Education
1974-1978, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, BS in Advertising, with honors; studies included graphic design, art history, furniture history, life drawing, photography, and interior design
Professional Affiliations
Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin
Austin Visual Arts Association
Texas Museum of Fiber Art
Women and Their Work, Austin
Current and Upcoming Art Shows and Exhibits:
People's Gallery, February 19, 2010 - January 28, 2011 - City Hall, 301 W. 2nd St., Austin, Texas
Rhythms of Nature, June 12 - July 10, 2010 - studio2gallery, 1700 S. Lamar Blvd., Austin, Texas
CraftTexas 2010, September 25, 2010 - January 9, 2011 - Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
AVAA Members Show, July 17 - August 10, 2010 -studio2gallery, 1700 S. Lamar Blvd., Austin, Texas
I See Your Face Before Me: Experiments in Pop Art Portraiture, September 27 - October 10, 2010, Reception on Saturday, October 2, 6 to 8 p.m. - Austin Art Space Gallery and Studios, 7739 Northcross Drive, Austin, Texas (click to open a press release about this exhibit)
Previous Art Shows and Exhibits
Texas Museum of Fiber Art 2010 Exhibit, Mexican American Cultural Center - Austin, Texas
The View from Here, curated by Mo Scollan, studio2gallery, 2010 - Austin, Texas
Magnolia Cafe, 2010 - Austin, Texas
East Austin Studio Tour, 2009 - Austin, Texas
32nd AVAA Anniversary Exhibit & Reunion, selection by juror, Dougherty Arts Center, 2009 - Austin, Texas
Kerbey Lane Cafe, Stitchings & Paper Constructions, 2009 - Austin, Texas
Texas Museum of Fiber Arts Exhibit, selection by juror, Texas State Capitol, 2009 - Austin, Texas
Show-n-Sell, Austin Visual Arts Association, 2009 - Austin, Texas
12 Buy 12 Annual Show, selection by jury, Austin Art Space Galleries & Studios, 2008 - Austin, Texas
East Austin Studio Tour, 2008 - Austin, Texas
Lovers, curated by Lanie McCormick, Austin Figurative Gallery, 2008 - Austin, Texas
Texas Museum of Fiber Arts Exhibit, selection by juror, Texas State Capitol, 2008 - Austin, Texas
Self-portrait Show, Austin Figurative Gallery, 2007 - Austin, Texas
Artist Statement - Stitchings My hand-stitched portraits and landscapes are idealized renditions punctuated with symbolic elements. I developed my own style of stitch work—long radiating stitches form interlocking surfaces that build dimensionality and shape. Stitched close together, the smooth threads create reflective facets that make color shifts, giving the work a sense of animation. I combine this needlework with traditional embroidery stitches that I learned as a child.
Artist Statement - Paper Constructions My 3-dimensional, abstract constructions are made with paper, hardware, and sewing notions. The papers used include annual reports, magazines, BeadForLife beads, maps, shopping bags, skein bands, puzzle pieces, and sundry other repurposed and purchased papers. One 3-dimensional shape central to many of the works is a 10-faced polyhedron. Polyhedra occur often in nature—stacked, intertwined, and repeated over-and-over. As in nature, the polyhedra in my compositions are arranged according to their natural order—the shape itself dictating its position relative to other polyhedra. Individually, the abstractions are observations on nature and science. As a series, through the ubiquitous polyhedron, the constructions convey a basic commonality in natural elements.
Art-Related Experience and Services
Founder and publisher (2004 - 2007) of Art Lover's Guide, an annual art guide and companion Web site covering Central Texas artists, galleries, and museums.
2007–Current: Founder of Tome Town, a small book-design firm offering services to individuals and businesses that want to use powerful new resources that have been created specifically for self-publishers.
 Link to my publishing services web site, Tome-Town.com.
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