About the Artist
Nature is the source of spiritual connection and reflection and is where my art begins. I create oil paintings of dream-like places that are both abstract and representational, places that seem familiar, but also other- worldly. They are about the seen world and the transcendent. I feel a deep emotional and spiritual connection to the natural world and make paintings that are direct emotional responses to the beauty of the world, to darkness just over the ridge, a distant storm, as if we are about to step over a threshold and into an imagined place of flowers, woods, lakes and the sea. My imagined places are not distant observations, rather, we are in them up close, or just about to be. It is this closeness that I feel so deeply. My paintings channel something that I do not completely understand- perhaps something about the ancient intelligence of nature and its abundance, but through a contemporary lens. I am interested in connection and cosmic mystery, in a sense of the energy that is in everything. I am always recording some essence of the world around me subconsciously. Imagined places reveal themselves to me through painting.
My work has a fairy tale quality derived from my childhood in the Midwestern countryside. I was given tremendous freedom to explore the woods, creek and hayfields surrounding my childhood home, and it was there that my wild imagination was nurtured and allowed to roam. Painting is a continuation of this same exploration.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
BA 1997 Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio. Studio Art
1997, 1998 Masters Studies in Opera Performance, The Longy School of Music, Cambridge, Ma
1998 Masters Studies in Opera Performance, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, Bloomington, Indiana
Exhibits
2026 International Art Project, Bloomington Indiana “Interior Spaces”
2026 City of Indianapolis Sidewalk Galleries Mural project for NCAA Men’s Final Four Tournament
2026 Indianapolis International Airport Public Art mural
2025 One of a Kind Show , December Edition Chicago
2025 The Other Art Fair by Saatchi Fall Edition Chicago
2025 West Loop Contemporary Art Expo, Chicago
2025 The John Penrod Society Art Fair on the grounds of Newfields, Indianapolis, In
2025 The Other Art Fair by Saatchi, Chicago
2025 West Loop Contemporary Art Expo, Chicago
2024 show at Tiffany Skilling Interiors, Indianapolis, In
2024 Gift of Art Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
2024 The John Penrod Society Art Fair on the grounds of Newfields, Indianapolis, In
2024 solo show Harrison Center Underground Gallery, Indianapolis, In
2024 The Other Art Fair by Saatchi, Brooklyn
2024 The Other Art Fair Chicago by Saatchi. Chicago
2023 Winter Solo Show at Afterglow Market. Carmel, In
2023 Carmel Public Library “Homestead Story”. Solo show and artist talk in conjunction with author Chris Hauty. Carmel, In
2021 The Kuaba Gallery “Bridging”. In solo exhibition. Carmel, In
2019 Encore Sotheby’s Visiting Artist Series. Carmel, In
2017-2019 Guest Artist, recurring – Plenty Lifestyle. Indianapolis, In
2017 “The Lake Isle” group show, vocal performance, featured artist interview. Harrison Center for the Arts, Indianapolis, In
2016 Blue Indy Group Show, Harrison Center for the Arts. Indianapolis, In
2017 Underground Gallery Group Show, Harrison Center for the Arts. Indianapolis, In
2016 “Look up! Look up!: Images of the Interior” solo show. Harrison Center for the Arts, Indianapolis, In
2015 “Pink Dream”, Encore Sotheby Visiting Artist Series, Indianapolis, In
2015 Visiting Artist Solo Show, Drapery Street, Carmel, In
2016 Indiana Design Center (IDC) Featured Artist of the Month. Indiana Design Center, Carmel, In
2015-2016“New Work”, Blu Moon Indiana Design Center, Carmel, In
2013 American Pianists Association group show featuring artist altered baby grand pianos along Monument Circle. Indianapolis, In
2013 Indianapolis Art Center “Day of the Dead” group show, Indianapolis, In
2005-2010 Founder and designer, Annie B. Lifestyle and Apparel
2003 Penrod Society Art Show, Indianapolis, In
2003,2005 Indianapolis Decorator’s Showhouse, designer and featured artist
1999 Dean Johnson Gallery Group show, Indianapolis, In
1999 Stutz Artist Association Holiday show and Spring show. Indianapolis, In
1999 Oranje Gallery Group Exhibition, Indianapolis, In