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
COMMUNITY STUDIO SPACE
- Art Hive Contemporary Art Gallery, Prescott, Arizona
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- 2005-present: Practicing artist
- 1989-present: Registered architect
SELECTED JURIED EXHIBITS – PAINTING
2025:
- Upcoming solo exhibit: West of the Moon Gallery, Flagstaff, Arizona. December 2025-February 2026
- Upcoming group exhibit: Art Hive Contemporary Art Gallery, 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
SELECTED JURIED EXHIBITS – SCULPTURE
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
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