ARTIST STATEMENT

The opposing tension and breadth of many human characteristics are shared by animals - strength/fragility, stability/flight, grace/boldness, aggression/submission. I am inspired by their life expression of grace, strength, beauty and raw sensuality.  By exploring the architecture of animal's heads and their bodies with glass, steel and other materials, I bring them into our lives and our shared emotional states. The sculptures are extensions of us.  As a child I experienced the tension of opposing worlds - the rough rawness of the South Chicago steel mills, the stark beauty of Chicago's architecture, and the sensuality of animals portrayed in the halls of taxidermy in Chicago's Museum of Natural History. I see myself strongly attracted both by mans industrial mastering of materials and by the untouched nature of the Northwest, my present home.

EDUCATION

1994-96           MFA, New York College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY

1992               The International School of Art, Summer Session in Sculpture, Umbria, Italy

1992               Penland School of Arts and Crafts, Student of Herb Babcock, Penland, NC

1988-92           BFA, Sculpture and Glass, Washington University, St. Louis, MO

1990               Pilchuck Glass School, Student of Susan Stinsmuehlen- Amend,Stanwood, WA

1990               Syracuse University, Semester Abroad, Florence, Italy

Exhibitions

2007                   Habatat Galleries Chicago, Passages, Chicago, IL

                          Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO

2006                   William Traver Gallery, Into the Woods, Seattle, WA

2004                   William Traver Gallery, The Strong and Noble, Seattle, WA

                          Davis Dominguez Gallery, Beasts in Bronze, Tucson, AZ                          

2001                   William Traver Gallery, Endurance, Seattle, WA

                          Anne Reed Gallery, Art with Content, Ketchum, ID

                          SOFA Chicago, R.Duane Reed Gallery, Chicago, IL

                          R. Duane Reed Gallery, Passion and Beasts, Chicago, IL

2000                   Davis Dominguez Gallery, New Artist Series, Tucson, AZ

                          William Traver Gallery, Beasts, Seattle, WA

                          R. Duane Reed Gallery, 20/20 Clear Vision, Chicago, IL

                          Bainbridge Arts Center, Pacific Northwest Invitational, Bainbridge Island, WA

1998                   Heller Gallery, Glass Invitational, New York, NY

                          Simon Edwards Gallery, From Fire to Ice, Yakima, WA

                          Sea-Tac Airport, Public Art Space held for six months, Seattle, WA

1997                   Bubba Mavis Gallery, Heads and Tails, Seattle, WA

                          Sea-Tac Airport, Exhibition organized by Marjory Aronson, Seattle, WA

1996                   Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, M.F.A. Show, Alfred, NY

1995                   Pyramid Gallery, Kinetic Art, Rochester, NY

1994                   The Glass Gallery, Glass Invitational, Bethesda, MD

                          Robert Turner Gallery, First Year Graduate Show, Alfred, NY

1993                   Bay County Museum, Expressions in Glass, Bay City, MI

1992                   South Bend Museum of Art, The Midwestern Sculpture Exhibition, South Bend, IN