On display in our South Gallery
May 9 - June 10 2023
Artist Statement
I am currently painting with oils over copper relief. I work from photo images which I carve and rout into commercial rubber flooring. I then burnish copper foil into adhesive over the relief carving. I then patina the copper to get the desired color and effect. The copper is then sealed with clear lacquer, then I paint oil glazes over the sealed copper relief. Simply put I am oil painting over copper.
I like many am drawn to the landscape. I grew up in rural Missouri and after an absence of twenty-four years lived in Washington, Utah, and California. I returned to Missouri over twenty years ago and now I find myself still compelled to create art in the images of the things I see here. My work is a simplification, an interpretation if you will. My first degree was in Sculpture and like a sculptor I like the relief of the work combined with the texture of the patina on the copper. There is a certain unpredictability about the process that combines in my work that adds beauty and abstraction. I like the way that I feel in my heart of hearts when in nature I come upon something that reminds me that I am in the presence of something beyond my ability to make or even understand entirely. If I can invoke that fleeting feeling that comes, then I feel that I have succeeded.
Artist Bio
I gained my BFA from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, and a MFA from Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, California. My work is in private collections and public commissions.
I currently have artwork in collections across the US and Canada. I have public work at The University of Missouri Rolla, Honold Library, The Runge Nature Center, Jefferson City Missouri, and The Kilpatrick Building, Jefferson City Missouri. My work also hangs in the Utah State Capitol, Salt Lake City Utah.
