ARTIST STATEMENT

My Truths

Nature.Science.Religion.
One day they will be one word with one meaning. Until that day comes, the artist will weave all three together in visual images.

The most captivating aspect of reality is its potential for abstraction. As well, abstraction best succeeds when it captures some aspect of reality.

Duality reveals itself in everything. Everything in physical reality is relative. The only absolute truth is that there is no absolute truth.

The investigation continues. . .

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS

2005 PRESENTATIONS, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
2001, 1999, 1998 OPEN STUDIO EVENT, 103 Lexington, Brooklyn, NY
1997 SALIENT GREEN, Suzanne Hilberry Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1996 THIS MORTAL COIL, Bunting Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
1995 INTERVENTIONS, the Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
1994 MICHIGAN FINE ARTS COMPETITION, Birmingham, MI
1990 MICHIGAN FINE ARTS COMPETITION, Birmingham, MI
1989 MICHIGAN FINE ARTS COMPETITION, Birmingham MI
1988 FROM ARTISTS STUDIOS/CURRENT WORK, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
1988 PROJECT GRANT: Michigan Council for the Arts Creative Artists Program
1987 CHOICES: TWENTY PAINTERS FROM THE MIDWEST, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis MN
1987 FELLOWSHIP: National Endowment for the Arts
1986 FELLOWSHIP: Arts Midwest/NEA Regional Visual Arts Fellowship Grant
1985 PROJECT GRANT: Michigan Council for the Arts Creative Artists Program

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