Statement:
I have been making photographs for as long as I can remember. I don’t often plan or construct images, I prefer discoveries and observations with minimal manipulation. My husband and I like to travel whenever possible, from trips around the country in our Airstream trailer to world travels. My work attempts to capture moments from my daily life and travels that evoke a sense of timelessness, reflection, and a hint of mystery.
I am a native of Kansas City, Missouri and a lifelong artist, designer and photographer. My areas of interest include photography, painting, photo-encaustic collage, and design. I have been working as an experiential graphic designer for the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art since 2007.
Print Philosophy:
I personally control the expression and quality of each print. The images are produced in my studio and I am involved in every step of the print-making process. Unless otherwise noted, all images are digital capture. I use a Canon Pro-100 printer with archival inks and papers. The images are printed on various fine-art papers, each selected for the best rendering of the image. I use Photoshop and Lightroom to "sculpt" the image. I rarely crop or significantly alter any content of the image as photographed.
The current archival calculation is 75–100 years, in normal display conditions. Care should be taken, as with any piece of fine art, not to expose the image to high levels of moisture or sunlight. The print should be treated as a quality fine art watercolor painting. Choosing a location having normal humidity levels and minimum exposure to ultra violet light will provide many years of pleasurable viewing.
All images are signed on the back of the print. Print size of the image, not the paper size, vary, but most commonly they are 12 x 12", archivally matted and framed at 21 x 22"
Ordering Process:
Please contact me to order a print through my contact page.
Gallery Shows:
• In Praise of Trees, group show, Photo Place Gallery, Middlebury, VT, 2023
• KCSCP Current Works, group show, Albrecht Kemper Museum of Art, St. Joseph, MO, 2023
• More Missing Objects, group show, Kindness Arts Gallery, Kansas City, MO, 2023
• Memories of the Past, group show, Kindness Gallery, Kansas City, MO, 2023
• Kansas City Flatfile, H&R Bloch Artspace, Kansas City, MO, 2023
• Mexican Moments & Colorful Mexico, back-to-back solo shows, Barbacoa Restaurant, Kansas City, MO, 2023
• Out of Darkness, group show, Kindness Gallery, Kansas City, MO, 2023
• Prairie Village Art of Photography, group show, Prairie Village, KS, 2023
• Portals and Reflections, group show, Kindness Gallery, Kansas City, MO, 2023
• PhotoSpiva 2023, group show, Joplin, MO, 2023
• The Curated Fridge, Winter, 2023
• KCSCP Current Works, group show, Leedy Voulkos Gallery, Kansas City, MO, 2022
• Missing Objects, group show, Kindness Arts Gallery, Kansas City, MO, 2022
• Art/Work, group show, Vulpes Bastille Gallery, Kansas City, MO, 2022
• This Land is My Land/Your Land, Greenlease Gallery, Rockhurst University, Kansas City, MO, 2022
• 18th Annual Images Art Gallery Juried Art Show, Images Art Gallery, Overland Park, KS 2022
• Small Print Show, group exhibition, KCSCP Gallery, Pendleton ArtsBlock, Kansas City, MO, 2022
• Prairie Village Art of Photography, group show, Prairie Village, KS, 2022
• Byways of Enchantment, solo exhibition, All Souls Unitarian Church, Kansas City, MO, 2022
• Specimens of Flight, solo exhibiiton, Crow Coffee, South Plaza, Kansas City, MO, 2022
• KCSCP Current Works, group show, Leedy Voulkos Gallery, Kansas City, MO, 2021
• KCAC Art for All, group show, Kansas City Artist’s Coalition, Kansas City, MO, 2021
• Byways of Enchantment, solo exhibition, KCSCP Gallery, Pendleton ArtsBlock, Kansas City, MO, 2021
• Kansas City Flatfile, H&R Bloch Artspace, Kansas City, MO, 2021
• KCSCP Current Works, group show, Leedy Voulkos Gallery, Kansas City, MO, 2020
• Kansas City Flatfile, H&R Bloch Artspace, Kansas City, MO, 2018
• Solo exhibition, Chiro Studio & Gallery, Kansas City, MO, 2005
• Locust Street Gallery, Holiday Group Show, Kansas City, MO, 1998-2003
• Sacred and Serene, solo exhibition, Chiro Studio & Gallery, Kansas City, MO, 2003
• A Gathering of Our Ladies, shared exhibition with Kelly Buntin-Johnson, The Marion Library, University of Dayton in Ohio, 2002
• Icons and Angels, solo exhibition, Chiro Studio & Gallery, Kansas City, MO, 2002
• Saints and Angels, shared exhibition with Kelly Buntiin-Johnson, Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, St. Joseph, MO, 2001
• Classic Cup, solo exhibition, Kansas City, MO, 2000
Publications:
• Angel Wings image printed as a Kallitype, published in The Hand Magazine, Fall 2022
• KC Studio review of Portals and Reflections, Kindness Gallery, Kansas City, MO, Spring 2023
Awards:
• PhotoSpiva 2023, Award of Merit, Joplin, MO, 2023
• Prairie Village Art of Photography, Best in category: Architecture, Prairie Village, KS, 2023
Professional Organizations:
• KCSCP, Kansas City Society of Contemporary Photography, board member, starting 2022
• KCAC, Kansas City Artist’s Coalition
• KCFX, Kansas City Freelance Exchange, former board member