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