ABOUT

These paintings are anchored by a horizon line—a constant element in my work for over 20 years—meant to evoke the expansiveness of the American West. However, these newer paintings also revisit some of the heavier paint application and contrasting underpainting that were hallmarks of the geometric works I made in the late 1990s. I have also begun to incorporate silkscreened and spray-stenciled graphic elements: symbols, numbers, and scraps of text that build in layers with loose brush strokes, oil stick scribbles, paint drips, and card-edge impasto marks. The resulting paintings work at several scales, where an all-over impression of landscape dissolves as the viewer approaches and discovers detail in the layers.

I work in the early morning quiet in a light-filled corner studio in Portland, Oregon.

COLLECTIONS

Metropolitan Hotel
New York, NY

Microsoft Corporate Art Collection
Redmond, WA

King County Portable Works Collection
King County, WA

City of Seattle Portable Works Collection
Seattle, WA

Harborview Hospital
King County, WA

SAFECO Corporate Art Collection (deaccessioned)
Seattle, WA

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023

First Thursday Open House
Cascade-Hasson Sotheby’s
Portland, OR

2008

Holding on to Nothing
Davidson Contemporary
Seattle, WA

2005

Chromophile
Davidson Galleries
Seattle, WA

2003

Lull
Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery
Portland, OR

Meniscus
Davidson Galleries
Seattle, WA

2001

Nine-Mile Prairie
Davidson Galleries
Seattle, WA

1999

UHF
Oculus Gallery
Seattle, WA

Textile Designs for Insomniacs
Inchmeal Gallery
Portland, OR

1998

Measure Twice, Cut Once
Oculus Gallery
Seattle, WA

Recent Works
University Friends Gallery
Seattle, WA

1997

Recent Works in Grey
Oculus Gallery
Seattle, WA

1996

Stones
Oculus Gallery
Seattle, WA