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Born and raised in kitschy old Florida about 40 years before the
turn of the century, I grew up going to pro-wrestling matches,
eating tongue and ketchup sandwiches on Wonder Bread and attending
Brownie meetings with my best friend Tina. When one day Tina’s
beloved calico cat Pebbles crawled into the warm clothes dryer for a
nap, Tina’s mom sent Pebbles spinning to her death. Even as I
consoled my bereft buddy, I could see the humor in the tragedy,
after all, did Pebbles not go “Bam-Bam”? Happily, I possessed the
wisdom not to laugh out loud, but learned from the experience to
appreciate that each of us has a our own reality and that Truth
can be an elusive beast spinning about in a Kenmore.
In my work I explore the out of focus areas of the modern world
both public and private, by showing scenes fraught with
incongruities and conflict. Do you see Botox or botulism?
Supermodels or the starving? Fun fair laser tag or a war-ravaged
neighborhood? Domestic bliss or indentured servitude? Using
compositions that are created much like waking dreams, each non
linear narrative is rarely singular in subject and is usually both
humorous and unsettling. I employ many symbols, some personal, some
universal, and am interested in the blurring that can occur between
a symbol and the thing that it symbolizes, as well as in emotional
responses to color and the effects of color juxtaposition. Like
representational inkblots, my pictures probably won’t cure to what
ails, but may well be an amusing tool for diagnosis.
Education:
1984, BFA cum laude,
Mount Holyoke
College, South Hadley, MA
Exhibitions:
2008
Good Intentions, Matrix Fine Art, Albuquerque, NM
2007
Overture, Matrix Fine Art, Albuquerque, NM
2005
Transitions, Albuquerque Contemporary 2005,
Albuquerque, NM. Juried
group exhibit.
Katrina Lasko Gallery,
Bernallio, NM. Group
exhibit.
2004
Katrina Lasko Gallery,
Bernallio, NM. Solo and
group exhibit.
Texas National 2004, Stephen F. Austin State University.
Nacogdoches,TX. Juried group exhibit.
2003
Coleman Gallery,
Albuquerque, NM. Group
exhibit.
2002
Coleman Gallery,
Albuquerque, NM. Two
person and group exhibit.
Magnifico!, Albuquerque Museum,
Albuquerque, Nm. Juried group exhibit.
2001
Coleman Gallery,
Albuquerque, NM. Group
exhibit.
La Luz De Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. Group exhibit.
2000
Coleman Gallery,
Albuquerque, NM. Group
exhibit.
Coleman Gallery,
Albuquerque, NM. Solo
exhibit.
Texas National 2000, Stephen F. Austin State University.
Nacogdoches,TX. Juried group exhibit.
1999
Magnifico!, Albuquerque Museum,
Albuquerque, NM. Juried group exhibit.
Plan B Gallery,
Santa Fe, NM. Group
exhibit.
Coleman Gallery,
Albuquerque, NM. Solo
exhibit.
1998
Coleman Gallery,
Albuquerque, NM. Group
exhibit.
Texas National 98, Stephen F Austin State University. Nacogdoches,TX.
Juried group exhibit.
FAC Annual, Fine Arts Center,
Lubbock, TX. Juried group exhibit.
1997
Coleman Gallery,
Albuquerque, NM. Group
exhibit.
Coleman Gallery,
Albuquerque, NM. Two
person exhibit.
1996
Tartan Pony Gallery,
Santa Fe, NM. Group
exhibit.
AleRT, various sites,
Albuquerque
and Santa Fe, NM. Juried group exhibit.
Southwest '96,
Museum of Fine Arts,
Santa Fe, NM. Juried group exhibit.
1995
Coleman Gallery,
Albuquerque, NM. Group
exhibit.
Harwood Center Gallery,
Albuquerque, NM. Two person exhibit.
1994
Love Objects, Salt Of The Earth, Albuquerque, NM. Group exhibit.
1993
Women Artists '93, Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, CA. Juried group
exhibit. Merit award recipient.
Java Joe's, Albuquerque, NM. Solo
exhibit.
Visions of Excellence,
Albuquerque, NM. Juried group exhibit. Merit award recipient.
1992
What's It To Ya, San Francisco, CA. Group exhibit.
1990
Bristol City Museum, Bristol, England. Juried group exhibit.
Clifton Arts Club, Bristol, England. Juried group exhibit.
1987
Nightingale Theatre,
Brighton, England.
Screening of independent film-makers.
1986
Brighton Gallery of Fine Arts, Brighton, England. Group exhibit.
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