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My journey as an artist began as a child and has never ceased. Like the flow of a
river, sometimes moving
so slow that a fallen leave remains afloat, seemingly unmoving. Other
times, the river moves in an excited rush
to get to a place unknown.
When I begin a piece of work, I feel as if I'm walking through a door not knowing what is on the other side. I
am carried away on an adventure. As the adventure comes to an end, my feelings are a mixture of sadness and relief.
The journey is over for now until I begin again.
" When the artist has trained herself sufficiently, her hand takes on a life of its own, as she moves to create
from her inner self; the balance between her conscious control, her heart, hands and head renders her without willful
ego, but now with only an expressive soul"
Mary Hopkins
Mary Hopkins has stated it so well. For me, as an artist, the spiritual senses have perception, conception, and
realization. |
Education
University of Illinois, Chicago
Workshops and Classes:
Mark Polomchack,
Fred Holly
Kathy Los Rathburn
Gerrie Govert
Henry Bell
Joe Fettingis
Helen Burkett
Stephen Blackburn
Disciplines
Watercolor
Pencil
Gallery Representation
Chesterton Art Center, Chesterton, IN
Hobart Arts League, Hobart, IN
Exhibitions
2006 South Shore 63rd Annual Juried Exhibition, South Shore Arts,
Munster, IN
2006 Art Comp, Juried Exhibition, Chesterton Art Center, Chesterton, IN
2006 Chesterton Woman's Club, Chesterton Art Center, Chesterton, IN
2005 Chesterton Woman's Club, Chesterton Art Center, Chesterton, IN
2005 Artist Place, Valparaiso, IN
2005 Vogt Visual Arts Center, Tinley Park, IL
2004 Vogt Visual Arts Center, Tinley Park, IL
2004 Art Comp, Juried Art Exhibition, Chesterton Art Center, Chesterton, IN
2004 " Flowers and Showers" Juried Art Exhibition,
Valparaiso Art Academy and Gallery, Valparaiso, IN
2004 Chesterton Woman's Club * Third Place and Honorable Mention Awards* Chesterton Art Center, Chesterton, IN
Sizes are image sizes, unmatted and unframed. They will be shipped with mattes only. |