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My digital work has been accepted into the highly competitive Color Council (ISCC) Exhibition titled Color Shifts. This prestigious exhibition, which will be held in conjunction with their yearly conference from June 16 – 18, 2025, at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, accepted only 54 artists out of 320 applicants. It's a special honor for me, as color is a central feature of my work.

This exhibition explores the role of color in communication in the arts, design, sciences and humanities, and the way color can be used to shift our perspectives.

The creation of Shades of Autumn, the piece chosen for this exhibition, began with the photography of fallen leaves on a flat surface, which I then silhouetted in Photoshop. In a separate image, I made an expressive digital painting. The collage was completed by layering the reversed-out, silhouetted leaves on the colorful painting. Finally, I blurred some pigment to illustrate the movement of falling leaves.

Colorful Spring Pastel Painting

Now that spring is here, I would like to present a soft pastel painting of flowers. Flower Duo presents a treatment of two chrysanthemums, yellow and red, in vases. The image also features a theatrical-like background of purple-blue and black.

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Artists Explore Color Shifts

05/05/2025

My digital work has been accepted into the highly competitive Color Council (ISCC) Exhibition titled Color Shifts. This prestigious exhibition, which will be held in conjunction with their yearly conference from June 16 – 18, 2025, at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, accepted only 54 artists out of 320 applicants. It's a special honor for me, as color is a central feature of my work.

Snow on Colorful Flowers

01/10/2025

Wouldn't it be nice if winter snow fell on pink, orange, mint and purple flowers? Well, I imagined it as such in my new digital print, Early Snow on Flowers . For those of us in the Midwest, winter can be lovely after a fresh blanket of snow but also becomes grey and weary as it drags on.

Dynamic Art Captures Movement and Energy

12/23/2024

I am honored to have three works in the Flow exhibition at the Naturalist Gallery of Contemporary Art. It is currently on display online through December 7, 2024. The jurors were looking for dynamic art capturing movement and energy.

New Pastel Utilizes Yellow and Orange

07/12/2024

This pastel painting, Pear and Apricot Group, features the warm colors of yellow and orange. I added a complementary light purple-blue background to enhance its vibrancy. Unlike the following digital image, which happened in an almost accidental series of occurrences, this paste is more deliberate and traditional. While I love arranging and patterning items in collage, drawing requires close attention to proportion and accurate shapes. It is challenging, yet freeing to switch between the two media.

Prints shown in Washington D.C. Gallery

12/12/2023

I am honored to have two digital collages in the Naturalist Gallery of Contemporary Art, Washington, D.C. It is a gallery that hosts guest exhibitions in photography like this one. It is also home to several contemporary artists.

Artists Explore Color Shifts

5/5/2025

My digital work has been accepted into the highly competitive Color Council (ISCC) Exhibition titled Color Shifts. This prestigious exhibition, which will be held in conjunction with their yearly conference from June 16 – 18, 2025, at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, accepted only 54 artists out of 320 applicants. It's a special honor for me, as color is a central feature of my work.

This exhibition explores the role of color in communication in the arts, design, sciences and humanities, and the way color can be used to shift our perspectives.

The creation of Shades of Autumn, the piece chosen for this exhibition, began with the photography of fallen leaves on a flat surface, which I then silhouetted in Photoshop. In a separate image, I made an expressive digital painting. The collage was completed by layering the reversed-out, silhouetted leaves on the colorful painting. Finally, I blurred some pigment to illustrate the movement of falling leaves.

Colorful Spring Pastel Painting

Now that spring is here, I would like to present a soft pastel painting of flowers. Flower Duo presents a treatment of two chrysanthemums, yellow and red, in vases. The image also features a theatrical-like background of purple-blue and black.

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