Visit my studio gallery located in City Market~Savannah, Georgia...Studio FNU~109 Hunter/Kinkel Studios
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ARTIST STATEMENT

‘Inner Landscapes’ are abstract figurative works conveying the connection between raw human emotion and the interplay of color and texture.

I believe wholeheartedly that dream time, the collective unconscious, archetypes, the myths, serendipity, the happy accident are all part of an "Inner Landscape" that each of us share in. I get to peek in and pull out a picture of it. Color and emotion along with the action of the application of paint are the major focus of starting a painting. Each work is multi-textured with layer upon layer of pigment and wax. As each piece evolves, I watch how the colors interact, creating, of course, new shades and tones through which shapes (images) begin to emerge. As I begin to see an image or images, an inner dialogue with the painting begins...subtle emotional responses to shapes and colors are internally noted...a word or phrase will come to mind...sometimes insistent...it is important than I continue on with this dialogue until the painting is finished....

RESUME .

BORN

March 26, 1965~Dallas, Texas

EDUCATION

1987~1992 Studied fine art at Eastfield & Richland Community Colleges

AWARDS

1987~1988 various continuing education scholorships

1989 Cecil Wallace Fordham Award for excellance in drawing representing Eastfield Community College

1991 Third Place Ribbon in painting category at student show~Richland Community College

2007 Honorable Mention~Tybee Island Fine Arts Show

PUBLICATIONS

2006 "Second That Emotion" Diversions Savannah Morning News

2007 "Secrets Of A Festival Portrait Artist" Ruth Hunter FOLIO Magazine~Portrait Society Of America/Atlanta

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1987~1992 student shows Eastfield & Richland Community Colleges

1992 Grand Opening ArtWorx Gallery Dallas, TX

1994 group opening Miller & White Gallery St. Augustine, FL

2002~2003 group shows Third Floor Gallery Savannah, GA

2002~2003 group shows Gallery By The Sea Tybee Island, GA

2003~2006 open house group shows (spring/fall) Alvida Art Gallery Savannah, GA

2004~2007 two man shows Metals & Paint Gallery Savannah, GA

2005 'Home Sweet Home' Starland Art Center Savannah, GA

2006 'Women Of Presence' Alvida Art Gallery Savannah, GA

2007 'Sensual Pleasures' Alvida Art Gallery Savannah, GA

2007 'Sacred & Profane' Alvida Art Gallery Savannah, GA

2007 'The Big Lebowski Show' A.T. Hun Art Gallery Savannah, GA

2008 'Artfully Done' Live Auction To Benefit The American Diabetes Association Savannah, GA

2008 'Across The Universe' A.T. Hun Art Gallery Savannah, GA

2008 'Erotic Art Show' Venus De Milo Savannah, GA

2009 'Artfully Done' Live Auction To Benefit The American Diabetes Association Savannah, GA

2009 'EnLIGHTened' Savannah Art Association Group show Savannah, GA

2009 'Two By Two' Picture This Gallery Hilton Head Island, SC

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2006 'Parting The Veil' Alvida Art Gallery Savannah, GA

2010 'Inner Landscapes' Picture This Gallery Hilton Head Island, SC