Artist Statement

My career as an artist has spanned the last 30 years. I worked on intricate designs in enamel for 12 of those years. That sense of pattern I practiced, conceiving and executing distinctive designs, permeates through all the artwork I execute now.

Traveling so much to so many locales around the world, there seems to be a more universal theme to my painting. Though I don’t design my paintings to be in any specific locale, they are definitely inspired by the beautiful scenery and places I’ve been.

I’ve been an artist since I was nine years old, but it’s only in the last few years that I’ve been creating my life as I would a piece of art. My main focus for this latest series of works is to transfer some of the immense sense of the joy of life I’ve found onto my paintings.

 Education

 Bachelor of Art, University of Texas

Master’s studies, Pratt University, New York, NY

Painting workshops with Charles Reid, Dong Kingman, Millard Sheets and others

 Awards and Juried Shows

 Masterworks of New Mexico, 2000, 2001

New Mexico Watercolor Society, 2000, 2001, juror’s award

Rio Bravo Watercolorist Show, juror’s award

National Watercolor Society’s 77^th Annual Exhibition

Mesilla Valley Fine Arts Fourth Annual Fine Arts Exhibition, purchase award

Sierra Medical Center’s El Paso Art Association Arts International, regional juried competition, seven years

Camino Real Hotel, El Paso, featured artist

American Craft Enterprises, Dallas

National Invitational Enamel Show, Aaron Faber Gallery, New York

Marietta Crafts National Competition, judges award

El Paso Designer Craftsman, judges award

Summit Art Center Show, New Jersey, judges award

Texas Designer Craftsman, award for excellence, three years

 Gallery Shows

 Amapola Gallery, Old Town, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Camino Real, El Paso, Texas

Art and Framing Gallery, El Paso, Texas

Sunland Art Gallery, El Paso, Texas

Spring Street Gallery, SoHo, New York

Townhouse Galleries, New Orleans, Louisiana

Aaron Faber Gallery, New York, New York

John Fitzsimmons & Co., Houston, Texas

Ursuline Gallery, San Antonio, Texas

Brandywine Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico