The Artist – ItsOutOfMyHands

ABOUT ME

Spending my time between Iowa & Florida - Family & Friends - Art & Tee Times

I have always had a creative mind, and enjoy exploring many ways of expressing my artistic visions. Currently my medium of choice is watercolor, but I will always love water-based oil and also acrylic, experimenting with additives, textures, and techniques. I also started creating wire figures and enjoy wrapping these ladies and finding new ways to bring out their personalities while painting their faces and posing them. With my additional experience in jewelry making, I fashion wire, chains and gem stones into unique jewelry statements. Cross-medium creating has allowed me to feel like an “artist without borders”, combining elements that inspire me into unique art pieces.

During the past few years, I have been displaying my art in various art fairs in Fort Myers, Florida, and in Iowa. I also host an open house in my home at least twice a year where I show-case my paintings, wire figures and especially my jewelry. Both of my homes have an “Come in, the artist’s loft is open” sign, so friends and acquaintances often stop in looking for a unique necklace for an event or gifts.

I live a very fortunate life and am forever grateful for the opportunities that surround me.

EXHIBITIONS AND DISPLAYS

Main Street Art Gallery, Dubuque, Iowa
Dreams Boutique, Galena, Illinois
Miguel’s Coffee Shop, Featured Artist of the Month, Dubuque, Iowa
Banking on the Arts Exhibit, Dubuque, Iowa 2006, 2007, 2008
Four Mounds Art Show, Dubuque, Iowa 2006, 2008
Harbour View Gallery, Cape Coral, Florida, guest artist, May 2008
Café Mana Java, Oct -Nov 2008
The Warehouse Art Exhibit 2009
Julia’s Art Gallery, Matlacha, Florida, Dec 2008-Dec 2009
Café Mana Java West, Dubuque, Iowa 2009
Banking on the Arts Exhibit, Dubuque, Iowa 2009, 2010, 2011
Colonial Country Club Art Exhibit, Fort Myers, Fl 2011
The DBQ Arboretum, Dubuque, Iowa 2012
DBQ Carnegie-Stout Library, Dubuque, Iowa 2016

Gotta Have It Boutique, Dubuque, Iowa 2018

Every child is an artist, the problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

Pablo Picasso

Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.

Mae West

Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music.

Angela Monet

Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from.

Jodie Foster

Some of the most wonderful people are the ones who don't fit into boxes.

Tori Amos

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.

Henry Ward Beecher

Creativity is...seeing something that doesn't exist already. You need to find out how you can bring it into being and that way be a playmate with God.

Michele Shea

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

Scott Adams (1957 - ), 'The Dilbert Principle'

Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.

Erica Jong

Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.

Henry Van Dyke

I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

Albert Einstein

Imagination is the highest kite one can fly.