ABOUT THE ARTIST
I’m a mixed media artist creating work that explores creativity and nature. Although I am proficient in many mediums, I work primarily in cyanotype, eco-printing, encaustic, and ceramics. I weave these varied mediums together with my love of nature and spirituality rooted in loved ones lost. The dance between mediums energizes me, while my intuitive connections lead me forward.
My work has been exhibited around the United States, licensed for book covers internationally, and won various awards and publication honors. My art is in national and international collections. I live in Akron, and am inspired by the richly forested landscape of Cuyahoga Valley National Park. My husband and I travel often as well, so my work is inspired both by our local area nature as well as by all the places we adventure. Many summers I take my studio on the road and create with the nature wherever we are.
SOLO & INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS:
- 2024 -
Duo Exhibition with Kat Amsel
Yellow Door Gallery, Hudson, OH
Enormous Tiny Art Show - No. 35
Nahcotta Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
“Everyday Magic”
Lark & Key Gallery, Charlotte, NC
“Flight”
Lark & Key Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Upcoming in October: “Stargazing”
Lark & Key Gallery, Charlotte, NC
- 2023 -
“Bloom Where You’re Planted”
Lark & Key Gallery, Charlotte, NC
“Elemental”
Lark & Key Gallery, Charlotte, NC
“Still, Life” (Solo Showcase)
Western Reserve Hospital, Akron, OH
- 2022 -
“Still, Life” (Solo Show)
Up Front Art Space, Cuyahoga Falls, OH
“Wings & Wishes”
Lark & key Gallery, Charlotte, NC
“Surface”
Lark & key Gallery, Charlotte, NC
“Reclaimed”
Lark & key Gallery, Charlotte, NC
- 2020 -
“Tree Secrets” (Solo Show)
Western Reserve Hospital, Cuyahoga Falls, OH
JURIED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
- 2023 -
Student & Faculty Exhibition
Cuyahoga Valley Art Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH
Wax & Wildflowers
SA League & Museum & International Encaustic Artists (IEA)
San Antonio, TX
Winter Exhibition
Cuyahoga Valley Art Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH
- 2022 -
“The New Now”
The Artists Archives of the Western Reserve
Tri-C Gallery East, Cleveland, OH
“Story”
A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX
“Landscape”
Cuyahoga Valley Art Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH
- 2021 -
Members Exhibition
Cuyahoga Valley Art Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH
“Landscape”
Cuyahoga Valley Art Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH
“The Staged Photograph”
SE Center for Photography, Greenville, SC
- 2019 -
Members Exhibition - Cuyahoga Valley Art Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH
“Portal” - A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX
EDUCATION:
- 2007 -
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Communication Design
University of North Texas, Denton, TX
AWARDS & GRANTS:
- 2023 -
Emerging Artist Grant
International Encaustic Artists (IEA
- 2022 -
Grant Recipient
The Puffin Foundation, Ltd
- 2021 -
2nd Place - “Landscape” Exhibit
Cuyahoga Valley Art Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH
- 2020 -
Winner: 15th Julia Margaret Cameron Award
Category: Fine Art: Single Image
For images: “Sanctuary", “Frozen” and “Mortal Coil”
- 2019 -
Director’s Honorable Mention
“Portal” Exhibit
A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX
Honorable Mention
Annual Juried Members Exhibit
Cuyahoga Valley Art Center, Cuyahoga Valley, OH
RESIDENCIES & ORGANIZATIONS:
DIY One-Month Residency: Seguin, TX (2023)
The Enso Circle: Continuing Resident member since 2001
Cuyahoga Valley Art Center: Member since 2019
PUBLICATIONS:
- 2023 -
Interior Image: SHOTS Magazine - Issue No.159: “Double Vision” (Spring)
- 2022 -
Interior Image: SHOTS Magazine - Issue No.157: “Myth & Memory” (Fall)
Interior Image: SHOTS Magazine - Issue No.156: “Self-Portraits” (Summer)
- 2021 -
Cover Image: SHOTS Magazine - Issue No.152: “Secret Worlds” (Summer)
Cover Image: SHOTS Magazine - Issue No.151: “Celestial Bodies” (Spring)
- 2020 -
Cover Image: SHOTS Magazine - Issue No.147: “Surrender” (Spring)
Award Feature: Fotonostrum - Issue No. 4
- 2019 -
Photo Annual: INPHA 6
(6th International Photography Annual)
Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
LICENSING:
- 2022 -
Book Cover Image
Berouw by Sofie Sarenbrant (Polish digital edition)
Book Cover Image
The Men and the Girls by Joanna Trollope
- 2021 -
Book Cover Image
Berouw by Sofie Sarenbrant (Finnish edition)
Book Cover Image
La Fattoria del Coup de Vague by Georges Simenon (Italy)
- 2020 -
Book Cover Image
Il Tempo Della Vendetta by Linda Castillo (Italy)
Book Cover Image
Berouw by Sofie Sarenbrant (Netherlands)
- 2019 -
Book Cover Image
Marie d’en Haut by Agnès Ledig (France)
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L'académie des âmes abîmées by Thierry Cohen (France)
PRESENTATIONS & WORKSHOPS:
- 2023 -
"The DIY Residency"
Virtual Presentation
- 2022 -
"Creating Cyanotypes"
Virtual Presentation
- 2019 -
"Rebuilding our Hearts"
Creative Grief Workshop
Camp Widow, Toronto