statement

My work pulls the viewer into an intimate relationship with an object; that of really seeing something instead of just observing it. My life-size photo suggestive presentation – whether the subject is a vintage western saddle or a nude figure study – replicates life down to the most minute detail and although the viewer realizes it’s just a work of art, they are drawn closer to investigate the rendering’s accuracy. I persuade the observer to study an object the way I do when I’m creating my work, and it’s a way of “seeing” that he or she quite possibly has never before experienced. Observing something means recognizing form and dimension, or how light falls on an object to create shape and shadow. “Seeing Something” demands intense inspection and consideration of every nuance, the fold and flaw, bump and bruise, cut and scratch, down to the very last stitch or hair follicle, and it’s that introspection which grants relevance and realism to everything in our world.

bio

born: 1955, San Antonio, Texas

education

Texas Christian University
The University of the Arts, Philadelphia PA

selected awards/honors

2013 Hunting Art Prize

selected publications

Patron: Dearly Departed, Oct/Nov 2013 by Terri Provencal http://www.patronmag-digital.com/patronmag/winter_2013#pg56
Texas Contemporary Artists: Second Edition by June Mattingly
Strokes of Genius 6, Northern Light Publications
INDA6, INDA7, INDA8, Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center,  Cincinnati OH

selected solo or two-person exhibits

Nicole Longnecker Gallery, Dark Matters, Houston TX (May 2015)
Red Arrow Gallery, Death Do Us Part, Dallas TX (October 2013)
Benedun Fine Arts Gallery, One Color of Gray-Drawings by Marshall Harris, Waynseburg University, Waynesburg, PA
Museum of Biblical Art, Contemporary Catechism, Dallas TX (Fall 2015)

selected group shows

Astspace111, Artspace111 Regional Jurries Exhibition, Fort Worth TX, June 2014
Annual Directors Exhibition,  Figuratively Speaking, The Rymer Gallery, Nashville TN, April 2014
Houston Art Alliance Gallery,  Another Layover: New Art Acquisitions for IAH, Houston TX, April 2014
Southwest School of Art, Texas Draw III, San Antonio TX