seattle WA; Women’s Works 2019, Old Court House Arts Center, Woodstock IL; International Watermedia Exhibition 2018, Houston TX, Merchandise Award; Historic Cedarburg: Then and Now 2018, Cedarburg Art Museum, Cedarburg WI, Third Place Award; SCWS 2018 National Annual Exhibition, South Carrolina State Museum, Columbia SC; 2018 National Juried Exhibition, Cape Cod Art Center, Barnstable MA; 2018 Artful Women Show, UW Hospital Skylight Lounge Gallery, Madison WI; Confluence of Art Annual 2018, Pablo Center, Eau Claire WI; Watercolor Wisconsin 2018, RAM’s Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine WI; 2017 Artful Women Show, UW Hospital Skylight Lounge Gallery, Madison WI; R75 International Landscape, Seascape, & Architecture 2018, Richeson School of Art & Gallery, Kimberly WI, Second Place Award; 2017 Awarded Signature Status, Northwest Watercolor Society; 2017 Northwest Watercolor Society Waterworks Exhibit, Tsunga Fine Art Gallery, Bothell, WA, Daniel Smith Artists' Materials Award; 2017 Solo Exhibition, Avenue Art, Appleton WI; 2017 All Cape Cod Exhibition, Cape Cod Art Association, Barnstable MA;2017 Plymouth Alive in the Arts, Plymouth Arts Center, Plymouth WI; 2017 Pikes Peak Watercolor Society International Watermedia 2017, Colorado Springs CO; 2017 Water: The Essence of Life–WVA Invitational Exhibition, Alfons Gallery, Milwaukee WI; 2017 The Garden: An Artist’s Interpretation–Group Invitational, Miller Art Museum, Sturgeon Bay WI; 2016 Watercolor Wisconsin, RAM’s Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine WI; 2016 Figures of Speech, Anderson’s Center for the Arts, Anderson IN; 2015 Mississippi Watercolor Society 30th Grand National Exhibit, Arts Center of Mississippi, Jackson, MS; 2015 Signature American Watermedia Exhibition, Fallbrook Art Center, Fallbrook, CA; 2014 Northwest Watercolor Society Waterworks Exhibit, Tsunga Fine Art Gallery, Bothell, WA; 2014 Wisconsin Artists Biennial, Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, WI; 2012 Sunday in the Park, Neenah WI, Best of Show; 2012 Art in the Garden, Appleton WI, People's Choice Award; 2011 Art in the Garden, Appleton WI, First Place; 2010 Sunday in the Park, Neenah WI, People's Choice Award; 2009 Solo Exhibition, Wild Apple Gallery, Menasha WI; 2009 Solo Exhibition, Mosquito Hill Nature Center, New London WI; 2008 Illustrated and Published, The Monarch's Gift children's book; 2008 Solo Exhibition, Wild Apple Gallery, Menasha WI; 2008 Solo Exhibition, Exhibits at Evergreen, Oshkosh WI; 2008 Spirit of a Woman, Hang Up Gallery, Neenah WI, People's Choice Award; 2007 Northwest Watercolor Society Open Exhibition, Mercer Island, WA, Merit Award; 2006 Brush With Talent Exhibit, Jack Richeson Gallery, Kimberly WI, First Place Watercolor; Summer Juried Exhibition, Francis Hardy Galley, Door County WI, Accomplishment Award; Arb at the Art Center, Appleton Art Center, Appleton WI, Second Place Award; 46th Annual Beloit and Vicinity Juried Exhibition, Wright Museum of Art, Beloit WI; Annual Regional Juried Exhibition, Lemon Street Gallery, Kenosha WI; 21st Annual Secura Fine Art Juried Exhibition, Secura Insurance, Appleton WI, First Place Award.
Education/professional associations: Signature Member: Northwest Watercolor Society, South Carolina Watermedia Society, Mid-Southern Watercolorists, Wisconsin Watercolor Society; Professional Member: Wisconsin Visual Artists, League of Milwaukee Artists; Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree
Education/professional associations: Signature Member: Northwest Watercolor Society, South Carolina Watermedia Society, Mid-Southern Watercolorists, Wisconsin Watercolor Society; Professional Member: Wisconsin Visual Artists, League of Milwaukee Artists; Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree
