About Me.

When viewed from different angles, everyday moments can become transfigured, revealing the depth of layers within. My brushstrokes and palette knife work indicate the range of emotions in the subject, the differing levels of thickness and transparency of paints and glazed reveal complexity, and the range of colors in my collection reveals the delight I take in momentary glimpses of beauty. Having spent much of my childhood and adult career in churches, I take inspiration from stained glass and how they transfigure their subject when light hits them from different angles. Like these sacred windows, my acrylic paintings attempt to reveal both the intended subject and also a deeper universal story that I hope viewers will connect with. I am a member of Louisiana Crafts Guild, a juried organization of Fine Crafts Artisans. I am represented by 318 Art and Garden in Shreveport, LA and was selected by the Community Foundation of Northwest Louisiana as the 2019 G. Scott Griffin Award winner, awarded annually to an artist who has overcome adversity in the creation of artwork.

EDUCATION

​Loyola University New Orleans - Masters in Pastoral Ministry 2003

EXHIBITIONS

• “Quarantine” - group show with Shreveport Regional Arts Council, ArtSpace, Shreveport LA July - September 2020
• “Bloom!” Juried Exhibition, R. W. Norton Art Gallery, Shreveport LA, March 27-May 3 2020
• “Critical Mass 8” - group show with Shreveport Regional Arts Council, ArtSpace, Shreveport LA, March 13-July 6 2020
• Shreveport Art Club Spring Show, group show at Louisiana State University Shreveport Gallery, February 8-28 2020
• “Olive Tree Mural” at Martin Luther King Health Center and Pharmacy in conjunction with artist Cindy Magee, Shreveport LA, October 2019
• Art Ability - 24th Annual International Juried Exhibition for Disable Artists, November 2 2019 - January 26 2020, Byrn Mawr Rehabilitation Hospital, Malvern PA
• Faces of Shreveport Common - group show at Central ArtStation, Shreveport LA, July 30-September 7, 2019
• 690 Jordan Street Mural - community artist rehabilitation of an abandoned building in collaboration with artists Cindy Magee, Dyann Wasserman and Aline Donnelly, July 2019
• Artist Up! - graduate Exhibition group show, Central ArtStation, Shreveport LA April 17-May 24 2019
• "Transfigurations II" Solo show - Red River Brewing Company Shreveport, April 2019
• "Transfigurations" solo show, Woman's Department Club, Shreveport LA, February - March 2019
• "Critical Mass 7" Shreveport Regional Arts Council, ArtSpace, Shreveport LA, March-May 2019
• "Art of the Dog" Juried Show, Marlene Yu Museum, Shreveport, LA March-April 2019
• "Show Me Something Mister" Wine Art Music at 1800 Prime Steakhouse, Boomtown Casino, Bossier City LA, Spring 2019
• "Manifestations of Color" Artisan Bar and Cafe, New Orleans LA December 2018-January 2019
• "Contained" East Bank Gallery, Bossier City LA October-November 2018
• "Fall Exhibition" Shreveport Art Club, Louisiana State Exhibit Museum and Louisiana State University Shreveport, Fall 2018
• "In the Clouds" East Bank Gallery, Bossier City, LA, June-July 2018
• "Critical Mass 6"Shreveport Regional Arts Council, ArtSpace and Shreveport Regional Airport, Shreveport LA, March-May 2018
• "Human Beings and Being Human" East Bank Gallery, Bossier City LA , Octobrer 2017

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Accompishments

Shreveport Regional Arts Council Roster Artist since 2018
Artist Up Entrepreneurial Program. Shreveport Regional Arts Council, Spring 2019
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