Livin' Large

Artist's Statement:

I continue to believe that the still image offers the quiet viewer the best chance to peer deeply into a subject. My job as a representational painter is to pull that viewer in, allowing him to explore the subtle feelings I’ve developed while studying a person or thing. Only in the process of painting am I able to articulate what those feelings are. When I see someone stop and look, saying nothing, immersed in the viewing, I know I’ve succeeded.

Like music, a good painting has harmony and rhythm. My goal is to be fluent at a wonderfully different language, the music of form, value, and color.


Exhibitions:

Madd Matters Gallery, Palmer, AK, One man show, February 2009
Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, WA, One man show, October, 2008
Raymar Art, on line exhibition finalist September, 2008
Raymar Art, on line exhibition finalist July, 2008
Vagabond Blues, Palmer, Portraits, January, 2008
Mat-Su Community College, Fall Artists’ Show, October, 2007
St. Pierre Gallery, Anchorage, First Friday Featured, September, 2007
Dorothy Page Museum, Wasilla, Iditarod Commemoration, March 2007
St. Pierre Gallery, First Friday Featured, November, 2006
Palmer Depot, Palmer Arts Council presentation, Landscapes, April, 2006
Palmer Depot, Dogs and Cats, March, 2006
Town Square Art Gallery, Wasilla, Joint Exhibition with Gail Neubrugge, December 2004
Nightwalker Competition, Ft. Collins, Co., Best of Show, July 1997


Grants received:

Palmer Museum of History and Art, Rasmuson purchase 2008, Winter Bones
Grant awarded purchases: Portrait of John Haines, Delta Junction Library/Museum, 2007
Alaska State Council for the Arts Community Development Grant, for St. Paul Cabaret, theatrical production produced in St. Paul, Pribilof Islands, AK 



Set Design for Stage:

Seascape, Palmer Arts Council, November 2008
Run For Your Wife, Valley Performing Arts, Wasilla, March 2008
Faith County, VPA February, 2008
The Complete Works of Shakespeare, Palmer Arts Council September, 2007
Hot Aging Women II, VPA April, 2007
Radio Free Palmer Kickoff Event, September, 2006


Membership:

Alaskan Plein-Air Society
American Impressionists Society
Oil Painters of America