Art Education:
MFA Northern Illinois University, College of Art
DeKalb, Illinois
Undergraduate art work New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, New Mexico

Selected Exhibitions:

2007
- Overture, Matrix Gallery, March/ April 2007, Albuquerque NM
- Show of Paintings, January 2007, Satellite Coffee (Montgomery), Albuquerque, NM

2006
- Fall Blowout Show, Peanut Gallery, October/November 2006, Santa Fe, NM
- Stacy Hawkinson : Paintings, Flying Star Downtown, August 2006 - January 2007, Albuquerque, NM
- South Of The Southwest, Peanut Gallery, July/August 2006, Santa Fe NM
- Circus De Arte, Peanut Gallery, June/July 2006, Santa Fe NM
- The Peanut Gallery's Dictionary, Peanut Gallery, March/April 2006, Santa Fe NM
- Valentine Exhibit, Downtown Contemporary Art Center, February-April 2006

2005
- Organizing Chaos, Inpost Artspace, October/ November 2005, Albuquerque NM
- Go-Downtown Albuquerque Arts Festival 2005, September 2005
- Valentine Exhibit, Downtown Contemporary Art Center, February/March 2005, Albuquerque NM

2004
- Solo Show, September/October 2004, Downtown Contemporary Art Center, Albuquerque, NM
- Lovely, May/June 2004, Fort 105, Albuquerque, NM

2003
- Wall 2 Wall, November/December 2003, Fort 105, Albuquerque, NM
- Go- Downtown Albuquerque Arts Festival 2003, September 2003
- Even More Luscious, February/March 2003, Fort 105, Albuquerque, NM

2002
- Two Person Show, December 2002/January 2003, Maester Gallery, Bakersfield CA
- Eye Candy, December 2002, Fort Store, Albuquerque, NM
- Downtown Studio Tour & Exhibit (Image selected for invitations and posters publicizing event) September 2002, presented by Downtown Action Team, ABQ arts, Magnifico, and Fort 105
- Art of Albuquerque ( Magnifico Juried Show), August/September 2002, Albuquerque Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM
- Luscious, February/ March 2002, Fort 105, Albuquerque, NM

2001
- Downtown Window on the Arts (Magnifico), November 2001/December 2000
- Century Rio Theater Building, Albuquerque, NM
- Art of Fort 105, July/August 2001, Fort 105, Albuquerque, NM

2000
- Shimmer, December 2000, Fort 105, Albuquerque, NM
- Pig-Icons (Two Person Show), September/ October 2000, [AC]2 Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
- Water (Magnifico Juried Show), August/September 2000, Albuquerque Art Museum
- Seeing Red, February 2000, Fort 105, Albuquerque, NM

1999
- Winters Night, December 1999, Fort 105, Albuquerque, NM
- 15 Minutes of Fame, January 1999, Hunger Artist Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

1998
- Paper, Rocks, Scissors, November 1998, Hunger Artist Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
- Ordinary Madness, February 1998, ARC Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

1997
- Small Works Show, April 1997, Lucy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
- Debut, March 1997, Lucy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

My art education began in earnest after obtaining several science degrees and working in the Medical technology field for a couple of years. But something kept drawing me back to the arts I had always loved and this resulted in undergraduate work at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces. This in turn resulted in an MFA degree in painting and drawing from Northern Illinois University in Dekalb. By the time I got to Albuquerque I knew how I wanted to paint, I just didn't know how to go about it. I like to work big and that requires space to paint, which I didn't have. To avoid that problem I started a small cooperative gallery with people who responded to my ad in the Alibi.

After the LUCY Gallery played out I discovered I was left with a few art friends and still no where to work so I painted smaller and participated in a few shows. Eventually I found my way to studio space at Fort 105 in downtown Albuquerque where I could produce and show paintings. My work now ranges from very large to very small. These pieces are composed with images I've found somewhere or another, often painted on fabric or maybe a blanket or discarded drapes, or on canvas or board.

Realistic, banal, commercial, popular, appropriated images may be combined with abstract painting, cartoonish clip art renderings, silhouettes, dripping house paints, whatever works at the time. I really just like to play with the elements using a wide range of techniques and styles until a sense of balance, or imbalance is struck. Or I might paint a single image all by itself, or no image at all.
I also like polka dots.