Script M Abstract Art
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I feel best when bringing works to life that are distinctive, challenge easy categorization, capture the synergy of melding diverse media, and blur the lines between watercolor, alcohol ink, acrylic pouring, mark-making and action painting styles.
My latest adventures have been in the direction of mark-making techniques, 'strip weaving,' montage and collage, as the mixture of different media and surfaces within a work seems to 'abstract the abstracts.'
Before coming to Tampa, in 2010, the initial, brief leg of my artistic journey lasted from 2006 to 2009 while I was living in southern California. I am mostly self-taught but did attend a series of watercolor classes by Joe Stoddard at the Creative Arts Group in Sierra Madre, CA, as well as seminars with Robert Burridge and Marciano Martinez. During that time, my work was accepted to a dozen juried exhibitions across the country.
Personal and career opportunities led us to Tampa, and with them changed priorities. In late-2020, I seized the opportunity to be fully focused on producing new works, building out a website, and nurturing a social media presence. Since then, my work has been seen at many local, juried exhibits, shows and festivals, providing the motivation to continue this leg of the journey. My first solo exhibit ran in the fourth quarter of 2022 at the Corridor Gallery in the Carrollwood Cultural Center. In the spring of 2024, over twenty of my works were on display in the Gallery at the historic Rialto Theatre in Tampa. In November 2024, I will be back at the Corridor Gallery with a selection of Weaves and Montage works in my exhibit, "Square Roots." I will start a three-month exhibit at the Louise & Arnold Kotler Gallery, in Tampa, January 2025.
I am a member of the Professional Association of Visual Artists (PAVA), the Warehouse Arts District Association (WADA), Tampa Regional Artists (TRA) and The Exhibiting Society of Artists (TESA). In October 2022, I received a micro-grant from the Gobioff Foundation and a Professional Development grant from the Hillsborough Arts Council; and was elected a member of the Board of Trustees for PAVA where I serve as Secretary.