about
I live in Kenosha, WI and primarily paint portraits in acrylic and oil. I also use occasionally use unconventional mediums like brewed coffee.
Group and Solo Exhibitions
2014 Racine & Vicinity Art Exhibition
(Juror Wally Mason, Director/Chief Curator, Haggerty Museum of Art at Marquette University)
2014 Figure Studies Invitational, Foundation Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, WI
(Curator Amy Misurelli-Sorenson, Associate Lecturer)
2013 Northern Lights Gallery, Racine, WI
2012 Solo exhibition. Sept.–Oct. 2012, Pollard Gallery, Kenosha, WI
2012 RAM Regional Exhibition, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
(Juror Graeme Reid, Assistant Director, Wisconsin Museum of Art)
2011 Annual Advent Art Exhibition, Pollard Galley, Kenosha, WI
2011 RAM Regional Exhibition, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
2011 Monster, ArtWorks Gallery, Kenosha, WI (curated by Chet Griffith, Owner)
2010 Winter Juried Exhibition, Anderson Arts Center, Kenosha, WI
(Juror Virgilyn Driscoll, former Executive Director for Wisconsin Alliance for Arts Education)
2008 Annual Advent Art Exhibition, Pollard Galley, Kenosha, WI
Grants/Awards
2012 Merit Award (1 of 4 regional recipients), Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
(Juror Graeme Reid, Assistant Director, Wisconsin Museum of Art)
2011 First Place in Show, Pollard Gallery, Kenosha, WI
2010 First Place in Show, ArtWorks Gallery, Kenosha, WI
Commissions
2008 Private Art Commission, Florentine Ballroom “Love” Panel, large-scale painting. Acrylic on canvas, Congress Plaza Hotel, Chicago, IL (with D. Scherer and D. Sosa)
2008 Public Art Commission, Wisconsin For Obama temporary outdoor mural. Acrylic on canvas, Kenosha, WI
Press
Andy McDonald, "This Time-Lapse Painting Takes Cookie Decorating To An Insane Level", Huffington Post, December 22, 2015. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/time-lapse-painting-takes-cookie-decorating-to-an-insane-level
Featured on the TV program 'Anderson Live’, New York, NY, January 13, 2014
“Anderson (In Decaf)” portrait re-tweeted by Anderson Cooper. November 12, 2012.
Diane Giles, “Local Artist’s Portrait May Be Featured On TV Show”, Kenosha News, Kenosha, WI, Nov. 12, 2012.
Bill Robbins, “Her Portraits Are Good To The Last Drop”, Kenosha News, Kenosha, WI, September 28, 2012.
John Krerowicz, “Artist Puts President Elect on Canvas”, Kenosha News, Kenosha, WI, November 5, 2008.