Etta Creative Foundation
Heron in Flight, 2025. Graphite & oil on wood panel, 12x16". For the second year in a row my work has been graced by an Etta Creative Infusion Grant. I'm grateful for these funds to support my ongoing endeavors as an artist and as a contribution to resources for the PHF Hospice Commission. The Foundation helps "artists, composers and writers achieve the beauty of their dreams".
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Potsketch
POT(entilla) Sketch, 2026. Graphite & oil on art board, 5x5". Both the Auction Site and Exhibition for The Clay Studio's Potsketch event open on March 20th, with a reception at 5pm, 1106 Hawthorne Street in Missoula. The Gala Auction will be held on April 11th at the University Center Ballroom. For tickets and more information call 406.543.0509 or visit their website: 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.
