
1527 Otto Blvd
Chicago Heights
IL 60411
Phone
708 754 2601 |
Union Street
Gallery is a
not-for-profit
501 (c)3
organization
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| Artist Statement |
During the last few years I have been interested in multi-part, multi-frame drawings and paintings, grid formats, repetitions and variations, and series of related works that may suggest transformations or the passage of time.
I have lately become more interested in ways to suggest states of mind – changes in attitude, the loss of memory, gaps in thought process, opposite and simultaneous points of view.
I am often inspired by plant forms – blooms, bulbs, roots, leaves – as well as paper and cloth forms. The works suggest organic layers or veils, peeling away, tearing, hiding and revealing, opening and releasing, and they usually develop in a layered, organic way as well, through a process of spontaneous mark-making and deliberate decisions, or intuition and choice.
I have been working more and more with combinations of both wet and dry media, after a period of several years of working primarily in oils on canvas or oil pastels or colored pencils on paper.
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Education
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MA in Painting
BS in Education
Other Art Studies |
Governors State University
Illinois State University
School of the Art Institute of Chicago Northern Illinois University
Saint Xavier University
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Solo and
Group Exhibitions
and Awards |
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| 2008 |
“Whiskers & Tails”, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL
“53rd Annual Gallery Artists Exhibition”, Tall Grass Arts Association, Park Forest, IL
“Gallery 2008” – Juried Exhibit – 3rd Place, Robert F. DeCaprio Gallery, Palos Heights, IL
“Dreams & Visions”, National Juried Exhibit, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL
“Studio and Guild Artists Exhibit – Spring”, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL
“The Essence of Color”, McCord Gallery and Cultural Center, Palos Park IL.
“Studio and Guild Artists Exhibit – Winter”, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL |
| 2007 |
“Halleluiah”, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL
“8th Annual Juried Fall Art Exhibit” – 2nd Place, Gretchen Charlton
Gallery, Kankakee, IL
“Collaborative Arts Guild Exhibit - Fall”, Union Street Gallery, Chicago
Heights, IL
“Collaborative Arts Guild Exhibit”, Fresh Starts Restaurant, Flossmoor, IL
“Crossroads – Altered History” – Regional Invitational Exhibit, Union Street
Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL
“52nd Annual Gallery Artists Exhibition”, Tall Grass Arts Association, Park
Forest, IL
“Gallery 2007” – Juried Exhibit, Robert F. DeCaprio Gallery, Palos
Heights, IL
“Out of the Box”, Invitational Exhibit, Christopher Art Gallery, Chicago
Heights, IL
“Square Art Competition”, Sanctuary Gallery, Clifton, IL
“Collaborative Arts Guild Exhibit - Spring”, Union Street Gallery, Chicago
Heights, IL
“2nd Annual Artists Who Teach Exhibit”, Gallery Two Eighteen, Oak Lawn, IL
“This Brand New Day”, Solo Exhibit, Finestra Art Space, Fine Arts Building,
Chicago, IL
“Second Year Anniversary Invitational Exhibit”, 33 Collective Gallery,
Chicago, IL |
| 2006 |
“Aha! Epiphanies & Breakthroughs”, National Juried Exhibit, Union Street
Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL
“7th Annual Juried Fall Art Exhibit”, Gretchen Charlton Art Gallery,
Kankakee, IL
“51st Annual Juried Artists Exhibition”, Tall Grass Arts Association,
Park Forest, IL
“Gallery 2006” – Juried Exhibit, Robert F. DeCaprio Gallery, Palos
Heights, IL
“Home and Garden”, Invitational Water Media Exhibit, Tall Grass Arts
Association, Park Forest, IL
“2nd Annual National Juried Self-Portrait Exhibit”, 33 Collective Gallery,
Chicago, IL
“Inaugural Group Exhibition”, EXPGallery, Chicago, IL
“Uno”, First Year Anniversary Invitational Exhibit, 33 Collective Gallery,
Chicago, IL |
| 2005 |
“6th Annual Juried Exhibit” - Third Place, Gretchen Charlton Art Gallery,
Kankakee, IL
“62nd Annual Salon Show” – Award of Merit, Northern Indiana Center for
