Completed Foundation Year at Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, Dean's List, 2000
Completed Three Year Apprentiship at A.R.T. RESEARCH 2003, a fine art sculpture foundry (Currently still employed) www.thinksculpture.com where my studies and tasks include:
clay enlargement and modeling, mold-making, wax patterns, sand-casting, resin-casting, metal chasing, and patina

EXHIBITIONS/ GROUP SHOWS

WEB-BASED:

The Galt Guild, January 2002 through June 2005
The Lillith Gallery of Toronto March 2002 through current
The Art Link Swap 2004 through current
1 Million Pixels Art Gallery 2005-current
The Electric Gallery 2006-current

LOCAL:

LATE NIGHT ART-SOUL ROCK & ROLL EXPLOSION, CHECKERED PAST GALLERY, RED LION, PA, MAY 1ST 2004
MAN VS. WOMAN INSPIRED ART EXHIBIT, CHECKERED PAST GALLERY, RED LION, PA, MAY-JUNE 2004
LANCASTER SUMMER ARTS FESTIVAL’S 42ND OPEN ART AWARD EXHIBIT, LANCASTER, PA, JUNE-AUGUST 2004
THE SMALL WORKS EXHIBIT, MJ’S COFFEEHOUSE, ANNVILLE, PA, NOVEMBER 2004
LANCASTER SUMMER ARTS FESTIVAL’S 43RD OPEN ART AWARD EXHIBIT, JUNE- AUGUST 2005
LARGE CANVAS EXHIBIT, HARRISBURG GALLERY WALK , HARRISBURG, PA SEPTEMBER 2005
GALLERY WALK- ART IS FREEDOM BAZAAR, STRAWBERRY SQUARE, HARRISBURG, PA, SEPTEMBER 11, 2005
SQUARE ONE COFFEE HOUSE, LANCASTER, PA OCTOBER/ NOVEMBER 2005
Lancaster’s Artwalk Weekend, The Show up and Show Show, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA April 22, 23 2006
Lancaster Art Walk 2006, Keystone Art and Culture Center, Lancaster, Pa April 21, 22, 23 2006
Lancaster Summr Arts Festival’s 44th Annual Open Art Award Exhibit, Lancaster, PA June 2nd -July 30th 2006
GALLERY WALK, STRAWBERRY SQUARE, HARRISBURG, PA, SEPTEMBER 10, 2006 4TH ANNUAL: HOLIDAY SHOW!, Mantis Collective, Harrisburg,PA, December 1-31,2006

MEMBER

Art is Freedom Movement 2002- current
The Arts Network of Harrisburg 2005-current
The Galt Guild 2002-2004
Susquehanna Museum of Art 2004
The Art Link Swap 2004 through current

INFLUENCES

ABOVE ALL ELSE LIFE EXPERIENCE HAS INFLUENCED MY ART,
SUCH ART MOVEMENTS and periods HAVE INFLUENCED MY STYLIZATION and concepts as: LOW-BROW ART, NEOCLASSISM, SURREALISM, FANTASY AND GOTHIC SUB-CULTURES, ART NOUVEAU, ART DECO, HIEROGLYPHIC ART OF EGYPTIANS, CLASSIC MYTHOLOGY,
CONTEMPORARY VISUAL ARTISTS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: THE WORK OF: CAMILLE GARCIA, MARK RYDEN, SALVADOR DALI, FREIDA Kalho, AUDREY BEARDSLEY, MAN RAY, TIM BURTON, DEREK HESS, BROM, SCOTT CHURCH, MICHAEL PARKS, CYN MCCURRY, H.G. GIGER, TARA MCPHERSON, JOE Sorrin Also, literary works of Kurt Vonnegut, Lewis Carrol, Anne Rand.

MEDIUM

MIXED MEDIA painting INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
OIL PAINTS, ACRYLIC, CLAY, WAX, CHARCOAL, PASTELS, WATERCOLOR PENCIL, ink, embroidery floss, GLITTER, SPRAY ENAMEL, HOUSE PAINT, SHARPIE MARKERS, GLUE, FABRIC...PHOTOSHOP.... I AIM FOR A SHALLOW LANDSCAPE WITH A NARRATIVE, FIGURATIVE FOCAL POINT.

ARTIST’S STATEMENT

If only marionettes could master scissors well enough for paper dolls! I enjoy the irreverence of reflecting on life’s experiences on canvas. Call it a journal of sorts. My stylization takes some influence from such art movements as neoclassicism, art nouveau, deco, surrealism, fantasy and gothic sub-cultures, and low brow art. I enjoy the delusional battle between pop-culture prescribed feminism, and all that remains of being delicately feminine. This postmodern viewpoint holds my mind hostage to it’s own particular and personal reality.