About The Artist
I use painting as a means to express my passion for the amazing splendor of the natural world and our shared emotions that connect us to this world. My canvases are a window into real and imagined places that I create through the use of color, composition, texture and design. Much of my original work was based years of teaching terrestrial and marine biology, and ecology to children and adults. In painting, I attempt to capture the essence, feeling, and atmosphere of landscapes and moments in time we all experience. I find the painting process enlivening and a constant challenge. I love sharing my art and the process with others.
I have always been a keen observer of our natural world. This fascination led me into a life of teaching sciences: biology, ecology, and conservation to children and adults through various educational institutions. I moved from the deep woods of Ohio, to the deserts of Arizona, to the alpine meadows of Colorado and the Sierras and eventually landed in beautiful Marin county, in Northern California where I have lived for the past 40 years. I have studied art at the San Francisco Art Institute, UC Berkeley, Cleveland Art Institute, Anderson Ranch, in Snowmass Colorado, and College of Marin. My primary teacher and major influences has been 10+ years of instruction under Chester Arnold a contemporary landscape artist based in Sonoma, California.
Acrylic Paint, Drawing, Mixed Media, Oil Paint, Pastel, Photography, Prints and Printmaking, Watercolor
Studio Information
ICB Art building
340a
Contact Information
415 602 9915
Exhibitions & Press
Marin county Fair oil painting; drawing; watercolor; multimedia;.: 2012, 2013, 2015; 2017; 2019; plien aire contests 2015
Marin Society of Artists 2019 Awardee: Audience Pick Best in Show
MArin Society of Artists “FreshArt” Junior Chester Arnold 2018
O’ Hanlon Art Center several serperate shows fro 2012-2019
Falkirk Cultural Center Fall art Exhibitor 2016
Ranches and Rangeland Show; Snowmass, Colorado 2020
Education
I have been making images all my life through a wide variety of techniques and mediums. For the last 18 years I have focused on drawing and oil painting under the contemporary realist painter Chester Arnold. I have taken multiple art classes from many institutions including the San Francisco Art Institute, UC Berkley, The San Francisco Academy of Sciences, College of Marin, O’Hanlin Art Center and through the ICB Art community. In addition I have studied on line classes with artists most recently with Nicholas Wilton and Art2Life community.
(Other educational institutions include Cleveland Art institute, Hathaway Brown School, Saguaro H.S, University of Pacific, Colorado College, University of Arizona, Colorado Springs Art Museum)
Exhibrs
Marin county Fair oil painting; drawing; watercolor; multimedia;.: 2012, 2013, 2015; 2017; 2019; plien aire contests 2015
Marin Society of Artists 2019 Awardee: Audience Pick Best in Show
O’ Hanlon Art Center several serperate shows fro 2012-2019
Falkirk cultural Center
Ranches and Rangeland pop up show Snowmass, Colorado 2020
