Artist Statement

I have always considered myself a traveler.  There is something cathartic about experiencing diverse cultures around the world.  What makes that experience the most beneficial is how these locations, each unique, connect with the tactile, visual, auditory, and in some cases the olfactory.  These are the elements of the experience that place us in the moment; however, they are only fleeting components of that larger experience.  My work is based on the nature that these experiences over time do erode the further we disassociate ourselves from the instant or moment.  Through the eyes of a tourist in a foreign land I take snapshots which are further abstracted by a process-oriented digital transfer on plexi-glass.  The process mimics the loss of these experiences on a number of levels as one becomes further removed from the actual event.    

DIGITAL IMAGE TRANSFER

DETAIL OF ASSEMBLY

2 (18 x 24”) plexi-glass pieces, each ¼” thickness, are joined by aluminum screws with spacers creating a ½” space between the two pieces of plexi-glass.  The image area consists of a digital image, transferred with an acrylic gel medium onto the glass and are 17 x 11”.  Both pieces of plexi-glass are then painted after the image is transferred with a gesso and assembled with the aforementioned aluminum bolts and spacers.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2005     “Abstracting the Landscape: Two Artists, Two Interpretations,” Art Institute of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia.            2005     “2005 Faculty Show,” Art Institute of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia.                                                                         2003     “Faculty Show 2003,” Art Institute of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia.                                                                          2002     “The Pin Up Show,” Georgia Museum of Contemporary Art, Atlanta, Georgia. Georgia.                                      2002     “Mortal Terrain,” Temple Gallery, Decatur, Georgia.                                                                                         2002     “Faculty Show 2002,” Art Institute of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia.                                                                          2001     “Visions: Faculty Showcase, 2001,” Art Institute of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia                                                                 2000     “Faculty Show 2000,” Art Institute of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia.

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:

“Mortal Terrain” (review) Dekalb Council for the Arts Newsletter. Fall, 2002.                                                                “New Tybee Mural” (article) The Georgia Guardian., pg 4-A, May-June, 1997.

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL DUTIES:

2005     Lecture, “Working with ‘The Gates’ project.”  The Art Institute of Atlanta.                                                                 2005     Lecture, “The Gates’ project.” for Deborah Enea’s Contemporary art class, The Art Institute of Atlanta. Atlanta.         2004     Lecture, “Fading Images, Travel Photography of Dean Turner.”  Open Studio Artists Session.  American Culture    Association/Popular Culture Association, San Antonio, Texas.                                                                                                1997     Mural painted at the Tybee Island Pier and Pavilion

COLLECTIONS:

Andrew & Jeffrey Luria, Atlanta, Georgia

Melissa Albornoz, Athens, Ohio.                                                                                                                                         Jeff Ashworth, Atlanta, Georgia.                                                                                                                                  Candice Bennett, Atlanta, Georgia.                                                                                                                                       Rob Lindner & Trevor Petty, Atlanta, Georgia.                                                                                                                Larry Robert, Decatur, Georgia.                                                                                                                                            Ninetta Violante, Atlanta, Georgia.