If you would like to commission Colleen for your next project please contact her at 301-898-4222 or email her directly at studiocrc@comcast.net.
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The Figure: Architecture of the Soul – FCC Gallery (The Mary Condon Hodgson Art Gallery); Frederick, Maryland, September 2008
Journeys – Mary Pfister Gallery; Frederick,Maryland, November 2008
Regional Juried Exhibit – The Delaplaine Visual Arts Center; Frederick, Maryland, June 2008
Frederick in Annapolis – State House in Annapolis,Maryland, January 2009
The Art of the Line – The Bridge Gallery Drawing Exhibit; Sheperdstown, West Virginia, February 2009
Journeys II – Mary Pfister Gallery; Frederick, Maryland, September 2009
New Work – Gifts Inn Boonsboro; Boonsboro, Maryland, October 2009
A Colorful Collaborative – Byron Residence in Middletown, Maryland, June 2010
Novel – The Delaplaine Visual Arts Center; Frederick, Maryland, January 2011
Paint and Pasture: Barnstormer Tour – Woodsboro, Maryland, June 2011
Metes and Bounds: Exploring Connections to the Land – VOLT Dining & Underground Gallery; Frederick,Maryland, March 2012
New Work – The Artists Gallery; Frederick, Maryland, March 2012 to present
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, Begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it, Begin it now.
— Goethe
I attended Montgomery College in Rockville, Maryland and decided I wanted to be an illustrator. To translate a concept or an idea, to visually solve a problem using limiting criteria, and to do it well, has always felt stimulating and challenging. But in recent years, the illustrator in me has morphed into more of an abstract expressionist painter.
My artistic goals continue to be challenging. I strive to develop an innovative, personal style of painting that might be labeled ‘spontaneous control’. I play with color and texture and line, not so much to illustrate an idea but to create, in the end, a painting that is fresh and exciting. I simultaneously struggle and delight in the creative process.