My influences include the legendary Studs
Terkel, Keith
Haring, Lynda
Barry, John Callahan, David
Sedaris, Annie Dillard,
Alison Bechdel, Roz Chast, Jean-Jacques Sempe, the uninhibited perspective of children, and the many friends I met while
working as a nurse.
Specifically, I am constantly influenced by those patients who gracefully shared themselves with me as their lives were drawing to a close.
My art is an attempt to reflect and aspire, rooted in the paradox that as humans we are infinite spirits housed in finite bodies, leaving us grounded, yet reaching.
CONTACT ME:
EMAIL: COMICNURSE@MAC.COM
312-925-5298
UPCOMING:
STUDIO b HOLIDAY SHOW AT THE HANCOCK - STAY TUNED FOR DETAILS.
Southwest Michigan Representation by Studio b Gallery, Three Oaks
Exhibition History:
September 2008 -Effe Leven Gallery - 213 W. Institute Place, Chicago. "Women in the Arts - A Celebration"
Mark di Suvero's Peace Tower, Chicago Cultural Center, 2007
Mercury Cafe -1505 W. Chicago Avenue, Summer 2007
Chicago Art Open, October 2006
Highland Park Art Walk, May 2006
FOTA Solo Show, Starbucks Cafe, Roscoe and Damen, Chicago, November 2006, September and October 2005
Members' Show, Wilmette Arts Guild, 2007, 2006
Solo Show, Chicago Public Library, Lincoln/Belmont Branch, March 2006
Solo Show, Chameleon Cafe, Harbert, MI, October 2005- January 2006
"Images of Harbor Country" Scarlet Macaw, Sawyer, MI September 2005
Alternative Press Exposition San Francisco, CA 2005
ART
FOR CHARITY DAYS Cornelia Arts Center, Chicago, IL March 2004, March
2005
TranzArt Online exhibit by Anatomically Correct Gallery, Chicago, IL
GERBER-HART
LIBRARY
Chicago, IL
solo show, November 2003
AROUND
THE COYOTE
Chicago, IL
September 1997
9th Annual AIDS Update Conference
San Francisco, CA
March 1997
AIDS and the Art of Nursing
Charles Schabes Gallery, Chicago, IL
July 1996
Exposures: The Art of AIDS
Spectrum Center, Chicago, IL
January 1996
Folding Images on the Environment
Tabula Rasa Gallery,
Chicago, IL
October 1995
Chicago Memories - illustrations. Scheduled for FALL 2008 release
SOUTH LOOP REVIEW, Columbia College's literary magazine - cartoon included. FALL RELEASE.
Third cartoon collection, Shut Up and Draw scheduled for 2009 release.
Girls' Guide to Guys' Stuff - contributor. Friends of Lulu Press, 2007
Comic Nurse - second self-published cartoon collection, 2006
Scars. Stories and Other Adventures self published collection of cartoons, 2004
"This I Believe" cartoon featured on National Public Radio website
Gay E-Zine, contributor, cartoons bi-weekly e-magazine
Occasional contributor to Sequential Tart, comics and culture webzine
featured artist, 2008, contributing artist, Prism Comics 2005 Update (article image here) and 2006 Color Portfolio
cover, The Lincoln Square Chamber of Commerce Neighborhood Guide and Directory July 2004
The
Book of Magnetic Poetry
"Ron"
April 1997
The Chaplaincy Journal
"NATE"
Winter 2000
The American Journal of Nursing
"When
A Loved One is Dying: Families Talk About Nursing Care"
May 1996
South Bend Tribune Feature Article
Sequential Tart "Intro to Webcomics" Feature
