N​ew work coming soon.

Currently showing.

Artist statement.

I use Appalachian traditions (quilting, storytelling) and values (like saving and repurposing) as inspiration to comment on our modern existence. I find their intersection of practicality and adornment interesting. I am also inspired by incongruous parallels, like the idea of using trash to make fine art. There is something subversive and gratifying in taking something that no one wants and exalting it to something collected and exhibited. I am obsessed with ephemera; I appreciate the beauty of something that was once useful and now is not. The act of saving it is useless, until some undetermined and unforeseen moment when it becomes invaluable. I like using common, often discarded, items to create my work. My media mostly consists of paper, paint, ink, pencil, thread, and fabric. I use what I have to communicate the strange, triumphant, beautiful, and tragic things that I observe and experience in my daily life. I try to express, through my figures, the sadness and confidence that comes from the depth gained from thoughtfulness. 

Recent exhibitions.

Juliet Art Museum Invitational | Group Invitational Exhibition
Juliet Art Museum, The Clay Center - Charleston, WV
November 2022 - January 2023

​Listening for Racial Understanding | Group Invitational Exhibition
Morgantown Public Library - Morgantown, WV
September - October 2022

​The Best of West Virginia | Juried Exhibition
David L. Dickirson Art Gallery, Tamarack - Beckley, WV
June - August 2022

Always Greener | Group Exhibition
Dan & Cynthia Bickey Art Gallery, Beckley Art Center - Beckley, WV
May - June 2022

Quilts and Paintings  | Solo Exhibition
Museum Gallery, Carnegie Hall - Lewisburg, WV
January - March 2022​

History of...  | Group Exhibition
David L. Dickirson Art Gallery, Tamarack - Beckley, WV
January - February 2022​

22nd Biennial West Virginia Juried Exhibition  | Juried Exhibition
WV Culture Center - Charleston, WV
November 2021 - February 2022​​

Small Packages | Group Exhibition
David L. Dickirson Art Gallery, Tamarack - Beckley, WV
November - December 2021

Who We Are | Group Exhibition
Dan & Cynthia Bickey Art Gallery, Beckley Art Center - Beckley, WV
October - November 2021​

​Variations of a Mountain Man | Solo Exhibition
MIB Gallery, Buckhannon, WV
September 2021​

Short Silent Stories | Solo Exhibition
Nutting Art Gallery, West Liberty University - West Liberty, WV
August 2021

​The Best of West Virginia | Juried Exhibition
David L. Dickirson Art Gallery, Tamarack - Beckley, WV
June - August 2021
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Social Studies | Group Exhibition
Dan & Cynthia Bickey Art Gallery, Beckley Art Center - Beckley, WV
May - June 2021

Birds of a Feather | Group Exhibition
David L. Dickirson Art Gallery, Tamarack - Beckley, WV
March - April 2021
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The Blue Period | Group Exhibition
Dan & Cynthia Bickey Art Gallery, Beckley Art Center - Beckley, WV
February - March 2021

Hindsight is 2020 | Group Exhibition
David L. Dickirson Art Gallery, Tamarack - Beckley, WV
January -February 2021

The Still Life | Online Group Exhibition
Presented by the Dan & Cynthia Bickey Art Gallery, Beckley Art Center - Beckley, WV
June 2020

Critters & Hollers | Group Exhibition
David L. Dickirson Art Gallery, Tamarack - Beckley, WV
February 2020

Fine Discarded Matter | Solo Exhibition
Apartment Earth - Charleston, WV
September 2019

Rare Night Birds & Other Poor Traits | Solo Exhibition
Holler: Contemporary Appalachian Art Gallery - Princeton, WV
August 2019

Figures | Solo Exhibition
The Grove - Fayetteville, WV
May 2019

Member’s Exhibition | Group Exhibition
Dan & Cynthia Bickey Art ​Gallery - Beckley, WV
2019

WV Invitational Exhibition | Group Exhibition
Juliet Art Museum - Charleston, WV
May 2019

Man/Woman/Person: Expressions of Gender | Group Exhibition
Sir Walters Tavern - Beckley, WV
2018

Autumn In Appalachia | Group Exhibition
Dan and Cynthia Bickey Gallery - Beckley, WV
2018

Apartment Earth 3rd Annual Juried Exhibition | Juried Exhibition
Apartment Earth Gallery - Charleston, WV
2018

Paint the Town Red | Group Exhibition
Dan and Cynthia Bickey Gallery - Beckley, WV
2018

"Make Yourself at Home," Mixed Media Quilt, 2021. Collector - Lafayette Flats