Artist Statement As a nod to my previous career in architecture, structural themes often arise in my work. I have always loved the details of design: rhythms and complex beauty in the lines and curves of our manmade world. I'm captivated by an alleyway, for instance... piles & stacks, shafts of light that pass through and over old buildings, metal fire escapes. My work is composed of rural and urban landscapes as well as particular objects that capture my love of sculpted form. My inner geek engages in design dialogue, my quiet side senses a good story. I enjoy the adventure of carving out these ideas on canvas; each brush stroke taking on a form of its own, overall a texture that explores and expresses the object. Juried Exhibitions & Invitationals 2015 Door County Plein Air Festival, Door County, WI 2015 Weekend in the West, Evergreen Fine Art, Evergreen, CO 2015 24th Annual Governor's Art Show & Sale, Loveland, CO 2015 Cowgirl Up! Invitational Exhibition & Sale. Wickenburg, AZ 2015 Coors National Western Club Artist Show & Sale. Denver, CO 2014 8th Annual Colorado Plein Air Exhibition. Denver, CO 2014 American Impressionism Society National Juried Exhibition. Denver, CO 2014 Door County Plein Air Festival, Door County, WI 2014 23rd Annual Governor's Art Show & Sale, Loveland, CO 2013 7th Annual Colorado Plein Air Exhibition, Denver, CO 2011 P.A.A.C.15th National Juried Fine Art Exhibition and Sale. Saks Galleries, Denver, CO 2010 6th Annual Austin Art Space 12x12 Art Exhibition, Austin, TX 2008, 2009, 2010 Denver Plein Air Exhibition, Denver, CO Awards 2015 Weekend in the West, Evergreen Fine Art, Evergreen, CO - Editor's Choice, Western Art Collector Magazine 2015 Cowgirl Up! Invitational Exhibition & Sale. Wickenburg, AZ - First Place, Two Dimensional on Canvas - Artists Choice Award for body of work 2014 Colorado Plein Air Exhibition, Denver, CO - First Place, Professional Artist - Prudent Man Investment "Award of Excellence" 2014 Governor's Art Show & Sale -Governor's Show Award 2013 Colorado Plein Air Exhibition, Denver, CO - Honorable Mention, Professional Artist 2010 4th Annual Denver Plein Air Exhibition, Denver, CO - 3rd Place, Emerging Artist 2009 3rd Annual Denver Plein Air Exhibition, Denver, CO - 1st Place, Emerging Artist - 1st Place, "Peoples Choice Award" - Honorable Mention, Emerging Artist - Meininger "Award of Excellence" 2008 2nd Annual Denver Plein Air Exhibition, Denver, CO - Honorable Mention, Emerging Artist Memberships Collectors for Connoisseurship - Windows to the Divine Oil Painters of America www.oilpaintersofamerica.com American Women Artists www.americanwomenartists.org Plein Air Artists of Colorado www.pleinairartistscolorado.com Art Students League of Denver www.asld.org