Artist Statement
Photography Based Digital Art is a contemporary art form that has become hugely popular in both graphic and fine art applications. It is the medium I prefer because it allows me to break new ground with color, texture, layering, and light.
For someone like me for whom indecision may or may not be a problem, the UNDO button is key to my process. I can rework a piece as my idea develops without stopping to wash a brush or wait for the canvass to dry. I am not a patient artist. I conjure up an image and I want to see it, now. Digital art affords me this instant gratification and motivates me to explore new techniques. Some of my pieces are raw photos, but not many. Most are multiple images I have fit together like puzzle pieces to depict the world I see.
My goal, as an emerging artist, is to broaden the definition of art both in substance and form by creating pieces that are topical, fearless, and vaguely familiar.
Associations
San Diego Art Institute, CA, Artist Member
San Diego Museum of the Living Artist, Balboa Park CA, Participating Artist
Riverside County Arts Council, CA, Participating Artist
Heaven Art Gallery, Participating Artist
Exhibitions
Selected Juried and Benefit Exhibitions
2018 SDAI C-NOTE, San Diego, CA
2017 Heaven Art Gallery –Sensations, Scottsdale AZ (Showcased Artist)
2017 Heaven Art Gallery – Memories & Dreams, Scottsdale, AZ
2017 Heaven Art Gallery – Earth, Air, Fire, Water, Scottsdale, AZ (Honorable Mention)
2017 Heaven Art Gallery – I’m In Heaven, Scottsdale, AZ
2016 SDAI – The Dead Are Not Quiet, San Diego, CA
2016 Brandon Gallery – Portrait Show, Fallbrook California
2016 City of Temecula Art at the Merc, Temecula CA
2015 SDAI 53rd International Show, San Diego Museum of the Living Artist, Balboa Park CA (David Ross)
2015 ARTSCAPE Riverside Arts Council, Riverside, CA
2015 Riverside Festival of the Arts, Riverside, CA
2015 SDAI Summer Pop-Up, San Diego, CA
2014 SDAI 52rd International Show, San Diego Museum of the Living Artist, Balboa Park CA, (Peter Frank)
2014 Art Off the Walls, Temecula, CA
2014 SDAI C-NOTE, San Diego, CA
2014 Art From the Heart, Lake Elsinore, CA
2013 Regional Exhibit, San Diego Museum of the Living Artist, Balboa Park CA
2013 SDAI C-NOTE , San Diego, CA
2013 Summer Arts at Dos Lagos, Corona, CA
2013 Art From the Heart, Lake Elsinore, CA
2012 Regional Exhibit, San Diego Museum of the Living Artist, Balboa Park CA
2012 SDAI C-NOTE , San Diego, CA
2012 Summer Arts at Dos Lagos, Corona, CA
2012 Art From the Heart, Lake Elsinore, CA
Bibliography
Patrick Brien, Breaking the Rules is Her M.O., The Press Enterprise, March 13, 2015, Page 8
Riverside County ARTSCAPE Brochure, Cover, 2015
2014 Southern California/Baja Norte Juried Exhibition Catalog: Ginger Porcella & Jo Nalven (compliers), 2014
Collections
Private Collection, San Francisco, CA
Private Collection, San Diego, CA
Private Collection, Sonoma, CA
Private Collection, Canyon Lake, CA
Private Collection, Pacific Grove, CA
Private Collection, McMinneville, OR
Private Collection, Reno, NV
Private Collection, Racine, WI