Obsession

Most people find their true calling late in life. Mine found me early and has been an ever-present obsession since. As an artist I am a collector of objects. I study them, form attachments to them and study how they affect other objects. This obsession I have to collect and organize creates conflict between my inner neat freak and my outer slob. I engage in a Spring-cleaning ritual annually but am frequently distracted by the inspiration I find in the piles that accumulate. There exists a certain beauty in randomness and chaos that I cannot ignore.

Winner of the Winsor & Newton Award from the National Watercolor Society, 2007

Merit award winner from the Louisiana Watercolor Society’s 37th Annual International Exhibition, 2007

Winner of the Morrison Family Memorial Award from the 27th Annual Adirondacks National Exhibition of American Watercolors, 2007

Winner of the Missouri Artist Award from the 2009 Missouri Watercolor National