Statement
I paint landscapes, but not real places, using single point perspective, a winding road, and a high horizon, that invites the viewer to wander into imagined settings of hills, valleys, and plains filled with vegetation. Almost every painting is pastel colored, like candy. Sometimes I add simple structures like Monopoly houses. And, lollipop and/or cone-shaped trees. These are pleasurable places..
Through these narrow parameters I just paint. I repeat motifs over and over. I need and want to paint. Creating colors and moving a brush are really satisfying.
I paint landscapes, but not real places, using single point perspective, a winding road, and a high horizon, that invites the viewer to wander into imagined settings of hills, valleys, and plains filled with vegetation. Almost every painting is pastel colored, like candy. Sometimes I add simple structures like Monopoly houses. And, lollipop and/or cone-shaped trees. These are pleasurable places..
Through these narrow parameters I just paint. I repeat motifs over and over. I need and want to paint. Creating colors and moving a brush are really satisfying.
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EDUCATION
Master of Arts in Art History, Southern Methodist University, Dallas TX, Meadows Artistic Scholarship, Graduate Assistantship, Haakon Research Grant, 1990
Master of Fine Arts with Honors, Textile Design in Weaving, University of Kansas, Lawrence KS. Assisted doctoral candidate in engineering with NASA project, 1971
Bachelor of Arts Education, University of Kansas, Lawrence KS. 1966
Honors: Carol Zastoupil, feature story by Alice Thorson, KC Studio Magazine, July-August, 2016
Two Purchases, Collection of Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park KS, 2015
Featured artist, New Letters, A Magazine of Writing and Art, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2014, 2019, 2020
Third Thursday Visiting Artists Presentation, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, September 16, 2021
I-70 Review, Writing and Art from the Middle and Beyond, featured artist, 2021
Cover art, "Higher," Poems by Robert Stewart, 2023
EXHIBITIONS
Juried
TA DA! Buttonwood Art Space, Kansas City MO, 2019
Resilience: The 4 Seasons, Buttonwood Art Space, Kansas City MO, 2018
Kansas City Artists Coalition at Buttonwood Art Space, Kansas City MO, 2017
Prairie Village State of the Arts 2017, R.G.Endres Gallery, Prairie Village KS, 2017
re:MEMBERS, Kansas City Artist Coalition, Kansas City MO, 2015
River Market Regional Exhibition, Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City MO, 2013, Award Winner
STEMS, Overland Park KS, 2013
Prairie Art Exhibition, Symphony in the Flint Hills, Ft. Riley KS 2013
En Plein Air Painting Show in Collaboration with Brush Creek Art Walk, UMKC Gallery of Art, Kansas City MO, 2012
Individual
Into the Woods, HJs Center, Kansas City MO, 2019
Curls, Swirls, & Whirls, Todd Weiner Gallery, Kansas City MO, 2015
Plains, Pines and Palms, Steeple of Light Art Gallery, Kansas City MO, 2014
New Paintings, The Brick, Kansas City MO, 2012
Group
RE: Gen RESONANCE, Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City MO, Feb. 2 - Apr 27, 2024
Kansas City Flatfile & Videofile, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City MO, 2023
(Women) Artists from the Collection, 1880-2022, The Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, St. Joseph MO, 2023
Re: GEN, Rejoin, HJ's Center, Kansas City MO, 2022
RE:GENERATION (Women's Art Group), Unsettled/Settled, Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia MO, 2021
Kansas City Flatfile & Videofile, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City MO, 2021
real/unreal ,Focus Gallery, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, 2021, Overland Park KS, 2021
Kansas City Flatfile & Videofile, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City MO, 2018
RE: GENERATION (Women's Art Group), Layers, Avila University, Thornhill Art Gallery, 2018
Kansas City Flatfile & Videofile, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City MO, 2016
RE: GENERATION (Women's Art Group), Albrecht Kemper Museum of Art, St. Joseph MO, 2016
Near and Far: Different Paths, Main Street Gallery, Kansas City MO, 2015
Triple Play, Main Street Gallery, Kansas City MO, 2013
May Day, May Day, The Late Show, Kansas City MO, 2012
