About the Artist

Artist's Statement

My work is influenced by the early abstract expressionists and by the art,
myth and symbolic imagery of non-western cultures. Being unconcerned about
controlling the product is common in my work. The process, the doing, is most important.

Abstraction frees me from the constraints of the conventional. I am sometimes inspired
by the real world or simply by patterns and colors. Whether spontaneous
or meticulously planned, my work is an internal journey into unexplored territory.
The journey is to the boundary between chaos and order, abstract and real.

Exhibitions

• group shows, High Risk Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

2004

• group shows, High Risk Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
• Chicago Art Open, National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum, Chicago, Illinois
• juried show, "Animal Images", Anti Cruelty Society, Chicago, Illinois
• invitational benefit, "Art for Animals", Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois

2003

• group shows, High Risk Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
• Juried show, "It's raining cats and dogs", Anti Cruelty Society, Chicago, Illinois

2002

• group show, "Chicago Open," Chicago Art Coalition, Chicago, Illinois
• group show, "Walk on Art," High Risk Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
• invitational benefit, "Every Heart Needs Art," Niles North High School, Skokie,Illinois

1998

• exhibit, Gallery/Studio, Augusta, Maine, 1996-1998

1997

• solo show, "Nomad," Augusta City Center, Augusta, Maine
• group show, open house, one market square, Augusta, Maine

1996

• salon show, "Looking at Eternity," Spectrum Gallery, Hallowell, Maine
• solo show, "Solo," Thomas College Gallery, Waterville, Maine
• two-person show, Vandebroek and van den Broeke, Moss Gallery, Augusta, Maine
• solo show, "Solitary Nomad," Augusta City Center, Augusta, Maine
• juried show, "Art 96," Harlow Gallery, Hallowell, Maine
• two-person show, "Nomad's Journey," The Gallery, Maple Hill Farm, Hallowell, Maine
• online exhibition, http://www.mint.net/~edges, 1996-1997

1995

• featured artist, "Abstract Journey," Harlow Gallery, Hallowell, Maine
• two-person show, "Nomadic Souls," Augusta City Center, Augusta, Maine
• benefit show, Humane Society, "Slates," Hallowell, Maine, 1995, 1996
• salon show, Old Hallowell, Harlow Gallery, Hallowell, Maine
• benefit show, "Maine won't discriminate," Augusta, Maine
• benefit auction, Kennebec Valley Chamber of Commerce, Augusta, Maine

1994

• invitational, "The Subject is Mermaids," Hallowell, Maine
• juried benefit auction, Kennebec Valley Art Association, Hallowell, Maine
• salon shows, Kennebec Valley Art Association, Hallowell, Maine, 1994-1996

Member, Chicago Artists' Coalition

Member, National Association of Photoshop Professionals

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