ARTIST STATEMENT:
As artists through the ages have shown us, there are many ways to express an idea. I paint ideas as ordinary objects, still life, landscape, narrative scenes and interiors in oil, pastels, and watercolor. I focus on everyday scenes in painted moments of time with the aim of elevating my subject, whether it is a person, place or thing. That is not always easy or possible, but I strive to honor what is before me and transform it into what I see. I love the act of making art and each time I step to the canvas I feel as challenged and expectant as I was the first time I picked up a brush.
Lately, my paintings have been motivated by memory. Many of my recent pieces were inspired by old photographs and painted in a style that is a blend of the contemporary and traditional. These paintings, all completed within the last year, hint at a new direction for my work and my appreciation for the sentiment inherent in the subject matter is urging me to produce further work in this vein.
I am a lifelong resident of South Jersey. Now retired and a graduate of the Visual Arts program at Stockton University, I have exhibited my paintings at the Ocean City Art Center, The Atlantic City Art Center, Zelphy’s Liberation Center for the Arts, The Hammonton Art Center, Atlantic City Regional Medical Center, the Noyes Museum, the Stockton University Art Gallery, and the African American Heritage Museum of South Jersey in Newtonville and Atlantic City, NJ.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
4/2017 "L'Arte de France", Great Bay Gallery, Somers Point, New Jersey
11/2016 - 1/2017 "Oil Down" Exhibit of Caribbean themed art, Gallery at the Clay College, Cumberland Co. College, Millville, New Jersey
9/7/16 - 9/30/2016 "Resident Artists of Clay College," Marlin Gallery at Camden County College, Blackwood New Jersey
4/1/16 - 5/29/16 "Three SouthJersey Artists", AAHMSNJ Arts Garage Gallery, Atlantic City, New Jersey
6/15/15 - 11/3/15 "New Iberia I," Visual Arts Alumni Triennial Exhibition, Richard Stockton University, Pomona, New Jersey
11/25/13 - 1/4/14 New Iberia Series of Pastels and selected ceramics, AAHMSNJ Arts Garage Gallery, Atlantic City, New Jersey
3/4/13 - 4/5/13 "African American Art and Artists," wheel thrown and slab work, Gallery at the Clay College, Cumberland Co. College,
Millville, New Jersey
1/25/13 - 2/12/13 "Artists of the Clay College" exhibit, Riverfront Renaissance Gallery, Millville, New Jersey
3/1/12 - 3/30/12 "Little Girl," ceramic sculpture in slide show, 2012 Visual Arts Alumni Exhibition
3/1/12 - 3/31/12 "Dirty Work," The Gallery at the Clay College, Cumberland County College, Millville, New Jersey
12/1/11 - 12/31/11 "Celebration of the Oyster," The Gallery at the Clay College, Cumberland County College, Millville, New Jersey
1/25/09 - 3/6/09 “Landscapes,” Group show sponsored by the South Jersey Chapter of LINKS, Inc., Dr. Ross Beitzel Art Gallery, Gloucester
County College
9/2/08 - 9/28/08 Flowers in Studio, HAC Members Juried Exhibit, Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ
8/1/08 - 9/1/08 Good Fortune, Teacup and Fortune Cookie, “My Favorite Things,” Atlantic City Art Center, Atlantic City, NJ
2/1/08 - 3/4/08 “Recent Paintings,” Atlantic City Art Center, Atlantic City New Jersey
9/1/07 - 10/1/07 Sunflowers,Tools I, Indian Summer art show, Hammonton Arts Center, Hammonton, NJ
5/1/05 - 5/30/05 Women in the Arts juried art show, Hammonton Arts Center, Hammonton, NJ; honorable mention for Picture in Picture
12/5/04 - 12/10/04 “Still Life Paintings,” Senior Project, Gallery, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona, NJ
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
4/4/08 - 7/4/08 “Oil Paintings,” AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, Atlantic City, New Jersey
1/19/07 - 3/13/07 “Inside/Outside,” Zelphy’s Liberation Center for the Arts, Millville, New Jersey
10/28/06 - 12/30/06 “Inside-Outside,” African American Heritage Museum, Newtonville, New Jersey
9/1/05 - 9/30/05 “This, That and the Other,” Ocean City Arts Center Gallery, Ocean City, New Jersey
EDUCATION:
December, 2004 B.A., Visual Arts, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Program Distinction, Magna Cum Laude
CONTINUING EDUCATION:
11/19/2015 Barbara Jaenicke Pastel Demonstration at Crow Creek Farm, Goshen, NJ
9/24-27/2015 Stan Sperlak 3-Day Pastel Workshop at Crow Creek Farm, Goshen, NJ
MEMBERSHIPS:
2016 Society of New Jersey Artists
Ceramic Work in Gallery Shops at:
African American Heritage Museum of Southern New Jersey, 2200 Fairmount Ave., Atlantic City NJ
Arts and Innovation Center, 321 High Street, Millville, New Jersey
As artists through the ages have shown us, there are many ways to express an idea. I paint ideas as ordinary objects, still life, landscape, narrative scenes and interiors in oil, pastels, and watercolor. I focus on everyday scenes in painted moments of time with the aim of elevating my subject, whether it is a person, place or thing. That is not always easy or possible, but I strive to honor what is before me and transform it into what I see. I love the act of making art and each time I step to the canvas I feel as challenged and expectant as I was the first time I picked up a brush.
Lately, my paintings have been motivated by memory. Many of my recent pieces were inspired by old photographs and painted in a style that is a blend of the contemporary and traditional. These paintings, all completed within the last year, hint at a new direction for my work and my appreciation for the sentiment inherent in the subject matter is urging me to produce further work in this vein.
I am a lifelong resident of South Jersey. Now retired and a graduate of the Visual Arts program at Stockton University, I have exhibited my paintings at the Ocean City Art Center, The Atlantic City Art Center, Zelphy’s Liberation Center for the Arts, The Hammonton Art Center, Atlantic City Regional Medical Center, the Noyes Museum, the Stockton University Art Gallery, and the African American Heritage Museum of South Jersey in Newtonville and Atlantic City, NJ.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
4/2017 "L'Arte de France", Great Bay Gallery, Somers Point, New Jersey
11/2016 - 1/2017 "Oil Down" Exhibit of Caribbean themed art, Gallery at the Clay College, Cumberland Co. College, Millville, New Jersey
9/7/16 - 9/30/2016 "Resident Artists of Clay College," Marlin Gallery at Camden County College, Blackwood New Jersey
4/1/16 - 5/29/16 "Three SouthJersey Artists", AAHMSNJ Arts Garage Gallery, Atlantic City, New Jersey
6/15/15 - 11/3/15 "New Iberia I," Visual Arts Alumni Triennial Exhibition, Richard Stockton University, Pomona, New Jersey
11/25/13 - 1/4/14 New Iberia Series of Pastels and selected ceramics, AAHMSNJ Arts Garage Gallery, Atlantic City, New Jersey
3/4/13 - 4/5/13 "African American Art and Artists," wheel thrown and slab work, Gallery at the Clay College, Cumberland Co. College,
Millville, New Jersey
1/25/13 - 2/12/13 "Artists of the Clay College" exhibit, Riverfront Renaissance Gallery, Millville, New Jersey
3/1/12 - 3/30/12 "Little Girl," ceramic sculpture in slide show, 2012 Visual Arts Alumni Exhibition
3/1/12 - 3/31/12 "Dirty Work," The Gallery at the Clay College, Cumberland County College, Millville, New Jersey
12/1/11 - 12/31/11 "Celebration of the Oyster," The Gallery at the Clay College, Cumberland County College, Millville, New Jersey
1/25/09 - 3/6/09 “Landscapes,” Group show sponsored by the South Jersey Chapter of LINKS, Inc., Dr. Ross Beitzel Art Gallery, Gloucester
County College
9/2/08 - 9/28/08 Flowers in Studio, HAC Members Juried Exhibit, Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ
8/1/08 - 9/1/08 Good Fortune, Teacup and Fortune Cookie, “My Favorite Things,” Atlantic City Art Center, Atlantic City, NJ
2/1/08 - 3/4/08 “Recent Paintings,” Atlantic City Art Center, Atlantic City New Jersey
9/1/07 - 10/1/07 Sunflowers,Tools I, Indian Summer art show, Hammonton Arts Center, Hammonton, NJ
5/1/05 - 5/30/05 Women in the Arts juried art show, Hammonton Arts Center, Hammonton, NJ; honorable mention for Picture in Picture
12/5/04 - 12/10/04 “Still Life Paintings,” Senior Project, Gallery, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona, NJ
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
4/4/08 - 7/4/08 “Oil Paintings,” AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, Atlantic City, New Jersey
1/19/07 - 3/13/07 “Inside/Outside,” Zelphy’s Liberation Center for the Arts, Millville, New Jersey
10/28/06 - 12/30/06 “Inside-Outside,” African American Heritage Museum, Newtonville, New Jersey
9/1/05 - 9/30/05 “This, That and the Other,” Ocean City Arts Center Gallery, Ocean City, New Jersey
EDUCATION:
December, 2004 B.A., Visual Arts, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Program Distinction, Magna Cum Laude
CONTINUING EDUCATION:
11/19/2015 Barbara Jaenicke Pastel Demonstration at Crow Creek Farm, Goshen, NJ
9/24-27/2015 Stan Sperlak 3-Day Pastel Workshop at Crow Creek Farm, Goshen, NJ
MEMBERSHIPS:
2016 Society of New Jersey Artists
Ceramic Work in Gallery Shops at:
African American Heritage Museum of Southern New Jersey, 2200 Fairmount Ave., Atlantic City NJ
Arts and Innovation Center, 321 High Street, Millville, New Jersey