the Visual and Performing Arts, Munster, IN
“Gallery 2005” –Juried Exhibit - Honorable Mention, Robert F. DeCaprio
Art Gallery, Palos Heights, IL |
| 2004 |
Juried Drawing Exhibit - Honorable Mention, Christopher Art Gallery,
Chicago Heights, IL
“5th Annual Juried Exhibit” – Third Place, Gretchen Charlton Art Gallery,
Kankakee, IL
“One Clear Moment” – Solo Exhibit, Larsen Fine Arts Gallery, Olivet Nazarene
University, Bourbonnais, IL
“Gallery 2004” - Juried Exhibit, Robert F. DeCaprio Gallery, Palos Heights, IL
“Installation Show”, Visual Arts Gallery, Governors State University,
University Park, IL
Annual Student Art Exhibit, Visual Arts Gallery, Governors State University,
University Park, IL
“SICA Conference High School Faculty Art Exhibit”, Lee Dulgar Art Gallery,
South Holland, IL
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| 2003 |
“4th Annual Juried Exhibit” - Best of Show, Gretchen Charlton Art Gallery,
Kankakee, IL
“Gallery 2003” - Juried Exhibit - Honorable Mention, Robert F. DeCaprio Art
Gallery, Palos Heights, IL
Annual Student Exhibit, Visual Arts Gallery, Governors State University,
University Park, IL
“SICA Conference High School Faculty Art Exhibit”, Lee Dulgar Art Gallery,
South Holland, IL
“Let There Be Light” - Juried Exhibit, Christopher Art Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL
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| 2002 |
“A View of Elegance” - 3rd Annual Juried Exhibit, Gretchen Charlton Art
Gallery, Kankakee, IL
“Gallery 2002” - Juried Exhibit - Honorable Mention, Robert F. DeCaprio Art
Gallery, Palos Heights, IL
Annual Student Art Exhibit, Visual Arts Gallery, Governors State University,
University Park, IL
“SICA Conference High School Faculty Art Exhibit”, Lee Dulgar Art Gallery,
South Holland, IL
“Governors State University Faculty and Select Alumni Exhibit”, Northern
Indiana Center for the Visual and Performing Arts, Munster, IN |
| 1990-2001 |
“SICA Conference High School Faculty Art Exhibits” – 1998 -2001, Lee Dulgar
Art Gallery, South Holland, IL
Annual Student Exhibits – 1991-94, 1996-98, 2000-01, Visual Arts Gallery,
GSU, University Park, IL
“Seeking Balance” - One Person Exhibit – 1994, Visual Arts Gallery, GSU,
University Park, IL
Two-Person Exhibit - 1994, Northern Indiana Center for the Visual and
Performing Arts, Munster, IN
“Annual Salon Shows” - Juried Exhibits – 1992, 1994, Northern Indiana Center
for the Visual and Performing Arts, Munster, IN
Kankakee Area Juried Art Exhibit – 1993, Best of Show, Kankakee, IL
Kankakee Area Juried Art Exhibit – 1992, Honorable Mention, Kankakee, IL |
| Work Experience |
Community High School District 218 - 1970-2005
Teacher: AP and Honors Art Studio, Drawing and Painting, Advanced Drawing
and Painting, Art Fundamentals
Sponsor/Organizer: H. L. Richards Art Club; Richards Annual Student Art
Exhibit; High School Student Exhibitions at Northern Illinois
University, South Suburban College, Moraine Valley Community College,
Scholastics Art Awards at Elmhurst Art Museum and other venues
Member:
Richards Principal’s Council, All-American Day Committee, School Improvement Committee, Reading Improvement Committee, and various Curriculum Committees |
| Related Experience |
Union Street Gallery – 2007 – 2008
Resident Studio Artist
Member, Collaborative Arts Guild
Tall Grass Arts Association – 2005-2008
Curator: “RESONANCE – Installations and Collaborations” Fall, 2008
Co-Curator: “this good earth” Summer, 2008
Curator: “INK, Works from the Chicago Printmakers Collaborative” Fall, 2007
Curator: “LAYERS, Works by Artists from the Midwest Collage Society” Spring, 2007
Co-Curator: “WITHIN AND BEYOND: Interpretations of the Grid” Fall, 2006
Designer: Gallery Exhibits
Manager: Tall Grass Gift Shop
Member: Gallery, Program and Installation Committees
Tall Grass Juried Gallery Artist
Educational Outreach Director
Docent: exhibit tours – elementary, secondary, college and adult levels
Contributor: articles to area newspapers, Tall GrassNewsletter
Creator: informational flyers sent regularly to area art educators, artists, and Tall Grass members
Gallery Volunteer
Beverly Art Center – 2007
Judge: South Suburban Conference High School Art Exhibit |
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