Modern City

Garinger High School Mural

7’ h x 24’ w Community mural with Focus Garinger High School Students Arts Plus program commission Working through Arts Plus with students in the Focus Garinger program, the mural process involved a school bus tour of my murals in Charlotte and collaborative workshops to design and then paint the mural together. Garinger High was […]

QC Mural

Energetic mural of geometric shapes & abstracted trusses & beams in bold colors on brick wall. Charlotte NC’s crown logo and QC painted prominently in black on left side of mural. Located outside Bart’s Bottle Shop, Eastway Shopping Center.

10’ h x 24’ w Eastway Crossing Center D.A. Projects/Collett Commission This mural pays tribute to Charlotte’s nickname as the Queen City and celebrates the vibrant nature of the inhabitants and business owners of the city’s East Side.

Temporal Sanctuary

30″ x 40″ hexagonal piece, acrylic on cut wood panels. Predominantly red with accents of blues & other colors. Abstract, geometric patterns with lines of varying width and length intersecting planes throughout.

36” x 48”, Acrylic on multiple routed wood panel I use the house form as a representation of a sanctuary. This piece incorporates imager representing the self, the chaotic, the beautiful…the many layers we are comprised of, connection and transition.

Trinity (Rozelle’s Ferry)

30" x 40" Abstract acrylic painting of Rozelle’s Ferry Bridge in Charlotte with flame-red lines in linear perspective on cool blue and violet background.

36” x 48”, Acrylic on panel Trinity Partners Commission This painting depicts the Rozelle Ferry Bridge, built in 1910 of Charlotte, NC, which connected Mecklenburg and Gaston counties.

Post Retreat, Sketch

8″ x 10″ mixed media on paper. Study of bridge from ground perspective on brightly-colored background including neon pink sky, with soothing, organic shapes.

8″ x 10″, mixed media on paper Transit forms and bridge imagery of the Rock Hill Riverwalk representing past, present, future, and transition.

Post Retreat

16″ x 20″ acrylic on canvas study of bridge from close, low perspective. Energetic, abstract background in various bright colors.

16” h x 20” w, Acrylic on canvas Transit forms and bridge imagery of the Rock Hill Riverwalk representing past, present, future, and transition.

Sanctuary (Peace)

20″ x 48″ acrylic on cut wood panels of varying sizes. Polygon shape. Cobalt blue, shadowed lines in organic shapes layered over thick and thin white brush strokes, orange vine-like lines, and a cool blue background with lime green accents.

20” h x 48” w, Acrylic on multiple cut wood panels This work explores the idea of the house form as a sanctuary, a symbol of self, peace chaos, and temporality as well as shifting and overlapping facets…what was there and what is coming that we cannot anticipate.

Sanctuary (Pandemonium)

20” h x 48” w, Acrylic on multiple cut wood panels This work explores the idea of the house form as a sanctuary, a symbol of self, peace chaos, and temporality as well as shifting and overlapping facets…what was there and what is coming that we cannot anticipate.

Post Retreat (Riverwalk)

48″ x 48″ acrylic on canvas study of covered bridge. Linear perspective from middle or end of bridge looking out & towards opposite end. Background of organic shapes in calm, cool colors with accents of bright orange and yellow.

48” x 48”, acrylic on canvas Transit forms and bridge imagery of the Rock Hill Riverwalk representing past, present, future, and transition.

The House is Ready

48″ x 48″ acrylic on panel. Abstract composition in an abundance of bold colors. Busy, vibrant, organic and geometric shapes & lines with soft & sharp curves. Collaboration with Christopher Holston.

48” x 48”, Acrylic on panel Collaborative painting with Christopher Holston This painting is part of a series focusing on the dichotomy of life, the oscillation and harmony between beauty and destruction, creation and violence, and Mother Earth as the source and the witness.