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Artist Statement -



Artist Statement

A canvas, sculpture, or new media presents a stage for me to examine the visually driven attributes of light, perspective, color, form, and movement. Past experiences, present environment, imagination, and experimentation with mixed media allow me to echo my passions, peace, or pleasure. Expression from impressions encountered in urban, rural, or figurative life evolve. Form and color are fashioned from the physical, mental, or spiritual. Red and black may stir energy or passion. Ochre or sienna may prompt an affection of earth or rock.

I draw, painting, sculpt or video with paint, found objects or software. Three-dimensional interior or exterior attachments are sometimes explored. My new work may shadow my previous series and motifs, as I strive for that elusive originality. My exploratory nature for diversity keeps me moving in and out of my compound-ongoing series (Action / Onyx / Lyric / Urban / Corolla). Sculpture and video now parallel my inventive journey.

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Artist Exhibitions



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Virginia


Selected Group Exhibitions:

2011 Opole Exposition, Opole, Poland

Conversation: Salon Style, Perspective Gallery, VA Tech, Blacksburg, VA

2010 Annual Group Exhibit, Aaron Gallery, Washington, DC

2009 Mountain Lake Workshop 1983-2009-Montgomery Museum, Virginia
Annual Group Show-Aaron Gallery, Washington, DC

2008 Canvas, Steel & Wood, Edge Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
Night of 1000 Drawings, Artist Space, New York City, NY.
Art Gala, O. Winston Link Museum, Roanoke, Virginia
Non-Objective Energies, Edge Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.

2007 Exhibitionism, Kronos Gallery, Staunton, Virginia
Art Journ, YouTube.com

2006 Annual Abstracts, Aaron Gallery, Dupont Circle, Washington, DC

2006 Recently Roanoke, Armory Gallery – Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA

2005 Non-Objective Energies, Modern Eye Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina
A Journey Through Abstraction, Modern Eye Gallery, Charlotte, NC

2004 Blue Ridge Traveling Exhibit
Artisans Center of Virginia, Waynesboro, Virginia
John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, North Carolina
Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens, Richmond, Virginia
Oasis Gallery, Harrisonburg, Virginia

2003 Invitational, Fine Art Center of the New River Valley, Pulaski, Virginia
Outside the Frame, Studios on the Square Gallery, Roanoke, Virginia

2002 River Exhibition, Radford University Art Museum
Flossie Martin Gallery, Radford, Virginia

1997 Alliance of Artists Traveling Exhibit:
Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History, Danville, Virginia
King Art Center, Abingdon, Virginia
Fine Arts Center of New River Valley, Pulaski, Virginia
Lynchburg Fine Arts Center, Lynchburg, Virginia
Perspective Gallery, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
Piedmont Art Center, Martinsville, Virginia

1990 Artemis XIII Traveling Exhibit, Living Gallery-North Cross, Roanoke, Virginia

1988 Four Southeastern Artists, Sawtooth Center of Visual Design
R.J. Reynolds Gallery, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

1985 Southeastern Spectrum IV Traveling Exhibition
Juried: Joseph Shannon, Curator, Hirshhorn Museum, Smithsonian Institute
Sawtooth Center of Visual Design, Winston-Salem, NC
Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC
Jan Goin Gallery, Charleston, South Carolina



Selected Group Exhibitions: (cont.)

Inaugural Exhibition, Flossie Martin Gallery
Radford University Art Museum, Radford, Virginia

1984 Southeastern Spectrum III Traveling Exhibition, Juried: Bernard Chaet, Yale University

Sawtooth Center of Visual Design, Winston-Salem, NC
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Spartanburg Art Center, Spartanburg, SC
Central Paper Company, Menasha, Wisconsin

1984 1st Invitational, John Kerr Building
Shenandoah College and Conservatory, Winchester, Virginia


Selected Solo Exhibitions:

2011 Abstract Floral (2), RedSky Gallery, Charlotte, NC

2009 Art & Allegory (2), Edge Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2008 Politix, Religionx & Artx, Pamela Jean Gallery, Roanoke, VA.

2008 The Abstract, Pamela Jean Gallery, Roanoke, Virginia

2007 Onyx Abstracts, Aaron Gallery, Dupont Circle, Washington, DC

2006 Absolute Abstract, Grandin Gallery, Grandin Theatre, Roanoke, Virginia

2005 Canvas and Steel, Modern Eye Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina

New Paintings, Perspective Gallery, Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, Virginia

2004 Theoretical Influence, Perspectives Gallery, Smith Mt. Lake, Virginia

1990 Recent Work, North Cross Gallery
North Cross School, Roanoke, Virginia

1989 Close to Home, Fine Art Center of New River Valley Gallery
Fine Art Center of the New River Valley, Pulaski, Virginia

1988 New Paintings, Staunton Fine Art Center
Staunton, Virginia

1988 Harkrader Exhibition, Montgomery Museum & Lewis Miller Regional Art Center
Montgomery County, Virginia

1987 Impact, Close to Home, Paine Gallery
Bluefield Art Center, Bluefield, Virginia








Selected Collections:

