My work finds patterns in accumulation where new meanings derive from hybridization and mutation and the time-intensive, repetitive mark of drawing that binds disparate imagery.  In "Phoenix" my interests turn towards the gated tennis and golf communities wedged within the urban sprawl of Florida's strip malls and theme parks.  Here, a host of unlikely juxtapositions become a fitting metaphor recalling fallen idols, displaced rivalries, and the paradoxes of consumerist-fueled distractions.  Within lush sprawling lawns and endless patterns of white boundary lines exists a synthesis of the natural and the artificial, where underlying competitive drives, mythical beasts, and our collective obsessions cohabitate.

born:1972, Eugene, Oregon

education:

University of Florida, MFA, 2003
University of Florida, BA, 2000

selected solo or two-person exhibits

Mack B Projects, Deuce, Sarasota, FL, 2008
Bettcher Gallery, Hitting the Wall,  Miami, FL, 2005
The Art Store, Holiday and Sport, Gainesville, FL, 2004

selected group shows

Brevard Art Museum, Navel Gazing, Melbourne, FL, 2010 (catalog) (travelling)
Art Center Sarasota, NFS, Sarasota, FL, 2008
Atlantic Center for the Arts, Annual Florida University Student Exhibition, New Smyrna Beach, FL, 2002