Artist Statement

I am a mixed media painter and writer. Through my work, I consider the tense relationship of nature to modern infrastructure. I am particularly interested in the periphery and the overlooked: paths flanked by feral landscape; sky obstructed by human sprawl; access to the relief of an open view. 

Central to my work are the ideas of structure, ritual, and interdependence. I approach my work by setting arbitrary boundaries, then working systematically through them.  The structure allows the freedom to work without having to fight a creative block: all I have to do is show up. Together, the structure and repetition build an interdependent relationship where each piece flows from the one before it. 

In 2023, I committed myself to a year-long self-directed residency project called passages where I painted the sky every day in watercolor. Throughout this endeavor, I wrote about the experience, specifically about feeling denied a clear view of the sky; then, in 2025, I created a publication to document all 365 images and their corresponding short essays. From passages, I started several other bodies of work: Highways and Byways, Patchwork Diaries, Streams of Consciousness, and most recently, Posies. 

By focusing on overlooked spaces, I ask viewers to examine their own environments: what magic might they discover when they take the time to linger?  

Education

Baccalaureate of Arts:
Art History Research
emphasis on African-American History and Other
Eastern Washington University,
Cheney, Washington

Baccalaureat of Fine Arts:
Painting & Ceramics;
emphasis on Other,
anti-art and re/deconstruction
Eastern Washington University,
Cheney, Washington

Gallery Internship:
Lorinda Knight Gallery
Spokane WA

Curriculum Vitae

2026

Artist-In-Residence
Creative Pathways, Genesis Center
Providence, Rhode Island

What I Make, Artist Critique Forum
Founder/Facilitator
Providence, RI

AS220
OVERPASS
Providence, Rhode Island

Pawtucket Arts Collaborative
Vibrant
Pawtucket, Rhode Island

2025

Atrium Gallery
Small Works
Providence, Rhode Island

Pawtucket Arts Collaborative
Holiday Exhibition
Pawtucket, Rhode Island

Pawtucket Arts Collaborative
Silver
Pawtucket, Rhode Island

2023-2024

Self-directed Residency Project:
passages: A Year-Long Study
United States and Canada, various locations

2009

• Gallery Gray
  Tilting at Windmills
  Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Emily Harvey Foundation Gallery
  A Book About Death, Event Project by Matthew Rose
  Emily Harvey Foundation, New York, NY
• E.H. Hereford University Center Gallery
  Fluxhibition 3
  E.H. Hereford University Center, Arlington, Texas
• Open Concept Gallery
  Digital Ritual
  Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan

2007

• International Museum of Collage, Assemblage and Construction
  White on White
  6955 Pinon Street, Fort Worth, Texas

2006

• Lauryn Taylor Gallery
  Holiday Invitational: Holiday Lights
  Between Ocean and Seventh on San Carlos, Carmel-by-the-Sea
• Pacific Grove Art Center
  Lensless , Pinhole Photography Invitational
  568 Lighthouse Ave, Pacific Grove, CA
• Lauryn Taylor Gallery
  2nd Annual Juried Exhibition: Elementals
  Between Ocean and Seventh on San Carlos, Carmel-by-the-Sea,  CA
• Sebastapol Center for the Arts
  Juried Exhibition: Art & Language
  678 Depot St., Sebastapol, CA

2005

• Winfield Gallery
  Sculpture Indoors
  On Dolores between 7th & Ocean · Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA

2003

• Art Is Gallery
  Double Ex-Poseur
  W 1021 1st Ave · Spokane, WA

2002

• Moses Lake Museum
  2002 County Line Exhibition Series
  228 West Third Avenue · Moses Lake, WA
• EWU Gallery
  Repeat Offenders
  Eastern Washington University · Cheney, WA
• Flour Mill
  Five to One: Testosterone Intolerant
  W 621 Mallon Ave · Spokane, WA
• E Gallery
  Shift in Perspective: Feminism in the 21st Century
  W 410 Sprague Ave · Spokane WA

Publications, Awards & Honors

• White on White – Exhibit Catalogue
  Touchon, Cecil. Ontological Museum Publications, Fort Worth, Texas, 2009. 
• Article for Holiday Lites
  Monterey County Herald, GO!
  Thursday Nov. 23-29, 2006; Page 25
• HomeStyle by-the-Sea
  Re: Ones to Watch , Artist Profile
  Spring 2005; Page 79-80
• Spokesman Review
  Re: Emerging Artists
  Thursday, August 7, 2003; Page D8
• The Pacific Northwest Inlander
  Re: Double Ex-Poseur , Inlander Picks
  Thursday, August 7, 2003; Page 65
• Spokesman Review
  Re: Double Ex-Poseur
  Thursday, July 10, 2003; Page D8
• Winner: African American Essay Contest
  Essay: Past Tense Past; Past Tense Future
• Spokesman Review
  Re: BFA Graduation Show
  Thursday, May 16, 2002; Page D3
• The Easterner
  Re: BFA Graduation Show
  Volume 23, Issue 28, May 23-29, 2002
• Ruby Gold Scholarship
  Eastern Washington University
• The Local Planet
  Re: Shift in Perspective
  Article Published Volume 2, Issue 14, April 12-18, 2001