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Boise, Idaho, United States
ARTIST

Artist's Bio

Art is my first language. I remember observing the colors in a sunset before learning how to read. This passion for color and observation led me to become an artist with a penchant for fresh air and intrigue in the mystery of nature.

Growing up in the sheltered Pennsylvania forest with daily images of moss underfoot and leaf filtered sky left space for plenty of dreaming and solitary time in nature. This deep connection to the aesthetic of the natural environment informs my artwork. Themes of lens, space and time occur in all of my media. Exploration in surface and layer is repeated in my work. At times my art is realistic and graphic in nature, and others it becomes very tactile and uses the medium to fully explore a texture. Each day I unfold new work in my home studio.

Art comes from an ephemeral experience. A fleeting moment can inspire a passionate fluidity in line and color. It can also be gained through knowing about your environment and the history that occurred over time in ones places of inspiration.

As an artist that wants to preserve the western landscape, I recall the forms of earth I visit, reviving them with clay and paint. At times I will mix basalt from local cliffs into my ceramics and reform the earth in my kiln. I am led to define my vibrant composition by the draining of snowmelt in the hills and the way it carves the land while journeying to the river. Dark recesses occurring naturally in rock and earth are my shades, while the colors at the close of each day, which are most saturated, define my palette.

Friday, February 21, 2014

Aslo Available....

 20" x 24" Acrylic on Canvas  "Before The Storm"  

  20" x 24" Acrylic on Canvas  "Boise Foothills"


   20" x 24" Acrylic on Canvas   "Wishing Across the River"

  20" x 24" Acrylic on Canvas  "Dreaming of Blue Skies"

Acrylic on Clay  5 1/2" x 7" x 1 3/4"    "Opening"

 Acrylic on Clay  10" x 12" 1 3/4" "Earth, Sage, Sky"


 Acrylic on Gallery Wrap Canvas  10" x 30" x 1 3/4"  "Happy Boulders"

Acrylic on Canvas  20" x 24"   "The Farm"


Acrylic on Canvas  5" x 7"   "Meditation"


 Acrylic on Canvas  20" x 24"  "Puddle Wishes"

 Acrylic on Canvas  11" x 14"  "Shoshoni Flats"
 

 Acrylic on Canvas  24" x 20"  "Sage Exhile"


 Acrylic on Clay  5" x 7"  "The Great Stacker"

   Acrylic on Clay  5" x 7"   "Tractor"


  Acrylic on MDF  9" x 12"      "Folded Hills"



  Acrylic on gallery wrap canvas  24" x 48"  "Mantra"



  Acrylic on gallery wrap canvas   18" x 36"  "Oregon Trail"


  Acrylic on gallery wrap canvas  48" x 60"  "Flight to Sawtooths"


  Acrylic on gallery wrap canvas  24" x 36"  "Coast is Clear"


  Acrylic on canvas  9" x 12"   "The Cliffs"

  Acrylic on canvas 9"x12"  "Idaho Lovers"


  Acrylic on MDF  9" x 12"    "Earth Redeeming Power"


  Acrylic on canvas board   14" x 18"  "Sage Friends"



  Acrylic on Canvas  11" x 14"   "Water Line"