Current Work
My art examines issues centering on the complex relationship between the physical world and our interior lives. Art is a reflective process discovered through experiences. I find my layered roles as a woman, wife, mother, daughter, artist, and teacher constantly shifting. These roles allow the visions to occur and help me to make expressive connections while redefining aspects of myself. Having been raised by artists and surrounded by photography and mix media, I developed an appreciation of the emotional qualities that can be captured. Through art, these unconscious connections are built as a response…. a visual voice speaks.
I am attracted to multiple processes examined through conceptual and physical layering. I work rapidly using spontaneous images sometimes from my iPhone and Instagram filters. This allows unrestricted and instinctive results. The realistic depiction of photography is transformed and painting layers the results. It is through these representative moments I expand upon.
I am attracted to multiple processes examined through conceptual and physical layering. I work rapidly using spontaneous images sometimes from my iPhone and Instagram filters. This allows unrestricted and instinctive results. The realistic depiction of photography is transformed and painting layers the results. It is through these representative moments I expand upon.
Juried and Group Shows
2004 Art Institute Gallery 2 “Bare Walls”, group exhibition, Chicago, IL
2002 Art Institute Gallery 2 “Bare Walls”, group exhibition, Chicago, IL
2002 Third Floor Gallery “Chicago Art Open”, group exhibition, Chicago, IL
2002 Peter Jones Gallery “Works in Progress”, group exhibition, Chicago, IL
2001 Art Institute Gallery 2 “Bare Walls”, group exhibition, Chicago, IL
2000 Artemisia Gallery “Mini Millennium”, group exhibition, Chicago, IL
2000 Raw Art Gallery, group exhibition, Chicago, IL
2000 Kathleen Gallery, group exhibition, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
1999 Third Floor Gallery “Chicago Art Open”, group exhibition, Chicago, IL
1999 Art Institute Gallery 2 “Bare Walls”, group exhibition, Chicago, IL
1999 Court House Gallery “Woman’s Work ”, juried group exhibition
1999 Truman Collage Beacon Street Gallery “Redefining Feminism” juried
1999 Pi Gallery “Out of the Blue”, group exhibition, Chicago, IL
1997 Art Institute Gallery 2 “Bare Walls”, group exhibition, Chicago, IL
1997 Court House Gallery “Woman’s Work ”, juried group exhibition
1997 Cambium Gallery, Chicago, IL
2002 Art Institute Gallery 2 “Bare Walls”, group exhibition, Chicago, IL
2002 Third Floor Gallery “Chicago Art Open”, group exhibition, Chicago, IL
2002 Peter Jones Gallery “Works in Progress”, group exhibition, Chicago, IL
2001 Art Institute Gallery 2 “Bare Walls”, group exhibition, Chicago, IL
2000 Artemisia Gallery “Mini Millennium”, group exhibition, Chicago, IL
2000 Raw Art Gallery, group exhibition, Chicago, IL
2000 Kathleen Gallery, group exhibition, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
1999 Third Floor Gallery “Chicago Art Open”, group exhibition, Chicago, IL
1999 Art Institute Gallery 2 “Bare Walls”, group exhibition, Chicago, IL
1999 Court House Gallery “Woman’s Work ”, juried group exhibition
1999 Truman Collage Beacon Street Gallery “Redefining Feminism” juried
1999 Pi Gallery “Out of the Blue”, group exhibition, Chicago, IL
1997 Art Institute Gallery 2 “Bare Walls”, group exhibition, Chicago, IL
1997 Court House Gallery “Woman’s Work ”, juried group exhibition
1997 Cambium Gallery, Chicago, IL
Affiliations
2000 Raw Art Gallery, Chicago, IL
2000 Kathleen's Gallery, Sun Prairie, WI
1999 Chicago Women's Caucus for Art
1998 Chicago Artist Coalition, Chicago, IL
1997 Cambium Gallery, Chicago, IL
1978 - Community Unit School District 300, Carpentersville, IL
2013
2000 Kathleen's Gallery, Sun Prairie, WI
1999 Chicago Women's Caucus for Art
1998 Chicago Artist Coalition, Chicago, IL
1997 Cambium Gallery, Chicago, IL
1978 - Community Unit School District 300, Carpentersville, IL
2013