ORIGIN: WONDROUS WORLDS

 

 Solo Exhibition at Robert F. DeCaprio Art Gallery 

 August 12, 2025-September 21, 2025
Reception: Thursday, Aug. 28 | 11 a.m.-1 p.m. 

 

What a wonderful opportunity to show my larger body of work, some works spanning fifteen years in the making ("Gathering" ceramic series), others still very new and fresh even for my eyes ("Reef Pods" ceramic objects and "Origin Aqueous" and ""Suspended" elongated watercolor paintings) at Robert F. DeCaprio Art Gallery of Moraine Community College. 

The work in this exhibition, like all my work, is autobiographical, gently referencing the places and memories from my life. All of it has a deep personal meaning to me, and connects me, like a journal, to my previous thoughts, reflections and experiences. And of course, what makes me so very happy is when the artwork resonate with others, when there is something to be found, experienced and felt, always anew, and shared with another human being..

Each solo exhibition is in itself like a new art piece; to some extent it is a leap into the unknown. To me it is of the utmost importance to stand behind my work and present it in the best possible way. But there is always that leap of faith, beyond the certainty of any control, and it simply is about believing all the parts of that mechanism of putting up an exhibition will work out and end up being fruitful. 

It is an enormous joy for me to see new faces in the "audience" at each of my openings - young generations of students, and also those who remember being students some forty and fifty years ago, who come to visit the exhibit and open themselves to feeling something - maybe familiar, maybe new, maybe a bit of both?

                            All images in this post courtesy of Dan Jarvis*

Lastly, I would like to mention how grateful I am to Moraine Valley Community College and the gallery coordinator Dan Jarvis, for doing a tremendous work - bringing this exhibition to life - from its installation to documenting. Thank you, Dan!