
Artist Statement
I am a figurative surrealist oil painter, interested in an imaginary world that is nuanced, sly, quirky, dark, uncanny and fabular. I use a theatrical cast of characters: queens, young girls, flora and fauna, predator and prey to play out aspects of my memories, persona and concerns, bringing a sense of stability through a variety of real and mythic scenarios.
I examine the tension between opposites in both the substantive thematic territory and my work in its formal aspects. I am interested in the balance between old and new, comfortable and uncomfortable, safe and unsafe, discretion and confession. Although my work appears mannered and removed, it is in fact autobiographical in nature.
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Current Upcoming Exhibition:
June- August 2025 , Kickernick Gallery, MN. opening June 12, 2025. www.kickernickgallery.com, 430 N 1st Ave Ste. 100, Minneapolis, MN 55401
Gallery phoned: 612-208-2138
Spring 2026, Planet Margo, Montreal Art Center & Museum, 1844 Williams Street Montreal, QC H3J 1R5 Canada
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Plains Art Museum
Tweed Museum of Art
Weisman Art Museum
Contemporary Museum of Art in Colorado
Clymer Museum of Art
North Dakota Museum of Art
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David Thewlis
William Duke of Cambridge and Kate Duchess of Cambridge
Hugh Hefner
Ellen DeGeneres
Lady Gaga
The Bennet Collection
Harry and Victoria Leopold
David Wheeler
Henry Lien
Richard J Demato
Gail Oppenheimer
Brian Hall
Lucia and Brad Ginesin
Grace and Robert Strangis
Ellen Oglesby
David Olson