My paintings are evolved from historical and prehistoric observations. They are my response to clues I have gathered from the most ancient to the most modern visual references available. Blending this with the relationship I have with my own existence I create a fantastical story. The sense of story is used to provoke exciting aspects of being and existing in this amazing world.
I am in love with color and sensual surface textures on my canvases and I am in love with life.
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Biographical Information
Collections (selected)
---- Faner Art Museum, Southern Illinois University, Carondale, IL
---- Robert Galbraith, Founding Artistic Director for The Opera Company of North Carolina
1994 IBM Commission, Research Triangle Park, NC
1998 The Law Office of Sandy Hill, Wall Street, New York, NY
2001 Duke Children's Hospital, Durham, NC
2002 Duke Hospital, Department of Social Services, Three Paintings
2003 Kevin Klose, Dean and Professor, University of Maryland, former president emeritusof National Public Radio, Washington, DC
2003 UNC Memorial Hospital, Chapel Hill, NC
2006 Eileen Naughton, Google - New York Advertising and Sales director, former CEO of Time Magazine
2007 University of North Carolina
2008 Scottsdale Health Care, Scottsdale, AZ
2008 Momentum Research, Durham, NC
2009 University of North Carolina
2011 Raleigh Durham Airport Authority Mural
2012 Duke Hospital
Honors and Awards
1982 Rickert-Ziebold Trust Award, Southern Illinois University
1985 Cellar Door Editors Award in Graphics, University of North Carolina
1992 Guest Lecturer, Duke University, Durham, NC
1993 Juror's Choice Award, Through Woman"s Eyes, Chapel Hill Women's Center
1993 Best of the Triangle, Blue Greenberg's Top Ten List, The Durham Sun
1993 First Place,Caldwell Arts Council Sculpture Competion
1993 Guest Lecturer, Louisburg College, Louisburg, NC
1994 IBM Sclupture Commission, First PlaceWorld Trade Show, Washington, DC
1994 Guest Lecturer, Newbury College, Newbury, SC
1994 Conversations with Professor Bruce Nell-Smith, WNCC- TV, Newberry College, Newberry, S
1995 Arlo Lassen Interview, Reporter for Channel 2 News, Greensboro, NC
1996 Somerhill Gallery Award , Window Installation at the Raleigh Public Library
1996 Don Ross Interview, Reporter for WTVD Raleigh, NC, 1996
1997 Juror, The Chapel Hill Women's Club Visual Arts Festival
1998 Guest Lecturer, NC Wesleyan College, Rocky Mount, NC
1998 Juror, The Chapel Hill Women's Club Visual Arts Festival
1999 Juror, The Chapel Hill Women's Club Visual Arts Festival
1999 Juror, Through Women's Eyes, Chapel Hill Women's Center
2000 Juror, The Chapel Hill Women's Club Visual Arts Festival
2001 Juror, Orange County Artist Tour Exhibition
2003 Top Ten List of North Carolina Artists, Louis St. Lewis, Metro Magazine
2005 Top Ten List of North Carolina Artists, Louis St. Lewis, Metro Magazine
2007 The Jane Filer Studio dedication, Carrboro ArtsCenter
2008 Guest Lecturer, “Making a Living Making a Life”, East Carolina University, College of Fine Arts and Communications, Greenville, NC
Publications
---- Treasure Diary for Creative Affluence, 16 illustrations, written by Adrienne Laris for the International Institute of Trading Mastery, Raleigh, NC
---- Copy Art Quarterly, six illustrations, Bock Island, RT
1985 The Cellar Door, cover design, UNC, Chapel Hill, NC
1988-1989 Art Police, featured in three issues, Minneapolis, MN
1989 The Sun Magazine, Chapel Hill, NC
1989 Principals of Visual Perception, by Carolyn Bloomer, Design Press, New York, NY
1990 The Prism, monthly newspaper, political illustratiions
1990 The Sun Magazine, Chapel Hill, NC
1990 The Que, three illustrations, weekly periodical
1990 ArtsSchool catalog cover, Spring Issue
1990 ArtsSchool catalog cover, Fall Issue
1991 The Prism, monthly newspaper, political illustratiions
1992-1996 Endeavers Magazine, UNC quarterly publication, Chapel Hill, NC
1992 ArtsSchool catalog cover, Winter Issue
1993 The Sun Magazine, Chapel Hill, NC
1995-1999 La Voz Del Pueblo, monthly Spanish newspaper, Chapel Hill, NC
1996 ArtsSchool catalog cover, Summer Issue
1996 ArtsSchool catalog cover, Fall Issue
2005 The Boy Yogi, by Germaine Grey
