Artist statement
Many artists paint as I do; spontaneously, intuitively, one mark leading to another. A simple discovery may altogether change the course of the paintings. Therein lies the fascination; and the motivation to continue working day after day.
I found the following quote in "The Collected Writings of Robert Motherwell" regarding Edouard Manet to be quite telling:
You cannot explain art any more than you can learn it. Manet, whom I knew, also said: "Art is a circle, one is either inside it or outside." It is an accident of birth, and I think it would be as well to add that no one person in the circle resembles his neighbor, but at the same time they are all brothers. -- G. Jeanniot on Manet, 1907
Selected Exhibitions
2009
- Bonfoey Gallery, Cleveland School Artists, Cleveland, OH
- Art Access, It's All New, Columbus, OH
- Alan Avery Art Company, AffordableArtShow, Atlanta, GA
- Alan Avery Art Company, ARThouse 09, Atlanta, GA
- Bonfoey Gallery, Featured Artist February, Cleveland, OH
- Conrad Wilde Gallery, Fourth Annual Encaustic Show, Tucson, AZ
2008
- Art Access, October 2008, Mixed Media, Columbus, OH
- Alan Avery Art Company / Trinity Gallery, About Face, Atlanta, GA
- Conrad Wilde Gallery, Third Annual Encaustic Invitational, Tucson, AZ
- Conrad Wilde Gallery, Lyrical Abstraction, Tucscon, AZ
2007
- Trinity Gallery, Jim Dine, The Lost Boy, Atlanta, GA
- Conrad Wilde Gallery, Per Square Foot, Tucson, AZ
- Studio Graphique, The Art of Space, Shaker Heights, OH
2006
- The Acquisition Exhibition, The Illinois Institute of Art - Chicago
- Hoyt Mid Atlantic Juried Art Exhibition, New Castle, PA
Professional Programs
2007
- Encaustic monotype & painting workshop with Paula Roland, Santa Fe, NM