Pattee Canyon Ladies' Salon
Running Gril, 2018. Graphite on paper, 7x5". Group show at the Lewistown Art Center, opening Friday, March 6th - 31 March, 2020. 323 West Main Street / Lewistown, Montana.
Small Works Invitational
Raising a Lamp, 2019. Graphite & oil on wood panel, 10x8". Art Spirit Gallery, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. November - December 2019. I'm looking forward to this first exhibition with Art Spirit Gallery.
Frostad / Galloway
Night Flight, 2019. Graphite & oil on canvas panel, 30x20". Art Spirit Gallery, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Montana Museum of Art & Culture. September 2020.
Artist's Statement
As a narrative painter my objective is to present the essential elements of a story: a character or two, a sense of place and time, a moment of connection, tension or reflection. I seek figures, symbols and scenarios that are both personally compelling and socially relevant. With careful measures of clarity and ambiguity, I hope to create imaginative space for viewers to bring their own perspectives and experiences into the tale. One of my supreme joys is hearing stories that arise in response to the paintings.
Thematically I am concerned with traditions, stereotypes and myths that shape identity as well as relationships to home and family, to work, community and place. I explore these with equal interest in the actual and the metaphorical, striving always to combine convincing naturalism with provocative symbolism.
