Statement

November 2007

When I see yellow-white light falling onto a bowl and plum on a windowsill, I am engaged in a hunt. I hunt the place between the bowl and plum and windowsill and my vision. I hunt for the overlapping energies of what is seen and what is not seen, patterns that evolve through a dialectic of order with seeming chaos that evolves into a new order. This new order is what I am after.

I am intrigued with how the purely formal issues of transcribing volumes in space onto a two-dimensional surface can begin to describe the location of this energy between the seen and unseen and its resulting form. Positive/negative shapes, real/implied lines, structure/fragmentation shown through color and light in oil become the surface that holds the energy.

I am interested in the process of seeing and my way of working is greatly influenced by Modernism and the Western tradition of painting. My work is most influenced by Cezanne, Morandi and Bonnard. I am also interested in the process of feeling the forms and spaces and in aligning myself with the intrinsic quality of things, a more Eastern way of being. I am concerned with the intentional dialogue between empty/full, interior/exterior, tearing down/building up, still-life/landscape, shape/line. My consistent quest is for painting with a grand unity of moving relationships which can only result from the resolution of disunity.

Bio

Education

1997

MFA, Painting and Drawing

University of North Carolina Greensboro

Greensboro, North Carolina

1984

MPD, Visuals Concentration

School of Design

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina

1975

MEd, Counseling

University of North Carolina

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

1972

BS, Art Education

Western Carolina University

Cullowhee, North Carolina

Other Training

1998

Vermont Studio Center

Johnson, Vermont

1994

The Complete Facilitator

Interaction Associates, Inc.

San Francisco, California

1994

Basic Mediation Training

The Dispute Settlement Center of Durham, Inc.

Durham, North Carolina

Honors

1998

Vermont Studio Center Artist’s Grant

1997-98

Durham Arts Council Emerging Artists Grant

1995-97

UNCG Teaching Assistantship

1984

Outstanding Graduate Student Award

1984

NCSU Teaching Assistantship

1974

UNC Teaching Assistantship

1972

Delta Sigma Phi Honor Society

1969

Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society

1969

President, Delta Gamma Drama Society

1967

National Beta Club

Experience

1998-2000/2001-Present

Adjunct Professor, Department of Art, Meredith College, Raleigh, North Carolina

2004

Juror, National Bank of South Carolina Oil Painters’ Open Invitational, Sumter Gallery of Art Sumter, South Carolina

2000-2001

Assistant Professor, Department of Art, Meredith College, Raleigh, North Carolina

2000

Artist-in-Residence, Elon College, North Carolina

1990-1998

Visual Designer(On leave-of-absence 1995-1997, IBM Corporation, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

1995-1997

Teaching Assistantship, University of North Carolina Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina

1987-1990

Graphic Design Coordinator, North Carolina Biotechnology Center, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

1985-1987

Design Director, The UNC Center for Public Television, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

1984-1985

Graphic Designer Duke University Durham, North Carolina

1984

Teaching Assistantship School of Design North Carolina State University Raleigh, North Carolina

1982-1984

Graphic Designer Instructional Materials Production Center North Carolina State University Raleigh, North Carolina

1974-1981

Art Teacher Durham County Schools Durham, North Carolina

Solo Shows

2006

Durham Art Guild Durham, North Carolina May 25 - July 9

Hodges Taylor Gallery Charlotte, North Carolina January 6 - February 24

2005

Lee Hansley Gallery Raleigh, North Carolina April 7 - May 11

2004

Magnolia Grill Durham, North Carolina January - February

2003

Christa Faut Gallery Cornelius, North Carolina April 4 - May 1

Theatre Art Galleries High Point, North Carolina February 22 - March 28

2001

Louise Jones Brown Gallery Duke University May 23 - June 30

2000

Somerhill Gallery Chapel Hill, North Carolina April 23 - May 19

Elon College Elon College, North Carolina February - April

1999

Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, North Carolina August - December

Young Harris College Young Harris, Georgia March - April

1997

MFA Thesis Exhibition Weatherspoon Art Gallery University of North Carolina Greensboro Greensboro, North Carolina May 4 - July 13

1995

The Office of Mayor Sylvia Kerckhoff Durham, North Carolina January - February

1994

Durham Technical Community College Library Durham, North Carolina August 1994 - January 1995

Durham Art Guild Durham, North Carolina January - February

Special Exhibitions, Juried Shows and Awards

2007

Summer Show bsgmodern Atlanta, Georgia July 13 - August 13

2006

Winter Show Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art Greensboro, North Carolina December 3 - 31

2005

100 under 500, 50 under 1000 Lee Hansley Gallery Raleigh, North Carolina November 27 - December 31

Twenty-Seventh Annual Raleigh Fine Arts Society Artists Exhibition Juror: Douglas Fogle, Senior Curator Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

Frankie G. Weems Art Gallery Meredith College Raleigh, North Carolina March 6 - April 4

Through Women’s Eyes, By Women’s Hands Jurors: Beth Grabowski, UNC Chapel Hill, John Bloedom, Durham, North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina February 19 - 27

Emerging Artists Retrospective Durham Arts Council December 16, 2004 - February 5

2004

Winter Show Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art Greensboro, North Carolina December 5 - 31

100 under 500 Lee Hansley Gallery Raleigh, North Carolina November 21 - December 31

50th Annual Juried Show Durham Art Guild Juror: Carrie Przybilla, Adjunct Curator High Museum, Atlanta, Georgia Durham, North Carolina November 12 - December 16

Abstraction Lee Hansley Gallery Raleigh, North Carolina July 15 - August 21

Award of Distinction The Triangle’s Best Art Jurors: McDonald Bane, Lee Hansley, Jerry Jackson Lee Hansley Gallery Raleigh, North Carolina March 5 - 31

