Education
Master of Fine Arts, 2005
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas
Major Emphasis: Painting
Bachelor of Arts, 1996
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Odessa, Texas
B.S. Business Administration, 1973
Major: Marketing
University of Tulsa
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Selected Exhibitions
2018 Ann Nielson Fine Art, Charlotte, North Carolina (two person exhibition, September, 2018)
2018 Wally Workman Fine Art, Austin, Texas (solo exhibition, August, 2018)
2017 Blue Print Gallery, Dallas, Texas (group exhibition, October, 2017)
2017 Wally Workman Fine Art, Austin, Texas (solo exhibition, May, 2017)
2017 Ann Connelly Fine Art, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Splash Exhibition, March, 2017)
2016 Blue Print Gallery, Dallas,Texas (group exhibition -October 2016)
2016 DK2, Birmingham, Alabama(group exhibition -August, 2017)
2016 Wally Workman Fine Art, Austin, Texas (solo exhibition April 2016)
2015 Ann Connelly Fine Art, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (solo exhibition-September 2015)
2015 Wally Workman Fine Art, Austin, Texas 35th Anniversary Gallery Artists Exhibition
2015 Blue Print Gallery, Dallas, Texas - solo exhibition (May 2015)
2014 Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, Texas - solo exhibition(December 2014)
2014 Blue Print Gallery, Dallas, Texas - solo exhibition (February 2014)
2014 Two person exhibition featuring Tina Fuentes and Joyce Howell - University of Texas of the Permian Basin (January 2014)
2013 Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, Texas - solo exhibition (August 2013)
2013 dk Gallery, Marietta, Georgia - solo exhibition (May 2013)
2012 Ellen Noel Art Museum, Odessa, Texas - solo exhibition (January 2012)
2012 Ann Connelly Fine Art - Solo Exhibition (November 2012)
2011 Nauhaus Gallery, Houston, Texas - solo exhibition (March 2011)
2011 Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, Texas - solo exhibition (November, 2011)
Painting, for me, is instinctual and spontaneous. I approach each blank canvas wondering where the work will take me. Each mark informs the next and every color influences the next. As a painting develops it becomes a conversation between hand, paint and canvas.
Even though I’m not interested in trying to portray a realistic image, I think my paintings often reflect, in some respect, observations of what happens outside the windows of my studio. I’m a keen observer of light and shadow, closeup color analysis of plant material, and spontaneous patterns created by wind and time of day. I always have music going in the studio and the tempo affects both brush marks, mood and palette of the painting.
When I can find the space in my mind that shuts out the business of the outside world and my hand, the paint and the canvas are in sync, I’m a happy painter. I love it when paintings happen without expectation and seemingly without my input.