About Beth
I am a South Carolina native. Early education was in schools of the upstate and a college degree was earned at Winthrop University. I have been an art educator in schools from the foothills of South Carolina to the coast. I left the state briefly for a job in Atlanta, Georgia. In Atlanta I used my art educator experience in designing computer based manuals and training programs. In 1983, I married my husband Dennis and moved back to South Carolina. Since that time I have pursued a career as a professional artist.
Artist Statement
My earlier works were pen and ink detail drawings on paper. Today, I use a variety of media in my work. If I can bend it and shape it to express an idea, I use it. Paper, wood, wire, paint, polymer clay, and apoxy clay are commonly used throughout my works. The works are mostly three-dimensional: relief wall hangings or free standing sculptures. Themes in the works are varied but most tend to have a sense of history that relates to events of today. Many of these works came about because I think about why things are the way they are.
The Moving Line
The moving line, forever restless
Seeking to define shapes and forms
Is the basis of my work.
Work that is two-dimensional
Or three-dimensional.
Lines of ink, paint, clay
Wood, wire, etc…..
Lines that are straight, curved,
Sweeping, and twisted.
Lines that weave in and out
Defining the world as I see it
Both real and imaginary.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2014 – Management Board, Chair, Artists Collective | Spartanburg
1983- Visual Artist – Mixed Media.
1981-1983 Project Manager, Cox Cable Communications Inc., Atlanta, Georgia.
1971-1981 Art and English Teacher at various South Carolina Schools.
EDUCATION: B. A. Degree, Winthrop College, Rock Hill, South Carolina 1971
JURIED AND INVITATIONAL EXHIBITS
1984-85,89 Artists’ Guild Juried Exhibit, Spartanburg, S.C.
1991,92,94,95-2003
1984-1991 Invitational Crafts Show, The Gallery, Spartanburg, S.C.
1985 Exhibit of Three Women Artists, The Gallery, Spartanburg, S.C.
1988 Riverplace Festival, Greenville, S.C.
North Carolina National Bank Exhibit, Spartanburg, S.C.
1989 Out Of The Carolinas, The International Gallery, San Diego, CA
South Carolina Artist Guild Annual Juried Show
1991 Guild Gallery on Main, Art With a Difference; Spartanburg, S.C.
1992 Sandor Teszler Library, Wofford College, Spartanburg, S.C.
Converse College, Spartanburg, S.C.
1993 NationsBank Annual Juried Exhibit, Spartanburg, S.C.
1994 Guild Gallery, Spartanburg, S.C.
Burwell Invitational Art Exhibit, Spartanburg, S.C.
1995 Anderson Art Association Juried Exhibition, Anderson, S.C.
Western North Carolina Juried Art Exhibit, Tryon, N.C.
Cannon Elementary School Gallery, Spartanburg, S.C.
Spartanburg Day School Gallery, Spartanburg, S.C.
1996 Anderson Art Association Juried Exhibition, Anderson, S.C.
1997 Anderson Art Association Juried Exhibition, Anderson, S.C.
1999 Pickens Art Association Juried Exhibition, Pickens, S.C.
1999 On and Off The Wall Exhibit, Pickens County Museum
2000 Anderson Art Association Juried Exhibition, Anderson, S.C.
2000 Anderson Art Association – Media Variations
2002 Anderson Art Association – Juried Exhibit
2002 Pickens Art Association – One Woman Exhibit
2002 South Carolina ETV – The Beat, Oct. 9, 2002
2003 Anderson Art Association – Juried Exhibit
2004 Anderson Art Association – Fish Out of Water Competition
2004 Belton Art Association – Invitational, Landscape Exhibit
2005 Anderson Art Association – Juried Exhibit
2013-2018 West Main Artists Cooperative – collaborative or one woman exhibits
Twining Spirits – collaboration with Teresa Prater 2014
Reflections – one woman exhibit 2015
Selenophilia – collaboration with 3 WMAC artists 2016
Lyrical Lines – collaboration with Louisa Coburn 2017
Sins and Virtues – collaboration with Annette Giaco 2018
2018 Shelby Art Center, Shelby, NC – Sins and Virtues collaboration with Annette Giaco
2022 Artists Collective | Spartanburg – Solomon Gallery – With Strings Attached
2022 Artists Collective | Spartanburg – Solomon Gallery – It Begins With a Sketch
AWARDS
Artists Guild of Spartanburg Juried Exhibits,
Merit Award, March 1984,
Mosley Award, March 1987
Purchase Award, March 1992,
Merit Award, March 1993,
Merit Award, April 1996,
Sonja & Roger Duffy Award 2003
Riverplace Festival, Greenville, S.C. Merit Award, April 1988
South Carolina Artist Guild Juried Show, Merit Award, November 1989
Anderson Art Assoc. Juried Exhibit, Purchase Award, July 1995
Western North Carolina Juried Art Exhibit, Merit Award, Tryon, N.C. August 1995
Anderson Art Assoc. Juried Exhibit Purchase Award 1997
Pickens Art Assoc. Juried Exhibit Purchase Award 1999
Anderson Art Assoc. Juried Exhibit, Fine Craft Award 2000
Anderson Art Assoc. Fish Out of Water Summer 2004
Anderson Art Assoc. Merit Award Spring 2013
Spartanburg Art Museum Lighten Up Spartanburg – Public art 2017
Works have been purchased by: Individuals, Corporations, and Museums