This show includes work from various exhibitions that date from 2006 to

2025.  While the works may seem vastly different, they are tied together by

two things.  First, they are all drawings. In essence, my work is about the

process of drawing and has varied from artist’s books to works on paper and

large-scale drawing installations.  Also, I have long worked on surfaces other

than plain paper. Surfaces that come with embedded histories such as graph

paper, old road maps, lace, pillowcases, and security paper.  Second, except

for two map pieces, these works all involve trees and my natural

surroundings.  Living in Cobden, surrounded by the Shawnee National Forest,

plays a major role in my work.

BRIEF BIO

My work has been shown nationally with solo exhibitions at Franklin Furnace

Archives, New York; Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago; Laumeier Sculpture

Park, St. Louis; and A.I.R. Gallery in Brooklyn. Recent group

exhibitions include the American University Museum of Art, Washington,

D.C.; the Grand Rapids Art Museum, Michigan; the Saint Louis Art Museum;

and Longue Vue House and Garden, New Orleans. The work can be found in

the collections of the Saint Louis Art Museum, the Newberry Library in

Chicago, the Spencer Museum in Lawrence, Kansas, Franklin Furnace

Archives, and the Book Art Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New

York, among other institutions. A permanent public artwork fabricated in

collaboration with Franz Mayer of Munich, Germany, can be viewed on the “C”

Concourse at St. Louis International Airport. Grant awards include a 2024

Franklin Furnace/Xeno Prize, a 2025 Illinois Arts Council Creative Projects

grant, a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Fellowship, and a Pyramid Atlantic

artist’s book award. Residencies include the Ucross Foundation in Wyoming;

Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, Illinois; and Nocefresca, Sardinia, Italy.  My

BA is from Bennington College in Vermont (1977), and I completed my MFA at

the University of Montana at Missoula (1981).