Stars, Hide Your Fires (2017-20)

William Hazlitt described Shakespeare's Macbeth as "an unruly chaos of strange and forbidden things, where the ground rocks under our feet.” Stars, Hide Your Fires takes its name from a textual fragment with this play, and depicts a world cloaked in shadows and roiling with atmospheric dynamism. The chaos of the natural and political worlds in Shakespeare's Kingdom of Scotland mirrors today's crisis of national identity.

This series of paintings, photographs, assemblage, and mixed media takes on MacBeth's themes of kingmaking, fortune, the glimmering world that exists beyond everyday reality, and the idealization and theatrical performance of violence.

Stars Hide Your Fires was presented as a solo exhibition at the Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO from May 8–June 19, 2020.

Stars Hide Your Fires (2017-20)

This video presents the inspiration behind “Stars Hide Your Fires”

study for Stars, hide your fires, 2 (2019)

Macbeth I, 4: 52

mica powder, acrylic, gouache and enamel on paper, 18x18"

Part of the group exhibitions:

Shine: Catching the Light, Annmarie Garden, Solomons, MD. June 11–Aug 29, 2021. Juror: Erika Wright, Education Specialist, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Center for Astrophysics, Harvard University & The Smithsonian, Cambridge, MA.

In Gold We Trust National Exhibition, Ashton Gallery @ Art on 30th, San Diego, CA. October 19–November 15, 2019. Juror: Leonardo Bravo, Director of Education and Public Programs, Palm Springs Art Museum.

I doubt some danger does approach you nearly, II (Yellow) (2018)

Macbeth IV, 2: 68

screenprint with digital overlay on cotton paper with gouache, chalk pastel and enamel, 14x17"

Tow'ring in her place of pride (2017)

Macbeth II, 4: 12

digital illustration on parchment with gouache, ink and enamel, 13x13”

Part of the group exhibitions:

For the Love of Birds, Museum of Northern California Art (MOCA), Chico, CA. January 26–March 19, 2023. Juror: MOCA.

Into the Wild, Fusion Gallery, Palm Springs, CA. October 15, 2018– January 14, 2019 (online show). Juror(s): Fusion Art.

Artworks Northwest, Umpqua Valley Arts Association, Roseburg, OR. May 4-June 24, 2018. Juror: Andries Fourie, Curator of Art and Community Engagement at the High Desert Museum, Bend, Oregon.

Built for Books, Pacific Grove Library, Pacific Grove, CA. April 6-July 6, 2018. Juror: Christine Crozier, artist.

Animal House, Ciel Gallery. Charlotte, NC. Jan 5-27, 2018. Juror: Elizabeth Bradford, artist.

Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow (2020)

Macbeth V, 5: 18

digital illustration and screenprint on parchment with gouache, ink, gold leaf and enamel, 24x36”

Out, out, brief candle! (2020)

Macbeth V, 5: 23

assemblage on wood panel with bottle caps, cut tacks, oil and acrylic paint and gold/silver leaf, 13x13x4”

The raven himself is hoarse, II (2020)

Macbeth I, 5: 36

(version II) digital illustration and screen print on parchment with gouache, ink, gold leaf and enamel, 21x31"

Part of the group exhibitions:

Spell It Out, Museum of Northern California (MONCA), Chico, CA. November 15–January 12, 2024. Curated by MONCA.

TEXTural, Live Worms Gallery, San Francisco, CA. August 4–28, 2022. Juror: Elizabeth Ashcroft, proprietor, Live Worms.

On Paper: Printmaking, Book Arts & Beyond, Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center, Solomons, MD. February 19 – September 26, 2021. Juror: Joan Boudreau, Curator, Graphic Arts Collection, Division of Work & Industry, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.

33rd Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition, Dept. of Visual Arts, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA. March 26–May 8, 2020. Juror: Eleanor Heartney, art critic and contributing editor to Art in America and Artpress.

The Crow Show 2020, The Studio Door, San Diego, CA. March 6 – 28, 2020. Juror: Judy Gradwohl, President and CEO of The NAT • San Diego Natural History Museum.

(version I, not pictured) digital illustration on parchment with gouache, ink, gold leaf and enamel, 15x12"

Word As Art, Center for Detroit Arts and Culture, Detroit, MI. March 19–April 15, 2020. Jurors: Asia Hamilton, curator, Norwest Gallery of Art, Detroit, MI; Donna Jackson, founder of DMJ Studio, Detroit, MI; Sarah Nesbitt: Professor of Art in Photography, University of Michigan Dearborn, MI; Rashaun Rucker, artist; Tylonn Sawyer, artist/professor, Oakland Community College, College for Creative Studies.

