An established artist with representation which has extended across the country and is currently focused on galleries within the southeast. Abstract paintings range from geometric to landscape... developed during extensive exploration along an ever evolving path.
Past experiences enhance current work, along with an ongoing interest in remnants and patterns, rich patinas of aged surfaces and the mysteries of found juxtapositions.
There is, of course, the seed of an idea or a bit of a plan at the beginning, but I am quickly directed by the work, answering the needs, sorting the puzzles and discovering solutions. Layers of thick and thin color are washed or scumbled over a textured surface. Traces are left by assorted mark makers, lines are straight, curved or gestural, surfaces are wiped, dripped and spattered; all adding to an eventual sense of accumulation and the essence of time.
Selected Solo or Featured Exhibitions:
Then and Now - The Kennedy Douglass Center For the Arts, Florence, AL, Feb-Mar, 2009
Featured Artist - Lagerquist Gallery, Atlanta, GA, January, 2009
Bokusho - Perry Nicole Gallery, Memphis, TN, May, 2007
Bokusho - NorDys Gallery, Birmingham, AL, February, 2007
New Work - Carol Robinson Gallery, New Orleans, May, 2005
Timelines - NorDys Gallery, Birmingham, AL, February, 2005
Contrasting Views - Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, MS, October, 2004
Juxtapositions - Carol Robinson Gallery, New Orleans, September, 2003
New Work - Lagerquist Gallery, Atlanta, GA, May, 2003
New Work - Lagerquist Gallery, Atlanta, GA, June 2002
Time and Space - Waxlander Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, Oct. 2001
Of Time and Timelessness - Wyndy Morehead Fine Arts, New Orleans, LA, 2000
Notations - C.R.A.I.G.. Gallery, Detroit, MI, 2000
New Work - Wyndy Morehead Fine Arts, New Orleans, LA, 1998
New Work - Lagerquist Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 1998
New Work - Patio Gallery, Inc, Covington, LA, 1994,96,97
New Work - Renaissance Gallery, Northport, AL, 1996-97
Knot Just Grass - A Review of Three Series, William Carey College, MS, 1995
New Work - Mississippi Gulf Coast College Gallery, 1994
Three Person Exhibition - World Trade Center, New Orleans, LA, 1994
New Work - Patio Gallery, Inc, Covington, LA, 1994
Serigraphy - Livingston University Art Gallery, AL, 1985
Selected Group Exhibitions:
Monotype 2004 - Traveling Exhibition to selected art centers in Louisiana
New Work By Gallery Artists, Waxlander Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, Apr-May, 2002
New Blood - Finer Things Gallery, Nashville, TN, Mar-Apr, 2002
New Work - Carol Robinson Gallery, New Orleans, LA, Feb. 2002, June 2002
New Work, Lagerquist Gallery, Atlanta GA, 2000
New Work - W.A.R.D. Gallery, Harbor Springs, MI, 1999
New Work - Creative Resource Art & Imaging Gallery, Birmingham, MI, 1999
50th Anniversary - Mississippi Art Colony Retrospective, Lauren Rodgers Museum, MS, 1998
Contemporary Exhibition - Leon Loard Gallery, Montgomery, AL, 1990-96-97-98
American Watercolor Society - 142nd Annual Knickerbocker Club, NYC, 1994
NWS Traveling-US/Canada - National Watercolor Society, Los Angles, CA, 1994
Two Person Exhibition - Wyndy Morehead Gallery , New Orleans, LA, 1993
Watercolor USA - Springfield Museum of Art MO, 1992-93
Rocky Mountain National - Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO, 1992-94
Masur Museum 18th Annual - Masur Museum, Monroe, LA,
1991Meridian Bi-State - Meridian Museum, MS, 1989,91,94
Southern Watercolor Society - Exchange Exhibition, Takarzuka, Japan, 1989
Seven Artists in Alabama - JR Leigh Gallery, Tuscaloosa, AL, 1986
Selected Collections
Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama
Huntsville Museum of Art, Alabama
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Alabama
Fine Arts Museum of the South, Mobile, Alabama
Butler Snow Law Firm, Memphis, TN
NSA Corporation, Collierville, TN
Adams Reese Law Firm, Memphis, TN
Regions Insurance Group, Memphis, TN
Wolfchase Nissan, Memphis, TN
Paragon National Bank, Memphis, TN
Winton Blount Southern Regional Collection, AL
Guild Hardy Architects, Biloxi, MS
Sac's Fifth Avenue, Houston, TX
Hotel Parc St. Charles, New Orleans, LA
General Consul of Italy, New Orleans, LA
City of New Orleans Parkway & Park Commission, LA
AmSouth Bank, Montgomery, AL
Southeastern Conference Headquarters, Birmingham, AL
Deposit Guaranty National Bank of Mississippi, Jackson, MS
Trustmark Bank, Meridian, MS, McComb, MS
Bradley, Arant Collection, Birmingham, AL
Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, Atlanta, GA.
Career Highlights
* Gallery representation throughout the US.
* Over 100 regional, national and international competitive exhibitions, awards in most.
* International traveling exhibitions including Japan and Canada.
* Supplied 24 paintings for the movie, 'THE NEXT BIG THING' produced in NYC, 2000
* National Galleries Endowment Award - 73rd National Watercolor Society Exhibition
First Place honors in the 23rd Louisiana Watercolor Society International Exhibition.
* Signature Membership in the National Watercolor Society, the Southern Watercolor Society
and the Louisiana Watercolor Society.
* Twenty year member of Mississippi Art Colony; a semi-annual artist's retreat for painting and critique.
* A participant in the "Alabama Print Portfolio," included in most Alabama museum collections.
* Alabama Arts Council Grant for the Governor's Arts Awards.
* Board of Directors member for several art organizations including the Louisiana Watercolor Society,
Mississippi Art Colony and Women's Art Alliance.
* Featured artist for the PBS station WYES-TV Art Collection Twelve video promotional.
* Arts Council of New Orleans Percent for Art selection on two occasions.
* Resident Studio Artist, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, AL.
Articles & Interviews
Art Galleries & Artists of the South, Fall, 2005
ArtQuotes.net, January, 2004
Birmingham Magazine, October, 2002
New York Times, "A Portrait of the Artist as an Internet Marketer," April, 2000
Focus/Santa Fe Magazine, June, 2001
New American Paintings, No. 20, May, 1999, a Juried Exhibition-in-Print
Exhibitions By Invitation, Curated On Line, 1999
American Artist Watercolor '93' Spring issue', "Inspired by Nature."
Art in Bloom New Orleans Museum of Art, 1991