Education:
BA, UC Berkeley; Two Master of Arts: MA in Fine Arts & MA in Art Therapy, California State University, Sacramento
Postgraduate: University of Hawaii; UC Extension, San Francisco; Academy of Art, SF; College of Marin, Kentfield; Classical Realism Atelier of David Hardy, Oakland.
Awards:
First Place: SHERIDAN PRIZE FOR ART, Women Artists, 12/2022
Finalist: New Millennium Writing Awards, Poetry, 2023
Distinction Award: Gallery 4 Percent, San Francisco, Faces & Features, 2024
Talent Prize: Taravarna: 6th Portrait; 8th Animal, 2023; Art Show Intl.: 5th Flower, 2023
Honorable Mention: Taravarna: 9th Abstract, 2025; 6th Figurative; 7th Still Life, 2024; 6th Color, 2023; Art Show Intl.: 4th Still Life & 4th Figure, 2022; 3rd Water & 8th Abstract, 2023
Finalist: Art Show Intl.: 5th Figurative, 2023
Two Honorable Mentions: Fine Arts Exhibition, Marin Co. Fair, 1990, 1985
International:
Pocket Star Gallery, Athens, Greece, The Art of the Poem, 2022; Athens Art Calendar, 2023
Solo Exhibits:
Art in the Barn Returns, Scenic Knoll Ranch, Sonoma Co., 2019
Art in the Barn, Scenic Knoll Ranch, Sonoma County, 2018
College of Marin, Kentfield, CA, Kentfield Emeritus Center: Line & Shadow 2015;
Local Landscape 2015
Point Reyes National Seashore Visitors Center, Land and Sea, 2012, 2010, 2007, 1998
The Body Gallery, It Figures, San Francisco, 2002
Gay Gordon Gallery, San Anselmo, Selected Exhibits 1990-1991
Praeger & Co., Alcoa Bldg. Maritime Plaza, San Francisco
Francoise McCuen Gallery, San Anselmo
Center for Psych. Studies, Art by Art Therapists, Albany
California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland
Marin Open Studios & Affiliated Galleries: 2023, 2024, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2017, 2015, 2013, 2011, 2009, 2007, 2005
Group Exhibits:
DeYoung Museum, San Francisco, Web Gallery, Pictures of People, Alice Neel Exhibit, 2022
Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, San Rafael, CA: New Beginnings, 2024; Open to Interpretation, 2019; Innerscapes, 2018; Hidden, 2017; Motion//Emotion; Re-Vision, 2014; Small Treasures, 2012
Belvedere/Tiburon Library Art Gallery: Contemporary Watercolors, Pushing Boundaries, 2024
Marin Art & Garden, Ross, CA: Holiday Showcase, 2025, 2024; Autumn Showcase, 2024
Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA: Hopefully Beautiful, Founders Gallery, 2025; Contemporary Botanicals, 2022; After Nature, 2021; Musical, 2016; Art on the Farm, 2012, 2012; Small Works, 2016, 2015, 2013; Crossing the Line, 2009
California Watercolor Assoc: Delta Gallery, Brentwood, CA, Beauty of California, 2022, SoSerene, Aspen Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA, 2023; Many Approaches, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, 022; Shower Us With Art, Falkirk, 2021
Las Lagunas Gallery, Laguna, CA: Human Faces, 2020
Falkirk Cultural Center: Women Painting Women, Four Artists, 2020
Celebration of SF Bay Area Printmaking, Falkirk, SR, 2017
Bay Area Painting through Art Contemporary Marin, Toby’s Feed Barn, Pt. Reyes Station, 2016
Falkirk Juried Annual, San Rafael, 2015, 2001, 1998
Falkirk Cultural Center: Falkirk’s 100, 2012, 2011, 2010
Frank Lloyd Wright Civic Ctr. Gallery, San Rafael, Artists of Marin, 2014, 2010, 2009, 2007, 2006; Bodies, Rest & In Motion, 1997
Bolinas Gallery, Art on the Farm, 2012, 2009
Elsewhere Gallery, Fairfax, The Art of Giving 2011
Marin Arts Council Gallery: Go Figure; Small Wonders, 2011 & 2010
Elsewhere Gallery, Fairfax, Selected artwork through 2013, Figuratively Speaking, 2010, Selected Exhibits, 2008, 2009
CFA Gallery, Group Preview, Donna Seager, curator, San Anselmo, 2004
San Anselmo Arts Commission. Art Walk, 2003
750 Gallery, Sacramento, Exquisite Face, 2002
Claudia Chapline, curator, Encore, F. Lloyd Wright Civic Ctr., SR, 2001
California Collectors Gallery, Kentfield, CA, Selected artwork, 2000-01
SEVEN MAGIC REALISTS, Falkirk Cultural Ctr., SR, 2000
William Lester Gallery, Pt. Reyes Station, Selected Artwork, 1998-1999
Milton Parsons Gallery, Selected Exhibits, Marin Co.
American Assoc. of University Women Exhibit, UC Davis
Women Artists Exhibit, Sacramento, Exhibitor, Curator, and Publicist
McKinley Arts Center Gallery, Sacramento
Omega Gallery, Sacramento
Commissions:
The Grand Canyon, watercolor, private client, Marin County;
Light Fighter, watercolor, private client, New York
Festivals:
North Beach Art Festival, San Francisco, September 2003
Marin Art Festival, Civic Center Lagoon, San Rafael, 2008, 2001, 1998
Union St. Art Festival, San Francisco, 2000
McKinley Garden & Art Center, Sacramento
Work Experience:
Curator & Publicist, Woman Painting Women, 2020, Falkirk Cultural Center
Private lessons and classes, 1994 – present
Artisan Films & 6’2″ Productions, Marin, CA, Film Illustration,1999
Alberto Culver, Chicago, Ill., Artist for Package Designs,1996-97
Ross Hospital, Kentfield, CA; Art Therapist
Pat Jampolsky Design, Marin Co., Artist & Design Illustration
Tamalpais School District, Art Therapist & Adult Education
E.A. Gladman Mem. Hospital, Oakland, Staff Art Therapist
Women’s Art Show, Sacramento, Curator & Publicist
Lectures & Discussions:
Falkirk Salon, Making It Then Making It Happen, 2020
Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, 2000 & 1998
California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland,
Northern California Art Therapy Assoc., S.F.
California State University, Sacramento
Publications:
Dreaming Wide Awake, Ayris Hatton, 2026
American Artwork, 2024
The Ark, Bay Area Watercolorists, Diane Smith, 11/11/2023
Marin Magazine, 2/2015
Zawanda, 48 Artists, 2012
Pacific Sun, Magic Realists, 2000
Marin Independent Journal
Marinscope Newspapers
Sacramento Bee
Professional Organizations:
California Watercolor Association; Fine Arts Museums, San Francisco
Agent:
Amy Delaporte, Art Client Services
amy@artclientservices.com
http://www.artclientservices.com
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