Featured in Circle Arts Foundation 2018 Winter Quarterly Magazine
Meritous Award in Richeson Still Life and Floral Exhibition 2018
Award of Merit, Art of the Heartland, Mena Art Gallery, Mena, AR 2019
2020 Montgomery Art Guild, Regions Bank Exhibition in Mobile, AL
When I was painting this piece, my concept was about the left brain/right brain. I was a biochemical engineer in the 1980's and 1990's. I cultured microbes and viruses and then led design teams to build factories for the manufacture pharmaceuticals using microorganisms. That sounds fancy and very "left brain" of me, doesn't it? In truth, I feel like I used a lot of creativity and right brain skills as an engineer. Much of what I did was organizing people, and people are easiest to manage if you are being creative, I believe.
Now that I am a full time artist, people sometimes think I dissolve into a zen place and relax each day, letting my brushes fly while my right brain takes control. Not true. I put a lot of thought into every decision I make while painting. My process is not something I can do when I am tired or ill. It's really not very relaxing at all. I love it, but it takes both sides of my brain working together, in the light, unbroken and fully engaged.
Featured in Circle Arts Foundation 2018 Winter Quarterly Magazine
Meritous Award in Richeson Still Life and Floral Exhibition 2018
Award of Merit, Art of the Heartland, Mena Art Gallery, Mena, AR 2019
2020 Montgomery Art Guild, Regions Bank Exhibition in Mobile, AL
When I was painting this piece, my concept was about the left brain/right brain. I was a biochemical engineer in the 1980's and 1990's. I cultured microbes and viruses and then led design teams to build factories for the manufacture pharmaceuticals using microorganisms. That sounds fancy and very "left brain" of me, doesn't it? In truth, I feel like I used a lot of creativity and right brain skills as an engineer. Much of what I did was organizing people, and people are easiest to manage if you are being creative, I believe.
Now that I am a full time artist, people sometimes think I dissolve into a zen place and relax each day, letting my brushes fly while my right brain takes control. Not true. I put a lot of thought into every decision I make while painting. My process is not something I can do when I am tired or ill. It's really not very relaxing at all. I love it, but it takes both sides of my brain working together, in the light, unbroken and fully engaged.
Framed to 19" x 23"