statement

I have always held drawing in a kind of reverence, both as an art form in its own right and as a foundational skill for other arts.  When I was trained in the classical tradition of oil painting, it was a touchstone and constant companion--first throughout several years worth of studies in charcoal and pencil, and finally, when my teachers allowed me to begin painting, a question that accompanied each brushstroke: "Does this paint I'm putting down improve the drawing in my picture?"

Even now, out of the painting academy and working on my own, I find myself frequently returning to the pure drawing I was taught as a neophyte painter.  With these studies of the figure in pencil or portraits in charcoal, I have the chance to concentrate on questions of line, shape, and value--in other words, drawing, the hard skeleton that will give structure to a painting or teach one to produce a subtly-varied line that expresses form with elegance and economy.

bio

born: 1982, Phoenix, Arizona

education

The Florence Academy of Art, 2010
Sewanee: The University of the South, BA, 2004

selected solo or two-person exhibits

"New Works", Deadwyler and Company, Atlanta, GA, 2011
"A Year in Florence", Gallery in the Vault, Wooster, OH, 2009

selected group shows

"Sixth Alumni Exhibition," Florence Academy of Art, Florence, Italy, 2012
"Contemporary Classicists", The Fayetteville Underground, Fayetteville AR, 2011
"The Body Ideal", Mölndal Museum, Mölndal Sweden, 2010
"Nude 2010", Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati OH, 2010