Artist

Biography

I walked.
The lighting was weird, like when a fire turns the world a hazy surrealistic orange.
I stopped.
A chair stood its ground on the sidewalk before me. Buildings, centurion like, surrounded me on all sides. To my left a small dilapidated house.
The front door was open, and despite the overall feeling of unease I was drawn toward it.
The shadow land of the creaky porch hid the old man.
He watched.
He smiled.
The hair on the back of my neck stood as if ready to flee. My feet were frozen.
The whiskers on his chin caught the light, and his cold blue eyes cut through the underworld of the porch. His toothless mouth unhinged and emitted a cackle which unfroze my feet from their icy embrace. "Pull up a chair" he wheezed. I fell backwards into the frigid stale air of the house.
There were chairs of all sizes, shapes, and forms stacked from floor to ceiling...and no way out.
The door.
I flew through it, my feet never touched the porch.
Flailing, knees ground into the sidewalk.
Slow motion under the eerie orange haze. The world was suddenly silent.
I awoke sweating.
Relieved.
It was only a nightmare.

Outside the sky is an hazy orange.

​The uncanny.
The unfamiliar within the familiar.
The world of dreams.
The world of make believe, where anything is possible.
These are what inspire and drive me to create.
Although primarily a printmaker, the trappings of the uncanny mind are often more easily released through the
combined efforts of printmaking, paint, collage, metal, books, and glass.

My B.F.A is from Idaho State University where I specializing in printmaking and painting.​
The University of Idaho is where I earned my M.F.A.
Its there that I specialized in mixed media (printmaking, painting, artist books), and digital infrared photography.
I also hold an M.A. in Theater where I specialized in Costume Design and Mask Making.