bio

My desire to be a painter began with a love for the luminosity and versatility of watercolor. I have since gone on to work with encaustic, gold leaf, India ink, pencil,tin and silkscreen. The artwork begins as a watercolor, which is then coated with encaustic (beeswax combined with resin). The other media are layered between the wax washes. There is a delicacy and softness  that emanates from the layering of art forms within the waxy surface. The result is an unusual depth, a three-dimensional artwork with an emphasis on  unique stylized patterns, shapes and textures.

I find constant inspiration from my beautiful surroundings in New Mexico, and with my paintings I continually attempt to capture those magic ephemeral moments we all experience, both real and imagined.

Select Juried and Invitational Exhibitions

Artist lecture, with Mary Alayne Thomas and Sarah Siltala, Mariposa Gallery March 2009

The Churchill Gallery Spring Artwalk, featured new artist, April 2009

Group Show, Mariposa Gallery, April 2009

Chairs, An Inviting Exhibition, Act I Gallery 2009

Silent Auction, Opera Southwest 36th Pre-Season Gala

Day of the Dead Group Show, Mariposa Gallery, October

Twelfth Annual Boston International Fine Art Show, Cyclorama, Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont St November

Family Show, Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque August 2008

Invitational Show "Art Squared" Corrales Bosque Gallery, July- Sept 2008

Ann Arbor Arts Festival, Ann Arbor Michigan, 2008

Art City Austin, Austin TX April 2008, 2009

International Small Works Show, Emerald Gallery, Fairfield, Iowa, 2008

Cherry Creek Arts Festival, Denver, Colorado, 2007

Masterworks of New Mexico, Albuquerque, 2007 &2008

Solo Exhibition, Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2007

Show " Whenever we go away from here", Center Space Gallery, Portland, Oregon, 2006

Solo Exhibition, Frank and Dunyas Gallery, Seattle, Washington, 2006

"Encantada", Expo New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2006

Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Gallery, Annual Juried Exhibition, National

     Arts Club, New York City, New York, 2006 

Painted Violin Auction, El Paso Symphony, El Paso, Texas, 2005

Taos National Exhibition of American Watercolor, Taos Art Museum’s

     Historic Nicolai Fechin House, 2005

Solo Exhibition, Frank and Dunyas Gallery, Seattle, Washington, 2005

Solo Exhibition, Kindred Circle Gallery, Edmonds, Washington, 2003

Show Exhibition, Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2003

Group Show, Kindred Circle Gallery, Edmonds, Washington, 2003

Best of the Northwest, Juried Exhibition, Seattle, Washington, 2001-2003

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