I believe we live in a world where people are more alike than different and I’m especially interested in our common truths. With art as the catalyst, I occupy a state of presence to communicate first with myself and then offer a place in which the viewer may pause, observe, discover and be transported.
My art is about routes, rootedness and connections, one to the other. I explore just below the surface of consciousness, drawing from my own inner world and marrying it with outside influences, some personal, others gleaned from our environment and culture. I am an observer, a scribe, a poet and my art forms the foundation for stories to be told. Ordinary experiences such as the wind swaying tall grasses, the sheer magnitude of the night sky, graceful interactions between people captivate my imagination.
The language of abstraction provides a means of communicating visually, often influenced by our landscape and the marks left by inhabitants - human, animal, current and ancient. My work is naturally impacted by a sense of place – spaciousness and yet full of upheaval, destruction – man-made and natural forces. Memories bubble forth, interjecting themselves as well as sights, sounds, conversations, poetry. Dualities. The nexus between the man-made and natural world is where I find beauty in the decay of crumbling structures or weathered detritus. With a minimalist aesthetic, symbols and marks speak to history, a mystery and relational encounters on a search for deeper meaning.
SELECTED JURIED EXHIBITIONS/AWARDS/JURIED SHOWS
2025
Link & Pin Gallery, Austin TX. Collaborative exhibit with Gary Anderson and Sam Elkins. May-June 2025.
Butridge Gallery at Dougherty Art Center, Austin TX. Collaborative exhibit, ‘Meeting at the Edges’ with Gary Anderson and Sam Elkins. October-November 2025.
Austin Studio Tour, Butridge Gallery, Austin TX. November 8-9; 15-16.
Georgetown Art Hop XVIII, Georgetown TX. October 2025.
Williamson County Attorney’s Office, National Crime Rights Week. ‘Kinship,’ April 2025.
Georgetown Art Center, Georgetown TX. ‘Small Works.’ November-January 3, 2026.
2024
Moore Alternative Space Gallery, Austin TX. ‘In the Company of Others.’ November-December 2024.
Georgetown Art Center, Georgetown TX. ‘Small Works.’ November-January 2025.
2023
Georgetown Art Center, Georgetown TX. Solo exhibit ‘Empty Spaces.’ April-May 2023.
220 Gallery, Wimberley TX, represented in 2023.
J Gallery at Dell Community Center. ‘Art for Abstraction: Looking Beyond,’ 4-person invitational. December 2023.
2022
Art Hop XV, Georgetown TX. Juried exhibit. 2022
Georgetown City Hall, Georgetown TX. Solo exhibit. October-December 2022.
2021
Georgetown Public Library, Georgetown TX. Co-exhibit with Sam Elkins. ‘In Our Own Company.’ June-July 2021.
Georgetown Art Hop XIV, Georgetown TX. October 2021.
Texas State University, Round Rock TX. ‘Celebrations.’ December 2021.
2020
Georgetown Art Hop XIII, Georgetown TX. 2nd Place in Abstraction award. October 2020.
2019
Alternative Space Gallery, Austin TX. Group show ‘Leaning In. . . .’ with 5 artists. June 2019.
Women and Their Work, Austin TX. Red Dot invitational. September 2019.
J Gallery at Dell Community Center, Austin TX. ‘Abstract Visions,’ 4-person invitational. January 2019.
2018
Women and Their Work, Austin TX. Red Dot invitational. September 2018.
2017
Alternative Space Gallery, Austin TX. Solo exhibit ‘ Improvisational Journey.’ August 2017.
Meeting at the Edges exhibit
Meeting at the Edges, a collaborative exhibit with Sam Elkins, weaver, Gary Anderson, textile artist and paintings by Diane Sandlin.
Link & Pin Gallery, May 9 - June 8, 2025
Austin TX
Photography by Veronica Ceci in agreement with Link & Pin.