I began painting and exhibiting my artwork in my early teens, inspired by the wide-open landscapes of the high plains of the Texas Panhandle and the mountains of Northern New Mexico. After many years living in Marfa, Texas, I now reside in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
My diverse series of works all feature common elements: a love of color; obsessive, repetitive processes; and an intention for the works to be personal and relatable, creating moods such as joy or uneasiness.
Works in my current series of abstract paintings are immersive experiences in paint, color, and the gesture of thousands of obsessively applied small brushstrokes.
Paintings in my “Scenes” series are visual psychodramas – studies in the emotive effects of color and ambiguous spaces.
My “Garden” series depicts gardens as places of refuge, helping us forget about the chaos and misery caused by human beings’ baser qualities. Doing these paintings enhances my experience of the garden, enabling a deeper appreciation of the beauty that can result when we work with nature to cultivate harmony.
After attending Arizona State University on an art scholarship, I ultimately earned a BFA in Studio Art from the University of Texas at Austin, with additional post-graduate studies there and at the University of North Texas.
My work is included in numerous corporate and private collections, including Santa Fe’s former Lannan Foundation, and is represented by Rule Gallery (Marfa and Denver) and G2 Gallery (Santa Fe).
