CONTACT: encaustics@windstream.net
SHORT BIO:
(resume sent upon request)
I returned to studio work in 2003 after serving as the Executive Director of the Lincoln Arts Council and Education Director of the UniversityPlace Art Center in Lincoln, Nebraska. My undergraduate degree is from Creighton University in Omaha and my graduate degree in human development was obtained at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Although I had previously worked in fiber arts, my medium now is encaustic. The ancient art form uses molten beeswax, damar resin crystals and pigment as hot paint. I am a charter member of the International Encaustic Artists organization (www.international-encaustic-artists.org) and currently serve as Exhibitions Chair on the Board of Directors.
I teach Hot Wax/Cool Art™ workshops across the U.S. as well as in my home studio. In addition, I serve as an artist-in-residence for the Nebraska Arts Council, working with colleges and universities, elementary through high school students, social service organizations and community arts centers.
My artwork has been shown in New York, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Maine, Oregon, California, Illinois, Colorado, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Wyoming and Nebraska and recently won the Juror's Award in the National "Working in Wax" Exhibition and two American Art Awards.
As an artist fellow of the Haydon Art Center (www.haydonartcenter.org), I organized and curated the first Nebraska national encaustic exhibition called Hot Wax/Cool Artists in July, 2006. It was selected as one of the top 10 regional art shows for that year by the Lincoln Journal Star. See a review of the show at ... www.journalstar.com/articles/2006/07/16/sunday_am/doc44b5801c7eac3207666679.txt
In 2009, Susan Schenk and I organized Metamorphosis, a juried International Encaustic Artsists Exhibition and the catalog of that show can be previewed at
http://www.blurb.com/books/585782
Representation, in addition to the Haydon Art Center, includes:
Lux Center for the Arts in Lincoln www.luxcenter.org
Omaha Art Mill in Omaha www.omahartmill.com
Leigh Gallery in Chicago www.theleighgallery.com