artiststatement

Education

Bachelors of Fine Art, UC Berkeley

Ongoing Representation

Industrial Center Building: 480 Gate Five Road Studio 338, Sausalito, CA

Mona Lease Gallery of Contemporary Art: 39 Greenbrae Boardwalk, Greenbrae, CA

Cabana Home, Mill Valley, CA

Recent Juried/Group Exhibitions (partial list)
“Abstract Works on Canvas” Robert Allen Fine Arts, Sausalito, CA (February - March 2010)
“Inside Out: An Exhibition of Bay Area Abstract Artists” Marin MOCA, San Rafael, CA (March 2010)
“Bay Area Women Artists” (juror: Donna Seager) O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA (August 2009)
“De-Construct” (juror: Timothy Berry) Gallery 111, Sausalito, CA (May 2009)
“Twins and Triplets” O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA (February 2009)
“Small Works” ArtWorks Downtown, San Rafael, CA (November 2008)
Sonoma Plaza Center for the Arts, Sonoma, CA (September 2007)
Artisans Gallery, San Rafael, CA (Best of Show February 2007, Merit Award October 2007)
Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA (February 2007)

Recent Solo and Other Exhibitions (partial list)

Sundance Cinema Kabuki, San Francisco, CA (November 2009 - January 2010)

At The Top, Mill Valley, CA (September - October 2009)

John Wilmer Studio, Sausaltio, CA (September 2008)

Marin Civic Center, San Rafael, CA (May 2008)

Siren Salon, San Anselmo, CA (2008 and 2010)

EQ3, Emeryville, CA (October 2007- March 2008)

San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art (Monotype Marathon) San Jose, CA (2007, 2006, 2005, 2004)

Mill Valley City Hall, Mill Valley, CA (October 2006)

Marin Arts Salon, an ArtSFest Presentation, San Rafael, CA (May 2006)

Cafe Aroma, Idyllwild, CA (August - October 2005)

142 Throckmorton Theatre, CA Mill Valley, CA (April 2005)

At The Top Salon and Gallery, Mill Valley, CA (October 2009)

John Wilmer Studio, Sausaltio, CA (September 2008)

Paris Salon, San Rafael, CA (August, 2008)

Supper Club, San Francisco, CA (May 2008)

Marin Civic Center, San Rafael, CA (May 2008)

Affiliations

ICB Artists Association

Marin Arts Council, Member

Mill Valley Art Commission, Commissioner (1998-2000) and “Click Off Annual Photography Contest” Originator

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I work... create... struggle... evolve.

My art isn’t about reproducing what I see in the world, but rather bringing spontaneity, energy and authenticity to each painting; for that work to have a life of its own.

I am a fourth generation Californian and have lived in the San Francisco Bay Area most of my life. Although I am not a “landscape” painter, I am heavily drawn to the rugged and colorful landscapes I have grown up with. My work often reflects water, rocks, earth, and movement. Early on I was fascinated by the compositions of Alexander Nepote (having had an original hanging in our family home for as long as I remember), and have always been completely stimulated by the raw and exploratory work of Robert Motherwell as well as Spanish painter Antoni Clavé.

I have been blessed to explore creativity throughout my lifetime. In addition to studying the formal aspects of art at University of California at Santa Barbara and Berkeley, I have also studied printmaking (with an emphasis on monotype) with noted printmakers Ron Pokrasso, Jonde Northcut and Nick Capacci. The printmaking process informs my painting: I use many of the same techniques (additive/subtractive, multiple “drops,” stencil and collage) to enhance the richness of the work.

I see the world in complex and ambiguous terms and try to capture that in my work through texture, mark-making, and vague references to things concrete and/or experiential. The sum of each piece should be greater than its total parts. Although creating a piece of work is often an arduous journey—
not knowing the destination—the beauty and success of a work largely resides in the traces of that journey. My work is about synergy, raw expression and discovery. It is about reaching and working it a little further. Hopefully it is about seeing things differently each time you look.