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The main question, or problem, that accompanies me when I create is the question of true identity. Who am I really? And how can I express that most genuinely and to the fullest? Ever since I was fifteen years old, I have been trying to reconcile the inequities of the finite world with the vast openness of what is not of this world. I have examined many aspects of personality and asked which is the most real. Time and again the only ME that I find to be real is that which is more primal than anything in our history, and more ancient than words or symbols can express. The unspoken answer to the questions above is often related to our connectivity, not only to our friends, family and humans in general, but also to nature and to the cosmos. My compositions incorporate line, color, splatters, and finely painted layers, in organic formations that take on the feel of ancient geology. Incorporating these formations gives credence to a mystery that we have yet to unravel. Patterns found in nature are also found in mystical traditions, and in ancient and modern cultures alike. What is the connection? I think that these patterns hold a formula that could help us make better sense of the world. Visual Arts Society of Texas 38th Annual Spring Exhibition Meadows Gallery Denton, Texas April 23 - June 1, 2006 National Watercolor Oklahoma 31st Exhibition Oklahoma State Capitol, East Gallery 2300 N. Lincoln Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73105 December 15, 2005 - February 3, 2006 Roseville Arts 30th Annual Open Show 2237 Gallery 2237 Douglas Blvd, Roseville, CA (916) 783-4117 October 13 - December 15, 2005 Textures Plaza Center Gallery 130 Plaza Street, Healdsburg, CA (707) 431-1970 September 28 - November 7, 2005 Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club 109th Annual Exhibit The National Arts Club 15 Gramercy Park South, New York, NY (212) 475-3432 October 4 - 28, 2005 Awarded the Catherine T. Ballentyne Memorial Award Contemporary Abstracts Alameda Art Center 1701 Webster Street, Alameda, CA (510) 748-7888 August 5 - 25, 2005 Award of Excellence