I am an artist. I live, breathe and feel art everyday. Art is my inner world of dreams, fantasies and exploration.
Art is everywhere. Being an artist is learning how to see;
how to perceive, how to enlighten, how to evoke. Originally born in NYC my current studio is situated on a lake outside of Chicago. Having exhibited and sold work throughout the major metropolis my art reaches many levels, from small intimate works to large commissioned murals. I am a professor of art history, a performance artist, a musician, an actress, and a dancer. But most of all I am a lover. A lover of life, beauty and the untouched in this life we are given.
I have recently been accepted into Agora Gallery in the Chelsea district in NYC and will be exhibiting in The NY Biennale 2009. In June I exhibited in the Fulton Market Gallery District in Robert Wayner’s Black Walnut Gallery.
I paint many different genres. From Landscapes, to abstracts, to nudes, to portraits, to still lifes, to full scale murals.
I have a series of sepia toned Renaissance oil paintings that incorporate the pigment burnt umber. The selection of monochrome is arresting. An image reveals itself without the luxury of a full palette. The pigment burnt umber recalls the hue attained from the ruins of Pompeii to Renaissance drawings. These Sepia works regenerate themselves, evolve and fade into mysterious imagery.
The burnt umber applied with washes of turpentine reveals drippings, and cracks to uncover a process of decay. The delicate subtlety of the drawings are given strength and permanence in the medium of oil, yet they retain the fragility of the dust they come from creating dreamlike interludes.
EDUCATION
1996-1999 Columbia College Chicago IL MA
1985-1996 School of the Art Institute Chicago IL BFA
1981-1984 Bennington College Bennington, Vermont
1983-1984 New York University New York NY
PROFESSIONAL
2005- present –Part time faculty instructor of Art-
2005-2008 College of Lake County, Southlake Campus,
Great Lakes Naval Base, Lake shore campus and Main Grayslake campus
GALLERIES
2008 Agora Gallery, Chelsea, NYC, New York
2008 Robert Wayner Black Walnut Gallery, Chicago, IL
2008 Omar Valencia Gallery, Pilsen, Chicago
2008 Karen Solem Gallery, Elmhurst, IL
2008 Maison Rouge Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006-2008 High Risk Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005 Gallery Munoz, Long Grove, IL
2005 Home SH Gallery, Grayslake, IL,
2005 Art and Blooms, Grayslake, IL,
2004 Cassandra Gallery, Long Grove, IL
2004 Amers Gallery, Long Grove, IL,
2004 Pegasus Gallery, Vernon Hills, IL
2002-2006 Fine Arts Foundation, Antioch, IL
2002 Moonstone Gallery, Lake Geneva, WI
2002 Matisse Gallery ,Lake Geneva, WI
2001 Lake County Art League Gallery, Waukegan, IL
1999 Millenium Art Gallery, Libertyville, IL
1992 Gallery and Frame Ltd., Winnetka, IL
1992 Gallery, Evanston, IL
1991 Burgess Hill Ltd., Chicago, IL
1990 The Art Store and Gallery, Lake Forest, IL
1986 One Hundred Gallery Annex, Chicago, IL
1986 Art Werk Gallery, Chicago, IL
1986 Waller Boldenweck Gallery, Chicago, IL
GROUP SHOWS
2009 New York Biennale Art Show, NYC New York
2008 Agora Gallery, Chelsea, NYC, New York
2008 Black Walnut Gallery, Chicago, IL
2008 Karen Solem Gallery, Elmhurst, IL
2008 Maison Rouge Gallery, Chicago, IL
2008 SIU School of Medicine , Carbondale, IL
2008 Chicago Guest House, Chicago, IL
2006-2008 High Risk Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004-2006 Fine Art Foundation Studio Tour, Antioch, IL
2003-2008 Robert T. Wright Gallery, Grayslake, IL
2001-2003 Chicago Art Open, Chicago, IL
1989 Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Chicago, IL
1988 Wexner Center for the Visual Arts, Columbus, OH
“AIDS: The Artists’ Response”
SOLO SHOWS
2008 Omar Valencia Gallery, Pilsen, Chicago, IL
2008 Carrington Row, Milburn, IL
2007 Petrucci’s, Antioch, IL
2007 Lake Villa Township, Lake Villa, IL
2006 Antioch Fine Arts Foundation , Antioch, IL
2006 Suzanne’s Gallery, Antioch, IL
2003- 2008 Robert T. Wright Gallery, Grayslake, IL
2002-2005 North Point Marina, Winthrop Harbor, IL
2002 Viking Art Center, Waukegan, IL
2001 Bonnie Brook Golf Course, Waukegan, IL
2001 Lake County Court House, Waukegan, IL
2000 Lake County Jury Assembly Room, Waukegan, IL
2000 Lake County Circuit Court, Waukegan, IL
2000 City Hall, Waukegan, IL
1992 Evanston F &A Center, Evanston, IL
1989 Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Chicago, IL
1987 Casino’s Gallery Loft, Chicago, IL
LIBRARIES
1990-2004
Lake Forest, Winnetka, Barrington, Northbrook, Brookfield, Ela Area,
Round Lake Crystal Lake, Lake Villa, Gurnee
COMMISSIONS
2002 The Jungle Gym Health Club Murals , Antioch, IL
2005 Am Echod Murals, Lindenhurst, IL
AFFILIATIONS
Member of The Chicago Artists Coalition
Lake County Art League
Antioch Fine Arts Foundation
Geneva Lakes Association
Slide Librarian , Art Institute of Chicago 1988-1989
Palette and Chisel, Chicago, IL , link on website
Curatorial Assistant, Antioch Fine Arts Foundation
Lake County Art League Gallery
REVIEWS and PUBLICATIONS
Nationally broadcast interviews of artists and musicians
2000 Chicago Reader
2001 Illinois Entertainer
2002 Electronic Media
2003 MK Magazine
2004 UR Chicago
2005 Illinois Entertainer
2008 All things Girl
FOUNDER
Artists Advancement Crusade: Not-for-profit organization created in 2000 to further the advancement of artists and musicians residing in the Chicago area yet inclusive of artists of national and international stature who have worked in Chicago.
