A while back Ellen Mueller, an unbelievably prolific faculty member at the University of Massachusetts in Dartmouth, asked me to be a part of a new podcast series for the College Arts Association. I asked Carmon Colangelo, now Dean at the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, to record a conversation with me about... Continue Reading →

Today at the WVU Museum of Art, WVU School of Art and Design Director Alison Helm, WVU Art Museum Preparator Mike Loop and myself spoke about our work included in the West Virginia Juried Exhibition. Thanks to Jason Lee for taking pictures during my talk... Mike Loop discussing his work... Alison Helm explaining the ideas... Continue Reading →

Friday December 8th, my students and I met Aaron in Pittsburgh. We packed a lot in before attending the opening reception to the PRINTWORK 2017 exhibition and Aaron's solo show. We started the day seeing some great Wonder Woman original artwork at the Toonseum downtown. There is something magical about seeing older original art for... Continue Reading →

On Thursday December 7th, we hosted visiting artist Aaron Coleman. Aaron is someone who I've known for a few years now, and I am completely infatuated with his work. Aaron is a prolific artist. He creates that is beautiful and socially engaged; combining comic imagery with older religious references in a really smart and energetic... Continue Reading →

Earlier this year I was asked by the Studio Art Quilt Associates to be the juror for an exhibition called “Textile Posters”. The show will be up this month at the International Quilt Festival in Houston, and in April the show will be up in Chicago. SAQA published this great catalog to go with the... Continue Reading →

The WVU Art Museum hosted the opening reception for the West Virginia Juried Exhibition on November 12th. Recent work of mine was accepted into the exhibition and given an Award of Excellence. Thank you to the West Virginia Division of Culture and History for organizing this annual event, and thank you to jurors Elaine Gustafson... Continue Reading →

On Friday, November 10th I took my Advanced Printmaking class to Charleston, West Virginia to see the Images of Social Justice from the Segura Arts Studio exhibition at the Clay Center. We were extremely lucky to be able to spend our morning with Jessica O’Hearn Artistic Director at the Juliet Art Museum which is housed... Continue Reading →

On Tuesday, Oct. 24, I was at the University of Pittsburgh as a visiting artist. Pitt Printmaking Professor Lenore Thomas asked me to come to her shop and give a CMYK silkscreen demo. I've known Lenore for a while now, and it was great to be able to meet her students and see the shop.... Continue Reading →

On Thursday Oct. 12 Matthew Forrest visited my Advanced Printmaking class. Matt is a WVU Alumni and current Assistant Professor of Art at Georgia College in Milledgeville. Matt was one of my first graduate students, and it is always great to spend some time with him. He has been really busy since moving to Georgia,... Continue Reading →

My work will be on display at West Virginia Wesleyan College's SLEETH Gallery from September 28 – October 27, 2017. The exhibition titled "Deconstructions and Reorganizations" features my most recent work alphabetizing specific talk bubbles from the Iron Man comic I have been deconstructing. The SLEETH Gallery is located on the first floor of McCuskey... Continue Reading →