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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS,
AWARDS AND COMMISSIONS:
2006
Solo exhibit, Jefferson Community College,
Louisville, KY (October)
Trappings, Solo exhibit at Icehouse Center
for Creativity, Craft and Design
Commission: Old Knott Central High School,
Collection of Alice Lloyd College, Kentucky
Curator: The Narrative Thread in Art, Ross
Gallery
Arts and Science Council Grant, $5000
Irwin Creek Mural, Frazier Park
2005
Commission: CPCC, IT Building Lobby
Excavation, Works by Carolyn Whitman and
Matthew Stiles, CPCC Art Gallery at Pease
2004
New Work, Solo Exhibit, Webber Gallery, Pikeville,
KY
Recent Work, Solo Exhibit, Beam Gallery, Gaston
College, Dallas, NC
Underground Landscapes, Solo Exhibit, Queens
University Art Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2003
Visual Harvest, Best of Show (Richmond), Gaston Art
Guild, Gastonia, NC
2002:
info coming soon.
2001
North Carolina Community Colleges Exhibition,
Raleigh, NC
A Natural View, Schiele
Museum, Gastonia, NC Merit
Award
Arte Contempo,
Online Exhibition at
www.atrtecontempo.com
Pippa’s Song, Cover
Illustration
Central Piedmont Community College Faculty
Exhibition
2000
A Visual Harvest, Gaston
County Museum, Dallas, NC
Merit Award (2),
Purchase Award (2)
Gaston College, A Retrospective,
Rauch Gallery, Dallas NC
A Natural View,
Schiele Museum, Gastonia, NC
Honorable Mention
North Carolina Community Colleges Exhibition,
Raleigh, NC
By Women’s Hands,
The Women’s Center, Chapel Hill,
NC
1999
Coming Up Roses, Central
Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, NC
Vision Explosion 8,
Witzen Gallery, Charlotte, NCA
Natural View, Schiele Museum, Gastonia, NC
1998
Rising Stars,
Carillon Building, Charlotte, NC
CPCC at Queens,
Queens College, Charlotte, NC
A Visual Harvest,
Dallas County Museum, Dallas, NC
1994
Findlay Art League Juried Exhibition,
Findlay, OH
First Matewan Bank
Exhibition, Pikeville, KY
1992
Images from the Mountains,
Year long traveling exhibition by
Apalshop, Whitesburg, KY
Pikeville College Faculty
Exhibition, Pikeville, KY
1991
Underground Landscapes,
Solo Exhibition, Pikeville, KY
Common
Ground, Gallery 1010,
Knoxville, TN
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Born:
Kentucky
Resides: North Carolina
MFA in
Drawing, University of Tennessee 1990
BFA in Painting and Printmaking, Eastern Kentucky
University, 1996
Statement
Like most people, I am
attracted to beautiful things. As an artist, I take
risks by drawing objects that could be considered
pretty. In doing so, they gain a richer meaning
beyond their prettiness and symbolism. I often
think of them as personalities, communicating,
reaching, bending, straining toward or backing away
from each other. Many of my images are directly
related to my memories of growing up in Eastern
Kentucky, and the prevalence of coal mining in that
area. Recent images also consider the fragility of
the human body. Usually, I work reductively and
allow the images to evolve over a period of time.
Through the physical process of working I explore
the subconscious, relationships of parts, and the
nature of energy and apathy. My images are rich and
textural, with oil, wax, sand, enamel, etc. on
prepared paper or canvas. I try to “find”
interesting edges rather than draw them…I often
carve or mine the image rather than rendering it. I
find that each image takes unexpected turns during
the process of making it, and it is a leap of faith
to continue working on it. In all of my images, I
focus on the relationship of the elements and strive
for a feeling of richness and depth.
Teaching Experience
:
Chair, Studio Arts, 2001-present
Central Piedmont
Community College
Excellence in
Teaching Award (2001)
Parr Fellows Award (2006)
Instructor, part-time 1997-2000
CPCC, Gaston College
Excellence in Teaching Award (1998)
Assistant Professor of Art, 1990-94
Pikeville College
Graduate Teaching Assistantship
University of Tennesse
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