 Color has been an important part of my life for as long as I can remember. I pursued many creative endeavors and thought myself a jack-of-all-trades and a master of none. I wanted to narrow my focus. After a litany of courses through Raleigh Parks and Rec., Meredith College, and NCSU College of Design, I learned how to draw and discovered colored pencils, watercolor, pen & ink, and photography.
Photography has become my passion. Through photography, I can express myself without the stress of drawing. Over the last few years I've gained the expertise needed for converting digital color images to black and white, for making professional black and white prints, and I've found the perfect combination of tools to create lovely hand colored, inkjet, black and white images.
In 2010 I began working in Dreamweaver. I am finding web design a good mix for my math oriented left brain and my creative right brain. I design my web pages with paper and pencil before I move to Photoshop. Once I have the details laid out, I move to
|
Dreamweaver where I work with HTML and CSS to get what I have envisioned. Web design has opened up a whole new world for me.
In my art, I look to the natural world for subject matter. I am drawn to folklore and fairytales; I tend to search for the perfect "wee ones" habitat. Right now I am photographing mushrooms, toadstools, and interesting tree shapes along with botanical specimans. I also enjoy travel, documenting our discoveries. I am working on a long term project derived from a trip to Spain to discover the roots of flamenco. It's a wonderful combination of hand colored images, pen and ink drawings, and souvenirs used to explain the history of flamenco and to document the trip my daughter and I made in 2007. |
Art Education
2011 UNC's NC Botanical Garden's Botanical Illustration Certification
2003-2006 Duke University's Center for Documentary Studies
2000-2002 Master's Degree, College of Design, NCSU, Raleigh, NC
1996-2000 Meredith College, Raleigh, NC
Published Work
2011 ArtSee Magazine
2006 My Kittens, accepted for publication by Richard C. Owen Publishing
2002 Illustrations for A Fish Out of Water by Wesley Eure
Exhibitions
2011 "Funky Fun", Carter Building Alliance Gallery
2011 "Small Works", Carter Building Alliance Gallery
2011 Red Cross Auction
2011 For the Love of Art, Visual Art Exchange
2010 "New (and recent) Work", Local Color Gallery
2010 Divas, Local Color Gallery
2010 Summer Splash, Local Color Gallery
2010 White Show, Local Color Gallery
2009-2011 Group Exhibit, Bruegger's Bagels Bakery, Cary, NC
2009 Professional Photographers, NC State Fair
2003, 2005 SCBWI New York Showcase, Judges choice 2005
2002 NCSU Student Painting Exhibit
2002 North Carolina State University
|
1998-2000 Meredith College Student Show
1998 Spectator Magazine Show
Collections
Triangle Family Services, Raleigh, NC, Dr. Monica Shelton, Cary, NC, Doug and Georgia Kasey, Martinsville, VA, Jim and Mabel Jones, Hampton, VA
Gallery Affiliations
2010-Present Without Borders, Raleigh, NC
2008-2010 A Room of One's Own, Studio 24, Raleigh, NC
2009-2011 Local Color, Raleigh, NC
2009-Present Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC
2007-2008 311 W Martin Gallery, Raleigh, NC
Activities and Honors
2011 Member, Downtown Raleigh Alliance
2010-Present, Treasurer, Board of Directors, Visual Art Exchange
2010 Founder of the Carter Building Alliance
2010-Present Member, Glenwood South Merchants Association
2009-Present Member,Visual Art Exchange
2005 SCBWI New York Showcase, Judges choice
1998-2000 Meredith College Student Show, Best in Show 1999, Honorable Mention 2000
1998 First Place, Spectator Magazine Show
|
