Education & Achievements
Bachelor of Fine Arts, the University of Alaska Fairbanks (2013-2017)
2016 Juror's Choice (Fairbank's Bear Gallery-"Abandoning the Origin")
2015 "Thawed Out" UAF Student Show- Best of Ceramics
2014 "Thawed Out" UAF Juried Show- Best of Drawing
2013-2016 Participant in UAF's Juried Show
2013-2014 Participant in UAF's Student Show
2013 Southern Ohio Museum, "Visually Literate", 1st Place Ceramics
2012 Southern Ohio Museum, "Visually Literate", 2nd Place Drawing
2012 Southern Ohio Museum, "Visually Literate", 3rd Place Ceramics
2011 Southern Ohio Museum, "Visually Literate" Participant
2015-2016 UAF Student Ceramic Art Guild Member
Ceramics:
Glaze Calculation & Experimentation
Kiln Operation (raku, electric, & some exp. w/ ash, wood, & soda)
Ceramic Transportation
Illustration:
Digital (Photoshop, GIMP, Adobe Illustrator)
Galleries:
2019- Red Caboose at Heritage Station
2017-2018 Kaleidoscope Gallery
2017 "A Story Collector" Thesis Exhibition, Keller Architecture & Allied Arts
2016 The Bear Gallery, Fairbanks, AK
2013-2016 UAF Student Gallery
2011-2013 Southern Ohio Museum
2012-2013 Minford High School
Bachelor of Fine Arts, the University of Alaska Fairbanks (2013-2017)
2016 Juror's Choice (Fairbank's Bear Gallery-"Abandoning the Origin")
2015 "Thawed Out" UAF Student Show- Best of Ceramics
2014 "Thawed Out" UAF Juried Show- Best of Drawing
2013-2016 Participant in UAF's Juried Show
2013-2014 Participant in UAF's Student Show
2013 Southern Ohio Museum, "Visually Literate", 1st Place Ceramics
2012 Southern Ohio Museum, "Visually Literate", 2nd Place Drawing
2012 Southern Ohio Museum, "Visually Literate", 3rd Place Ceramics
2011 Southern Ohio Museum, "Visually Literate" Participant
2015-2016 UAF Student Ceramic Art Guild Member
Ceramics:
Glaze Calculation & Experimentation
Kiln Operation (raku, electric, & some exp. w/ ash, wood, & soda)
Ceramic Transportation
Illustration:
Digital (Photoshop, GIMP, Adobe Illustrator)
Galleries:
2019- Red Caboose at Heritage Station
2017-2018 Kaleidoscope Gallery
2017 "A Story Collector" Thesis Exhibition, Keller Architecture & Allied Arts
2016 The Bear Gallery, Fairbanks, AK
2013-2016 UAF Student Gallery
2011-2013 Southern Ohio Museum
2012-2013 Minford High School
Influences & Inspirations
Arthur Rackham
With his beautiful illustrations filled with detail, color, and magic, Rackham is the artist I look towards the most in image-storytelling, as well as for guidance with pen, ink, and wash. Rackham's fantastical characters, dramatic forms, and haunting/mystic atmosphere is something I hope to emulate in my own work. |
Kay Nielsen
Nielsen is my second favorite illustrator; his illustrations are comprised of bright, theatrical settings & characters, as well as themes of darkness and magic. His subject matter and style is very similar to Rackham's, and his work is well worth viewing as well! |
Maxfield Parrish
Parrish is a great influence on how I view the business side of illustration/printing, but his particular use of color and depiction of mythological subjects also is appealing to me. |
Polly Fern
Fern, a ceramicist & illustrator, is an artist I look to for inspiration and guidance for narrating on ceramic forms with two-dimensional decorations and narratives. |