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My paintings involve the dissection of observation to learn more about learning. My deep appreciation of the classical tradition of painting keeps me rooted in technical skill and ideal messages, however my spirit is founded on the modern parallels of life, aesthetic, and emotion. I find inspiration in the landscape's poetry, the conditions of man and animal, the science, math, and reason of the interiors we create and inhabit, as well as concepts of abstract composition, light, tone and color. Learning in itself is what keeps me happy and my paintings carry the joy I have for the process of figuring out how to understand life visually and yet to have a vision that keeps the human spirit interested both intellectually and emotionally.
STUDIES
1999 Course in drawing, Indiana state university, Indiana
2000-2005 B.F.A Degree in painting, University of Oshkosh, Wisconsin
EXHIBITIONS
2006
-Solo Exhibition, Inside-Out-Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
-SECURA Insurance Company 27th Annual Art Show, Appleton, Wisconsin
-Artists for Arc, Fine Art Auction, Hilton Garden Inn, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Invitational
-Colors of Life Community Hospice Foundation, Fine Art Auction, Hackberry Manor, Appleton, Wisconsin, Invitational 2006
2005
-Artists for Arc, Fine Art Auction, Hilton Garden Inn, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Invitational
-Octaconda, Monk-Reising Gallery, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Invitational
-The Artist as subject, Stolley Studios, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Invitational
-Oshkosh 100, Monk -Reising Gallery, Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Invitational
-Surrender, Eye of the Arts LLC, Ripon, Wisconsin, Invitational
-Personal Space, Monk-Reising Gallery, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Invitational
-Beautiful Dreams, Jambalaya Co-Op Gallery, Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Featured Member
-Chaos: Charity Event and Art Exhibition, The Algoma Club, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Invitational
-Colors of Life Community Hospice Foundation, Fine Art Auction, Hackberry Manor, Appleton, Wisconsin, Invitational 2005
2004
-Recent Paintings, Open Window Studios, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Invitational
-People, Paint, Passion, and Balance, Monk-Reising Gallery and Boutique, Oshkosh,
Wisconsin, Invitational
-Chaos: Charity Event and Art Exhibition, The Algoma Club, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Invitational
2003
-Student Honors Exhibition. Priebe Gallery, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Invitational
-Reeve Union student art contest, Reeve Union, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Juried.
COLLECTIONS
-Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana, Public collection
-University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Private collection
-Mayor Bill Castle, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Private collection
-Jennifer Monk-Reising, Monk-Reising Gallery owner, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Private collection
-Barbra Rosenthal, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh art faculty, Private collection
-Tim Gokhman, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Private collection
HONORS AND AWARDS
-Best of show. SECURA Insurance Company 27th Annual Art Show, Appleton, Wisconsin.
-Juries Award. University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh 2005 student honors exhibition, Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
-Juries Award. Oshkosh 100, Monk-Reising Gallery, Oshkosh, Wisconsin 2005
-Best of Show. University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh 2003 student honors exhibition,
Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
-Scholarship. Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana. 1999
OTHER EXPERIENCES
-Currently Teaching figure drawing at The Fire Gallery, Appleton, Wisconsin.2005-2006
-Guest speaker at Appleton North High School, Appleton, Wisconsin. 2000
-Book cover design, “At Home With Good and Evil” by Bill McConkey, Quite Side Publishing Co., Copyright 2000
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