Built for Books, Pacific Grove Library, Pacific Grove, CA. April 6-July 6, 2018. Juror: Christine Crozier, artist.

Glamis thou art (2018)

Macbeth I: 5: 13

digital illustration on paper with metallic powder, gold leaf, gouache and enamel, 26x26"

Part of the group exhibition:

Celebration of Art 2020, Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael, CA. August 18–October 14, 2020. Juror: Dennis Kautsky Calabi, Director, Calabi Gallery, Santa Rosa, California.

Triptych: And when we have our naked frailties hid, I (2017)

Macbeth II, 3: 144

photo-illustration on silver paper with ink and enamel, 13x37"

Part of the group exhibitions:

Brutal Beauty, Lexington Art League, The Loudoun House, Lexington, KY. Jan 26-March 11, 2018. Jurors: Brutal Beauty Exhibition Committee.

left plate only:

Fresh Art 2018, Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael, CA. March 8 - March 31, 2018 Juror: Juror: Chester Arnold, artist.

O, never shall sun that morrow see! (2019)

Macbeth I, 5: 59

digital illustration and relief print on silver paper with gouache, ink, gold leaf and enamel, 26x26"

We are men, my liege (Garrett), (2019)

Macbeth, III, 1: 93

digital illustration on panel with ink, oil crayon and resin, 12x16"

The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day (2019)

Macbeth III, 3:5

assemblage: wood, tin, glass, glitter, mica powder and glue on velvet, 16x19”

Stars, hide your fires (illuminated) (2019)

Macbeth I, 4: 52

collage on parchment with cut paper, gouache, ink, gold leaf and enamel, 16x19"

Confusion hath made his masterpiece (2020)

Macbeth II, 3: 65

assemblage: wood, metal figurines, cut tacks, embroidery floss, paper, glass glitter, rhinestones, silver leaf ink, gouache, acrylic and enamel, 36x24 .

Part of the group exhibition:

Use Other Door 5, Core Contemporary. Las Vegas, NV. August 5–September 30, 2023. Jurors: Anthony Bondi: Artist, Writer, Historian; Nancy Good: Gallerist, curator, Artist, Arts Educator, & writer.

Wonderland International Juried Exhibition, The Art Effect @The Trolley Barn Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY. September 15–October 20, 2022. Juror: Allison M. Glenn, curator, in collaboration with Art Effect's Youth Curatorial Program.

The De Young Open, The De Young Museum/FAMSF, San Francisco, CA. October 10, 2020–January 3, 2021. Jurors: The De Young Open Curators.

Upon the sightless couriers of the air (2017)

Macbeth, I, 7

photograph on cotton paper with gouache, ink and enamel, 16x19”

Part of the group exhibitions:

Twelve: Make Believe, Viewpoint Photographic Arts Center, Sacramento, CA. December 6–January 6, 2024. Juror: Jodie Hooker, photographer.

Source of Light, Aplomb Gallery, Dover NH. November 15–December 31, 2023. Juror: Danielle Festa, owner, Aplomb Gallery.

Photography, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA. March 1–28, 2023. Juror, Andrew Wegst, photographer.

Light: 7th Annual Juried Show, Kehler Liddell Gallery, New Haven, CT. February 9–March 12, 2023. Jurors: Kate Henderson, Director, KLG with KLG artist committee.

Art of the Image ‘19, Art in Bloom Gallery, Wilmington, NC. August 2 – September 15, 2019. Juror: Beth Handler Riebe, PhD, Independent Curator and Art Consultant.

Camera USA® 2019: National Photography Exhibition, Naples Art Association, Naples, FL. May 31 - July 5, 2019. Jurors: Tracie Davis, Photographer and Art Director for Zola.com, Brooklyn, New York; Karen Irvine, Chief Curator and Deputy Director, Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago; Carol McCusker, Curator of Photography, Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida, Gainesville.

Child’s Play, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO. Jan 4 – Feb 15, 2019. Juror: Tim Liddy, Artist.

Taos Art Insurgency: The New Protagonists, Greg Moon Art Gallery, Taos, NM. April 21 – May 12, 2018: Jurors: David Mapes, Owner, David Anthony Fine Art; Robert Nightingale, Owner, Wilder Nightingale Fine Art: Greg Moon, Greg Moon Art.

Luminous, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA. November 11 – December 9, 2017. Juror: Danielle Fox, Slate Contemporary Gallery, Oakland.CA.