Twenty-Sixth Annual Raleigh Fine Arts Society Artists Exhibition Juror: Jeff Fleming, Senior Curator Des Moines Art Center Frankie G. Weems Art Gallery Meredith College Raleigh, North Carolina February 29 - April 4

Meredith College Art Faculty Exhibition Meymandi Hall Raleigh, North Carolina February - April

2003

Winter Show Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art Greensboro, North Carolina December 1 - 31

Holiday Show Somerhill Gallery Chapel Hill, NC December 1 - 31

49th Annual Juried Show Durham Art Guild Juror: Fay Gold Durham, North Carolina November 7 - December 31

David Shannon Purchase Award An American Experience 2003: A National Juried Arts Competition Associated Artists of Winston-Salem Juror: Will South, Curator of Collections, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, UNC Greensboro Winston-Salem, North Carolina October 23 - November 29

Live Art Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art Greensboro, North Carolina May 15

Art Gala Theatre Art Galleries High Point, North Carolina May 2

Twenty-Fifth Annual Raleigh Fine Arts Society Artists Exhibition Juror: Cheryl Brutvan, Curator of Contemporary Art Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Frankie G. Weems Art Gallery Meredith College Raleigh, North Carolina March 9 - April 6

2002

Blackman and Sloop Award 2002 Open Juried Exhibition Horace Williams House Juror: Will South, Curator of Collections, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, UNC Greensboro Chapel Hill, North Carolina May 26 - July 4

Meredith College Art Faculty Exhibition Frankie G. Weems Art Gallery Meredith College Raleigh, North Carolina April - August

2002 Holiday Show Somerhill Gallery Chapel Hill, NC December 1 - 31

2002 Winter Show Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art Greensboro, North Carolina December 1 - 31

Working Drawings Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art Greensboro, North Carolina February 15 - June 9

2001

2001 Winter Show Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art Greensboro, North Carolina December 1 - 31

2001 Holiday Show Somerhill Gallery Chapel Hill, NC December 1 - 31

2000

Meredith College Art Faculty Exhibition Lincoln Center New York, New York May - June

2000 Winter Show Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art Greensboro, North Carolina December 7 - 31

Twenty-Second Annual Raleigh Fine Arts Society Artists Exhibition Frankie G. Weems Art Gallery Gaddy-Hamrick Art Center Juror: Charles Hinman Meredith College Raleigh, North Carolina February 27, 2000 - April 16

1999

1999 Winter Show Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art Greensboro, North Carolina December 4 - 31

45th Annual Juried Show Durham Art Guild Juror: Kathleen Harwood Durham, North Carolina November 4 - December 5

A Sense of Place National Juried Arts Competition Associated Artists of Winston-Salem Juror: David Charles Swoyer Winston-Salem, North Carolina September 16 - October 16, Wake Forest University Fall Exhibition

Still Life Paintings Invitational Exhibit Somerhill Gallery Chapel Hill, North Carolina June 20 - August 9

Meredith College Art Faculty Exhibition Frankie G. Weems Art Gallery Gaddy-Hamrick Art Center Meredith College Raleigh, North Carolina May - August

Twenty-First Annual Raleigh Fine Arts Society Artists Exhibition Frankie G. Weems Art Gallery Gaddy-Hamrick Art Center Juror: Lee Hall Meredith College Raleigh, North Carolina February 28- April 18

1998

Art on Paper Exhibition Weatherspoon Art Gallery Juror: Laura Hoptman, Assistant Curator of Drawing at The Museum of Modern Art, New York University of North Carolina Greensboro Greensboro, North Carolina November 8, 1998 - January 10, 1999

1998 Winter Show Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art Greensboro, North Carolina December 6 - 31

Wright State University Art Galleries Drawing from Perception II Juror: Rackstraw Downes Dayton, Ohio April 5 - May 10

1997

1997 Winter Show Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art Greensboro, North Carolina December 6 - 31

1996

42nd Annual Juried Show Durham Art Guild Juror: Mitchell Kahan, Director Akron Museum of Art Durham, North Carolina November 1996 - January 1997

1994

Juror’s Choice Award- 10th Annual Women’s Center Show Jurors: Geraldine Nager, Sotheby’s, Suzanne Gauthier, Tiffany & Co., and Gerald Bender Chapel Hill, North Carolina March 1994

1993

Juror’s Choice Award 9th Annual Women’s Center Show Jurors: Rebecca Butler, Margaret DeMott, Kristine Stiles Chapel Hill, North Carolina March 1993

1992

Arete Gallery Two-person show with Lisa Creed Durham, North Carolina September - November

Juror’s Choice Award 8th Annual Women’s Center Show Jurors: Nancy Tuttle May, Jane Tyndall Chapel Hill, North Carolina March

1991

37th Annual Juried Show Durham Art Guild Juror: Sarah Faunce, Curator and Chair Department of Painting and Sculpture Brooklyn Museum Durham, North Carolina November 1991 - January 1992

Other Exhibitions

• Durham Art Guild Members Annual Show Durham, North Carolina 1997 - 2004

• Open Studio Durham, North Carolina November 20 - 21, 1998

• New Art in the Triangle Duke University Museum of Art Duke University Durham, North Carolina July - August 1997

• All Student Art Exhibition Mclver Gallery University of North Carolina Greensboro Greensboro, North Carolina April 1996

• One Night Stand--—Drawing, painting and sculpture by selected UNCG Art Department graduate students Greensboro, North Carolina December 1996

• Transforming Ideas into Painting Group show of Sarah Walker’s students The ArtsCenter Carrboro, North Carolina May - June 1994

• Transforming Ideas into Painting Group show of Sarah Walker’s students The ArtsCenter Carrboro, North Carolina December 1992 - January 1993

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