about

Self-taught painter in Kenosha, WI

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I primarily paint portraits in acrylic and oil, but I also use occasionally use unconventional mediums like brewed coffee and food dye. 

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Group and Solo Exhibitions

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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)

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2013                Northern Lights Gallery, Racine, WI

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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

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Grants/Awards

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2012                Merit Award (1 of 4 regional recipients), Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI

                        (Juror Graeme Reid, Assistant Director, Wisconsin Museum of Art)

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2011                First Place in Show, Pollard Gallery, Kenosha, WI

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2010                First Place in Show, ArtWorks Gallery, Kenosha, WI

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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)

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2008              Public Art Commission, Wisconsin For Obama temporary outdoor mural. Acrylic on canvas,                                    Kenosha, WI

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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.