Short Bio

Abstract artist in South Minneapolis who apparently enjoys taking out all of her anxieties and frustrations on the poor canvases with acrylics and pallet knives.

Statement

My work is filtered through my road-weary, sometimes jaded and warped mind with a unique “woman-elder” perspective. It’s pure feeling, mainly allowing chaos to self-organize into a form that might be understood visually – as I evolve and learn to understand that visual art expresses what we know without words but with experiences and sensory understanding. As I approach a new piece of work. I typically have a process where colors are decided and I just let loose on the canvas with nothing in my logic mind and let my angst, joy, frustration, silliness, or a thousand other feelings dictate the movement of the work. It’s enjoyable to learn how people perceive the finished pieces and tell me what they feel I might have been thinking; sometimes they’re spot on, sometimes not so much; I love for people to get their own feelings from my work and interpret in their own ways.

Resume / CV

Exhibits

September, 2021 – Flite to Freedom Gallery, Dallas, Texas, 4th Annual The Art of Freedom Show

August, 2021 – Webster Arts, Webster Grove, Missouri, Rentry Exhibit

July, 2021 – Artless Bastard Gallery, W. DePere, Wisconsin, Untitled Exhibit

July, 2021 – Artistonish Magazine

May, 2021 – Grumpy’s NE Mpls – “Artificial World” Outdoor art exhibit

February, 2020 - Vine Arts Center, Mpls – “Creation by Sound” Group exhibit (also coordinated/curated exhibit)

November, 2019 – Group Exhibit “Love vs. Fear" - Mill City Art Show, Inverted Arts Gallery, Mpls

September, 2019 – Vine Arts Center 12th Annual Members Group Exhibit

February, 2019 – Vine Arts Center – 2 person exhibit with Susan Warner, “Locally Inspired”

Leadership

2020-2021 - served as deputy chair on board of directors for Vine Arts Center, a nonprofit gallery in the Seward neighborhood in So Minneapolis. Participated in organization planning and policy, gallery administration, and obtained grant award which was essential to assist the gallery’s recovery after sustaining damage during a fire in the building in May, 2020