About
I’m a painter, graphic designer, and illustrator working out of Fairbanks, Alaska. I’m also the Faculty Development lead for teaching at UAF, and a part time adjunct instructor for the Art and Education Departments. I devote consistent hours to my studio practice in the same way that some dedicate time to exercise or church. Very little serves as an excuse to keep me away from my art!
My work is primarily about color and energy and usually depicts animals in an anthropomorphic light combined with iterative marks meant to suggest the natural world. I’m always interested in trying new media, learning new processes, and collaborating with other artists. Some of my accomplishments are listed below.
I have an Etsy store as well as a Redbubble store where more of my work is displayed.
EXHIBITIONS & WORK
Selected Solo Exhibits
New Work: Small Works on Paper and Panel, Alaska House Art Gallery, July 2016
Inherent Patterns, Ursa Major, Fairbanks, AK, Feb. 2016
Studio Works, Morris Thompson Visitor & Cultural Center, Fairbanks, AK, Oct. 2015
New Work: Paintings, Alaska House Art Gallery, Fairbanks, AK, 2014
Mythologies, Katie Sevigny Art Gallery, Anchorage, AK, 2011
New Work, Well Street Art Co., Fairbanks, AK, 2010
Yupik Masks in Translation: New Work, New Horizons, Fairbanks, AK, 2008
Hoof and Horn: Works in Oil and Mixed Media, Alaska House Art Gallery, Fairbanks, AK, 2005
Selected Group Exhibits
Mad Girls: 13 Women Artists, Group Exhibition, The Alaska House Art Gallery, Fairbanks, AK, 2015
Limited Edition, Group Exhibition, Bear Gallery, AK Centennial Center for the Arts in Pioneer Park, Fairbanks, AK, 2014
Monsters & Legends, Group Exhibit, University of Alaska Fairbanks eCampus, Fairbanks, AK, 2014
64th Parallel, Juried Exhibition, Bear Gallery, AK Centennial Center for the Arts in Pioneer Park, Fairbanks, AK, 2014
20th Annual Denali Center for Education Auction, Multiple Artists, Denali Center for Education, Denali, AK, 2014
Group Show, Warwick Glass Studio, Fairbanks, 2011
University Heights Arts Open, Group Exhibit, Swedenborg Gallery, San Diego, CA, 2007
Miniature Show, New Horizons Gallery, Group Exhibit, Fairbanks, AK, 2007
Alaska Women Artists, The Alaska House Art Gallery, Group Exhibit, Fairbanks, AK, 2006
Miniature Show, New Horizons Gallery, Group Exhibit, Fairbanks, AK, 2006
64th Parallel, Juried Exhibition, Bear Gallery, Alaska Centennial Center for the Arts in Pioneer Park, Fairbanks, AK, 2005
Miniature Show, New Horizons Gallery, Group Exhibit, Fairbanks, AK, 2005
Quilt Alaska, Bear Gallery, Alaska Centennial Center for the Arts, Fairbanks, AK. 2004
Gallery Artists, The Artworks, Group Exhibit, Fairbanks, AK, 2004
Fairbanks Winter Artist Studio Tour, Fairbanks, AK, 2004
Student Art Show, Group Show, Honorable Mention, University of Alaska Art Department, Fairbanks, AK, 1999
Other
Community Arts Workshop, Instructor, The Canvas Gallery, Juneau, AK, June 2016
Summer Youth Arts Workshop, Instructor, The Canvas Gallery, Juneau, AK, June 2016
Midnight Mammoth, Primary Illustrator, by Maria Reeves, dist. by Epicenter Press, May 2016
Artwork featured on the cover of The Fawn Abyss, by Adam Tavel, 2016
“Comics in the Classroom: Students as Makers,’ Emerald City Comicon, Presenter, Seattle, WA 2015
Artwork featured on-set for The 9th Life of Louis Drax, (Antcolony Films, Brightlight Pictures, Miramax) to be released 2016
Artwork featured on the cover of Plash and Levitation, by Adam Tavel, 2014
Artwork featured on the cover of Third Coast Magazine, Spring 2012
Featured Artwork for Loaded Bicycle, an online journal, 2011
Two Gentlemen of Verona, Scenic Artist & Designer, Fairbanks Shakespeare Theater, 2010
Cover design for University of Alaska Fairbanks Midnight Sun Chapbook Series, 2007-2008
Cover design for University of Alaska Fairbanks Permafrost, 2006-2008
Collections
University of Alaska Museum of the North, University of Alaska Fairbanks, AK
Fountainhead Development Corp., Fairbanks, AK
Pike’s Waterfront Lodge, Fairbanks, AK
Chinook Montessori Charter School, Fairbanks, AK
Private Collections
Awards
2009, AlaskaOne Poster Artist, KUAC/AlaskaOne, “My Funny Valentines’
Honorable Mention, Quilt Alaska, Bear Gallery, Alaska Centennial Center for the Arts, Fairbanks, AK. 2004
Associations
Professional member of the Society of Children’s Book Illustrators