Artist Statement

I am a realist landscape painter. My artwork aims to capture a realistic sense of light, color and place. Of all potential subject matter, I find landscape the most beautiful. I am inspired by the grandeur and emptiness of the modern western landscape. When I paint, I try to express the beauty and transcendence I see there.

I studied art at the University of Utah, completing most of the BFA program before parenthood (and a new job for my husband in Escalante, Utah) redirected my artistic efforts. I wound up far away from art school, but surrounded by beautiful landscapes to paint. With our little girl in tow, my husband and I have explored much of southern Utah and the four corners. Out in the field and back in my studio, I’ve tried to capture what I find most engaging in the landscape around me.

My work has won awards at the St. George Art Festival, the River Runner’s Art Show in Green River, and at the Escalante Canyons Art Festival. I was selected to participate in the Cedar City Arts Committee’s Annual Art Exhibit, the Southern Utah Art Invitational, and the Outdoor Painters’ Society’s Plein Air Southwest 2009. I was also chosen to be Artist in Residence in the San Juan Public Lands Center’s Aspen Guard Station program, and at Mesa Verde National Park.