Artist Statement:

When I feel a strong emotion or passion from something I have experienced, I need an outlet for these feelings. Like eating when hungry, scratching an itch or sleeping when tired, I have the need to give shape and form to these feelings for others to see. My art is my diary, my record of feelings I cannot express with words. My hope is that when people see my work, it can change their mood for the better, changing any negative KI (or energy) to positive.

Exhibitions/Awards:

2007 WVTF Art Show (Juried) Roanoke, VA
Reflections on Rachmaninoff (Winner Best in show & Peoples Choice Award)

2008 New Art Perspectives - “Nature” Online
Sun Rain (Winner: First Place)

2008 My Art Contest - Fall 2008 Art Contest – "Portraits" (Honorable Mention) Online

Exhibitions

2006 「鼓動をかんじて」 Kodō O Kanjite (solo) Blacksburg, VA

2006 「魂からの便り」 Tamashii Karano Tayori (solo) Christiansburg, VA

2008 American Juried Art Salon 2008 Spring-Summer show (online) Plano, TX

2008 Lancaster County art Association National Juried Art Exhibition Strasburg, PA

2008 Bold Expressions 53rd Annual International Open Juried Art Exhibition Carmichael, CA

2008 AGNWG 1st Annual Open Online Art Competition Dallas, GA

2008 Upstream People Gallery - 10th Annual Abstraction Juried Online International Art Exhibition Omaha, NE

2008 Ciao Gallery Open Juried Competition Wilson, WY

2008 American Juried Art Salon 2008 Fall-Winter show (online) Plano, TX

2009 Upstream People Gallery - 6th Annual Bold/Subtle Juried Online International Art Exhibition Omaha, NE

2009 The A.D. Gallery - “The Nude in Contemporary Art” Pembroke, NC

2009 Elk River Area Arts Alliance - Arts in Harmony '09 Elk River, MN