Studio Information
Marin Art and Garden Center Gallery
About The Artist
My journey as a visual artist has been all about experimentation. At heart, I will always be a
photographer but it is essential to me to use my hands as part of the process and to create work
that is unique and not mass reproduced.
I rely heavily on historic processes for printing, primarily platinum palladium, photogravure and
cyanotype. The choice of unique papers and textures lend individuality to each of my images.
Gold and Palladium leafing is sometimes applied to translucent paper to illuminate and create a
sense of transcendence.
Although much of my work is monochrome, I have also discovered hand coloring as a way of adding
tonality and depth to images through palette choices. My colored images start with a monochrome
photograph. Color is then delicately applied with brushwork using pastels. Pastel pencils, graphite,
ink and charcoal are introduced to play a role in highlighting fine details. The use of handmade
papers such as kozo also contribute to the overall tonality and depth of the image.
Exhibits and Selected Awards 2023 Annual Juried Members Exhibit, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel CA juror: Hamidah Glasgow 2022 Annual Juried Members Exhibit, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel CA. Juror: Crista Dix Forgotten, A. Smith Gallery, Johnson City TX. Jurors: Sal Taylor Kidd & Dawn Surratt Monochromatic, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley CA. Juror: Suzanne Gray 2021 Vistas, Juror’s Honorable Mention, A. Smith Gallery, Johnson City TX, Juror: George Nobechi Unique, Alternative Processes 2021, Director’s Honorable Mention, A. Smith Gallery, Johnson City TX. Juror: Michael Kirchoff Winter Show, Coastal Arts League, Half Moon Bay CA, People’s Choice Award Seeing the Edge, Small Group Photography Exhibit, Coastal Arts League, Half Moon Bay CA 5th Annual International Alternative Process Photography Exhibit, The Image Flow, Mill Valley CA. Jurors: Niniane Kelley, Ed Carey, Brian Taylor 2020 Beneath the Surface, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art Member Exhibit, Novato CA. 2019 Annual Group Photography Exhibit, The Image Flow, Mill Valley CA Ensemble, Juried Exhibit. Marin Community Foundation Gallery, Novato CA. Curator: Michah LeBrun Annual Juried Photography Exhibit. Coastal Arts League, Half Moon Bay CA. Juror: Robert Buelteman 4th Annual International Alternative Process Photography Exhibit. Image Flow Gallery, Mill Valley CA Jurors: Unai San Martin, Ann M. Hastrab, Christina Z. Anderson. Transcend. Juried Member Show. Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato CA. Juror: Amy Owen 2018 Memory and Perception. National Juried Exhibit Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato CA Juror: Alan Bamberger Realism to Abstraction. Juried Exhibit. Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael CA. Juror: Randall Sexton Exposed 2018. Juried Exhibit. Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael CA Urban Life and Cityscapes. Juried Exhibit. Coastal Arts League, Half Moon Bay CA 7 Deadly Sins. Online Exhibit, Cotuit Center for the Arts, Cotuit MA. Curator: Amy Arbus Annual Group Photography Exhibit, The Image Flow, Mill Valley CA Selected Honors and Awards Honorable Mention, International Photography Awards, Analog/Film, Fine Art Category, 2021 Honorable Mention, Conceptual, Photo Manipulation, and Architecture Categories. 2018 International Monochrome Awards
Pastel, Photography, Prints and Printmaking
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