Create something everyday.
I can wax nostalgic for hours, so without my paintings, I’d just be an annoying person who spends too much time and money on toys from eBay.
Instructions for living a life:
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it.
–Mary Oliver
I try to live and paint like this.
I paint from a sense of nostalgia and joy. My focus on playful subject matter intends to reflect my sense of humor and desire to create memories of gratitude and fun. Today, play, joy and fun are often neglected for busyness, work, and worry. I’d like to counter the idea that life must be worrisome and busy to be valid. I work in the still-life tradition and paint carefully and with deliberation in the hope that others will find that sense of joy through my work.
Education
2006-2008 Gage Academy of Art , Seattle, WA
Travel
48 countries including four years residency in West Africa.
Exhibitions
2010
Upcoming: Buckman Show and Sell benefiting Buckman Arts School. March 12-13, 2010.
2009
December artist* at Fresh Pot in Powell’s Books on Hawthorne.
regularly exhibited on DailyOriginal.com
March 2009, “Playful Nostalgia”, Mash Tun, Portland, OR*
November 2008, “Playful Paintings”, Kuma Coffee, Seattle, WA*
October-December 2008, “Face Forward”, Anne Focke Gallery, Seattle City Hall, Seattle, WA
November 2008, Atelier Group Alumni Show, Art&Soul Ballard, Seattle, WA
April 2008, Recent Paintings, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, WA*
Born April 12, 1977 in Huntsville, Alabama.
