SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009
Path, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles
George Billis Gallery , New York City
Finer Things Gallery, Nashville, TN
2008
George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007
Freight, Gallery 33 , East Long Beach, CA
2006
Between the Lines, Metro Gallery, Pasadena, CA
2001
Endless Summer, LA Art Seen, Marina Del Rey, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010
Art Chicago, George Billis Gallery
Los Angeles Art Show, George Billis Gallery
2009
100 Grand, Sullivan Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
Los Angeles Art Show, George Billis Gallery
2008
Ruby Green Gallery, Nashville, TN
Red Dot Fair, George Billis Gallery, London
Neo Realism, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Gallery 33 East, Long Beach, CA
Los Angeles Art Show, George Billis Gallery
George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007
Los Angeles Art Show, George Billis Gallery
Red Dot Fair, Miami, George Billis Gallery
Art Auction XII, The Long Beach Museum of Art
Gallery 33 East, Long Beach, CA
An Evening of Art & Architecture, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
AAF Finer Things Gallery, New York City
Pop Realism, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Gem Show, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Gallery 33 East, Long Beach, CA
2006
Gallery 33 East, Long Beach, CA
Gallery 33 East, Long Beach, CA
Finer Things Gallery, Nashville, TN
2005
ARTRAGEOUS!, Finer Things Gallery, Nashville, TN
AAF, Finer Things Gallery, New York City
Finer Things Gallery, Nashville, TN
2004
ARTRAGEOUS!, Finer Things Gallery, Nashville, TN
AAF, Finer Things Gallery, New York City
2003
ARTRAGEOUS!, Finer Things Gallery, Nashville, TN
2002
New Blood II, Finer Things Gallery, Nashville, TN
2000
Classic Art Gala 2000, LA Art Seen, Beverly Hills, CA
ART 2000: Applauding Revolutionary Talent, Millard Sheets Gallery, Pomona, CA
PUBLICATIONS
2010
American Art Collector, Waiting Between Trains, Edition 55, May ArtScene, April
New American Paintings, 15 year anniversary edition, March
Santa Barbara News Press Review, 100 Grand show, January
2008
American Art Collector, Neo Realism Edition 33, JulyAmerican Art Collector, Sold Edition 31, May
American Art Collector, Trainspotting, Edition 30 April
2006
Calabasas Magazine, Issue 5 Front & Center: Emerging Artist October
2004
AAF Contemporary Art Fair NYC, Cover Artist Exhibition Catalog
October
New American Paintings, Number 19
2000
ART 2000: Applauding Revolutionary Talent Millard Sheets Gallery Exhibition Catalog September
The West LA Chronicle Cover Artist and Feature Article, November
Beverly Hills 90210, Cover Artist and Feature Article, November
1998
Working World, Feature Article, August
ARTIST STATEMENT:
In my work, I seek to emphasize the beauty and relevance of unobserved details. Everyday things may not be recognized by most as beautiful, yet the ordinary can be compelling, truthful and soulful.
At the core, my work focuses on the commitment and persistence required to understand and ultimately master this art form. I rarely choose my subjects, instead they draw me to them. Recently freight trains and industrial machinery fascinate me. Years of use and exposure to the elements imprint a sense of tireless duty onto these objects. They are purely functional and have a “no- nonsense” existence that resonates with my own way of working.
Freight trains are particularly intriguing to me because they are travelers, relentlessly moving from one place to the next, year after year. Many have been in operation for several decades, without rest. All the layers of rust, numeric codes and graffiti give the surface of each train a unique character. Accumulated details reveal truthful and compelling stories, transforming an ordinary object’s nature into something full of history and inherent beauty. If something mundane and functional can communicate such richness and complexity then perhaps we can find meaning within the most ordinary aspects of our own lives as well.
EDUCATION
Hofstra University, 1987