About the Artist 

As a child and young adult, I enjoyed drawing and painting, but never felt I was “good enough” to pursue a career as a fine artist.  As an adult, I nibbled around the edges of the art world by working in freelance graphic design, owning and operating an art supply store in Orinda, and instructing calligraphy.   Now, in my eighth decade, I consider myself an “emerging artist” and plan to continue learning and creating art for the rest of my life.

Education:

California State University, Chico 1964-66
University of California, Berkeley – BA in Design 1968
Diablo Valley College 2003 – 2017 (Painting, Drawing, Ceramics, Art History, and Digital Media classes)

Exhibits:

2021 – Old Soles & A Fish – Orinda library
2020 – Bookish – Group Show – Orinda Books
2019 – Bala Bottles – Orinda library
2019 – Affordable Art – Town of Danville Village Theatre Art Gallery
2019 – Habitat IV: Fire & Rain II – Group Show – Orinda Books, Orinda
2019 – Succulent Succulents & Bala Bottles – Orinda library
2019 – Into the Blue – Town of Danville Village Theatre Art Gallery
Juror: Leo Bersamina, artist, professor of art at DVC
2019 – CC14 Group Show – John Muir Aspen Center, Walnut Creek
2018 – Succulent Succulents – Orinda Library Gallery
2018 – Portraits – Group Show – aRt Cottage, Concord CA
2017 – Habitat lll: Seasons – Group Show – Orinda Books, Orinda
2016 – Water – CC14 Group Show – Diablo Valley Library
2016 – Habitat ll: Fire & Rain – Group Show – Orinda Books, Orinda
2015 – The Thrill of the Chase – CC14 Group Show, Orinda Library, Orinda
2015 – Habitat: A Collaborative Series – Group Show – Orinda Books, Orinda
2014 – The Square – CC14 Group Exhibit – Diablo Valley College Library
2014 – Thirty Squares – Orinda Books Group Show, Orinda, CA
2014 – Student Show – Diablo Valley College
2014 – CC14 Spring Show – aRt Cottage, Concord, CA
2013 – Orinda Book Store – October Artist of the Month
2013 – Orinda Library Gallery – Favorite People Paintings
2013 – All Figured Out – Town of Danville Village Theatre Art Gallery
Juror: Renee de Cossio, Manager of Gallery Programs at SFMOMA’s Artists Gallery.
2013 – Student Show – Diablo Valley College
2012 – Spaces & Places – Town of Danville Village Theatre Art Gallery
Juror: DeWitt Cheng, artist, collector, freelance art writer, educator and curator, S.F.
2012 – Another World – CC14 Group Show at Orinda Library
2012 – Emerging Artists Exhibition – California State University, Hayward
Juror: Michelle Mansour, Director of Root Division, S.F.
2012 – Student Show – Diablo Valley College
2011 – Cloud Series – Orinda Book Store, Orinda, CA
2011 – Student Show – Diablo Valley College – Honorable Mention
2010 – Journey – CC14 Group show at Diablo Valley College
2010 – Student Show – Diablo Valley College – Honorable Mention
2010 – Student Honors Show – Diablo Valley College
2009 – Peace & Cake – CC14 Group show at Diablo Valley College
2009 – Student Show – Diablo Valley College