statement

My current body of work focuses on aspects of civil infrastructure and how the development and maintenance is crucial to sustain health and growth in a city.  I then relate this process to the human body, that it must regenerate itself for health and longevity.  Having studied the human form for many years, I wanted to see if I could create a composition without the human figure but still maintain a human presence.   In this work, the audience is introduced to familiar places and iconic images of civil infrastructures.  Such as bridges, overpasses, bulldozers, trains and equations, these images are relatable in that we use them often.  The process of painting then symbolizes the regeneration that must happen both in infrastructure and within our own bodies. The paint is built up and torn down over and over again until I arrive at what I feel is a harmonious balance between incomplete and complete details.  I believe that we place ourselves into the painting for at least a moment and become active in the possibilities of the materials itself.

bio

born: 1978, Brighton

education

Fontbonne University M.F.A 2010

selected solo or two-person exhibits

Gallery of Contemporary Art St. Louis Community College/Forest Park: Images of Passages, 2011
Chesterfield Arts: Paper Play Chesterfield Missouri 2011

selected group shows

Manifest Gallery: INDA 7, Cincinnati, Ohio 2012
Edwardsville Art Center: Contemporary Artists Respond to Art History, Edwardsville, Il 2012
Manifest Gallery: NUDE 3, Cincinnati, Ohio 2011
Fontbonne Gallery: Figure Now, Clayton, MO 2011