Land/Mark Faculty Art Exhibit, 2013
Images from gallery: Land/Mark Faculty Art Exhibit, 2013

Swiftly, Confidently, Stand Behind Me
https://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/art_show13/1
Oil on linen, 36x48 inches
Artist's Statement:
I am a woman, a spouse, a friend, a visual artist, a scholar, and a teacher created in the image of the triune God. I am forgiven and have a lifelong and prayerful relationship with Jesus Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit. I am a fallible, broken, redeemed child of God. I hold that human relationships are bound together by the Holy Spirit, through risk-taking in conversation and in endeavor. Faith is the foundation of who I am, and thereby, what I do.
I hold that the visual arts tap into the core of humanity. Made in the image of the creator God, humans, in our diversity, have a mandate to create and uniquely express ourselves. As a painter, my work has roots in traditional landscape painting, and is greatly influenced by the landscapes/places in which I exist (and have existed) – whether long-term or temporary. As the daughter of a career military man, geography regularly changed, but a constant was my grandmother’s painting studio. By her example, I learned what it meant to live out faith in community through creativity. In light of this example, my work has become a personal and faith-filled reflection of the individual – me – born out of a deeply held desire to reflect and actively interpret place.
For the past year, I have focused on a body of work that explores Istanbul’s multicultural make-up and complex history as is plays out across the breadth and depth of the city. I traveled in and out of the city to visit a variety of locations that were once important Christian and Byzantine sites. While on location, I observed and photo-documented structures, as well as the social and cultural dynamics that played out within these locales. I found myself interested in the social dynamics that played out amongst genders, and juxtapositions of western and non-western modes of adornment and representation seen in the contemporary women of the city.
I was challenged by the western ideologies I bought with me into Istanbul. As I continued to observe and look closer at social interactions, I noticed groups of women walking together – seemingly close friends – adorned in everything from conservative dress to Daisy Duke shorts. This city and it rich history became, in front of my eyes, flexible and constantly changing. As I continued to engage the city, its flexible nature became contingent on my engagement and willingness to observe social and cultural exchanges without the lens of western ideologies. I fluctuated in and out of confusion and understanding about what I was seeing and experiencing. I sought to discover and render the many layers that have taken this city from the seat of the Christian empire to the secular, yet pluralist, seemingly post-Christian place that enveloped me.
These tensions ultimately resulted in paint on canvas. Istanbul challenged my ability to find an appropriate expression for its seemingly endless layers. The importance of a dialogue between the paintings and their viewer rests on encouraging recognition of Istanbul in its various social, historical, political, and sometimes fantastic layers and moments. It is a dialogue about my way of seeing and representing the city, and the necessity of complicating that vision through its endless layers of growth, stagnancy, depression and renewal. In this experience, I have seen and attempted to render these layers as I have ultimately discovered their echo of the innumerable layers of a life of faith.

By Reason of Maternal Duties
https://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/art_show13/2
Oil on canvas, 60x72 inches
Artist's Statement:
I am a woman, a spouse, a friend, a visual artist, a scholar, and a teacher created in the image of the triune God. I am forgiven and have a lifelong and prayerful relationship with Jesus Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit. I am a fallible, broken, redeemed child of God. I hold that human relationships are bound together by the Holy Spirit, through risk-taking in conversation and in endeavor. Faith is the foundation of who I am, and thereby, what I do.
I hold that the visual arts tap into the core of humanity. Made in the image of the creator God, humans, in our diversity, have a mandate to create and uniquely express ourselves. As a painter, my work has roots in traditional landscape painting, and is greatly influenced by the landscapes/places in which I exist (and have existed) – whether long-term or temporary. As the daughter of a career military man, geography regularly changed, but a constant was my grandmother’s painting studio. By her example, I learned what it meant to live out faith in community through creativity. In light of this example, my work has become a personal and faith-filled reflection of the individual – me – born out of a deeply held desire to reflect and actively interpret place.
For the past year, I have focused on a body of work that explores Istanbul’s multicultural make-up and complex history as is plays out across the breadth and depth of the city. I traveled in and out of the city to visit a variety of locations that were once important Christian and Byzantine sites. While on location, I observed and photo-documented structures, as well as the social and cultural dynamics that played out within these locales. I found myself interested in the social dynamics that played out amongst genders, and juxtapositions of western and non-western modes of adornment and representation seen in the contemporary women of the city.
I was challenged by the western ideologies I bought with me into Istanbul. As I continued to observe and look closer at social interactions, I noticed groups of women walking together – seemingly close friends – adorned in everything from conservative dress to Daisy Duke shorts. This city and it rich history became, in front of my eyes, flexible and constantly changing. As I continued to engage the city, its flexible nature became contingent on my engagement and willingness to observe social and cultural exchanges without the lens of western ideologies. I fluctuated in and out of confusion and understanding about what I was seeing and experiencing. I sought to discover and render the many layers that have taken this city from the seat of the Christian empire to the secular, yet pluralist, seemingly post-Christian place that enveloped me.
These tensions ultimately resulted in paint on canvas. Istanbul challenged my ability to find an appropriate expression for its seemingly endless layers. The importance of a dialogue between the paintings and their viewer rests on encouraging recognition of Istanbul in its various social, historical, political, and sometimes fantastic layers and moments. It is a dialogue about my way of seeing and representing the city, and the necessity of complicating that vision through its endless layers of growth, stagnancy, depression and renewal. In this experience, I have seen and attempted to render these layers as I have ultimately discovered their echo of the innumerable layers of a life of faith.

