IMy passion for art was ignited after winning first prize in the Oregon Douglas County fair for a drawing of Charlie Brown. Many of my adolescent summers were spent apprenticing in my uncle’s tile company in Arizona, where I learned to glaze ceramic tiles and compose wall murals and mosaics. These mosaics heavily influenced my work with geometric patterns. My artistic influences include Art Deco printmaker Louis Icart and Art Nouveau lithographers Alphonse Mucha and Raphael Kirchner.
I hold bachelor's and master's degrees in computer science and have worked in the tech industry for 20 years. My work in computer networking sparked an interest in the way the world communicated before the digital age. This led me to study traditional printmaking techniques, such as etching, lithography, and monotype. I learned to sew as a child, which inspired me to incorporate fabric, thread, and lace into my many of my botanical-themed prints. I’ve been a Torpedo Factory Art Center student since 2003. In 2013 I started taking etching, monotype, and lithography classes through the Discover Graphics, under the tutelage of Pam Day and Penny Barringer. I have won three equal merit awards and 1 honorable mention through the Torpedo Factory Art League. I have been an affiliate printmaker of Discover Graphics Atelier since 2015. In 2016, I joined the Torpedo Factory Art League’s Gallery 75. In 2017, I completed a visiting artist residency at the Torpedo Factory Art Center. In 2018 I joined Printmakers Inc, in studio 325 of the Torpedo Factory Art Center and regularly exhibit and make art.
I credit Icart, Mucha, and Kirchner for my current body of work etchings contrasting light and dark tones and hard and soft lines. In addition to aquatint, I use drypoint, burnishing, soft ground texture transfer, and lithographic tusche to create a variety of visual effects. Additionally, I explore monotype printing techniques including embossing, viscosity, and Goldyne. My latest work, a series of prints called “AquaToons TM” combine aquatint and cartoonish animals in fantastical landscapes.
I hold bachelor's and master's degrees in computer science and have worked in the tech industry for 20 years. My work in computer networking sparked an interest in the way the world communicated before the digital age. This led me to study traditional printmaking techniques, such as etching, lithography, and monotype. I learned to sew as a child, which inspired me to incorporate fabric, thread, and lace into my many of my botanical-themed prints. I’ve been a Torpedo Factory Art Center student since 2003. In 2013 I started taking etching, monotype, and lithography classes through the Discover Graphics, under the tutelage of Pam Day and Penny Barringer. I have won three equal merit awards and 1 honorable mention through the Torpedo Factory Art League. I have been an affiliate printmaker of Discover Graphics Atelier since 2015. In 2016, I joined the Torpedo Factory Art League’s Gallery 75. In 2017, I completed a visiting artist residency at the Torpedo Factory Art Center. In 2018 I joined Printmakers Inc, in studio 325 of the Torpedo Factory Art Center and regularly exhibit and make art.
I credit Icart, Mucha, and Kirchner for my current body of work etchings contrasting light and dark tones and hard and soft lines. In addition to aquatint, I use drypoint, burnishing, soft ground texture transfer, and lithographic tusche to create a variety of visual effects. Additionally, I explore monotype printing techniques including embossing, viscosity, and Goldyne. My latest work, a series of prints called “AquaToons TM” combine aquatint and cartoonish animals in fantastical landscapes.