“It is like being lost in a jungle,” Dr. Mirzakhani said, “and trying to use all the knowledge that you can gather to come up with some new tricks — and with some luck you might find a way out.”
MAKING
my mind moves in the cool muck
at the bottom of a dark and tan creek
slipping through
mud molds my thoughts into holes
they collapse as I withdraw
pulling up roots to wear as a wig
stripped I splash about
in colored light biting the edge
as shadows bend to my vision's
rugged resistant embrace
of stone pried and plucked from suspension
plumes of sediment bloom downstream
I chase after a billowing liquid cloud
expanding in a pool
then riffles rocks and gone
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 Leland Town Hall, Leland NC, (March 3 to April 3)
2018 Leland Cultural Arts Center, Leland NC, (February 2 to March 2)
2016 Semans Gallery, Durham Arts Council Building, Royal Center for the Arts, Durham
2016 Aloft Hotel, Raleigh NC, June through August
2015 EMERGE Gallery, Greenville NC
2015 Wilmington Art Commissions ACES Gallery, Wilmington NC
2003 Gallery 825, Paintings, LA, CA
1997 Mondavi Center, Paintings, Costa Mesa CA
Studio Fire, WORKS ON FIRE, Baltimore Maryland
1993 Plume St. Gallery, Paintings/Drawings, Norfolk VA
1993 Circle Gallery, Annapolis MD
1992 Glen Echo Gallery, Works on Paper, Glen Echo MD
1990 Galley X, Paintings/Drawings, Charlottesville VA
1990 Castalia Gallery, Paintings/Drawings Washington DC
GROUP EXHIBITIONS,
2018 Immersed In Abstraction, A national Juried Show, Ellington-White Contemporary Gallery, Fayetville, NC
2018 Contemporary South, a survey of southern art, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh NC
2018 Schwa Show: A National Juried Exhibition, Emerge Gallery, Greenville NC
2017 of the Earth, Wilmington International Airport, NC (Nov. 17 to Feb. 27)
2017 SCOPE 17',visual Art Exchange, Raleigh NC
2017 North Carolina Annual Artist Exhibition, Betty Ray McCain Gallery, Raleigh NC (exhibition catalog)
2017 FALC, 22nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Cary NC
2017 Wilmington Art Association's Annual Juried Show, HBCAC, Wilmington NC (award)
2017 On The Wall, A National Juried Show, Emerge Gallery, Greenville NC
2017 Schwa Show: A National Juried Exhibition, Emerge Gallery, Greenville NC
2016 artSPARK, Morning Times, Raleigh NC
2016 Greenville Museum of Art Biennial Juried Show, Greenville NC
2016 FLIGHT, Wilmington International Airport, Wilmington, NC
2016 Schwa Show: A National Juried Exhibition, Emerge Gallery, Greenville NC
2016 Expo 2016, Ocean Plastic, a poem, Wilmington NC, (on going)
2016 525,600 MINS, Waterworks Visual Art Center, Salisbury NC, (May-Sept.3)
2016 Wilmington Art Associations 34th Annual Juried Show, Wilmington NC
2016 MEDIA!: Visual Art Exchange Gallery, Raleigh NC
2016 Anything Goes, Litmus Gallery, Raleigh, NC
2016 Silver Arts, theArtWorks, Wilmington, NC (2nd prize)
2016 artFALL, CAC, Wilmington, NC
2016 ABSOLUTELY ART: Davidson County Community College, Lexington NC (Jan.-May)
2015 North Charleston City Hall, North Charleston SC
2015 PASTE, PAPER, SCISSORS, ACES Gallery, Wilmington NC
2015 artFALL, Community Arts Center, Wilmington NC (2nd Place)
2015 artSPARK, Morning Times, Raleigh NC
2015 Wilmington Art Associations 33rd Annual Juried Exhibition, Wilmington NC (Joe Handlan Memorial Award)
2015 NC Artist Exhibition, Betty McCain Gallery, Raleigh NC
2015 ON THE WALL NATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION, Emerge Gallery, Greenville NC (Second Prize)
2015 FALC, 20th Annual Juried Exhibition, Cary NC
2015 Instructors Exhibition, Leland Cultural Arts Center, Leland NC
