My objective is to convert the tea stain with its properties into a landscape with an Asian sensibility, by adding color through the process of mixing water soluble ink into the tea. Since I am revealing and concealing beauty, I plan to discipline the work on paper with a certain economy creating order, balance, texture and color. Within the landscape I will integrate the words of poets and scholars. Using economy and beauty I will seek to create visually my own sensibility of ritual.
Born: February 19, 1943 in Charleston, South Carolina. Raised in Florida
Education: M.F.A. University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida Studio (Multimedia) August, 1997
Studied - University of South Florida School of Architecture, Tampa, Florida
Studied - University of South Florida Dance Department, Tampa, Florida Ballet
B.A. University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida: received a degree in theater, scene and costume design
Studied - University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, studied: Theater performance and costume design
General studies - St. Petersburg Junior College, St. Petersburg, Florida
Work: Diversified theater background both in performance (choreography, dance, acting, and directing) and
design (costumes, sets, and billboards).
Worked as a freelance interior designer, problem solver with innovative design concepts
Teaching
Experience: Drawing I, Fall, 1995, University of South Florida
Introduction to Art, 1996-1997, University of South Florida
Design 2-D, 1997-1998, Hillsborough Community College
Drawing and Art Appreciation, Spring 1999, Hillsborough Community College
Art Appreciation, Fall 1999, Hillsborough Community College
Visual Literacy, Fall 2000 and Spring 2001, University of Tampa
Mayoral Beautification (invited by City of Tampa to participate in charity demonstration), Spring 2003,
Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
Curatorial
Experience: Centre Gallery (curatorial installation), Hillsborough Community College, Ybor Campus: several
exhibitionsof which include the Women’s Faculty Show
Studio Gallery on Azeele, Tampa, FL, coordinator of numerous exhibitions, curated and installed
numerous exhibitions over a period of 3 ½ years
Exhibitions: Group Exhibitions:
Galerie Nouvel Esprit: drawings
U.S.F. Centre Gallery - Phyllis P. Marshall Center: MFA group show - SFWG Personals: creation of walls
off the wall, 3-D work
Spring, 1995 - University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, Annual Juried Student
Art Exhibition. Juror: Mary Beth Edelson.
Spring, 1997 - University of South Florida, Juried Sculptured Show, Centre Gallery
Juror: Steve Barry.
Spring, 1997 - All Florida Show. Juror: Ken Rollins, Gulf Coast Arts Center. Merit Award
received for painting.
Fall, 1997 - Members' Juried Show Arts on the Park, Lakeland, Florida. Juror: Jack King Sculptor, and
Chairman of the Art Department at University of Tampa
Spring, 1998 - Florida Emerging Artists, Arts on the Park, Lakeland, Florida. (Invited)
Spring, 1998 - Juried Members Show Arts on the Park, Lakeland, Florida. Juror: Professor
Karen Fraser, Art History USF.
Spring, 1998 - sHotel(L), June 27, 1998, Tahitian Inn. Invited by J.S.G. Boggs
Fall, 1998 - Jacobson Department Store. By invitation
Fall, 1998 through Spring, 1999 - Tampa Chamber of Commerce
Winter, 1998 through Spring, 1999 - Group Shows Continued
Hillsborough Community College Ybor Campus Women’s Faculty Show
Invited to participate in a doll show - Mahaffey Theatre Gallery (St. Petersburg Performing Arts Facility)
1999 “Las Damas” Exhibition - Drawings and Monotype Prints Juried Show... Juror Maggie Newman
2000-2001, “Las Damas,” Exhibition - oil/acrylic painting collagraph print
National Print Show - Lakeland, Florida Monotype Linoprint.
Studio Gallery On Azeele participated by invitation in a post MFA group show
2000-2001 - Covivant - “Works About Love,” curated by Professor Diane Elmeer, University of South Florida
2002 - “Las Damas,” Sunday in the Arts - oil pastel on paper, pastel on paper
March 2002 - Women’s Exhibition, Arts on the Park, Lakeland, Florida - juried entry
April/May 2002 - Member’s Exhibits, Arts on the Park, Lakeland, Florida
May 2003 - Juried show, Arts on the Park, Lakeland, Florida
June 2003 - Juried show, Arts on the Park, Lakeland, Florida
Arts on the Park - several exhibits in which I have received awards (through 2007)
“Las Damas,” Sunday in the Arts - participated (through 2007)
January 2008 - Will jury show, Arts on the Park, Lakeland, Florida
Solo Exhibitions: Spring, 1996 - Northwest Regional Branch Library, 15610 Premier Drive, Tampa, Florida
33624: Thematic development for image of homelessness as a state of being
1996 - U.S.F. Centre Gallery - Phyllis P. Marshall Center: Tumbling Through Existence (the room
waswrapped with one ontinuous image interrupted by black canvases. Suspended from the ceiling were
biomorphic embryonic forms whichinteracted with the continuous images on the gallery walls.
April, 1997 - U.S.F. Contemporary Gallery Teaching Facility in Fine Arts. MFA Thesis Show:
Tumbling Through Existence. The exhibition consisted of a polyptych wall installation
measuring 20 1/2 width x 9' and four large canvases (7' x 8'10", 7' x 4'5", 7' x 4'5" and 7'x 4'5").
Spring, 1998 - Hillsborough Community College Ybor Campus Gallery
Spring 2000 - TECO (Mother Courage - inspired by Brecht’s play)
January 2002 - St. Petersburg Little Theater (Mother Courage)
May/June 2003 - The Bay Street Gallery (Mother Courage)
Awards: Have received numerous awards in participation of many juried exhibitions, of which are inclusive of:
Merit Award: All Florida Show, Ken Rollins: juror
Women’s Exhibition (Arts on the Park) April/May 2002
Arts on the Park, June 2003
Award
of Excellence: Members Juried Show and All-Media Art Competition (Arts on the Park)
Judge’s Award: Judge’s Choice, March Women’s Exhibit (Arts on the Park)
News Releases: Tampa Tribune, St. Petersburg Times, Weekly Planet, U.S.F. Oracle, and Lakeland Newspaper
Hawkeye: Works Publisher - 9 Drawings of Homeless Landscape
3 Panel Paintings - Oil - 8" x 12"
Published Reaction/Prognosis
Collections Private collections: Tampa Bay, Chicago, New York and Arizona
Public collections: Law firms located in the Tampa Bay area.
New York- NYU Law School
