Artist’s Statement

Much of my work oscillates between the simple joy of capturing beautiful things for their own sake and urge to make lasting memorials to the people, places, and truths that give life its meaning. When I am not reveling in the rich textures, colors, and edge qualities of my subjects, I am reaching back through history in search of a visual language to communicate larger thoughts about life, faith, and human relationships.

Education

2012 New York Academy of Art

2010 Grand Central Academy of Art

2018 Water Street Atelier

2006 BS Liberty University

Selected Exhibitions

2019 Vermont Conference On Christianity And The Arts, Waterbury Center, VT

2011 T.H.N., Sotherby’s, New York, NY

Tribeca Ball, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY

2010 Deck The Walls, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY

Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, National Arts Club, New York, NY

Objects of Art, Beardsley Gallery, Wilton, CT

2008 Water Street Atelier, Bendann Gallery, Baltimore, MD

Water Street Group Show, Meredith Long Gallery, Houston, TX

Bibliography of Online Publications

2009 2009 Winners of the ARC Scholarship Competition, The Art Renewal Center, November 1

Grand central Academy Blog

2008 Narnia and the Fields of Arbol, (Illustration), December 18

2005 Christianity and the Arts Conference, (Image), July 10

2001 Addison Eagle, Portrait of Louis Newman, November 16

Selected Awards and Competitions

2011 Lewis/Rosel Portrait Scholarship, New York, NY

Connecticut Pastel Society Award, Maria, New York, NY

2010 Second Place, Anna Lee Stacey Scholarship, Oklahoma City, OK

2009 First Place, Art Renewal Center Scholarship Competition, Port Reading, NJ

Silver Medal, International Colored Pencil Competition, Atlanta, GA

2007 First Place, Champlain Galley Exposition, Burlington, VT

2006 Best in Show, Champlain Valley Exposition, Burlington, VT

Lectures/Panel Discussions/Workshops

2018 Drawing Fundamentals, Vermont Conference on Christianity And The Arts, Waterbury Center, VT

2011 Studio Tours Series, New York, NY

2010 Great Cathedral Tours, New York, NY

2009 Vermont Arts Conference, Middlebury, VT

2008 St. Paul’s Storrs, CT

Selected Collections

2018 Linda, _____ , VT

2017 Ann, Lake Sunapee, NH

2011 John Alexander, New York, NY

2010 Marriet Jaarsma, Cornish, NH

2019 Larissa Engleman, New York, NY

2001 Bixbey Public Library, Vergennes, VT