Artist Statement
My collage work reflects struggle due to political, social, religious, gender and environmental discourse. Through the collage process of “putting to paper” the situations that I find difficult to reconcile, I can, layer by layer, in content, color, form, and balance, build a cohesive and visual editorial.
My goal in creating collage is to stir an emotional response and to open a thoughtful process for me to consider my place in the struggles that we contend with daily. All is not painful. It is intensely important to embrace joy, hope, humor, and to celebrate with laughter. There is opportunity in my art to note simple pleasures or to laugh out loud.
Bio
I was born in Lamar, Colorado and grew up on the family farm on the banks of the Arkansas River.
While in school, I learned about and made collages. Having recreated the collage process learned years ago, I continue to explore and refine the process. I do most of my work in my studio in Florence, Colorado at the Bell Tower Arts Center where I can sit amongst old books, various publications, found objects, and photographs and think and cut and paste.
My work has been recognized for originality, fine attention to detail and thought provoking content. In 2021, I received the Colorado State Fair Professional Artist Award and was invited to have a solo show at Sangre de Cristo Arts Center in Pueblo, Colorado, November 2022 - February 2023.
I have received awards at local, regional, and state levels. I’ve had solo shows in my community, Canon City, Colorado. I am represented at the Blue Spruce Gallery in Florence, Colorado and in private collections throughout the United States.
CV
2025
Midnight Watch, Honorable Mention, Creations of the Night Group Show, Bell Tower Cultural Center, Florence, Colorado
2024
Foyer Solo Show for Mary Poppins Musical, Rialto Theatre, Florence, Colorado
Gallo del Cielo, Honorable Mention, Western Group Show, Bell Tower Cultural Center, Florence, Colorado
The Letter Carrier, 3rd place, Portrait Show Group Show, Blue Spruce Gallery, Florence, Colorado
Magpie Moon, 2nd Place People's Choice Award, Group Show, Blue Spruce Gallery, Florence, Colorado
2023
The Letter Carrier, 2nd Place, Professional Mixed Media, Colorado State Fair Juried Art Show, Pueblo, Colorado
Red Dress, 3rd Place, Professional Mixed Media, Colorado State Fair Juried Art Show, Pueblo, Colorado
2022
Tight Wires and Loose Ends, Solo Show, Sangre de Cristo Art Center, November 2022-February 2023, Pueblo, Colorado
They Just Kept Watching, 2nd Place, Professional Mixed Media, Colorado State Fair Juried Art Show, Pueblo, Colorado
New Hope, Honorable Mention, Professional Mixed Media, Colorado State Fair Juried Art Show, Pueblo, Colorado
New Hope, Honorable Mention, Blossom Group Show, Fremont Center for the Arts, Cañon City, Colorado
2021
Crane Keeper, 3rd Place, Fremont Center for the Arts, Cañon City, Colorado
Interrupted, Special Award from the Sangre de Cristo Art Center for a Solo Show, Professional Mixed Media, Colorado State Fair Juried Art Show, Pueblo, Colorado
8 Second Dream, Honorable Mention, Midsummer’s Night Dream group show, Fremont Center for the Arts, Cañon City, Colorado
Inside Out, 3rd Place, Blossom Group Show, Fremont Center for the Arts, Cañon City, Colorado
Presta Bicycle Brawl, 3rd Place, Themed Group Show, Blue Spruce Gallery, Florence, Colorado
Inside Out, 3rd Place, Group Show, Blue Spruce Gallery, Florence, Colorado
2020
Fiesta Forever, 3rd Place, Group Show, Bell Tower Arts Center, Florence, Colorado
2019
Dream Weaver, 3rd Place, Spoke Art Show, Fremont Center for the Arts, Cañon City, Colorado
8 Second Dream, 1st Place, Professional Mixed Media, Colorado State Fair Juried Art Show, Pueblo, Colorado
Meet You Halfway, 3rd Place, Professional Mixed Media, Colorado State Fair Juried Art Show, Pueblo, Colorado
2018
Stretching it Out - A Collage Exploration, Solo Show, Cañon Framing, Cañon City, Colorado
2017
The Chicken and Princess Grace, 2nd Place, Professional Mixed Media, Colorado State Fair Juried Art Show, Pueblo, Colorado
2016
Three Golden Rings, 1st Place, Professional Mixed Media, Colorado State Fair Juried Art Show, Pueblo, Colorado
Three Golden Rings, 2nd Place, Group Show, Blue Spruce Gallery, Florence, Colorado
St. Charlotte of the Sea, 1st Place, Group Show, Blue Spruce Gallery, Florence, Colorado
2015
Bird in Hand, Jurors Choice, Professional Mixed Media, Colorado State Fair Juried Art Show, Pueblo, Colorado
2014
Bird in Hand, 2nd Place, Zonta of Royal Gorge's Annual Artful Women Exhibition, Canon City, Colorado
Eclipse, Jurors Choice, Emerging Mixed Media, Colorado State Fair Juried Art Show, Pueblo, Colorado
2013
Eclipse, 3rd Place, Zonta of Royal Gorge's Annual Artful Women Exhibition, Canon City, Colorado
2012
1943, 2nd Place, Zonta of Royal Gorge's Annual Artful Women Exhibition, Canon City, Colorado
Adoration of St. Eudora, 3rd Place, Emerging Mixed Media, Colorado State Fair Juried Art Show, Pueblo, Colorado
2011
Dead Men Lie, 2nd Place, Emerging Mixed Media, Colorado State Fair Juried Art Show, Pueblo, Colorado
Our Lady, Jurors Choice, Emerging Mixed Media, Colorado State Fair Juried Art Show, Pueblo, Colorado
Dead Men Lie, Best of Show, Zonta of Royal Gorge's Annual Artful Women Exhibition, Canon City, Colorado
2010
Our Lady, 2nd Place, Zonta of Royal Gorge's Annual Artful Women Exhibition, Canon City, Colorado