Some Have Persisted
https://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/art_show13/3
Oil on linen, 37x40 inches
Artist's Statement:
I am a woman, a spouse, a friend, a visual artist, a scholar, and a teacher created in the image of the triune God. I am forgiven and have a lifelong and prayerful relationship with Jesus Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit. I am a fallible, broken, redeemed child of God. I hold that human relationships are bound together by the Holy Spirit, through risk-taking in conversation and in endeavor. Faith is the foundation of who I am, and thereby, what I do.
I hold that the visual arts tap into the core of humanity. Made in the image of the creator God, humans, in our diversity, have a mandate to create and uniquely express ourselves. As a painter, my work has roots in traditional landscape painting, and is greatly influenced by the landscapes/places in which I exist (and have existed) – whether long-term or temporary. As the daughter of a career military man, geography regularly changed, but a constant was my grandmother’s painting studio. By her example, I learned what it meant to live out faith in community through creativity. In light of this example, my work has become a personal and faith-filled reflection of the individual – me – born out of a deeply held desire to reflect and actively interpret place.
For the past year, I have focused on a body of work that explores Istanbul’s multicultural make-up and complex history as is plays out across the breadth and depth of the city. I traveled in and out of the city to visit a variety of locations that were once important Christian and Byzantine sites. While on location, I observed and photo-documented structures, as well as the social and cultural dynamics that played out within these locales. I found myself interested in the social dynamics that played out amongst genders, and juxtapositions of western and non-western modes of adornment and representation seen in the contemporary women of the city.
I was challenged by the western ideologies I bought with me into Istanbul. As I continued to observe and look closer at social interactions, I noticed groups of women walking together – seemingly close friends – adorned in everything from conservative dress to Daisy Duke shorts. This city and it rich history became, in front of my eyes, flexible and constantly changing. As I continued to engage the city, its flexible nature became contingent on my engagement and willingness to observe social and cultural exchanges without the lens of western ideologies. I fluctuated in and out of confusion and understanding about what I was seeing and experiencing. I sought to discover and render the many layers that have taken this city from the seat of the Christian empire to the secular, yet pluralist, seemingly post-Christian place that enveloped me.
These tensions ultimately resulted in paint on canvas. Istanbul challenged my ability to find an appropriate expression for its seemingly endless layers. The importance of a dialogue between the paintings and their viewer rests on encouraging recognition of Istanbul in its various social, historical, political, and sometimes fantastic layers and moments. It is a dialogue about my way of seeing and representing the city, and the necessity of complicating that vision through its endless layers of growth, stagnancy, depression and renewal. In this experience, I have seen and attempted to render these layers as I have ultimately discovered their echo of the innumerable layers of a life of faith.

Mind-Boggling To Note
Oil on canvas, 30x40 inches

Inner Discourse About Shortcomings
Oil and acrylic on canvas, 12x12 inches

Us vs. the Other
Oil and acrylic on canvas, 12x12 inches

Participation in Public Life
Oil and acrylic on canvas, 12x12 inches

Ideological and Empirical Excellence

Push From the Bottom

Length and Duration Of This Process

Testing The Waters

In Spite of All Attempts

There Would Have Likely Been An Uproar
Oil on canvas, 60x72 inches

Husbands and Wives May Sit Together

Partners in Everything
Oil on linen, 37x38 inches

Attempts to Belittle the Movement

They Represented a Warning

First Sign of Uprising
Oil on canvas

Installation Image, Falling In Place

Independent, Vocal, Opinionated