statement

This body of work is an investigation of line, movement and the inner recesses of my mind. The drawings emerge out of a conscience decision to relax and to let my inner voice bypass the muck of my ambition. I start each piece with a clear head and a random line; a release of visual nonsense that is more an act of destruction than creation. I continue layering on just enough line so as to push beyond the anxiety of ruining a perfectly clean sheet of paper. From this point, there is no turning back as each line leaves a stain on the paper that is not possible to remove. In this way, the drawing is already somewhat determined and my goal from this point forward is to make the best of what I have- to look for what I am meant to find among the lines that I have dealt. In the beginning, the possibilities seem unfamiliar and endless. Each small change is a bold act of moving forward and of narrowing my choices. As the drawing comes to a close it begins to take on a form that seems vaguely familiar- as if I always knew what it should look like and all I need to do is just polish it up a bit. The images that emerge from this mess are as much a formal play of overlapping lines, as they are churning knots of vines and organic matter. They are a dramatic and over-indulgent arrangement of forms: a pursuit of the sublime in nature. They are at once a meditation, an escape and a rumination. They are a search for something that has no resolution.

bio

born: 1975, Detroit, Michigan

education

American University, MFA, 2002
Indiana University, BA, 1998

selected solo or two-person exhibits

Wilson Gallery, Weeds, Anderson, Indiana, 2010
The Gallery at the Macomb Center for Performing Arts, Recent Work, Detroit, Michigan, 2010
Brauer Museum, Weeds, Valparaiso, Indiana, 2008

selected group shows

Herron Gallery, Techtonic Shifts- FATE Juried Members Exhibition, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2015
Water Street Studios Gallery, Spring Show, Batavia, Illinois, 2014
Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, A Sense of Place, Augusta, Georgia, 2013
Flow Art Space, For the Love of Paint! Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2012