Artist's Statement
I question the impact of humanity on nature. Genetic engineering, selective breeding, sterile seeds, technological enhancement, and a myriad of “improvements” to our environment have produced hybrids. Some are good, some bad, and too many are unexpected.
I use collage elements to represent the foreign elements that humanity has introduced in the name of improving nature. I use paint elements to refer to the original plant or animal.
I grew up in San Antonio , TX., married in 1975, and still have my first husband. We have two children. We moved to North Carolina in 1997, built, and ran a B&B and llama farm.
I've been a potter, jewelry designer, llama trekker, and innkeeper. Since we sold our inn in 2005, I have been able to focus on painting and writing again. We live in a rural area with a hand hewn log cabin on the property. The people who built and lived in that cabin had skills and the desire to make things. I identify with those who call themselves makers.
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2011
- Artist in Residence, Fines Creek Community Center, Fines Creek NC
- Tai Chi for Arthritis leader at FCCC
- Site Manager- Haywood Arts Council Junior Appalachian Musicians Day Camp and Benefit Concert at Fines Creek Gym
- Site Organizer- Bach Chorale Children ’s Choir of Lafayette, IN traditional music concert at Fines Creek Gym
- Coordinator – 14th Annual Fines Creek Bluegrass Jam Concert, Aug. 26 & 27
2010
- Exhibit “Chemo Today” @ Art on Depot, Waynesville, NC
- Fines Creek Arts and Craft Exhibit
- Haywood Open Studio Tour, Sleeping Stones Gallery group show
- Commission for Hugh Lambert
2009
- North Carolina Regional Artist Program Grant - Henderson and Haywood Counties- created “Chemo Today” installation
- Andrews Art Museum- group show
2008
- One Woman Show - HART Theater, Waynesville, NC
- Represented by- Art On Depot Gallery, Waynesville, NC
2007
- Asheville Area Arts Council - National Juried Show "Boundaries"
- Haywood County Public Library – Small works show
- Commission for Dr. Harry Vildibil
1997-2005
- WindDancers Lodge and Llama Treks, Clyde NC – designed and built log B&B, designed landscaping, led llama treks, PR, and customer service
1996
- Atlantic Center for the Arts-New Smyrna Beach, FL, with Ed Paschke. Received a Coca Cola Arts Fellowship for a three week residency, with emphasis on an interdisciplinary approach to art. Painters, poets and composers collaborated.
- “Women's Caucus for Art” show- Osceola Center for the Arts, Osceola FL
1995
- Women Contemporary Artists-“Literal Images” show- second place- Orlando, FL
1994
- “Small Works” show – Valencia Community College, Orlando, Fl
1990
- San Antonio Art Institute, San Antonio TX- continuing education
- Designed and painted a public art Mural, 8'x20' on Sanders Barber Shop exterior wall, San Antonio, TX. Mural existed from 1990 to 2000.
1986-1989
- Adagio, Inc., Evanston IL – Designed hand painted jewelry. Managed production painters and assured quality control.
1976
- Stone Rope Pottery, Evanston, IL- apprentice potter in pottery studio
1975
- BFA Southern Methodist University, Dallas TX
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