My art is primarily is about exploration

materials - ideas - form

My process usually begins with a vague idea, often it begins with an investigation of materials, and a concept follows. In my work, as in life, changes inevitably occur. As much as possible I try to go with these transformations, and often find that intuitively they are some of my best decisions. The resulting art object may be extraneous to this process. Other times my work is totally object driven.
For me the notion of a world in constant flux, a world without certainty, a world of nonsense, a world where even scientists must admit no absolutes, is important to my understanding of my surroundings.
Life is a fantastic mystery, and I wonder about origins, and destinations… Questions without answers are the most important kind. Necessarily not knowing the answers. "…When we don't accept or follow, but question, investigate, penetrate, there is an insight out of which comes creativity." (j. Krishnamurti)
If there is one thing I am sure of, it is that the life of an artist is forever being created, and re-created.

I am interested in · Living in the moment · Seeing the simple within the complex · Finding the extraordinary within the mundane · The unexplainable - the intangible- the unknown · What constitutes beauty, where it is to be found, and why · I am not interested in · Making Art that shocks · Formulas, or prescribed notions of what constitutes a work of art.

I use primarily repurposed materials. Always frugal, always collecting, always finding use for things others discard.

I received my BFA from the University of New Mexico in 1996, and have exhibited extensively both nationally and locally since 1994. My most recent shows are:

EXHIBITIONS

2019
Art in Bloom, the Subterranean Temple of Art, Portland, Maine
Wild Rumpus, Engine Gallery, Biddeford, Maine

2018
Print Exchange, Aomori, Japan
INFLUX, Pepperell Mill Campus, Biddeford, Maine
ROCKLAND SCULPTURE RACE, Rockland, Maine
WILD RUMPUS, Engine Gallery, Biddeford, Maine

2017
SMALL WORKS, Ocean House Gallery, Cape Elizabeth, Maine
ROCKLAND SCULPTURE RACE, Rockland, Maine
PMA STAFF EXHIBITION, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine
A CONVERSATION WITH HISTORY, Historical Society of Wells and Oqunquit, Wells, Maine
FLOWER BOMB, Solo Show, Mechanic’s Hall, Portland, Maine
2016
GROUP EXHIBITION, Hole in the Wall Gallery, Raymond, Maine
THE FLOWER SHOW, Juror Dozier Bell, River Arts Gallery, Damariscotta, Maine
TEN by TEN by TEN, Engine Gallery, Biddeford, Maine

2015
THE PRINT SHOW, Hole in the Wall Studioworks, Raymond, Maine
THE ABSTRACT SHOW, Juror Dozier Bell, River Arts Gallery, Damariscotta, Maine
THE SELFIE SHOW, Museum of New Art, Detroit, Michigan
COLOR & LIGHT, Invitational, River Tree Arts Gallery, Kennebunkport, Maine
WILD RUMPUS, Engine Gallery, Biddeford, Maine

2014
PEACE THROUGH FRIENDSHIP, June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland, Maine
PECHA KUCHA, Engine Gallery, Biddeford, Maine

2013
PMA BIENNIAL, participant in Rahul Mitra's Box City, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine
THE POWER OF TEN, Discover Portsmouth, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
VESSEL, solo show, Dogfish Grille, Portland, Maine
2012
MILLENNIAL: Saco Museum, Saco Maine
MERC: Mainer's Recycling Cardboard, Engine Gallery, Biddeford, Maine

2011
ART SAVES LIVES, North Dam Mill, Biddeford, Maine
2010
MILLENNIAL Saco Museum, Saco, Maine
2009
ORGANIC CONSTRUCTIVISM, University of Southern Maine, Area Gallery, Portland, Maine
HEAT STROKE! Saco Museum, Saco, Maine
A CONVERSATION IN IMAGES North Dam Mill, Biddeford, Maine


CV availble upon request