Jana Pawla II Bibliotecka, Opole, Poland

Centraine Muzeum Jencow Wojennych, Opole Poland

AECOM, Roanoke, Virginia

Central Paper Company, Alco Standard Corporation, Menasha, Wisconsin

Squires Center, Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, Virginia

The Surrey Group, Chicago, Illinois

Virginia Tech University, Graduate Life Center, Blacksburg, Virginia

Salem Orthopedic Association, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

SFCS, Inc., Architectural Group, Roanoke, Virginia

CaoBoi, CBS Survivor Star

Ron Crider Collection, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Montgomery Museum & Lewis Miller Regional Art Center, Montgomery County, Virginia

Issues Management Group, Roanoke, Virginia

Jordan Oil Company-Ramsdell Collection, Radford, Virginia

Perspectives Gallery, Morgantown, Pennsylvania

Christiansburg Industrial Institute Museum, Montgomery County, Virginia

Gay & Keesee Engineering Inc., Christiansburg, Virginia

Capozzi Collection, Montgomery County, Virginia

Ron & Betty Ballantine Crawford Collection, Roanoke, Virginia

Town of Christiansburg, Christiansburg, Virginia

Comprehensive Computer Solutions, Christiansburg, Virginia


Bibliography:

Myers Park Magazine, August 2011

16 Blocks Magazine, September 2011

Urban Home Charlotte, Fall 2010

American Art Collector, September 2010

Southern Living, November 2010

Art In America, NeoImages, October 2008

Art Matters, Philadelphia Region Magazine of the Arts, June 2008

Studio Visit, Open Studio Press, A Juried Selection of International Artist, 2008

Art In America, Sourcebook to the US Art World, Annual Guide, Artist Index, Summer 2006

Curator Letter, Anna Fariello, Curatorial InSight, 2004

Piedmont Style, “A Glimpse into the Life of a True Artist, Cynthia Hinkle, Aug.-Sept., 2004

City Magazine, Cover Image, August, 2004

Catalog, “Reflections on the River”, Radford University Art Museum, September 2002

Catalog, “Artemis XIII,” Artemis/Artists & Writers, Inc., April 1990.
(cont.)

FACNRV, “Juxtapositions and Dichotomies,” Centerpiece, Janurary 1989

Debbie Maxwell, “Large, bright, and energetic,” Entertainment SWVA, January 1989

Elaine Viel, “Owners open big barn Saturday with art show”, Roanoke Times, October 1988.

Su Clauson, “Radford University Gallery Opening,” Roanoke Times, September 1985.


Independent Studies:

2011 Opole Art Symposium & Residency, Opole Poland

2007 Web Flash Festival & Conference, Pompidou Center, Paris France

Mountain Lake Symposiums & Workshops
A historic gathering of leading artists, critics, architects, and scientist
(Attended as regional artist participant)

1989 “Artists Intentions: Enduring Values/Discounted Goods”
Gablik, Kupit, Kass, Spero

1988 “Artist In Locale: Beyond a Regional Critique”
Kuspit, Leenhardt, Kirshner, Kass, Miller, Mosquera, Rollins, Risatti
Canregie-Mellon University, Pittsburg, PA

1987 “Making Psychoanalytic Sense of Art”
Kuspit, Kass, Spitz, King, Gedo,
De Looper, Goldberg, Poppitz

1986 “Evaluative Process in Contemporary Art”
Porter, Kass, Tavarelli

1985 “Dislocated Sources”
Kuspit, Greenberg, King, Kass, Baldessari, Cameron

1984 “Revisionism-Criticism of Modern Art”
Kuspit, Kass, Sonnier, Vidler, Colquhoun

1983 “Media: Artists, Imagery, and Influences”
Cage, Kuspit, Kass, Becker, Pashke, Cosindas,
Keziere, Lawson

1982 Greenberg, Caro, Frieliecher, Kass, Bannard, Shatter

1981 Thiebaud, Cosindas, Kass
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Artist Collections



Selected Collections:

Jana Pawla II Bibliotecka, Opole, Poland

Centraine Muzeum Jencow Wojennych, Opole Poland

AECOM, Roanoke, Virginia

Central Paper Company, Alco Standard Corporation, Menasha, Wisconsin

Squires Center, Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, Virginia

The Surrey Group, Chicago, Illinois

Virginia Tech University, Graduate Life Center, Blacksburg, Virginia

Salem Orthopedic Association, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

SFCS, Inc., Architectural Group, Roanoke, Virginia

CaoBoi, CBS Survivor Star

Ron Crider Collection, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Montgomery Museum & Lewis Miller Regional Art Center, Montgomery County, Virginia

Issues Management Group, Roanoke, Virginia

Jordan Oil Company-Ramsdell Collection, Radford, Virginia

Perspectives Gallery, Morgantown, Pennsylvania

Christiansburg Industrial Institute Museum, Montgomery County, Virginia

Gay & Keesee Engineering Inc., Christiansburg, Virginia

Capozzi Collection, Montgomery County, Virginia

Ron & Betty Ballantine Crawford Collection, Roanoke, Virginia

Town of Christiansburg, Christiansburg, Virginia

Comprehensive Computer Solutions, Christiansburg, Virginia
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