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Why I do what I do
I have been immersed in the culture of driving by growing up in the suburbs of Los Angeles. My world continues to be shaped by the web of freeways that I travel daily. That which changes and that which remains the same form the basis for “Next Exit,” a body of drawings that catalogs my past and present through freeway driving.
Although negotiating traffic can be an all-consuming experience, I find myself distracted by situations or objects that are visible just beyond the roadway. The stories behind suburban sprawl and urban transformation fascinate me. I also see the connections to my childhood in the enduring elements of the cityscape. Employing graphite pencil on gessoed wood panels, I create representational images floating in a sea of white. This allows the subject to be viewed without surrounding influences. When driving, I discover the imagery for these drawings. I then return to the site with a camera for documentation. Sometimes scenes are restaged when the pivotal moment has passed. The simplicity of the graphite pencil reduces the image to a place of both emotion and objective observation.
Each “next exit” can deliver both the banal and the surprisingly extraordinary. A little of each extreme and many points in between find their way into my work, motivated by the love/hate relationship inherent in driving. Intermingled are the layers of histories of other people in that setting. And I am content to let those ghosts emerge without yielding the entirety of their stories.
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SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2007: The World Around Us, (with Robert Flynn), koelsch gallery, Houston, TX, January 2007.
2006: Topographic, The Mike Napoliello Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA, November 2006.
Next Exit, Bandini Art, Culver City, CA, August 2006.
Next Exit, romo gallery, Atlanta, GA, June 2006.
2004: Creative Artists’ Agency, Beverly Hills, CA, December 2004.
Caged Chameleon Gallery, Santa Ana, CA, April 2004.
2003: There is Something, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA, June 2003.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (Selected)
2007: High and Dry, Smoke and Fog, curated by Price Latimer, Phantom Galleries,Beverly Hills, CA, June 2007.
Drawn to Gravity, CSUF Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA, April 2007.
New Year in Black and White, curated by Mat Gleason, I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, January 2007.
Marks, Scratches and Doodles, curated by Scott Canty, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA,
January 2007.
2006: Draw, Paper, Scissors, curated by Meg Linton, Domestic Setting, Los Angeles, CA, May 2006.
One Year Later, romo gallery, Atlanta, GA, April 2006.
Drawings, Gallery C, Hermosa Beach, CA, February 2006.
2005: Smaller Is, Andrewshire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, December 2005.
Petite Works, LAAA Annex, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA, November 2005.
Dwellings, Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angeles, CA, September 2005.
2005 Los Angeles Juried Exhibition, Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, July 2005.
Shade, Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX, May 2005.
2004: American Gothic: Talent for the Dark Ages, curated by Tyler Stallings, Gallery C,
Hermosa Beach, CA, December 2004.
Holiday Exhibit, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, November 2004.
Open Call L.A. 2004, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, July
2004.
New Tales to Tell, San Luis Obispo Art Center, San Luis Obispo, CA, May 2004.
Mindscapes, Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA, January 2004.
2003: Petite Works, Bergamot Station Annex of Gallery 825, Santa Monica, CA,
December 2003.
Beefcake /Cheesecake II, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa
Ana, CA, September 2003.
When Women Dream, Square Blue Gallery, Newport Beach, CA, February 2003.
PUBLICATIONS
Fox, Catherine. “World of Good.” AccessAtlanta.com. December 30, 2006.
Feaster, Felicia. “Felicia Feaster’s Top 10 Visual Art Exhibitions.” Creative Loafing magazine, Atlanta, GA. December 27, 2006.
Book by Authors, anthology of writers and artists, Long Beach Public Library Foundation, 2006.
McClintock, Diana. Review of Atlanta solo show. Art Papers magazine. Sept./Oct. 2006.
Myers, Holly. “Differing views on the L.A. landscape.” Los Angeles Times. August 18, 2006.
Fox, Catherine. “Tiny lines build poetic pictures.” Atlanta Journal-Constitution. June 11, 2006.
Ollman, Leah. “What this group can do with paper.” Los Angeles Times. June 2, 2006.
New American Paintings, a juried exhibition-in-print, Volume 49, December 2003/January 2004.
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