BIrthright (2014-18)

There is nothing more savage than a tourist at a hotel breakfast buffet.

I am extremely interested in questions surrounding lineage, heirlooms, shared histories and mythologies and how these are presented to tourists and the residents who intersect in these European travel destinations. What of the travel experience is authentic? How inspired are Americans of European descent to find an accurate memory of their ancestry; can "you go back" again? What remnants of a former homeland remain links to a descendant’s past? In trying to document the process of travel, how much do we miss? How has the spread of information through digital technology and social media provided an almost complete expectation in the anticipation of how to view travel sights? What is the role of a tourist in a site?

These compositions are created through a fusion of photographic and hand-drawn layers, composited in Photoshop, and printed onto vellum. Additional layers of ink and varnish are applied through experimental printmaking techniques to achieve the final finish.

Jesus of the Otters (2016)

silkscreen and digital overlay on parchment with acrylic ink and enamel, 11x14”.

Part of the group exhibitions:

Each Other, Aplomb Contemporary Portrait Gallery, Dover, NH. November 12, 2022–January 5, 2023. Juror: Aplomb Contemporary Portrait Gallery.

The Big Gay Art Show, Sedona Arts Center, Sedona, AZ. December 7-23, 2022. Juror: Sedona Arts Center.

I Figure: Contemporary Figurative Art, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA. July 23–August 28, 2022. Juror: Randall Sexton, artist.

Queer Perspectives: A Celebration of LGBTQ+ Life, Upstream Gallery, Hastings-On-Hudson, NY. June 23–July 17, 2022. Jurors: V.L. Cox, artist; Glenn Fischer, artist; Mitchell Visoky, artist and educator.

Celebrate LGBTQ, Stola Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL. November 7–December 12, 2021. Juror: Kelly Mathews, Gallery Director, Stola Contemporary Art.

We Exist/Existimos, Dab Art Co./Proyecto Galeria, Mexico City, Mexico. June 24 –October 31, 2020. Curator: Micheal Swank, Dab Art Co.

Dirty Fingernails IV, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO. Jan 31– March 13, 2020. Juror: Paul Breuer, artist.

The Contemporary Print 2019, Print Austin at Big Medium, Austin, TX. Jan 18 – Feb 16, 2019. Juror: Dr. Anna Katherine Brodbeck , Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art, Dallas Museum of Art.

Drawn to Print, (SCENE) Metrospace Gallery, East Lansing, MI. July 27 - August 31,2018. Juror: Jacquelynn Sullivan, Director of Galleries for the Department of Art, Art History, and Design at Michigan State University.

Souvenirs of Summer, Fabulon Center for Art, Charleston, SC. Aug 14-Oct 8, 2017.

Pop: The Power of Printmaking, Healdsburg Center for the Arts, Healdsburg, CA. May 20—July 16, 2017. Jurors: Michelle Wilson, Luz Marina Ruiz and C. K. Itamura, artists.

The Chinese Bride, II (2018)

photo-montage on vellum and cotton paper with gouache, ink, and enamel, 9x12”.

Part of the group exhibitions:

Each Other, Aplomb Contemporary Portrait Gallery, Dover, NH. November 12, 2022–January 5, 2023. Juror: Aplomb Contemporary Portrait Gallery.

Love or Something Like It, Core New Art Space, Denver, CO. Feb 12–28, 2021. Juror: Dana Cain, art collector/event planner.

SHE: An Expression of Womanhood, Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center, Solomons, MD. February 14 – September 27, 2020. Juror: Camy Clough, Senior Program Manager, Office of Audience Engagement, Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Washington, D.C.

RED, Arts Illiana Gallery, Terre Haute, IN. August 2 – October 18, 2019. Guest Curator: Michael Ornstein, multi-media artist.

Figure Study: Hidden Story, Healdsburg Center for the Arts, Healdsburg, CA. September 8 – October 21, 2018. Jurors: Chris Blum, artist/curator, Janet Howell, J Howell Fine Arts (Healdsburg); Vesna Breznikar, Vesna Design and Color.