Juried Art Exhibition of Kansas/Missouri Women Artists sponsored by KS/MO Committee of The National Museum of Women in the Arts and Metropolitan Community College—Penn Valley, Cart Art Center, Kansas City MO, 2006
Declare Yourself, Pi Gallery, Kansas City MO, October 2004
TRASH, group show, Pi Gallery, Kansas City MO, July 2004
Open Studios, Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kuemmerlein Studio, Kansas City MO, 2002
Group exhibition, New Works Gallery, Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City MO, 2000
Opening on Broadway, Kuemmerlein Studio, Kansas City MO, 1999
Wild Woman Salon, Morgan Art Gallery, Kansas City MO, 1997
EDUCATION
Master of Arts in Art History, Southern Methodist University, Dallas TX, Meadows Artistic Scholarship, Graduate Assistantship, Haakon Research Grant, 1990
Master of Fine Arts with Honors, Textile Design in Weaving, University of Kansas, Lawrence KS. Assisted doctoral candidate in engineering with NASA project, 1971
Bachelor of Arts Education, University of Kansas, Lawrence KS. 1966
Honors: Carol Zastoupil, feature story by Alice Thorson, KC Studio Magazine, July-August, 2016
Two Purchases, Collection of Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park KS, 2015
Featured artist, New Letters, A Magazine of Writing and Art, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2014, 2019, 2020
Third Thursday Visiting Artists Presentation, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, September 16, 2021
I-70 Review, Writing and Art from the Middle and Beyond, featured artist, 2021
Cover art, "Higher," Poems by Robert Stewart, 2023
EXHIBITIONS
Juried
TA DA! Buttonwood Art Space, Kansas City MO, 2019
Resilience: The 4 Seasons, Buttonwood Art Space, Kansas City MO, 2018
Kansas City Artists Coalition at Buttonwood Art Space, Kansas City MO, 2017
Prairie Village State of the Arts 2017, R.G.Endres Gallery, Prairie Village KS, 2017
re:MEMBERS, Kansas City Artist Coalition, Kansas City MO, 2015
River Market Regional Exhibition, Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City MO, 2013, Award Winner
STEMS, Overland Park KS, 2013
Prairie Art Exhibition, Symphony in the Flint Hills, Ft. Riley KS 2013
En Plein Air Painting Show in Collaboration with Brush Creek Art Walk, UMKC Gallery of Art, Kansas City MO, 2012
Individual
Into the Woods, HJs Center, Kansas City MO, 2019
Curls, Swirls, & Whirls, Todd Weiner Gallery, Kansas City MO, 2015
Plains, Pines and Palms, Steeple of Light Art Gallery, Kansas City MO, 2014
New Paintings, The Brick, Kansas City MO, 2012
Group
RE: Gen RESONANCE, Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City MO, Feb. 2 - Apr 27, 2024
Kansas City Flatfile & Videofile, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City MO, 2023
(Women) Artists from the Collection, 1880-2022, The Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, St. Joseph MO, 2023
Re: GEN, Rejoin, HJ's Center, Kansas City MO, 2022
RE:GENERATION (Women's Art Group), Unsettled/Settled, Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia MO, 2021
Kansas City Flatfile & Videofile, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City MO, 2021
real/unreal ,Focus Gallery, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, 2021, Overland Park KS, 2021
Kansas City Flatfile & Videofile, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City MO, 2018
RE: GENERATION (Women's Art Group), Layers, Avila University, Thornhill Art Gallery, 2018
Kansas City Flatfile & Videofile, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City MO, 2016
RE: GENERATION (Women's Art Group), Albrecht Kemper Museum of Art, St. Joseph MO, 2016
Near and Far: Different Paths, Main Street Gallery, Kansas City MO, 2015
Triple Play, Main Street Gallery, Kansas City MO, 2013
May Day, May Day, The Late Show, Kansas City MO, 2012
Juried Art Exhibition of Kansas/Missouri Women Artists sponsored by KS/MO Committee of The National Museum of Women in the Arts and Metropolitan Community College—Penn Valley, Cart Art Center, Kansas City MO, 2006
Declare Yourself, Pi Gallery, Kansas City MO, October 2004
TRASH, group show, Pi Gallery, Kansas City MO, July 2004
Open Studios, Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kuemmerlein Studio, Kansas City MO, 2002
Group exhibition, New Works Gallery, Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City MO, 2000
Opening on Broadway, Kuemmerlein Studio, Kansas City MO, 1999
Wild Woman Salon, Morgan Art Gallery, Kansas City MO, 1997