Glendale, CA, United States
The Artist, The Motivation, The Inspiration, The Letters to Amanda Painting carries a purity, a p...
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About the artist
Joined In 2018
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The Artist, The Motivation, The Inspiration, The Letters to Amanda
Painting carries a purity, a portion of time captured on canvas that expresses how the artist was feeling with each dab of paint.
It continues to be a driving force, a proven way to communicate my inner visions, thoughts, and feelings to reality. Though, what good are painted words if they have no audience? No eyes to see. No thoughts to spur. Art has always meant more to me than just being creative. Art has forged alliances with countries, brought peace, created pain, saddness, joy, love, and is to this day a driving force for many things that exist in this world. However, my motivation for painting is more intimate. It revolves around something that so many of us have spoken about, felt, heard of, and desire. Love.
Artists find the mundane and boring and see deeper to find inspiration. It can also come from wanting to have a voice in a crowd of oposition. Fact is that inspiration comes in many forms. Life influences us every moment that passes, and we all decide what we're going to keep in our minds and what will just be a fleeting juncture. For me, as a student in college trying to find something, anything to make my life less dark and cold, finding ins...
B.A. in Art - 2002
University of Nevada Las Vegas
Selected Exhibitions:
2018
Group Show - Guest Artist
"Esprit du Femme" |Art Landing, Inglewood,
CA
Group Show - Guest Artist
"An Art Show About Women" |Art Landing, Inglewood, CA
2017
Juried Show
"Faces & Figures" |Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA
2013
Group Show
"Spring Group Show" |The Armory, Brighton, CO
2012
Juried Show
"Art of the State" |Arvada Center for the Arts & Humanities, Arvada, CO
Solo Show
"Desert View - Scenes From The Nevada Desert" |Adams County Center, Brighton, CO
2011
Juried Show
"89XXXhibition" |UNLV Marjorie Barrick Museum, Las Vegas, NV
Solo Show
"Frozen" |Studio 8 Ten, Las Vegas, NV
2010
Group Show
"Good Enough to Eat" |Studio 8 Ten, Las Vegas, NV
Group Show
"Face to Facebook" |Studio 8 Ten, Las Vegas, NV
Fundraiser Event
"Fundraiser for Crystal" |Baltimore, MD
Juried Show
"Bite at the Museum, CCC Fundraiser Event" |Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas, NV
Juried Show
"Sustain Our Land and Embrace Our Culture" |Springs Preserve Patio Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
2009
Juried Show
"Sustainability" |Springs Preserve Big Springs Gallery & Theater, Las Vegas, NV
Juried Show
"The Best of Clark County" |Logandale, NV