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 30 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:
2026 Point Richmond Gallery, In Person Art: Where Color Moves
2026 Corte Madera Library Gallery, Travelscapes
2025 Mill Valley Arts Commission / Community Center, Windows of Color
2024 Loft, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Moods of Travel
2022 Main Gallery, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Geometry of Color
2022 Smith Ranch Homes Gallery, Moments of Transition
2022 Mill Valley Chamber of Commerce, Passing Seasons
GROUP / JURIED SHOWS:
SELECTED JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2026, 2024 Lines & Layers, A Gathering of Color, Falkirk Cultural Center
2025-26 MOS Art Showcase, Marin Community Foundation
2026, 2024 Show Stopper Series, KnK Contemporary, San Francisco; juror Kalie Capadona
2026 Mystery and Magic of the Mountain, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts; juror Tom Killion
2025–26 Biggest Small Works Show, Gallery Sausalito; juror Sue Averell
2026 Abstracting Nature, The Gallery, Belvedere Tiburon Library
2025 Art Inspired by Literature; Artists’ Narratives, The Gallery, Belvedere Tiburon Library
2025 Lyrical, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts; juror Dr. Orin Carpenter
2024 Chaos; Blue; Wabi Sabi; Dualities, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts (OHAC)
2024 Colors in Art: Voices Soft and Loud, The Gallery, Belvedere Tiburon Library
2023 Call & Response: Art and Poetry; Working Together: Collaborative Art; Art & Ecology, OHCA
2023 Altered Worlds, Marin MOCA; juror Chester Arnold
2022 Wabi Sabi; Red; Strictly Abstract; Monochromatic, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
2022 Flora and Fauna II, Ruby Livingdesign; juror Sally Coté
2021 Local Inspiration; A Moment of Reflection, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
2020 Art in the Redwoods, Gualala Arts Center; Judges Award
2019 Fresh from the Studio; Winter White, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
OTHER EXHIBITIONS & PROJECTS
2026 Imagery Estate Winery Gallery and commissioned wine label
2022–26 Marin Open Studios, Sausalito Center for the Arts; Mill Valley Club Evexia
2019–26 Annual Members’ Show, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
2025 Marin Art and Garden Center / MOS
2023–25 Mill Valley Artists’ Show, Bank of Marin
Judges Award, Art in the Redwoods – Gualala Arts, August 2021, “Woman With Tie and Cigarette”
PRESS
2026 East Bay Times, April 15; Marin Magazine, May, “Top May Events”; Marin IJ, April 11
2022 Marin Magazine, “Out & About—Spotlight”; Marin Independent Journal, March 6
2021 Marin Independent Journal, December 30
Education
EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
University of California, Berkeley, B.S., Conservation of Natural Resources (Microbiology)
2021–26 Facilitator, First Friday Art Forum, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
2021–24 Workshops and coursework: Mendocino Art Center; ICB Art, Sausalito; Marin MOCA
2018–20 Painting Art Classes, College of Marin V260723