It cannot be called our mother, but our grave, II (Loch Cluanie) (2018)

Macbeth IV, 3: 166

digital illustration on silver paper with silkscreen, chalk pastel, oil crayon, gouache and enamel, 13x13"

Part of the group exhibitions:

The Great Outdoors, Healdsburg Center for the Arts, Healdsburg, CA. Aug 31-Oct 20, 2019. Jurors: Jurors: Samantha Buller, artist; Kathy Birdsong, atist; Jean Warren, artist.

Into the Wild, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA. May 3 –30, 2019. Juror: Sukey Bryan, artist.

2019 Artworks Northwest Juried Exhibition, Umpqua Valley Arts Association, Roseburg, OR. May 17 – June 30, 2019. Juror: Danielle M. Knapp, The McCosh Curator, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR.

It cannot be called our mother, but our grave, III (Quiraing) (2018)

Macbeth IV, 3: 166

digital illustration on silver paper with silkscreen, chalk pastel, oil crayon, gouache and enamel, 26x26"

Part of the group exhibitions:

Land and Sea, Main Street Arts Gallery, Clifton Springs, NY. May 26–June 29, 2018. Juror: Bradley Butler, Gallery Director/Curator.

It cannot be called our mother, but our grave, I (Aviemore) (2017)

Macbeth IV, 3: 166

digital illustration on cotton paper with silkscreen, oil crayon, gouache and enamel, 18x24"

Part of the group exhibitions:

The Great Outdoors, Healdsburg Center for the Arts, Healdsburg, CA. Aug 31-Oct 20, 2019. Jurors: Jurors: Samantha Buller, artist; Kathy Birdsong, atist; Jean Warren, artist.

Land and Sea, Main Street Arts Gallery, Clifton Springs, NY. May 26–June 29, 2018. Juror: Bradley Butler, Gallery Director/Curator.

2018 National Juried Exhibition, Willard Arts Center, Idaho Falls, ID. March 15 -June 3, 2018. Juror: Laura Ahola-Young, Idaho State University. (version 11x14")

Or are you aught that man may question? (la Sylphide) (2016)

Macbeth I, 3 39

photograph on silver paper, 12x16”

Part of the group exhibitions:

Phoneography: Beyond the Selfie Juried Exhibit, Viewpoint Photographic Art Center, Sacramento, CA. May 5 – June 6, 2020. Juror: Betty Sederquist, photographer.

Bring Us Your Dead, Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA. October 4th–26, 2018. Juror: Lori McBride, owner

Kindred: Celebrating Our Ancestors, Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center, Dowell, MD. August 11, 2017 – January 28, 2018. Juror: Betty J. Belanus, Curator/Education Specialist, Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage.

Esteem him as a lamb, being compared with my confineless harms (2017)

Macbeth IV, 3: 55

digital illustration on silver paper with chalk pastel, ink and enamel, 13x13"

And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell (2018)

Macbeth I, 5: 49

digital illustration on cotton paper with chalk pastel, ink and enamel, 12x15"

Part of the group exhibition:

Figures in the Landscape, Aplomb Gallery, Dover, NH. March 4-April 30, 2023. Juror: Aplomb Gallery.

Poor bird, thou'dst never fear the net nor lime (2017)

Macbeth IV, 2: 34

digital illustration and screenprint on paper with gouache, ink and enamel, 13x13” or 26x26"

Part of the group exhibitions:

Opposites Attract, Webster Arts, Webster Groves, MO. September 12-October 20, 2023. Juror: Webster Arts.

Wild Muse: Animals in Art, Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center, Solomons, MD. May 5–September 17, 2023. Juror: Maureen Leary, Youth & Family Programs Manager, The Smithsonian National Postal Museum, Washington, D.C.

Color Pop, San Francisco Women Artists, San Francisco, CA. April 4–28, 2023. Juror: Cecilia Chia, Owner/Director. Glass Rice Gallery, San Francisco, CA.

Beauty in the Beasts, Healdsburg Center for the Arts, Healdsburg, CA. August 17–Oct 2, 2022. Juror: Healdsburg Center for the Arts.

3rd Annual Use Other Door National Juried Exhibition, Core Contemporary, Las Vegas, NV. June 19–August 14, 2021. Jurors: Nancy Good: Curator and Owner, Core Contemporary Art; Stormi Holt, artist.

A Thousand Words, Core New Art Space, Lakewood, CO. April 16–May 2, 2021. Juror: Richard Chamberlain, artist.

