Hope Is a Waking Dream
October 9 - November 2, 2025
D'art 360 Gallery, 900 Santa Fe Dr., Denver, CO 80204
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In Hope is a Waking Dream, I explore hope not solely as an emotion but as an active practice. These organic, complex forms serve as physical chronicles of my life, layered with wisdom from the various roles I have inhabited: daughter, sister, mother, partner, and leader; friend, colleague, and wife; ex-friend, ex-colleague, and ex-wife.
Aristotle’s phrase, “Hope is a waking dream,” encapsulates hope's role in our lives: it envisions aspirations, fuels action, and overcomes challenges. It also warns that a waking dream may turn into a pleasing illusion. This fruitful tension is where my art thrives.
I cultivate hope by combining imagination with wisdom, experience, and persistence. These sculptures serve as evidence of hope—steps taken, lessons learned, and futures tested against rationality, all crafted by hand. My hand-building process creates strong, abstract structures that are both durable and tactile, while also appearing delicate and encouraging viewers to question.
Experience the exhibition: A vision of the future, shaped by the many characters of my past.
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Peel Slowly and See
November 14-30, 2025
Core Art Space 6501 W. Colfax Avenue, Lakewood, CO 80214
In a culture that values speed and certainty, my ceramic sculptures demand patience. They resist hasty judgments and invite slow, thoughtful observation—encouraging viewers to revisit and uncover meanings that reveal themselves over time.
“Peel Slowly and See” is both a title and a method: the work privileges the process of discovery over immediate recognition. Understanding these sculptures—and, by extension, ourselves—requires careful, sustained attention.
Through imperfection, asymmetry, and layered patterning, I trace the chaotic work of transformation and the messy beauty of becoming. Imperfection is not a flaw but a record of experience. As layers of material and abstraction unfold, a more essential self emerges—vulnerable, resilient, and continually evolving.
Stand close. Look longer. Let these layers reframe the human condition as an ongoing practice of becoming—one that yields its depth only when we peel slowly and see.
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