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ARTIST’S STATEMENT

“In my work, I use the language of color and shape to
celebrate the grandeur of this world and the universe that
expands around it.  I invite viewers to re-examine the beauty
that surrounds them and explore the aesthetic freedom that
can be found beyond familiar boundaries.”

EXHIBITIONS

2009

Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition,
Juried exhibition, August 27- September 7, Fine Arts Building,
Minnesota State Fairgrounds, St. Paul, MN

Solo Exhibit, February, Lost Lake Design, Little Falls, MN

2008

Solo exhibit, January-February, Theraputic Body Works,
Casket Arts Building, Minneapolis


2007
Summer Season Exhibit, Paintings featured at
Pope Art Gallery, Terrace, MN

"Stargazing Revisited", Solo exhibit, May, Tillie's Bean Coffee Shop,
Minneapolis, Minnesota

2006       
"Eccentric Universe," Solo exhibit, August-September,
A Fine Grind Coffee Shop,  St. Paul, Minnesota


2005        
"Above the Horizon", Solo exhibit, November, Tillie’s Bean
Coffee Shop, Minneapolis, Minnesota


"Colorphilia", Solo exhibit, July, Columbia Grounds Coffee Shop,
Minneapolis, Minnesota


"Stargazing", Solo exhibit, March, Tillie’s Bean Coffee Shop,
Minneapolis, Minnesota

2002        
Graduating Seniors Art Salon, Invitational, April-May,
Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Sponsored by the University of Minnesota Art Department


"High Color Universe," Summa cum Laude Exhibit, April,
Mezzanine Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Sponsored by the University of Minnesota Art Department



COLLECTIONS


Ohio State University Department of Physics, Columbus, Ohio,  
Paintings on loan from the collection of Thomas and Bunny Clark


MEMBERSHIPS

Member: Minnesota Speculative Fiction Writers
Artist Member, MNartists.org

Artist Member, International Association
   of Astronomical Artists


EDUCATION

University of Minnesota, Bachelor of Arts Summa cum Laude, 2002

Macalester College, 1990 to 1993

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