Metamorphosis
Reader I, 2023. Graphite & oil on wood panel, 14x11". Metamorphosis, Holter Museum of Art, 12 East Lawrence Street, Helena, MT. Gala Benefit Auction held on May 17th, 2025. For tickets, call the Holter at 406.422.6400 or visit their website: holtermuseum.org
Real Vision
Potsketch
Pot-Bellied Sketch, 2025. Graphite & oil on paper, 5x5". The Clay Studio's annual Potsketch Show and Auction opens on Friday, April 4th. The exhibition continues through April 23rd at 1106 Hawthorne Street in Missoula. For more information call 406.543.0509 or visit their site: theclaystudioofmissoula.org
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.
