Did that Really Happen?

Carmel on Canvas Plein Air Competition September, 2018
Carmel, IN
1st Place
Painting in Carmel was quite the adventure and a quite yet bustling place I would like to visit again. It was HOT! I finished 3 paintings over 2 days that I turned in for prizes and sales. No sales but I did pick up some nice recognition! I also competed in a quick paint with only 1.5 hours to paint in a farmers market. That really pushed me to work fast and only worry about the important parts.

Northbrook Plain Air Festival
I experienced a multitude of distractions trying to accomplish finishing two paintings worth turning in: rain, a grease truck blocking me, weather and work. I learned so much hanging out with my painting buddies and made a few new friends with some very accomplished artists.
Art Created at this even is for sale in Northbrook, IL!

Reception: Sunday, November 18th
2-4pm
Northbrook Historical Society
1776 Walters Avenue Northbrook, IL

Come see 100+ paintings from the 2018 Northbrook Plein Air Painting Festival at the Northbrook Historical Society. From 2-4 you can view and purchase paintings from the event and celebrate Northbrook’s 117th birthday! FREE EVENT.

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It’s that time of year!
Looking for a unique gift for that someone special?
There are two events I will be exhibiting in this December.

Saturday, December 8th
Sunday, December 9th – Bucktown Holiday Art Show
Hoslstein Park Field House – 2200 N Oakley Chicago, IL
12 – 5pm – Free Admission
JoyKo • go small
Original mini paintings created by Rachel Joyce and Karen Sako – all under $100!!!

December 15h – Aeon Gallery Holiday Event
10331 Main Street Richmond, IL
12 – 11pm – Free Admission
All art 10% OFF!
I have my work in the Rapture 2 Show and will have a few other paintings available.

More information on both exhibits on the EVENTS page.

Spring has sprung and plein air season has begun! I am making a point to designate time each week to get outside and paint with friends. It takes a lot of practice and dedication.
I am honored to be critiquing the Spring Member Show for the Lake County Art League this May.
My recent artwork is currently in 4 exhibition in Schaumburg, St. Charles, Righmond and Chicago Heights. Please check out the events page for more information and I hope to see you at a show!

Insights 2018
Addison Center for the Arts

Honorable Mention
Bewilderment
10″ x 10″
Mixed Media Pastel

By using soulful marks and energetic colors it is possible to feel the joy, the mystery, the whimsy and the enchantment of the everyday people of our time.

Naperville Art League
Hidden Detail – April 2018

What an honor to be awarded Best of Show!!!

Remembrance
30″ x 30″ Mixed Media, oil + cwm

Remembrance of who I thought I would become came back with startling clarity as I read an old story I wrote in second grade. Hidden in that first layer of collage is my handwritten story of my predicted futuristic city. Using the accompanying drawing as inspiration, I play with the contrast of then and now by using multiple transparent layers of paint creating an ethereal wistfulness. Somewhere inside that lost curiosity, the traces of who I was leads me to who I can still become.