about the artist
I produce contemporary mixed-media paintings, working in an expressive, abstract manner. My pieces are distinctive in their use of layering, bold colors and appealing forms. The first layer I put down is never intended to be the last.
Each piece takes me on a personal journey of discovery. I start with a general concept but work directly with the piece to facilitate the release of its own truth. I enjoy the process of drawing and painting, making marks, putting down new layers over old, leaving pieces of the original layers showing through. The multiple approaches on this path are visible in the final piece, giving it a depth and complexity it would not otherwise have. Much like in our own lives we are the accumulation of the steps we take both right and wrong, it is the journey and the process which creates meaning.
I have exhibited in galleries in the Washington, DC area. My work is in private and public collections. I have a studio at the Gateway Arts Center at Brentwood. I was awarded a grant from the Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County two years in a row.
| resume | ||
| shows | ||
| 2022 | Bethesda Fine Arts Festival, Bethesda, MD | |
| 2021 | Bethesda Row Arts Festival, Bethesda, MD | |
| 2019 | The Mansion at Strathmore, North Bethesda, MD, "The Way Through", solo show | |
| 2018 | Artists & Makers Studios Gallery, Rockville, MD, "Journeys", solo show | |
| Bethesda Fine Arts Festival, Bethesda, MD | ||
| Rittenhouse Square Fine Arts Festival, Philadelphia, PA | ||
| Bethesda Row Arts Festival, Bethesda, MD | ||
| 2017 | The Gallery at Children's National Health System, Washington, DC, solo show | |
| Bethesda Fine Arts Festival, Bethesda, MD | ||
| Rittenhouse Square Fine Arts Festival, Philadelphia, PA | ||
| King Street Art Festival, Alexandria, VA | ||
| Artomatic, Crystal City, VA | ||
| 2016 | Stimson Center, Washington, DC, solo show | |
| National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD | ||
| Kramer Gallery, Silver Spring, MD, "Abstraction: From the Sky Down" | ||
| Rittenhouse Square Fine Arts Festival, Philadelphia, PA | ||
| Artomatic, Potomac, MD | ||
| 2105 | Artomatic, Hyattsville, MD | |
| Rittenhouse Square Fine Arts Festival, Philadelphia, PA | ||
| Bethesda Fine Arts Festival, Bethesda, MD | ||
| 2014 | BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD, “It’s Abstract” | |
| 39th Street Gallery, Brentwood, MD, Gateway Artists show | ||
| Bethesda Fine Arts Festival, Bethesda, MD | ||
| Rittenhouse Square Fine Arts Festival, Philadelphia, PA | ||
| 2013 | Space 7:10, Silver Spring, MD, solo show | |
| ArtMatters Gallery, Mt. Ranier, MD, “We the Artists” | ||
| Bethesda Fine Arts Festival, Bethesda, MD | ||
| Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival, Reston, VA | ||
| Cain Park Arts Festival, Cleveland, OH | ||
| McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA, MPAartfest | ||
| Bethesda Row Fine Arts Festival, Bethesda, MD | ||
| 2012 | Glenview Mansion Art Gallery, Rockville, MD, solo show | |
| Bethesda Fine Arts Festival, Bethesda, MD | ||
| McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA, MPAartfest | ||
| Bethesda Row Fine Arts Festival, Bethesda, MD | ||
| Artomatic, Crystal City, VA | ||
| 2011 | art matters gallery, Mt. Rainier, MD, "Still Lives: Accumulation of Meaning", solo show | |
| Gallery 555, Washington, DC, "Tis the Season" | ||
| Studio Gallery, Washington, DC, "Uncommon Boundaries Too" | ||
| McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA, MPAartfest | ||
| 2010 | DC Arts Center, Washington, DC, “1460 Wall Mountables” | |
| Brentwood Art Exchange, Brentwood, MD, “Artists of the Gateway Arts District” | ||
| 39th Street Gallery, Brentwood, MD, “Artists of the Gateway Arts Center” | ||
| 2009 | Artomatic, Washington, DC | |
| artdc gallery, Hyattsville, MD, “12x12” | ||
| The Gallery @ CNMC, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC, “Expect the Unexpected” | ||
| The Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA, Student/Faculty Show | ||
| Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance Charity Auction, Washington, DC | ||
| 2008 | Space 7:10, Silver Spring, MD, solo show | |
| Artomatic, Washington, DC | ||
| The Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA, Student/Faculty Show | ||
| DC Arts Center, Washington, DC, “1460 Wall Mountables” | ||
| 2007 | Metamorphosis Art Show, Arlington, VA | |
| Heliport Gallery, Silver Spring, MD, “20901, 20902, 20903, 20904, 20906, 20910” | ||
| Artomatic, Crystal City, VA | ||
| Art & Soul, Bethesda, MD, juried charity auction | ||
| The Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA, Student/Faculty Show | ||
| 2006 | Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC, 8th Annual All-Media Juried Exhibition | |
| Bethesda Artist Market, Bethesda, MD | ||
| 2004 | Artomatic, Washington, DC | |
| 2003 | The Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA, solo show | |
| The Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA, All-Media Membership Show | ||
| 2002 | Results Gallery, Washington, DC, solo show | |
| 2001 | Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC, Small Works Show | |
| JoAnne Rose Gallery, Reston, VA, 8th Annual Juried Exhibition of Fine Art | ||
| Community Art Exhibit, Silver Spring, MD | ||
| The Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA, All-Media Membership Show | ||
| The Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA, Student/Faculty Show | ||
| 2000 | Artomatic, Washington, DC | |
| The Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA, All-Media Membership Show | ||
| JoAnne Rose Gallery, Reston, VA, “Driven to Abstraction” | ||
| The Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA, American Landscape Show | ||
| DC Arts Center, Washington, DC, “1460 Wall Mountables” | ||
| The Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA, Student/Faculty Show | ||
| awards | ||
| 2017 | Residency at Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA), Amherst, VA | |
| 2016 | Recipient of a FY17 Grant to Individual Artists from the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County (AHCMC) | |
| 2011 | Recipient of a FY12 Grant to Individual Artists from the AHCMC | |
| 2010 | Recipient of a FY11 Grant to Individual Artists from the AHCMC | |
| education | ||
| 1999-2014 | Classes/workshops at the Art League School, Alexandria, VA | |
| 2001-2004 | Classes at Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD | |
| 1994 | Brown University, Providence, RI, Bachelor of Science | |
