About The Artist
I am a Mill Valley based painter whose work explores color, structure, and emergence through layered oil paintings.
My practice draws on a background in science and graphic design, shaping a process grounded in careful observation and visual clarity. Influenced by the rhythms of the natural world my paintings are meant to be experienced slowly. Meaning is not fixed in advance but unfolds through looking, as the eye follows the accumulated paths that brought the image into being.
My early formal education and training at U.C. Berkeley as a microbiologist helped develop a keen visual discrimination know-how. In later years my printing and graphic arts company tuned my eyes to design and color relationships. College art classes and numerous art workshops have continued to hone my techniques. I have found this unique set of skills invaluable in developing my fine arts process.
My artworks have been juried into over 27 competitive art exhibitions throughout the Bay Area. I have also shown my art in 7 solo exhibitions, most recently at Point Richmond Gallery.
Oil Paint, Acrylic Paint, Watercolor, Digital Art, Photography, Mixed Media
Studio Information
Contact Information
415-246-0657
Exhibitions & Press
SOLO SHOWS:
Mill Valley Arts Commission, Community Center, 2025 “Windows of Color”
Loft – O’Hanlon Center For the Arts, 2024 “Moods of Travel”
Mill Valley Chamber of Commerce, 2022 “Passing Seasons”
Smith Ranch Homes Gallery, 2022 “Moments of Transition”
O’Hanlon Center For the Arts, 2022 “Geometry of Color”
GROUP / JURIED SHOWS:
Marin Open Studios, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022
The Belvedere Tiburon Library Art Gallery, 2025, “Art Inspired by Literature”
Marin Community Foundation – MOS, “Landing Places”, 2025
The Belvedere Tiburon Library Art Gallery, 2025, “Artists’ Narratives”
2358 MRKT Gallery, 2024, Show Stopper
The Belvedere Tiburon Library Art Gallery, 2024, “Colors in Art”
Falkirk Cultural Center, 2024, “A Gathering of Color”
O’Hanlon Center For the Arts, JURIED SHOWS: 2025 Lyrical, 2024 Chaos, 2024 Blue, 2024 Wabi Sabi, 2024 Dualities, 2023 Call and Response, 2023 Working Together, 2023 Art and Ecology, 2022 Wabi Sabi, 2022 Red, 2022 Strictly Abstract, 2022 Monochromatic, 2021 Local Inspiration, 2021 A Moment of Reflection, 2020 Winter White, 2019 Fresh from the Studio
Bank of Marin – Mill Valley / MOS, 2023 – 2025
Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, 2023 “Altered Worlds”
Moonstruck Fine Jewelry, 2023, “Nature’s Dream”
Ruby Livingdesign, 2022 “Flora and Fauna II”
Gualala Arts Center: Art in the Redwoods, 2022, 2020, 2019
Judges Award, Art in the Redwoods – Gualala Arts, August 2021, “Woman With Tie and Cigarette”
Marin Magazine, November 2022. “Out & About – Spotlight”
Marin Independent Journal, December 30, 2021. See front of Lifestyles section: “How to see Marin art in person and online.”
Education
University of California, Berkeley, B.S. Conservation of Natural Resources
Workshops with Mira White – Mendocino Art Center, Andrew Faulkner – ICB, Gordon Studer – ICB, Bernard Healey – Marin MOCA, College of Marin, Art classes with Chester Arnold and others
