Artist Statement

My work is an expression of my compassion for nature – a celebration of the good earth, the sun and everything in between. The largest and the smallest things are all beautiful to me. I begin a painting with a gesture and end as a contemplation on composition, form and color – a meditation of optimistic colorful motion. I hope to impart the joy I feel surrendering to playfulness and intuition as it leads to the discovery of the finished piece. What develops remains open to the imagination.

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Education

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

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Bibliography

2019
Taylor-Kearney, Carol, "Expressing Expressionism," WhatsArt Blog, November 30, 2019

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Professional Experience

2001 - present
Chairman, Public Financial Management Annual Art Exhibition

1995
Chairman, Computer Science Corporation Juried Employee Art Exhibition

1993 - 1995
Assistant Director, Center for the Arts in Southern New Jersey

Exhibitions

2018
Cerulean Arts Collective Members Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA

2017
Perkins Center for the Arts Annual Juried Exhibition, First Place, Moorestown, NJ

2013
Ruminations: Stephanie Rogers & Rita Reisser, Cerulean Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Perkins Annual Works on Paper, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ

2010
In Several Colors, Two Woman Exhibition, Cerulean Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Journey of the Spirit, Two Woman Exhibition, Abstract Expression Gallery, Mt. Holly, NJ

Public Financial Management 8th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
2nd Place

2009
Public Financial Management 7th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
1st Place

Annual Continuing Education Juried Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2008
6th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Public Financial Management, Philadelphia, PA
1st Place

Annual Continuing Education Juried Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Abstraction, Bauhaus Gallery, Westmont, NJ

Works on Paper Annual Juried Exhibition, Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA

2007
Color Wild: Four Women, Community Audio, Chestnut Hill, PA

5th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Public Financial Management, Philadelphia, PA

Annual Continuing Education Juried Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2005
Expressions in Color: Three Woman, Community Audio, Chestnut Hill, PA

Annual Continuing Education Juried Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA