After ten years as a commercial artist and seventeen years as a professional painter, I now specialize in equine and wildlife paintings. Concerned about nature and wildlife, I strive to create watercolors that touch others and bring them the spirit, beauty, and fragility of nature.
GALLERY AFFILIATIONS
Stary-Sheets Gallery, Irvine California
Bendan Gallery, Towson, Maryland
The Art League, Alexandria, Virginia
Watermark Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
Sundog Framemakers & Art, Fulton, Maryland
AWSS, Internet Gallery (www.awss.com)
SPECIAL PROJECTS
Assisted Millard Sheets on Civic Center Mural, Lubbock, Texas, 1987
Illustration and design, Traditional Publishing Co., 1984-94
Advertising Manager, Daly's Department Store, Eureka, California, 1977-79
Board of Directors, Santa Barbara Art Association, 1991-94
EDUCATION
Humboldt State University, Arcata, California, 1981
U.C. Berkely Ext., San Francisco, California, 1979
Canada College, Redwood City, California, 1979
Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, 1956
Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, California, 1990
SOLO GALLERY EXHIBITIONS
Watermark Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland, 1996
Danica House, Santa Barbara, California, 1991, 1993
Valley Arts Gallery, Los Olivos, California, 1992
Gallery 113, Santa Barbara, California, 1988-89, 1993
Karen Vetere Art Consultants, Kingston, New York, 1988
Stary-Sheets Art Gallery, Gualala, California, 1985-87, 1989
Humboldt's Finest, Eureka, California, 1985-87, 1991
Eifert Gallery, Ferndale, California, 1984
Candy Stick Gallery, Ferndale, California, 1983
Plaza Design, Arcata, California, 1982, 1986-87
Kaurie Shell Gallerie, Arcata, California, 1979
JURIED GROUP SHOWS
Art League Monthly Member Shows, Alexandria, Virginia, 1996-97
Assistance League - Afternoon Of Art, Santa Barbara, California, 1993
Aquarius XIV, XV, XVI, XVII, San Luis Obispo, California, 1991-94
Santa Barbara Art Association Group Show, California, 1989-94
Los Angeles Audubon Society Wildlife Art Show, California, 1987
Women In Wildlife, Wild Wings Gallery, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1987
Art In The Redwoods, Mendocino, California, 1986
Mendocino Art Center, Rural Landscape/Northern California, 1986
Humboldt County Group Invitational, Eureka, California, 1986
Redwood Art Association, Eureka, California, 1981-87
California Drawing and Watercolor Survey, Eureka, California, 1984-85, 1987
Art Center Watercolor Invitational, Eureka, California, 1985