About

Statement

I am a self-taught visual artist working in mixed media and collage. My process is primarily intuitive. I rarely know how each piece will end up even when starting with a vague notion of what I want. I might begin with an idea of houses, trees, or an abstraction of colors, but it is the process that guides me. It’s an improvisation really, much like a musician jamming with other musicians. I let what unfolds on the substrate guide or redirect me. The various mediums I use are the instruments that help me experiment, resolve, and create my work. I love working with collage elements. I use my own hand painted papers, art papers, book pages, and cut up magazine images to cut, shape, layer, and texturize my work. Combined with acrylic paint, watercolor crayons, ink, pencils, and more, these all become the ingredients that help make the final image. 

BIO

I was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and after moving around the country, I currently reside in Fairhope, Alabama. I am a completely self-taught artist working in mixed media and collage. While I have often been engaged in various art and music endeavors over the years, many obstacles, both personal and outside, resulted in my never fully committing myself. However, around 2011 I tapped into a reinvigorated creative energy that had me refocusing my artistic efforts like never before.

I am an ongoing exhibiting member of the Eastern Shore Art Center in Fairhope, Al. In 2013 I received an Award of Merit at the Eastern Shore Art Center Members’ Juried Show. 

I have been in various juried group shows and have had 2 solo shows.

Solo shows:

• Paint - Cut - Paste Eastern Shore Art Center, Fairhope, Al. July 2021

• Evoking Imagined Places Eastern Shore Art Center, Fairhope, Al. July 2014