ARTIST'S STATEMENT At time I feel like I am living in one of my landscape paintings and drawings. That line that exists between reality and the way I depict it in my work seems to blur sometimes -- especially when the light is extraordinary or space and color contrasts are amplified. My surroundings and my travels have impacted my visual experience and my work greatly. I grew up in Southern California and was literally soaking in that bright light for years. The familiarity with light and color left a permanent imprint on me and has been the primary source of my artistic inspiration. The underlying theme that runs through all of my work is the idea of an transcendent reality. I have always been intrigued by my own dream imagery -- not necessarily the contextual psychological plots but the actual visual imagery --- that heightened sense of reality that is experienced in the rare lucid dream or in moments of pure transcendence. I play with the notion that our visual reality is perhaps a mirror image of a parallel reality that exists on a slightly higher vibration. It is that which I try to achieve in my works of "realism" -- a heightened sense of place, of mood, of feeling. I was serious about my desire to paint as early as grade school. I studied painting and drawing at Otis Art Institute and The Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles and subsequently earned a Bachelor's of Fine Arts Degree in Painting and Drawing from the California State University in Long Beach. I now live and work in Northern California. My recent interest has been in exploring the natural and altered terrain of the farmland, wine country, rivers, marshlands and coastal regions of the Western States in addition to my travels across the country and in Europe. Soft pastel has been my preferred medium since I first started exploring with it in college. Nothing compares to those pigments to achieve the rich color that suits me and the spontaneity they provide. I work with several varieties and brands from the butter-like Unison to Rembrandt as well as homemade sticks. My surfaces are the finest archival papers like LeCarte and Wallis or prepared boards. Layers of color are applied and some blending is achieved using fingers and blending sticks. Rather than adopting a "technique" I utilize my formal training as a painter to build a pastel much the same way that I paint an oil on canvas. For me the transforming activity of manipulating the pigments on the surface of the paper or board is a uniquely important part of the overall process of creating these images.
EDUCATION
1975-1976	Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California
1976-1977	Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, California
1977-1982	California State University, Long Beach, California B.F.A. in Painting and Drawing
EXHIBITIONS
2008	Land and Water, Humboldt Baykeeper, Eureka, CA
2007	Dreaming in Color, Deer Ridge Vineyards, Livermore, CA
2006	Vineyard Views, Art of Wine, Eureka, CA
2005	California and Italy, Plaza Design, Eureka, CA Humboldt's Finest Gallery, Eureka, CA Humboldt Artworks, Arcata, CA
2004	Humboldt's Finest Gallery, Eureka, CA Plaza Design, McKinleyville, CA Elliott Fouts Gallery, Granite Bay, CA
2002	California Landscapes, Tobert Gallery, Ferndale, CA New Works, The Gallery, Eureka, CA
2001	Pastel Landscapes, Mary Bell Gallery, Chicago, IL Peaceful Surroundings, Art Merge Gallery, Dallas, TX
2000	California Dream, Thompson Gallery, Livermore, CA Landscapes, Imani Gallery, Napa, CA Landscapes, Mary Bell Gallery, Chicago, IL
1997	Images of Spring, Mary Bell Gallery, Chicago, IL
1996	Alentours, Merging One Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Sojourns, Joanne Chappell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1991	Drawings, Gallery M, Fresno, CA
1988	Drawings, Lisane, Newport Beach, CA Drawings, Bistango, Los Angeles, CA Drawings, Orange Coast College Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA Drawings, Studio Café, Corona Del Mar, CA
1984	New Work on Paper, James Turcotte Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
GROUP SHOWS
2008	Unique Landscapes, Mary Bell Gallery, Chicago, IL New Landscapes, Art of Wine, Eureka, CA
2007	Gallery Artists, Editions Limited Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2006	Gallery Artists, Art of Wine, Eureka, CA History of Women Artists, from Mary Cassatt to the Present, David Barnett Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2005	Invited Artists, Vacaville Art Museum, CA
2003	New Artists, Elliott Fouts Gallery, Granite Bay, CA
2002	Torbert Gallery, Ferndale, CA Editions Limited Gallery, Indianapolis, IN Elliott Fouts Gallery, Granite Bay, CA
2001	Editions Limited Gallery, Indianapolis, IN Gallery One, Petaluma, CA
2000	Atalier 2000 Print Exhibition, Fresh Paint, Culver City, CA Editions Limited Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
1999	A Survey of Bay Area Artists, Fresh Paint, Culver City, CA All Artist Exhibition, Editions Limited Gallery, Indianapolis, IN Mary Bell Gallery, Chicago, IL
1998	Mary Bell Gallery, Chicago, IL In the Spirit of Women, Thompson Gallery, Livermore, CA Holiday Exhibition of Gallery Artists, Editions Limited Gallery, Indianapolis, IN Joanne Chappel Gallery/Editions Limited Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1997	Barlett Gallery, Pleasanton, CA New Beginnings, Old Friends, Fresh Paint, Culver City, CA Editions Limited Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
1996	Editions Limited Gallery, Indianapolis, IN Crocker-Kingsley 70th Exhibition, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA Flora, Editions Limited Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
1995	Pastel Anthology, David Barnett Gallery, Milwaukee, WI Editions Limited Gallery, Indianapolis, IN The Garden Party, Thompson Gallery, Livermore, CA
1994	Editions Limited Gallery, Indianapollis, IN
1990	Joane Chapell Gallery, San Francisco, CA Summer Group Show, Joanne Chappell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1989	Figurative Abstraction, Andrea Marquit Gallery, Boston, MA The Art Teacher, Metro Contemporary Gallery, Foster City, CA Line and Form - Works on Paper by California Artists,     Hatley Martin Gallery, San Francisco, California
1987	Reflections and Illusions, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA Drawings, Lifescapes International, Newport Beach, CA The Edge Gallery, Fullerton, CA Julia Morgan Memorial Exhibition of California Women Artists,     Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
1986	Ruth Bachofner Gallery Exhibit at L.A. Mart, Los Angeles, CA In the Pink, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA Drawings - Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA The People Corridor, Curated by Laguna Art Museum at South Coast Plaza,     Costa Mesa, CA
1985	New Juice in Orange County, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA Second Biennial, Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, CA Wall Works, L.A. Artcore, Los Angeles, CA
1984	Discovery '84, Simard Gallery, Los Angeles, CA The California Promise - Five Fletcher Park Artists,     University of California Irvine Fine Art Gallery, Irvine, CA New Artists, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA International Arts Competition, Los Angeles, CA     AWARD--Silver Medal, Second Place -- Drawing Category
1983	Works on Paper, L.A. Artcore, Los Angeles, CA
PROFESSIONAL TEACHING & AFFILIATIONS
1989	Drawing and Painting Instructor, Livermore Valley Unified School District, Livermore, CA
1986-1988	Drawing Instructor, Irvine Valley College, Irvine, CA
1984-1988	Drawing and Painting Instructor, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA Drawing Instructor, Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA
Member:	Pastel Society of America Humboldt Arts Council

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