The content of my pictures varies. The essence of my black and white images is mainly about my observations of what I call the “minutia” of our world: things we see or experience in everyday life, but sometimes miss. If context is meaning then “context” references my emotional status. My images are not predicated on but rather limited by my emotional groundswells and experiences. I am like many artists making art is simply: about a need to extricate or better delineate. My black and white images hold fast to the influences that major life events can create.

My most recent work is a body of color images about displacement and home. I began the project by looking at the interior spaces of three women in my life, who were constant figures in my childhood. My initial intention was to study the interior spaces and assess how the “minutia” in those spaces reflected that person. All images were to be void of the human figure. As I began to excavate the project I quickly realized that my grandmother, who through an Alzheimer’s based disease, has now become part of her “minutia”, her interior space. She was until recently a vivacious woman with endless energy. Now each day, as she remains hostage within her physical body, she literally seems to melt into her interior matter. Her possessions, all carefully selected and placed by her, bear almost no meaning without her ability to tell the tales of collecting and selecting. They are merely beautiful objects placed around and dusted by prefect strangers, thereby becoming the detritus of a life long gone, yet still here. These fragments speak about the fragility and the ephemeral nature of our lives here on earth.

SHOWS

• 2004 “Red Dot”, Women and Their Work Gallery, Austin, Texas.
• 2004 “Arts and Eats”, Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, Texas.
• 2003 “Intimate Interiors and Other Views”, Solo-Show, San Antonio, Tx.
• 2003 “New Works”, Solo Show, A salon-style exhibition, Austin, Texas.
• 2003 “Art in the Garden”, at the Governor’s Mansion, Austin, Texas.
• 2002 “Image Manipulated” TW Wood Art Gallery, Montpelier, Vermont.
• 2002 “Photo II”, Gallery Lombardi, Austin, Texas.
• 2000 “San Antonio Profile”, Blue Star Art Complex, San Antonio, Texas
• 1999 “Lens Based Work by Women” Flatbed Gallery, Austin, Texas.
• 1999 “Images of Women”, 35th Anniversary of The Governor’s Commission on              Women, Randolph, Vermont.
• 1999 “Simple Wonders”, Solo Show, Women and Their Work Gallery, Austin, Texas.
• 1998 “Solo Show”, Wally Workman Gallery, Austin Texas.
• 1998 “INDICATORS”, Solo Show, Brent Gallery, Houston, Texas.
• 1996 “The Dream Auction”, Women & Their Work, Austin, Texas.
• 1996 “Reductive Visions”, Helm Fine Art Center, Austin, Texas.
• 1995 “New American Talent” Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas.
• 1994 “American Photography History in Pictures” San Antonio Museum of Art,
              San Antonio, Texas.
• 1994 “Stuff I’ve Seen”, Solo Show, Women & Their Work Gallery, Austin, Texas.
• 1993 “Texas Biennial Exhibition” Dallas, Texas.
• 1994 “Loop to Loop” Foster Freeman Gallery San Antonio, Texas.
• 1993 “Juried Members Show” HCP Houston, Texas.
• 1992 TEXAS MONTHLY MAGAZINE, The 20th Anniversary.(annuncement)
• 1992 “The Bar-b-Que Show “ Devil Dog Gallery, Houston, Texas.
• 1992 “Distinctive Dreams/Street Seen” Acme Art Gallery. Austin, Texas.
• 1992 “Texas Round-Up” Brent Gallery, Houston, Texas.
• 1992 “African American Portfolio” Projex Gallery, Austin, Texas.
• 1991 “Beyond Photography” Laguna Gloria Museum, Austin, Texas.
• 1990 “Ethereal Images” Solo Show, Projex Gallery., Austin, Texas.
• 1989 “Dianas, Brownies and Pinholes.” Sarrat Gallery, Vanderbilt University,             Nashville, Tennessee.
• 1988 “Summer Group Show” Wilkov-Goldfedder Gallery, New York, N.Y.
• 1988 “Through a Plastic Lens” Northlight Gallery Arizona State University.
             Tempe, Arizona.
• 1987 “Collegiate Show ’87", Allen Street Gallery. Dallas, Texas.
• 1986 “East Texas International Photographic Competition” East Texas State            University Gallery.

PUBLISHED

• Guitar World, image of Stevie Ray Vaughn, 2004.
• The Sun Magazine, various imagery, many issues. 1999-present.
• Turbinado, C.D. cover and inside imagery, “Scrappy” Jud Newcomb.
• Parents Magazine, images for “Baby Grayce” article.
• Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance Company, various announcements.
• Austin Monthly Magazine, “A Day In The Life Of”, article.
• Vintage Books cover photographs published, cover imagery.
• Conde Nast TRAVELER, photograph published (feature article).
• Knopf Books, cover imagery.
• Ray Gun Magazine, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, feature story, photos published,
• Bohemia Beat Records, CD cover & inside imagery, Michael Fracasso, “World in a     Drop of Water”.
• Mercury Records, CD cover & inside imagery, Wammo; “Fat Headed Stranger”.
• Searobin Records, CD cover & inside imagery, Kim Miller, “Child of the Big Sky”.
• WW Norton Publishing, cover photos, Turmoil to Turning Point.
• This Old House Magazine, “Fences”, photos,
• Harper Collins Publishers, Cover Photo, Wild Rides; By Bia Lowe
• American Statesman, 1994, review by Saundra Goldman. Photo published.
• Austin Chronicle, 1994, review by Rebecca Levy.
• Introduction to Government, Harper & Row, 1990-1991, photograph published.
• Austin Chronicle, Feb.1992, p.38, photograph published, Austin, Texas.
• American Statesman, Feb.1990, photograph published.
• Shots Magazine, Danville, Kentucky, Issue 19, Jan./Feb. 1990, photographs     published.
• Art Papers, Volume 13, Number 6, Nov./Dec. 1989, pp. 56 & 57, Susan W. Knowles,     review.
• Nashville Business Journal, June 12-16,1989, p.16, Angela Wibking, review.

EDUCATION

•BFA in Photography, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, 1986.
•MFA in Visual Arts, Vermont College, August 2002.
• New York University/ International Center for Photography, New York, N.Y., one    semester, towards MFA.

AWARDS and ACQUISITIONS

• 1994, Permanent Collection San Antonio Museum of Art, “Lavanna’s Legs”
• 1994 Honorable Mention, The Photo Review.
• 1991 Honorable Mention, “Beyond Photography”, Laguna Gloria Art Museum,
     Austin, Texas.
• 1986 Honorable Mention, “East Texas International Photographic Competition”,     Huntsville,
• Dean’s List, 1985, University of Texas at Austin.
• Privately collected.

FILM STILLS

• 1998 Sony Pictures, The Suburbans, character artwork and character stills.
• 1996 Davis Entertainment, Cadillac Ranch, film and promotion stills.
• 1996-1994, various music videos, various companies, film stills.