ARTIST’S STATEMENT (2003)
My work probes the mystery and wonder of what it means to be human by exploring that
which makes us most human; our capacity to love and feel compassion and our will and
desire to create meaning and purpose for our life. I want to give visual expression to the
human capacity to "soar beyond" limits, where immediate circumstances of life such as
gender, race, or social status do not define who you are.
which makes us most human; our capacity to love and feel compassion and our will and
desire to create meaning and purpose for our life. I want to give visual expression to the
human capacity to "soar beyond" limits, where immediate circumstances of life such as
gender, race, or social status do not define who you are.
Hope, which I examine from a spiritual
and philosophical perspective, is the
paramount theme in my artwork. My
current work focuses on the relational
aspect of hope and the belief that we
have purpose much greater than our
own individuality where "humanness",
self and purpose is celebrated as
boundless and to be human means
loving lavishly and joyously in the
relational web of all life.
and philosophical perspective, is the
paramount theme in my artwork. My
current work focuses on the relational
aspect of hope and the belief that we
have purpose much greater than our
own individuality where "humanness",
self and purpose is celebrated as
boundless and to be human means
loving lavishly and joyously in the
relational web of all life.
My work is installed in public spaces in the
Midwestern United States and in several
private collections. My work "Muses of
Freedom" is published in the Syracuse
Cultural Workers" year 2000 Women Artists
Date book and "Existential Hope" will be
published in the year 2004 Women Artist's
Date book. I have had several solo exhibits as
well as exhibiting in regional and national
juried art exhibits including most recently.
Expressions in Diversity, a juried show in
Shoreview, MN where "Web of Life" won the
First Place Deluxe Foundation Award, and the
91st Annual Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts
Exhibition, 2002, where "Existential Hope"
received an Honorable Mention Award. In
Arts in Harmony 2000", a national juried art
exhibit. Elk River, MN, "Hope From
Community #15" received a Merit Award, and
in 2003, "Existential Hope Series #2" also won
a Merit Award Currently my work can be
viewed on an ongoing basis at Agora Gallery
in Minneapolis, MN.
Midwestern United States and in several
private collections. My work "Muses of
Freedom" is published in the Syracuse
Cultural Workers" year 2000 Women Artists
Date book and "Existential Hope" will be
published in the year 2004 Women Artist's
Date book. I have had several solo exhibits as
well as exhibiting in regional and national
juried art exhibits including most recently.
Expressions in Diversity, a juried show in
Shoreview, MN where "Web of Life" won the
First Place Deluxe Foundation Award, and the
91st Annual Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts
Exhibition, 2002, where "Existential Hope"
received an Honorable Mention Award. In
Arts in Harmony 2000", a national juried art
exhibit. Elk River, MN, "Hope From
Community #15" received a Merit Award, and
in 2003, "Existential Hope Series #2" also won
a Merit Award Currently my work can be
viewed on an ongoing basis at Agora Gallery
in Minneapolis, MN.
| Unfettered (1999) Watercolor, 12" by 16" Private collection |
| Community (1998) Watercolor, 31" by 24" Private collection |
