My work is based on the observation of extraordinary moments within landscape. Those particular moments that reflect on the beauty and fascination of forms, colors, the silhouette of decapitated trees and all its wonderfully abstracted forms. The work highlights those unforgettable moments when we are entranced by the outdoors and how our recollection of that particular time is often idealized and perfected by our memories.


Born: 1971, Austin, TX.

Education:

May 2002
     Masters of Fine Arts in Painting and Drawing at The School of the
     Art Institute of Chicago.

May 2000
      Post-Baccalaureate painting certification at The School of the
      Art Institute of Chicago.

December 1994
      B.F.A., Visual Arts Education from The University of Texas at Austin.
      All level teaching certification (K-12)

Summer 1993
      University of Texas study abroad program in Italy.