As
a child I loved and drew horsed. Later, my mother directed my abilities
toward drawing pictures of her friend's children from school pictures.
I loved the beatles in high school, and drew John Lennon from a photo.
Attending Arizona State University, Boise State Univesity, and Washington
State University redirected my artistic abilities many times over. I
learned to be objective as well as subjective. The objective aspect
of art are the materials and elements of design used to create art.
The subjective aspect of art is the content. It reflects the human element
which is unique to the individual artist. During graduate school, I
confronted the male dominated world of art for the first time, and was
overwhelmed by it. I created art which reflected my reaction to this
confrontation. After graduate school, I eventually returned to Boise
and the grind of day to day survival. My art reflected this, and an
attempt to create work which would sell in the Boise art market. I am
now refocused. I have found subject matter which is meaningful to myself,
and I hope to others. It concerns humanities' search for happines, represented
by a blue bird.
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