2014 Craven Gallery, Bank Of The Arts Juried Show, New Bern NC
2014 ArtExposure Gallery, Recycle, Reuse, Repurpose, Juried Show, Hampstead NC
2014 Cameron Art Museum, State Of The Art, Art Of The State, Wilmington NC
2014 MC Erny Gallery, Hues of Juxtaposition, Three Artists, Wilmington NC
2014 ArtExposure Gallery, Group Show, Hampstead NC
2014 Wilmington Art Associations 32nd Annual Juried Show, Wilmington NC (Third Prize)
2014 The Art Factory, Collage Takes Flight, Wilmington NC
2002 I-5 Gallery @ The Brewery, Small Works, LA CA
2002 Co-Op Editorial, New Works, Venice CA
2001 Boarder’s Books, New Works, LA CA
2001 Gallery 825, Angels, LA CA
2000 Gallery 825, Rock, Paper, Scissors, LA CA
2000 Gallery 825, Alternative Perspectives, LA CA
2000 Gallery 825, Shock of the New, LA CA
1999 I-5 Gallery @ The Brewery, Small Works, LA CA
1999 A.G.C.G., On Site at the Gate, San Pedro, CA
1999 Gallery825, Color of Beauty, LA CA
1999 Gallery 825, New Works, LA CA
1998 Gallery 825, Annual Juried Show, LA CA
1998 L.A. Art Core Gallery, Los Angeles National Juried Show
1998 I-5 Gallery @ The Brewery, New Work, LA CA
1995 Maryland Center for the Arts, Regional Painters, Baltimore MD
1995 McClean Center for the Arts, Strictly Painting, McClean VA
1994 Piedmont Gallery, Paintings from the Piedmont, Charlottesville VA (1st Prize)
1993 1708 Gallery, Annual National Exhibition, Richmond VA
1993 MD Federation of the Art Circle Gallery, National Contemporary Art
on Canvas Biannual, Annapolis MD (Second Prize, catalogue)
1993 MFA Gallery, National Art on Paper 1993, Annapolis MD
1993 G.R.A.C.E. Gallery, 3rd Annual Exhibition, Reston VA
1993 D’Art Center Gallery, Mid-Atlantic Paintings, Norfolk VA
1993 Riverside Gallery, Riverside Arts Fest. Exhibition, Bainbridge GA
1992 Second Street Gallery, Invitational, Charlottesville VA
1992 G.R.A.C.E. Gallery, 2nd Annual Exhibition, Reston VA
1992 606 Druid Gallery, Installations, Charlottesville VA
1992 D’Art Center Gallery, 2nd Annual Mid-Atlantic Paintings, Norfolk VA(Award)
1992 Piedmont Gallery, Paintings from the Piedmont, Charlottesville VA
1991 Foundry Gallery, Invitational, Washington DC
1991 1708 Gallery, Annual Exhibition, Richmond VA
1991 Tuttle Gallery, McDonogh Annual Exhibition, McDonogh MD, catalog
1991 Athenaeum Gallery, Annual Exhibition, Alexandria VA
1991 Fells Point Gallery, 9TH Annual Exhibition, Baltimore MD
1991 Sawhill Gallery, Select Paintings, Harrisonburg VA
1991 Live Arts, Ten Painters, Charlottesville VA
EDUCATION
M.F.A.
Indiana University, Bloomington IN
BS Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence KS
AWARDS
The Arts Council of Wilmington & NHC Regional Artist Project Grant, 2015-2016
2nd Place - artFALL, Annual Juried Show, Community Arts Center, Wilmington NC
2nd Prize - On The Wall, National Juried Show, Greenville NC
Joe Handlan Memorial Award - Wilmington Art Associations 33rd Annual Juried Exhibition, Wilmington NC
3rd Prize - Wilmington Art Associations Juried Show, Wilmington NC
1st Prize - Painting In The Piedmont, Piedmont Gallery, Charlottesville VA
2nd Prize - National Contemporary Art On Canvas Biannual, Circle Gallery, Annapolis MD
Finalist - Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation Grant For Painting, NEA, Washington DC
Merit Award - 2nd Annual Mid-Atlantic Paintings, D' Art Center, Norfolk VA
Teaching Assistantship, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1984-1986
1st Prize - Border Land Ceramics, University Of Kansas, Lawrence KS
2nd Prize - Kansas Ceramics, University Of Kansas, Lawrence KS
Outstanding Senior in Ceramics, University Of Kansas, Lawrence KS