My work is consistently inspired by an interest in the natural world and the collision of that world with the world of architecture and human beings. There is no literal reference to these influences. However, there is an emotional reference, distilling and merging the elements that make up the complex landscape of our modern experience whether urban or rural. Whatever reveals itself is nonspecific and yet perhaps recognizable as something known or remembered. like that name or that word you struggle for on the tip of your tongue. A non-pictorial representation that is deeply intimate and suggestive, where the tug of sensation comforts, or pinches, stirring up emotion and memory: mind photographs that reflect everyday life and the way it impacts one: sunlight and shadows: stillness and movement: sound and quiet.

The pieces themselves are created from water mediums and other mixed media on a multitude of surfaces usually in series. I begin by laying down a gesture, which leads to color, shape, and form until something in it moves me, like a Rorschach inkblot but infinitely more subtle. Images are built layer by layer through translucent color washes, scumbled paint, markings and collage made up of bits and pieces of cast off materials that enrich the surface to reveal a lyrical, magical and often mysterious world.

There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality.
- Pablo Picasso



SELECT EXHIBITIONS:
May 2011-TAG Gallery-Santa Monica, CA
April 2011- LARK Gallery Online - Los Angeles, CA
March 2011_ Bridgid Coulter Studio- Santa Monica, CA
October 2010-TAG Gallery – Santa Monica, CA
February 2010 – LARK Gallery Online - Los Angeles, CA
January 2010 – The Sketchbook Project – The Brooklyn Art Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
January 2010 – Best of TAG – TAG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
June 2009 – Lay Lines – TAG Gallery – Santa Monica, CA
June 2009 – ART PRIZE International Art Competition – Grand Rapids, Michigan
January 2009 – Works for Everyone – TAG Gallery – Santa Monica, CA
December 2005 – Small Wonders – Pharmaka Gallery
AWARDS:

June 2010 – Art Slant – 3rd 2010 Showcase Winner
June 2009 – ART PRIZE International Art Competition Finalist

EDUCATION:

BFA, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Continued Education, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA