ARTIST STATEMENT As a multidisciplinary artist, I am a visual artist, photographer and musician. For me, one thing flows into another. Everything is connected. My photographs depict vignettes of our wonderful bayou state, often capturing hard architectural lines or soft organic forms. My photos often materialize in my visual art. My latest passion is alcohol ink as a medium. I create expressive landscapes, organic blooms, forms and lines that speak to me. As a musician, I FEEL the music! Using percussive instruments allows me to respond to it in a way that moves my soul. Music helps me to express feelings. Song titles or lyrics that have touched me, often show up as titles in my visual art. As Uncle Cracker sings, “Give me the beat boys, that frees my soul…….” This has been the mantra for all of my creative endeavors. JURIED SHOWS Alexandria, LA - Tom Peyton Memorial Arts Festival 2024 (Photography) Alexandria, LA - Tom Peyton Memorial Arts Festival 2023 (Visual Art) Bossier Arts Council - Sensory Show 2023 (Visual Art) Bossier Arts Council - Pros & Cons 2022 (Visual Art) Bossier Arts Council - Nyctophilia 2021 (Visual Art) Bossier Arts Council - Contained 3 (Three) 2021 (Visual Art) Bossier Parish Community College – Beyond Duty 2020 (Digital Photography) Marlene Yu Museum – Art Of The Dog 2019 (Visual Art) Bossier Arts Council – Please Touch The Art 2019 (Sculpture) Bossier Arts Council – Contained 2018 (Visual Art) Minicine? – Micro/Macro 2018 (Photography) Norsworthy Gallery – Jerry Wray’s Discipline 2018 (Visual Art) Natchitoches Art Guild – Art Guild Show 2016 (Visual Art) VISUAL ART EXHIBITIONS Artspace - Critical Mass 2024 Artspace - Critical Mass 2023 Bossier Arts Council - Wall Mural 2022 Artspace - Critical Mass 2022 Artspace - Critical Mass 2021 Artspace – Critical Mass 2020 Private Home – Art Collectors Home Tour 2019 Artspace – Critical Mass 2019 Artspace – Critical Mass 2018 Woman’s Department Club – Jerry’s Friends 2018 Artspace – Ingraved Exhibition 2017 Wright Island – CANVASES COCKTAILS & CONFECTIONS 2017 Artspace – Critical Mass 2017 Artspace – Critical Mass 2016 Turner Art Gallery – H.O.S.T.S. Exhibition 2016 Heart The Art Gallery – Natchitoches, LA 2016 Highland Table – H. O. S. T. S. Exhibition 2016 Bossier Arts Council – Heart the Art 2015 PHOTOGRAPHY Artspace – Critical Mass 2020 Shreveport Times Photo Contest – Night Vision in the Top 50 (Fifty) 2019 Shreveport Times Photo Contest – Night Vision and Mallard Road in the Top 100 (One Hundred) 2019 PUBLISHED Artistonish Magazine Issue #19 February 2022 (pg. 45) Visual Art SB Magazine May 2018 (pg. 13) Photography MUSIC PERFORMANCE Auxiliary Percussion - Shreveport Metropolitan Concert Band 2018 – Present Auxiliary Percussion - Bill Causey Big Band 2017 – Present Auxiliary Percussion - Texarkana Jazz Orchestra – 2018 Auxiliary Percussion - Dave Hardin & the River City Ramblers – 2018 Guitar - Grace Ladies Retreat – Music Leader 2009 – 2010 Guitar - Shreveport Bossier Community Renewal Summer Camp – Music Leader 2006 – 2008 Guitar - TLC Worship Team 1994 – 1999 FLORAL DESIGN Norton Art Gallery – Juried Bloom! Art Show 2018, 1st place in Landscape category AWARDS Named Collectible Artist 2017 COLLECTORS Kenny Alderman Music Studio, Bossier City, LA Lucy L Gibson, Birmingham, AL Maryanne Tree Sammes, Marshall, TX Works held in private collections in CO, LA, NV and TN COMMISSIONS Kenzie (dog) #TipsyCreatures Series 2023 Alcohol Ink Untitled autumn scene 2021 Alcohol Ink on saw blade Untitled bayou scene. 2021 Alcohol Ink on saw blade Toomer’s Corner, Auburn University 2019 9″ x 12″ Alcohol Ink Colorful Charade 2018 8″ x 10″ Alcohol Ink TEACHING Art Instructor – Classical Co-op 2010-2011 PROJECTS Grace Community Methodist Church – Altar and set design 2005 – 2007 Kristi Englebrecht Lindow cd – Logo designer and studio musician (Guitar) 2000 Krewe of Justinian “Versailles” float – Designer and artist 1999