Location: United States
I create non-figurative encaustic mixed media collages which usually have a cultural or political undercurrent. I derive inspiration by collecting found objects clippings, photos and anything unusual. I do not avoid recognizable objects. If I use them, they have been repurposed into a new reality or idea. Mostly, I am not making paintings of things. I am creating art objects, which are things in themselves.
While color, space, line and all the other elements and principles of design are intelligently addressed in my art, I am drawn to texture more than the others. I believe that texture adds interest, feelings, and emotion to my work. As I explore the visual and tactile surfaces, that automatically appear when you are painting with wax, often incorporating the real textures of collected objects, a visual richness serves to unify my body of work.
Biography
• BA in art at California State University, Northridge
• MA in education at California State University, San
Bernardino
• Art director for TV and motion pictures for five years
Credits
• Art teacher and school administrator retired
• Full-time artist, 2008 to present
• Taos Center for the Arts self-portrait juried group show.
January and February 2010
• ArtSlant Online Fine Art showcase awards January
February and March 2011
• Touchtone Gallery, Taos, NM, juried show, August
And September 2011
• Taos Fall Arts Festival, Taos, NM: Taos Select, juried art
show, October 2011
• I Have the Right, CSU, Dominguez Hills, Picture Art
Foundation juried group show November 2011–July 2012
• Tenth Annual Miniature Show and Sale,
Millicent Rogers Museum Taos, NM, February 2012
• LaGrange National XXVI Biennial, LaGrange Art Museum,
LaGrange, Georgia, juried group show February 10, 2012–
April 20, 2012
• Studio Visit magazine, juried acceptance, published 2012
• World Wide Art Books, juried acceptance, published 2012
International Contemporary Masters, Vol.V, juried
acceptance, published 2012
• Taos Fall Arts Festival, Taos, NM: Taos Select, juried art
show, October 2013
• Emerald Art Center, Annual Juried National Show,
Springfield. Oregon May1 to May 31, 2015
“ Time Flies Whether or Not Fun is involved”
Encaustic, Mixed Media. Self portrait 17" X 22"
Encaustic, Mixed Media. 22" X 22'
“ International Symbol of a Bear in Distress”
Encaustic, Mixed Media. 22" X 22"
Encaustic, Mixed Media. 22" X 22"
Acrylic, Mixed Media. 20" 26"
“ Shadows - George Bridge Taos, NM”
Oil on Canvas.
Oil, Collage
Encaustic Mixed Media 32" X 40"
This piece started to form when I was able to acquire the workings of a grand fathers clock. From there I explored many aspects of time that we experience every day.
24" X 24"
“ India Eyes”
“ Hands of Mud”
“Lest We Forget”
“ Kit carson”
“Class of 64”
“Making Time”
“Yes Virginia, Climate Change is Real”
“Underwood”