Get the Message: Words and Images. Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA. November 14 - December 31, 2020. Juror: Dewitt Cheng, art writer/critic, San Francisco Bay Area.

64 Arts 11th Annual National Juried Exhibition, 64 Arts at Buchanan Center for the Arts, Monmouth, IL. Oct 22- Dec 13, 2019. Juror: Ben Owen, Director, Arts@MSP, Minneapolis/Saint Paul International Airport.

West Coast Biennial Juried Art Exhibition, Turtle Bay Exploration Park Art Gallery, Redding, CA. January 25– April 28, 2019. Juror: Carrie Lederer, curator, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA.

Animalis, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH. November 8 – December 7, 2018. Juror: Manifest Gallery.

42nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Durango Arts Center, Durango, CO. Juror: Josie Lopez, Curator of 516 ARTS in Albuquerque. NM.

Animal House, Ciel Gallery. Charlotte, NC. Jan 5-27, 2018. Juror: Elizabeth Bradford, artist.

Unsex me here, and fill me (2018)

Macbeth I, 5: 40

photograph on silver paper with resin coating, 18x18”

Part of the group exhibition:

Mystery and Enigma: 2017 Kreft Juried Exhibition, Concordia University Ann Arbor, Kreft Center for the Arts, 4090 Geddes Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48105. March 21-April 13, 2017. Juror: Linda Ross, Contemporary/Art+ Projects, Detroit.

Blood will have blood (2017)

Macbeth III, 4: 121

digital illustration on silver paper with pastel and enamel, 13x13”

Part of the group exhibition:

Steep'd in the colours of their trade (2017)

assemblage on wood panel with bottle caps, cut tacks, oil and acrylic paint and gold leaf, 25x31”

Part of the group exhibitions:

UN-TRASHED: Art from Detritus 2024, Viridian Artists, NYC, NY. January 23–February 17, 2024. Curated by Vernita Nemec, Viridian Artists.

The Art of Recycling International Juried Exhibition, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA. February 20–March 28, 2021. Jurors: The Sebastopol Center for the Arts Visual Arts Team.

I doubt some danger does approach you nearly, I (RED) (2020)

Macbeth IV, 2: 68

screenprint with digital overlay on parchment with gouache, chalk pastel and enamel, 12x16”

That which hath made them drunk hath made me bold (2020)

Macbeth II, 2: 1

digital illlustration on parchment with gouache, ink and enamel, 16x19"

That will be ere the set of sun (2019)

Macbeth I, 1: 5

photograph on silver paper, 12x12"

Part of the group exhibitions:

9th Annual Juried Show: Abracadabra, Kehler Liddell Gallery, New Haven, CT. January 5–February 2, 2025. Curated by Kehler Liddel Gallery.

Nocturnal, 3Cs Art Collective @ Main Street Gallery, Lyons, CO. October 14–November 19, 2022. Juror: 3Cs Art Collective.

Blackout: National Juried Exhibition, Ashton Gallery/Art on 30th, San Diego, CA. October 29–December 2, 2022. Juror: Vallo Riberto, Chair of Contemporary Art Committee, San Diego Museum of Art & Professor of Art, Southwestern College.

Nocturne, Artlink, Fort Wayne, IN. October 27–November 20, 2022. Juror: John Hrehov, artist.

Glimpses of Illumination, Healdsburg Center for the Arts, Healdsburg, CA. October 23–November 15, 2021. Jurors; Isha Daniels, Nichole Schlaeppi; Rachel Weill; (photographers).

Once Upon a Time: Evocations of Childhood. Queen City 15 Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY. November 5–December 19, 2021. Juror: Ursula Morgan, curator/arts advocate.

Nostalgia, Midwest Center for Photography, Wichita, KS. October 30–November 13, 2020. Juror: Midwest Center for Photography.

When Darkness Falls, Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center, Solomons, MD.October 11, 2019 – January 26, 2020. Juror: Ms. Robyn Strayer, Senior Program & Exhibit Specialist, Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center.

But in them nature's copy's not eterne, I (2017)

Macbeth III. 2: 39

digital archival photograph on paper with resin coating, 18x18”

Part of the group exhibition:

Hindsight 20/20, Viewpoint Photographic Arts, CA. Dec. 8, 2020–Jan. 2, 2021. Juror: Sharmon Goff, photographer and Professor Emerita, California State University, Sacramento.

Come thick night (2020)

Macbeth I: V: 49

acrylic, egg tempera, pumice gel, glitter, and mica powder on wood panel, 36x36”