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My paintings deal with themes of isolation and anonymity created when living in an urban environment. By painting in a representational style, the viewer is presented with realistic interactions of people on the streets and in the parks. The separateness and individuality of the pedestrians are highlighted even though physically on canvas they might be connected. Although cities are condensed areas of people, the lack of personal connections made between one another, and consequently, the focus on the superficial qualities of the people, become more and more obvious when surrounded by multitudes of people. We remain anonymous, merely a passerby. I paint to portray this condition, to question what it is that we value within relationships, while trying to understand the draw towards this interconnected, yet emotionally disconnect world.
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Private Study under Nancy Switzer and Quang Ho
NYFA MARK Program 2008 Creative Capital Professional Development Program
Awards and Honors
2009 Honorable Mention – “Light Fantastic,” Main Street Gallery, 2009 1St Place – “Beyond the Boundaries,” WSKG Fine Art Auctio 2008
2008 Honorable Mention – Bank of
2007 Finalist – International Artist Magazine Contest #40 2007 Honorable Mention – State of the Art Regional Juried Show
2010 “Solo Show,” State of the 2010 “Spring Group Exhibition,” Main Street Gallery, 2010 “City Air,” B. Sharp Gallery, 2009 “Private Lives/Public Spaces,” Blink Gallery, 2009 “Urban Spaces,” Earville Opera House, 2009 “Light Fantastic,” Main Street Gallery,
2008 “20/20 International Juried Show”, Limestone Gallery, 2008 “New Members Show, Erica Pollock, Leslie Brill, Ethel Vrana and Andrea King,” State of the Art Gallery, Ithaca, NY 2008 “Any Place But Home…,” McMillan Art Space,
2008 Blink Gallery, 2008 The 2008 2007 Regional Juried Exhibition, State of the Art Gallery, 2007 “National Small Works Juried Show”, Main Street Gallery, 2007 “Light, Line and Shadow”, CSMA, 2007 “Made in 2005 “Spring Show,”
“Making Her Mark”, Wylie Schwartz, “Fresh Air”, Arthur Whitman, EPOCH magazine, Cover Art, Volume 57 Series 3 2008 EPOCH magazine, Cover Art, Volume 56 Series 1 2007
Greater Oil Painters of State of the Art Gallery, B. Sharp Studio, Blink Gallery,
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