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My work is about capturing a feeling of natural stillness and tranquility.
My process is the transmutation of paint into lyrical expressions of color and mood.
The Great Mystery of the natural world begins to reveal itself when one is quiet. Simple shapes and forms of sky, ground, and horizon are balms capable of soothing my restless soul. |
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Artists with contemplative goals proceed very differently from theorists. Abstracting and simplifying landscape precipitates my immersion in this meditative process of repetition and subtle variation often resulting in a loss of linear time.
I have always been moved by Iris Murdoch's description of the artistic process when she said "Artists dream of a silence which they must enter as some creatures return to the sea to spawn."
I aspire to convey to the viewer the transcendent pleasure I derive from the experience of painting. |
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| 2004 |
BFA
University of Utah; graduate with honors, Salt Lake City,
UT.
Painting and Drawing Major. |
2004 |
Summer Intensive:
Painting Provence France, Instructor Connie Borup |
2002 |
Helper Workshops,
Painting with Paul Davis and David Dornan, Helper, UT |
2002 |
Landscape Painting
with Connie Borup, Sun Valley, ID |
| 2004-2005 |
Utah Arts Council Traveling Exhibition |
| 2004 |
Utah
Arts Council 2004 Mixed Media and Works on Paper Award |
| 2002 |
Utah
2002 Traveling Exhibition Award |
2006 |
Crestone Eagle, March 2006 |
2006 |
Salt Lake City Weekly, April 20th Issue |
2006 |
Southwest Art Magazine, March Issue, "Artist to Watch" Click here for more info |
2006 |
15 Bytes, March Issue, "Poker Chips & Paint Possibilities" Click here for more info |
| 2005 |
Art News: August 2005 |
| 2003 |
University
of Utah Development Office: Winter |
2003 |
University of Utah
Honors Program, work appears in Brochure |
2002 |
San Luis Valley
Lifestyles |
| 2002 |
University
of Utah Honors Department |
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