About the Artist

 

There hasn’t been a day that I have not known myself as an artist and I communicate my main body of work through imaginative painting - this is my voice. I use keen observation of human behaviors, likeness, and mannerisms often surrounded in nature. Unique storytelling and utilizing decades of theatre and dance experience add energy and movement, through bold colors and dynamic composition inviting you to become part of the narrative of each piece.  

In pursuit of refining myself as a visual artist, I retired from 26 years of fulfilling, rich experiences with dance in the performing arts. I was accepted in The Atelier Studio Program of Fine Art in Minneapolis in January 2014 (a rigorous four-year classical realism art program), completing the program in May 2019. 

Today, I continue to immerse myself in the visual arts in the Twin Cities community and beyond, chasing daydreams and painting them into reality. 

 

2025

Rejected!, Burl Community Art Gallery, St Paul, MN

Last Unicorn Art Show 10, ALTR Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

 

2024

Beyond the Veil: A Seance Art Show, ALTR Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

Unicorn Art Show 9, Artspace Jackson Flats, Minneapolis, MN

Safeword; An Erotic Art Show, Modus Locus MLX, Minneapolis, MN

 

2023

Current Artist (Feb - May), Calendula Gallery, St Paul, MN

Safeword; An Erotic Art Show, Squirrel Haus Arts, Minneapolis, MN

 

2022

Unicorn Art Show 7, Artspace Jackson Flats, Minneapolis, MN

“Wild Moon Healing: Harness the Energy of Lunar Cycles to Awaken Your Inner Truth” - by Donna S. Conley

 (Book Cover and Art design) MD

 

2021

“Women In Art”, Virtual Art Exibit, Las Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA

“Burn It: A Love Relationship with Bad Art”, Virtual Art Exhibit, The Otherworldly Arts Collective, Minneapolis, MN

 

2020

"Foot in the Door 5: The Virtual Exhibition, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN

"The Convenant" II - by Lee Howard, (Book Cover and Art design) Minneapolis, MN 

Gods & Monsters, Virtual Art Exhibit, Minneapolis, MN 

Paganicon, Crowne Plaza  Minneapolis West, Minneapolis, MN Postponed until 2021

Safeword; An Erotic Art Show, A-Mills Artist Lofts Museum, Minneapolis, MN

 

2019

Gods & Monsters, Artspace Jackson Flats, Minneapolis, MN 

Mitrebox, Window Gallery Featured Artist, Minneapolis, MN

Dystopia, The Rogue Buddha Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

CONvergence Art Show, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Minneapolis, MN

Mystery of Cats, A-Mills Artist Lofts, Minneapolis, MN

Pup Up, Artspace Jackson Flats, Minneapolis, MN

The Atelier Studio Program of Fine Art Full-time Student Show, The Atelier, Minneapolis, MN

Unicorn Art Show 5, Artspace Jackson Flats, Minneapolis, MN

Huldufolk, Artspace Jackson Flats, Minneapolis, MN

Beauty in EVERYbody, Artspace Jackson Flats, Minneapolis, MN

 

2018

The Atelier Studio Program of Fine Art Part-time Student Show, The Atelier, Minneapolis, MN

Down The Rabbit Hole event, St Paul, MN - live painting

Gods & Monsters, Artspace Jackson Flats, Minneapolis, MN (Drop-dead Gorgeous Award)

The Atelier Studio Program of Fine Art Full-time Student Show, The Atelier, Minneapolis, MN

Unicorn Art Show Show 4, Artspace Jackson Flats, Minneapolis, MN (The Riddler Award)

 

2017

The Atelier Studio Program of Fine Art Full-time Student Show, The Atelier, Minneapolis, MN

 

2016
The Atelier Studio Program of Fine Art Full-time Student Show, The Atelier, Minneapolis, MN

2015 
The Atelier Studio Program of Fine Art Full-time Student Show, The Atelier, Minneapolis, MN

2014
Sogn Series Artist Label Contest Winner (Sogn Blush Label), Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls, MN

The Atelier Studio Program of Fine Art Part-time Student Show, The Atelier, Minneapolis, MN

2012
sNAPshot, The National Arts Program, Minneapolis/St Paul Airport, MN

2006
Drawn to the Walls 2, Cade Gallery, Arnold MD

2005
Dancers' Art, 49 West Coffeehouse, Annapolis, MD

2004
Cram Sessions: 02 Dark Matter, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD

Three Mondays, The Brewer's Art, Baltimore, MD

2003
An Artists' Gathering, Barnes & Noble Annapolis Harbour Center, Annapolis, MD

 

1996
Alumni & Friends Art Exhibit, Anne Arundel Community College Art Gallery, Arnold, MD 


Publications

 

The Convenant: Book II (Release date Dec 2020)

Featured artist  and Art Curator of  'fuse' A Tribal & Tribal Fusion Belly Dance Magazine 2011 – 2016

 

Smoke Screen Art & Advertisements  2008 

Amaranth Magazine for the Arts 1995 & 1998                                                                                                 

Anne Arundel Community College Catalog Cover 1995 -96