Observation is intimacy with life.
I am a painter working in oils. Following a career in architecture and a seven-year love affair with sculpting, I found a palette knife in my hand and I haven’t stopped putting paint to board.
The world astonishes me. Whether landscapes, found objects, fellow humans, or the more-than-human world, I am drawn to the beauty and metaphor of the ordinary. Deeply rooted, my work is attuned to the atmosphere, colors, and narratives of this place I call home.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- 2005-present: Practicing artist
- 1989-present: Registered architect, private practice
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
- Van Gogh’s Ear Fine Art Gallery, Prescott, Arizona
- West of the Moon Gallery, Flagstaff, Arizona
COMMUNITY STUDIO SPACE
- Art Hive Contemporary Art Gallery, Prescott, Arizona
SELECTED JURIED EXHIBITS – PAINTING
2026:
- Tending Place, a collaborative exhibit with Shawn Skabelund, Art Hive Contemporary Art Gallery, Prescott, Arizona, October 2026
- Cubism, Art Hive Contemporary Art Gallery, Prescott, Arizona, November 2026
- Hold to the Landscape, Art Hive Contemporary Art Gallery, Prescott, Arizona
2025:
- Talismans and Hidden Places, Solo Exhibition, West of the Moon Gallery, Flagstaff, Arizona. December 2025-February 2026
- Members Juried Exhibit, Tubac Center for the Arts,Tubac, Arizona
- Self-Reflections, Art Hive Contemporary Art Gallery, Group Exhibit, Prescott, Arizona
- Abstract, Art Hive Contemporary Art Gallery, Group Exhibit, Prescott, Arizona
- Cosmos Theatre Gallery, solo exhibit, Prescott Arizona
2024:
- A Sense of Place: Identity, Community & Geography on the Colorado Plateau, Clara M. Lovett Art Museum, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona
- Green Guardians: Artists Standing Strong for the Verde River, invitational exhibit in support of the federal designation of the Upper Verde River as a Wild and Scenic River, Natural History Institute Art Gallery, Prescott, Arizona
- Members Juried Exhibit, Tubac Center for the Arts Tubac, Arizona
- Art Hive Contemporary Art Gallery, Group exhibit. Prescott, Arizona
2023:
- Riparia, Van Gogh’s Ear Fine Art Gallery, solo exhibit, Prescott, Arizona
- Art Hive Contemporary Art Gallery, Group exhibit, Prescott, Arizona
CURATION
2024:
- Affordable Housing, Art Hive Contemporary Art Gallery, Prescott, Arizona. An art exhibit and benefit for the Coalition for Compassion and Justice involving over 50 local and national artists
SELECTED JURIED EXHIBITS – SCULPTURE
2026:
- MudFest Ceramic Fine Art Exhibition, Art Hive Contemporary Art Gallery, Group Exhibit, Prescott, Arizona
2011:
- Carol Russell & Pat McAllister, Two-person exhibit, Prescott College Art Gallery at Sam Hill Warehouse, Prescott, Arizona
- Intimacy, ARC Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2010:
- Visions in Clay, LH Horton Jr Gallery, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, California. Arthur Gonzalez, Juror
- Ink and Clay 36, W. Keith and Janet Kellogg University Art Gallery, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California, Elaine Levin, Juror
- All-Arizona Clay Exhibition, The Bead Museum, Glendale, Arizona
2009:
- Biennial Juried Ceramics Exhibition, Northern Arizona University Art Museum, Flagstaff, Arizona
- Bearing Witness: Art as Social Action, ARC Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
- Resurrect: The Art of the Reclaimed Object, Mesa Contemporary Art Museum, Mesa, Arizona
- Argillaceous Art, West Valley Art Museum, Surprise, Arizona
2008:
- All Arizona Clay, Shemer Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
- An Exhibition of New Artwork, Two-Person Exhibit, Van Gogh’s Ear Gallery, Prescott, Arizona
- Art & Addiction, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland and San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Poppies 2008, World Culture Open Space Gallery, New York, New York
- Art Escape, Ritter Room, Mountain Artists Gallery, Prescott, Arizona
- Black and White and Red, Prescott Fine Arts Association Gallery, Prescott, Arizona
2007:
- You’re Fired: All-Arizona Ceramic Exhibition, West Valley Art Museum, Surprise, Arizona
- Footlong National Juried Exhibition, Runnels Gallery, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, New Mexico
- Spring Juried Student Exhibit, Yavapai College Art Gallery, Prescott, Arizona
- An Eclectic Collection of Corporate and Public Art, Prescott Fine Arts Association Gallery, Prescott, Arizona
2006:
- Carpe Argillum – Seize the Clay, West Valley Art Museum, Surprise, Arizona
- Faith and Religion in Art, Reflections of a Spiritual Journey, Prescott Fine Arts Association Gallery, Prescott, Arizona
- Spring Juried Student Exhibit, Yavapai College Art Gallery, Prescott, AZ
- Arizona Visions 2006, Prescott Fine Arts Association Gallery, Prescott, AZ
- Fall Juried Student Exhibit, Yavapai College Art Gallery, Prescott, Arizona
AWARDS
2025:
- Second Place, A Sense of Place: Identity, Community, & Geography on the Colorado Plateau, Clara M. Lovett Art Museum, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona
2010:
- Best of Show, Visions in Clay, LH Horton Jr Gallery, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, California. Arthur Gonzalez, Juror
2008:
- First Place, All Arizona Clay, Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, Arizona
- First Place, You’re Fired: All-Arizona Ceramic Exhibition, West Valley Art Museum, Surprise, Arizona
2007:
- Best of Show Three-dimensional and Second Place Woodworking, Spring Juried Student Exhibit, Yavapai College, Prescott, Arizona
- Best of Show Three-dimensional, An Eclectic Collection of Corporate and Public Art, Prescott Fine Arts Association, Prescott, Arizona
2006:
- Best of Show Three-dimensional and First Place Woodworking, Fall Juried Student Exhibit, Yavapai College, Prescott, Arizona
- First Place and Second Place, Faith and Religion in Art, Reflections of a Spiritual Journey, Prescott Fine Arts Association, Prescott, Arizona
- Best of Show Three-dimensional, Spring Juried Student Exhibit, Yavapai College
2005:
- Best of Show Three-dimensional, First Place Sculpture, and Honorable Mention Sculpture, Fall Juried Student Exhibit, Yavapai College
- First Place Sculpture, Spring Juried Student Exhibit, Yavapai College
SELECTED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
- Dr. Greg and Sarah Bowers, Prescott, Arizona
- Ronald Bratton, Prescott, Arizona. Former Deputy Director Los Angeles County Museum of Art
- Harold and Betsi Closter, Washington, DC. Director, Smithsonian Affiliations, Smithsonian Institution
- Tammy Lee Miller, Odense, Denmark
- Dr. Karen Sullivan, Prescott, Arizona
PUBLICATIONS
2014:
- 500 Figures in Clay, Volume 2, Lark Books
2011:
- 500 Raku, Lark Books
2010:
- Addiction and Art, Johns Hopkins University Press
2009:
- 500 Tables, Lark Books
- Addiction and Art Calendar, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Innovators Combating Substance Abuse Program
2008:
- 500 Chairs, Lark Books
- Clay Times, Volume 14, Number 1