Artist Statement:

I seek the remarkable in ordinary objects and everyday life. I do not paint with an agenda, to be relevant or for any specific audience but to find the simple beauty that is right in front of all of us.


My training focuses on skills learned and perfected through the age-old Atelier method – artistic instruction passed from instructor to student, melding academic draftsmanship with the influence of the French Impressionists.


I use only the finest materials – professional grade paint and Belgian linen – to create one of a kind heirloom-quality pieces. 

Training

Art Resume:

DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana — 1990 – 1994
  • Bachelor of Arts – Fine Arts Major
  • DePauw Art Grant Recipient:  1990 -  1994
  • Indiana Artist Award 1991
  • Peeler Art Award  1991
  • University of Texas Art Exchange 1992
  • Frank M. Howes Travel Grant Recipient – Byzantine Art 1993
  • Fritz Smith Memorial Art Award – 1994

The Atelier, Minneapolis, Minnesota — 2008 - 2014
  • 1 year part time study   
  • 5 years full time study

Angel Art Academy — 2012
  • Summer workshop with John Angel

Jeffrey T. Larson — 2011-2014
  • Workshops and monthly critiques with Jeff Larson through The Atelier

Douglas Flynt — 2015
  • Workshop

Katie Whipple - 2018
  • Workshop

Shows/Experience
Mural Painting, Minneapolis — 2002 – 2004
  • Numerous Private Residences
  • All Saints Lutheran Church, Minnetonka

The Atelier, Minneapolis — 2008 – 2014
  • Annual group shows

The River Tower Show, Minneapolis — 2011
 
Art-A- Whirl — 2015, 2016, 2017

MN Realists Hastings Art Center Show — 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

Art Attack — 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

Winona MN Reaslists Show - 2017, 2018

Studio Pintura Spring Floral Show - 2018

The Power of Water (Edina Art Center) - 2019

Studio Pintura Small Works Show - 2019