I love finding old photographs. Not the ones that are staged as much as the ones that capture a snapshot in time of ordinary life from long ago. There is such a mystery to them. My mind wonders what was happening in that moment, both before and after, and fills in the blanks with my imagination.
This same feeling is what I create in my paintings. A moment, captured and raised up into importance, reminding us to celebrate the ordinary. My paintings are a dialog between the work itself and each person viewing it through their own memories and unique thought processes. I hope to create a sense of calm and that is interrupted by the energy of the main characters in each work of art that draws the viewer in by their sense of mystery.
Education
Bachelor's of Fine Art, University of Tulsa. 1999
Bachelor's of Science in Psychology, University of Tulsa
Bachelor's of Mathematics, Oklahoma State University, 2015
Bachelor's in Communication Science and Disorders, Oklahoma State University
Organizations
International Guild of Realism
Portrait Society of America
Tulsa Artist Coalition
Exhibits and Publications
2025
Night Song in Champagne & Chocolate Gala at Living Arts, Tulsa, OK
2024
Tabby in Tallgrass and Morning Fog in TAC's Member's show at 101 Archer, Tulsa, Ok
Caged Raven in the She Makes Art exhibition at Liggett Studio, Tulsa, Ok
Lifted in Living Arts' Champagne and Chocolate GALA, Tulsa, Ok
Reflections in The Invitational Gallery of Mayfest at 101 Archer, Tulsa, OK
Tabby in Tallgrass in The Salinas Bienniel, Salinas, KS
Night Sky in Hues of Hope at WOMPA, Tulsa, OK
La Notte Dei Re Corvo in The Holiday Show at Ligget Studio, Tulsa, Ok
Healing in VisionMakers' 2024 at 108 Contemporary, Tulsa, Ok
2023
Happiness in TAC's Member's show at AHHA, Tulsa, Ok
Crow with Pendant in The Holiday Show at Liggett Studio, Tulsa, OK
She Makes Art
Art in the Square at Utice Square, Tulsa, Ok
2022
TAC's member's show
Art in the Square aty Utica Square, Tulsa, Ok
2021
She Makes Art At Ligget Studios in Tulsa, Ok, April
Chiaroscuro in San Fernando Valley Arts & Cultureal Center's online exhibition with , September 1-30
8th Catholic Bienniel The Verostko Center at St. Vincent's College in Latrobe, PA, September through
October 29th.
The Fall Online Exhibit for the International Guild of Realism October through December
The American Art Collector Magazine in an article about the International Guild of Realism's Fall online show
in the November issue
2020
TAC's member's show at AHHA
2019
TAC's member's show at Tulsa Community College's art gallery
2010
Show with Janet Fadler Davie at Tulsa Artist Coalition
2004
Solo Show at the Tulsa Artist's Coalition, September 3-25
a ceramic piece of a woman in show at Oklahoma College of Arts and Sciences in Chickasha
2003
Uneven Show: Celebrating Our Members Diversity at Tulsa Artist Coalition Gallery, July 11-26
5x5 at Tulsa Artist Coalition Gallery, May
2001
Generations, a collaborative work with Edward Main at Livings Arts of Tulsa
2000
A Painting Exhibition of Land, Clay and Bodyscapes: Emily Main and Rebeccas Ralph, in the Foundation Gallery at Rogers State University
1999
A Celebration of Women, a group show, at the Norick Art Center, OKC, October
Propositions, a group show at Living Arts of Tulsa, July
Nude Show at Tulsa Artists' Coaltion, August
1998
Commissioned with Kevin Smith and Kerry McEniry to paint Murals for Gilcrease Museum's interactive children exhibit to go along with the Thomas Moran and J.M.W. Turner exhibit that was traveling through the US at that time