My joy for creating art began when I was a child, and continued through high school and college. In 1995 I received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and Printmaking from the University of North Dakota. Abstract Expressionism, especially the works of DeKooning, Motherwell, and Pollock really fascinated me and I attempted to emulate their styles in my work. After school I received awards to be an Artist in Residence in Arrowmont, TN, Galesburg, IL., and recently in Fresno, CA.
In 1997 I worked with the Director of the North Dakota Museum of Art to create an education department. For five years I developed and grew that program. I then accepted the position as a Curator of Exhibitions at the Fresno Metropolitan Museum. I left the museum profession in 2004.
Throughout these moves, I continued making art in my spare time and discovered that art is not my hobby but my vocation. My interests turned from painting to drawing, and I began to explore storytelling in pictures.
My art works have been exhibited at the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Mayville State University, Fresno City College, Knox College in Galesburg, the North Dakota Museum of Art, and various galleries.
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