9.1.08 As of 9.10.08 I will be calling Boston home. I am looking forward to exploring the exhibit opportunities on the East Coast!
4.29.08 Thursday, May 1st is the opening of Do North, a group exhibit of artists that live or work in N/NE Portland at the Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center in Portland, OR. The show will be up from May 1-24. I have two pieces in the show.
2.8..08 My video Suburban Satellites is one of the 12 videos that have been selected to be exhibited in the Walker Art Center's Worlds Away: New Suburban Landscapes on view from February 15- May 18, 2008. Here is the announcement about the winning videos.
1.13.08 My video Suburban Satellites has been posted on YouTube as an entry for the Walker Art Center's competition Tell Us A Story About The Suburbs. Chosen entries will be shown as part of the exhibit Worlds Away: New Suburban Landscapes on view from February 15-May 18, 2008.
9.21.07 Saturday, September 29th Construct/Re-Construct will open at Cathedral Park Place in St John's, North Portland. It is a group show of 25 Portland area artists who visually and/or conceptually express the building blocks that bring an idea to fruition and shows the artist in dialogue with his/her materials. The opening will be from 5-8 at 6635 N. Baltimore Ave. The gallery hours will be Fridays and Saturdays 12-5 with the show closing on October 27th. I have several paintings in the show.
6.19.07 One of my Constant Mend pieces received second place from James Rondeau, Curator Modern and Contemporary Art at The Art Institute of Chicago, during the ArtFutura 2007 juried show.
Last month I moved out of my studio in Portland and back to a room at home that will be my new studio. View the pictures in the studio section.
5.2.07 The Structures show in Hillsboro was written up in the Hillsboro Argus.
4.21.07 Three of my Constant Mend pieces have been accepted into a show in Chicago titled ArtFutura 2007. It is a show to benefit the art therapy program at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago and the juror is James Rondeau, curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Art Institute of Chicago. The show will be on display in the Chicago Cultural Center in the Chicago rooms from May 18-27.
3.27.07 The site has been updated with new images in paintings, mixed media and in the sketchbook section in both sketches and collages. On May 1st is the opening of the Structures group show at the Glenn & Viola Walters Arts Center in Hillsboro, OR. I will have several of my paintings in the show. The show is on view from May 1- June 27.
2.3.07 Friday, February 2nd was the opening date of two group shows I am participating in. One of my paintings was chosen by curator Jacqueline Ehlis to be in "Do No Harm vs. Step Up" at the New American Art Union which was mentioned on the Portland Art Blog. I also submitted a mixed media piece for the second annual "On Love" show at Launchpad Gallery. Both shows will be up through early March.
In early December my husband and I took a trip to Palm Springs, CA and then wrote an article together for the Core 77 Design supersite including our photos.
2.1.07 Willamette Week Online mentions my work with bandages at Rake Gallery in a review of January shows.
12.24.2006 Three of my mixed media pieces from the Constant Mend series have been accepted into Rake Gallery's group show, Works On Paper, opening January 4th, 2007.
11.26.2006 I have reconfigured my site. Some of you will notice I no longer feature landscape work on the site. These are available for sale, but the site will focus on my new work. My paintings are currently on view at the Design Within Reach store in Bridgeport Village, Tigard, OR until the end of the year. I will have a painting on view at the Broderick Gallery in Portland from Dec 1-7 with a reception on First Thursday Dec 7th from 5-9pm. It is a group show of all the artists from this year's Portland Open Studios.
10.25.2006 New sketches based on Portland and Lubeck, Germany and collages added.
10.5.2006 I have been accepted to participate in a group show May 2007 at the Glenn and Viola Walters Cultural Art Center gallery, Hillsboro, OR.
9.25.2006 New Paintings added to landscapes and abstracts sections. Chicago V featured in group show at Grow Gallery, 1614 NE Alberta, Portland, Oregon.
5.23.2006 Sketchbook section added and two more paintings were added on the abstract page.
4.02.2006 I have been accepted to participate in Portland Open Studios October 21 & 22. See my links page to go to the Portland Open Studios website for info on how to get tickets.
3.26.2006 A picture of my studio space and another landscape I completed have been added.
2.16.2006 New paintings have been added in the Abstract and Landscape sections. I've been working collaboratively with my studio mate, Martha Morgan, on a public installation piece that we entered into a competition. I've also been developing some new conceptual art projects. More soon.
1.11.2006 Welcome! This site features my work since I have moved into my new studio in Portland. Please check back as I will post new work frequently.
Self-Portrait, 1998, 12" x 12", Linocut