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| EDUCATION: | |
| 1994 & 1990 | Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont |
| 1982-1985 | MFA Southern Methodist University, Meadows
School of the Arts, Dallas Texas. Concentration on Drawing and Painting.
Studied with Roger Winter, Dan Wingren, Larry Scholder, William Bailey and Neil Welliver |
| 1970-1975 | BFA School of Visual Arts, New York, New York, Drawing and Painting, studied with John Button, Don Nice, Herb Katzman, Harvey Dinnerstein, Fairfield Porter |
| 1968 | State University of New York at New Paltz |
ONE AND TWO- PERSON EXHIBITIONS: 2008 "Path on the Edge", One person Exhibition
Eastfield College Gallery, Dallas, Texas2002 Karen Mitchell Frank Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Harris Gallery, Houston, Texas2000 Eastfield College, Dallas, Texas 1995 & 1991 Two-Person Exhibition, Marie Park, Art Dealer, Dallas, Texas 1989 One-Woman Exhibition of mural commission, Dallas, Texas 1988 Eastfield College, Dallas, Texas
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS: 2007 Dallas Community College District Faculty and Staff Exhibition
500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas2007 "Themes and Variations", Group Exhibition
Vortex Studios, Dallas, Texas2006 Eastfield College Faculty Exhibition 2006 Naturalis, Invitational, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas 2005 Practice, Process, Progress, Group Exhibition, Dallas, Texas 2004 Eastfield College Faculty Exhibition 2003 Eastfield College Faculty Exhibition 2002 Eighth Annual National Juried Pastel Exhibition, La Fond Galleries,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (juror: Maggie Price)2000 Recent Work, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas 1999 Women and Visual Culture at SMU, curated by Frances Crisman Worley, Hawn Gallery, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
Eastfield College Faculty Exhibition, Dallas, Texas1998 Faculty Exhibition, Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University,
Dallas, Texas
Recent Work, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Women and Their Work, Juried Exhibition, Austin, Texas1997 Recent Work, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas 1996 Eastfield College, Dallas, Texas 1993 Texas Visual Arts Association, 18th Annual Open Juried Exhibition
Dallas, Texas1992 New Acquisitions Gallery, Syracuse, New York
Faculty Exhibition, Eastfield College, Dallas, Texas1991 Invitational Group Exhibition, Collin County Community College, Plano, Texas
Marie Park Art Dealer, Dallas, Texas
Faculty Exhibition, Eastfield College, Dallas, Texas
Dallas Proud, curated by Gail Sachson, City Hall, Dallas, Texas1990 Faculty Exhibition, Eastfield College, Dallas, Texas 1988 City Life, Invitational Exhibition, Texas Commerce Rotunda Building,
Dallas, Texas1986 Five Independent Artists Group Exhibition, 3200 Main Street, Dallas, Texas
Sesquicentennial Series: Paintings of Dallas, Park Cities Savings and Loan, Dallas, Texas1985 Art in the Metroplex (juried exhibition), Fort Worth, Texas 1974 School of Visual Arts, New York, New York 1970-1971 The Artisan Gallery, Princeton, New Jersey
AWARDS AND HONORS:
2007-08 Adjunct of the Year Award, Eastfield Community College 1984-85 Meadows Artistic Achievement Award and Assistantship
(full tuition and assistantship)1982-83 Algur H. Meadows Graduate Fellowship and Assistantship
(full scholarship tuition and assistantship)
COMMISSIONS: 2008 BNSF Railroad Company, Fort Worth, Texas (2 paintings) 1988-89 Mural Commission for Mr. B.F. Hicks, Mt. Vernon, Texas (8 x 32 feet) 1980-82 Two murals Cafe Cancun, Dallas, Texas (9 x 24 feet and 7 x 22 feet) 1979 Painting for Plum Blossom Restaurant, Anatole Hotel, Dallas, Texas 1976-Present Private commission paintings
Once during Grad school, one of my professors made a comment about one of my still life paintings, which at the time made no sense to me. He said “so now you are painting landscape”. Not long after, I was invited to go out to paint with friends. It was my first time working outside since I was a teenager in my home town. Ever since that idyllic day sitting on a curb making a painting, I have been working outdoors. What is exciting to me about painting landscape is the constant challenge of the fleeting effects of light, the ever changing subject I feel so much a part of.
In the beginning, it was just an attempt to get hold of something of it that seemed true. A lot of this phase was related to gesture drawing, which I had been very involved with in school. Drawing the figure seemed very close to drawing landscape, but it was difficult for me to get hold of structures in landscape. It was necessary to work slowly and to return to the same site countless times to complete a painting. I was developing a memory and knowledge of the landscape which is invaluable information. Most of this early work focused on formal issues such as color/value relationships, and shape and composition, which helped me to understand color more deeply, and to begin to see shape relationships. This eventually led to stronger structures in the paintings.
As I struggled to understand landscape painting, more and more was revealed to me and I realized that this subject could sustain me for the long term. One day I saw green, the next day I saw the entire spectrum within green. One day I attempted to paint atmosphere...occasionally I could get hold of it in fleeting moments of clarity and speed. I discovered that I had to be more alert in every area, intellectually, spiritually, instinctively, physically. I had to be extremely sensitive to the weather conditions, the energy of the place, my energy, the scale, and type of materials I would employ to “get something”. How does one successfully coordinate all of these variables every day not knowing what to expect from Mother Nature? Winds gusting to anything over 20mph are very annoying, as are extreme heat or cold, glare and sunburn, not to mention small pests of all varieties. Not an easy task. What were the chances that all would be well and that I could make a successful painting? But once I had decided to paint landscape, I was in it and loved it, even the not so successful days. There was always something to learn.
One of the unique features of painting landscape is that you the artist are not separate from your subject. You stand within it. You are part of it, seeing, hearing feeling and moving with it. The air, the space, the temperature. All of these ineffable qualities influence the work. It is a very rich experience.
I strive to capture the spirit of the physical place and my sincere response to the energy I experience there. The response is what carries the energy of the painting. So as I continue with landscape, I see myself growing and changing along with it, discovering new issues to explore.
Presently I am interested in a more personal response to the landscape as I now see how unique each moment in nature is...and how we will never see or experience it again exactly the same way. A more complex, gestural approach to applying paint strokes has evolved through this interest. Space and air are also of major interest. I want my viewers to feel the air and light of the place. I want to share my experience with them in a very real way, as if they too stand in that place, as if the space opens toward the viewer. The always fascinating work continues......
photograph used with permission from Steve Crozier and Lakewood Now
