STATEMENT
My inspiration for the cloud series began early in my life. Throughout my childhood my family traveled all over the world to remote landscapes which were the subject of my mother's fine art photography. I developed an appreciation for the beauty and vastness of the ever-changing sky. I loved watching a far off storm on the western desert planes, the monsoon rains of southern India, and the cloudless skies over the Sahara desert. In my work I explore moments of transition, turbulence and tranquility in the landscape and their impact on the viewer. In this process I am reminded of how small we are when confronted with the powerful forces of nature. The act of drawing can be a meditation for me, and my hope is that the viewer can share this experience of tranquil escape when engaging the work.

Past heroes include 19th century landscape painters such as John Constable, Thomas Cole, (including many others from the Hudson River School) and certainly Turner's luminous paintings. One current influence is my mom. She has taught me a great deal about light, and the ways in which it can be captured illuminating a landscape. Another contemporary inspiration is Robert Longo. I made the decision to begin my cloud study series when i first saw his wave drawings at the 2004 Whitney Biennial. The techniques with which they are drawn amaze me. His most recent exhibition at Metro Pictures "The Outward and Visible Signs of an Inward and Invisible Grace" embodied similar themes to my work... certainly awe inspiring.

EXHIBITIONS
2008        Works on Paper, DFN Gallery, New York, NY
2008        Arctic Light: Recent Drawings, Allen Sheppard Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
2008        Some Wonderful Things Part II, Allyn Gallup Gallery, Sarasota, FL
2008        Tranceformation, Brown University Gallery, Providence, RI
2008        Zaria Forman & Catherine Minnery, Mikhail Zakin Gallery, Demarest, NJ
2008        Solstice, The David Floria Gallery, Aspen, CO
2007        Group Exhibition, RARE Gallery, Jackson Hole, WY
2007        It's Outside, Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art, Sarasota, FL
2007        Annual Summer Group Show, Carla Massoni Gallery, Chestertown, MD
2007        Summer Group Exhibition, Allen Sheppard Gallery, New York, NY
2007        Group Exhibition, Project A Gallery, Nashville, TN
2007        Group Exhibition, Allen Sheppard Gallery, New York, NY
2007        The Next Generation, Carla Massoni Gallery,Chestertown, MD
2006        Clearly Nebulous, Allen Sheppard Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
2006        Group exhibition, David Floria Gallery, Aspen, CO
2006        Collector's Show and Sale, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
2006        7 Degrees of Seperation, Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY
2005        Group Exhibition, Piermont Library, Piermont, NY
2005        Solo Exhibition, Case Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY
2004        Juried group exhibition, Schick Art Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY
2004        Juried group exhibition, Student Art Center's International, Florence, Italy

COLLECTIONS
Arkansas Art Center Museum, Little Rock, Arkansas
Gerard Depardieu, private collection

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