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Artist Statement & |
| Artist Statement Be it a spirited fire ant or a donkey prancing around in gesso, for me painting is fun. I am an impressionist artist who does abstract expressionism. My favorite mediums are acrylic and pastel mixed media. God's majesty is my subject matter and inspiration. Victorious passions and imagination are my themes while using a kaleidoscope of bold colors on my palette. I often sculpt paint into textures. Anything that I can use to push paint around works. In addition to brushes I have also applied paint with shoes, pop corn, lipstick, sticks, brooms, toothpicks, pot scrubbers, sculpting tools, sponges, string, fingernails and paper towels. I do not care for a toothbrush's texture but that plastic kitchen utensil made a nice portrait. And a soft drink spilled on a work in progress is a very liberating experience!
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| Biography Having been nurtured in the arts, education and religion, I taught theater arts and communication. While teaching, I also performed mime, worked technical theater construction, designed lighting and sets and managed theater operations. The direction of my life abruptly changed after marriage and resulted in travels throughout the country. One location, New York City, was more than a "coming-of-age" period in my life. It was a time of great discovery. There I met some women who decided to take this Texas gal by the hand and show her the real New York. The NYC experience taught me that indeed I could do whatever I determined! I learned to trust myself in NYC. And from those years, I carry a knowledge of movement, a feel of color and a firm acquaintance of texture. These aspects are embedded in the core of my art today. |
| Affiliations Trinity Arts Guild, Bedford, Texas East Side Art Guild, Arlington, Texas Mid Cities Fine Arts, Hurst, Texas |
Exhibits Trinity Arts Guild Gallery monthly exhibits from 1999 - 2004 Trinity Arts Guild Traveling Exhibit 2001 - 2004 Arlington, Bedford, Euless, Irving, Fort Worth, Hurst, North Richland Hills, and Southlake |
Awards and competition Trinity Arts Guild July Open 1999, 2000 - 01, 2003 2004 Trinity Arts Guild Amateur 1999 Trinity Arts Guild Amateur 1999 Trinity Arts Guild Members 1999, 2000 - 04 Rochester, New York Internet pages |
Education 1974. Abilene Christian College: Bachelor of Arts; Communications and Theater 1974. Abilene Christian College: Bachelor of Arts; Communications and Theater 1975-76 Texas Christian University: post graduate studies 1976 Abilene Christian University: Masters of Arts; Theater 1986 Self taught English-as-a Second-Language teaching 1990's Self taught computer web page graphics 1999-2004 Computer web design, artist instructiorn. Metroplex, Texas, Trinity Arts Guild, Eastside Arts Association, Mid-Cities Fine Arts Guild, Texas |