The last few months I have been on the go! Making the long but glorious trip from Columbus Ohio to the left coast, with a strange round about way to get there that was thrilling, exhausting, and inspiring! It included seeing all three coasts, (that is East, Gulf, and West) Niagara Falls, The Grand Canyon, Austin and Marfa Texas, New Mexico, and so much more in two months time!

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photos from thesis exhbition

Opening Night! Come check it out First: MFA New Projects Columbus College of Art and Design 
Canzani Gallery 60 Cleveland Ave. Columbus OH 
March 30th-April 27th



Just finished making 18 Frames!! I still have to make the spacers, can't wait to put my prints in them!




Artist Statement

When was the last time you questioned and imagined what a Bird-of-Paradise looked like?  There is no need to fantasize because the Internet provides the world with thousands of images of everything possible and it takes seconds to discover appearances.  This is great for education however, ingenuity and the unknown are lost; people think and remember less with such vast references at their fingertips.  My artwork fills in this gap, encouraging people to imagine, interpret, and converse.  I have created a collection of prints and textiles, which converse with each other and unify aspects of design. The historical and theoretical context of my work is influenced by fiction, surrealism, Japanese prints, ornament, narrative abstraction, and formalism.  Innovation springs from methods of chance and intuitive spontaneity, which results in automatic drawings.  These drawings depict abstracted biomorphic and zoological characters I then place in different settings or situations.  Inimitable and enigmatic, my work touches on fantasy, humor, and the bizarre aspects of life and dreaming. It also provides entertainment that radiates energy and hopefully conjures happiness.  Surreal motifs encourage wonder, fuel imagination, and cannot be defined by an Internet search; everyone will interpret the work with their own twist, what is yours?

The textiles! Digital and Handprinted. Next they will be cut up for clothing and pillowcases. The third picture is the textile that will be hanging in the gallery, it is 7 yards of fabric.





  Ahhhh it's Mid February! Wrapping up the printing.... 

Print Exchange at Conference

This January I have been working on a project for the Southern Graphics Print Council Conference, which will be in New Orleans this March.  I am participating in a exchange with printmakers from all over the US.  We are to design a print that will be folded into a 3D "home" representing the nomadic lifestyle many people are experiencing in this world because of war, natural disasters, the economy, globalization, and much more. This houseboat is based off a Kettuvallom, which is a popular houseboat in India.  It is also inspired by the Dutch and how they have always embraced water in their cities.  If scientists are right about ocean levels rising in the near future, many more people may choose or be forced to navigate the rising seas in their homes. 

Planning the print was a new challenge, I have never made a print into a 3D form. I decided to use the Japanese tradition of paper folding, Origami. Below is the final product.


Juried Exhibitions

My prints "Exchanges Vapors Suddenly" and "Shrink Sideways, Always Together" were chosen for a juried exhibition and will be showcased at the Foundry Art Centre in St. Charles MO from January 13th-February 14th.  "Exchanges Vapors Suddenly" also won a cash award from the Juror! This print will also be on view at OhioCentric here in Columbus at the Ohio State Urban Arts Space from February 18th-March 24th. 

                                                        "Exchanges Vapors Suddenly"

                                                  "Shrink Sideways, Always Together"