Two of Hearts, Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA. Feb 1-24, 2018 Juror: Las Laguna Gallery.

The Tyranny of Midnight (2015)

photo-illustration on vellum with gouache and metallic ink, 12x15"

Part of the group exhibitions:

Each Other, Aplomb Contemporary Portrait Gallery, Dover, NH. November 12, 2022–January 5, 2023. Juror: Aplomb Contemporary Portrait Gallery.

Love or Something Like It, Core New Art Space, Denver, CO. Feb 12–28, 2021. Juror: Dana Cain, art collector/event planner.

At Midnight, Art on 30th/Ashton Gallery, San Diego, CA. October 31–November 28, 2020. Daniel Foster, Founder/Executive Director, Shumway Ranch.Org,and former Director of Oceanside Museum of Art (OMA) and Riverside Art Museum (RAM).

Investigating Identity, Concordia University Ann Arbor, Kreft Center for the Arts,Ann Arbor, MI. March 6-April 6, 2018. Jurors: Beth J. Steinkellner, Professor, Concordia University Ann Arbor and the 2018 Kreft Juried National Exhibition Committee.

Reflections, Meridian Street Gallery Indianapolis, IN. November 3-26, 2015. Juror: Kelly Wantuch, owner/manager

Bist Du... (2016)

photograph on metallic paper, 8x10.

Part of the Group Exhibition:

Tavern, The Studio Door Gallery, San Diego, CA. May 5 - 28, 2017. Juror: Patrick Stillman, Director: The Studio Door

Forefathers (2016)

photo-illustration on parchment, 8.5x11".

Part of the Group Exhibition:

Where in the World, Art League of Lincoln, 580 6th St, Lincoln, CA 95648. July 12 - August 12. Jurors: Cathie Szabo, Curator.

The Other Man (2015)

photo-illustration on vellum with gouache and metallic ink, 11x14”

Part of the group exhibitions:

RED, Arts Illiana Gallery, Terre Haute, IN. August 2 – October 18, 2019. Guest Curator: Michael Ornstein, multi-media artist.

THE RED SHOW! for Core New Art Space. 900 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, CO. September 8-25, 2016. Juror: Debbrah Courtney, Denver Art Company owner.

Under the Bridge (2016)

photomontage on vellum with gouache and metallic ink, 8.5x11”

Part of the February 2017 issue of Art Ascent

Part of the Group Exhibition:

Photography In The Age of Social Media, Marian Graves Mugar Art Gallery, New London, NH. February 9- March 16, 2017. Juror: Bert Yarborough, Gallery Director.

Twilight at a Dude Ranch (2016)

photomontage on vellum with gouache and metallic ink, 8.5x11”

Part of the February 2017 issue of Art Ascent

Part of the Group Exhibition:

Photography In The Age of Social Media, Marian Graves Mugar Art Gallery, New London, NH. February 9- March 16, 2017. Juror: Bert Yarborough, Gallery Director.

Crossfire (2015)

photo-illustration on vellum with gouache and metallic ink, 8.5x11"

Part of the Group Exhibition:

Photography In The Age of Social Media, Marian Graves Mugar Art Gallery, New London, NH. February 9- March 16, 2017. Juror: Bert Yarborough, Gallery Director.

Lessons in Proportion, II (2016)

photomontage on vellum with gouache and metallic ink, 8.5x11”,

Part of the Group Exhibition:

Photography In The Age of Social Media, Marian Graves Mugar Art Gallery, New London, NH. February 9- March 16, 2017. Juror: Bert Yarborough, Gallery Director.

Congress of Birds (2015)

photo-illustration on vellum with transparent and metallic ink, 9x12".

Part of the Group Exhibition: Animal House, Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Carmichael, CA 95608. January 5-30, 2016. Juror(s): Abagail Van Cannon, Michele McCormick, and Chris Thompson.

Woman with an Alligator (2018)

digital illustration/archival print on vellum with transparent and metallic ink, 15x12” framed