Resume
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Paintings
(Plein Air and Studio):
Resumé
Solo Exhibitions 2007 Wednesdays at the Waterfall, CazSonoma Inn, Cazadero, CA Pedroncelli Winery, Geyserville, CA Los Gatos Town Council Chambers, Captured Moments, Los Gatos, CA 2006 Steele Lane Community Center, Santa Rosa, CA Sonoma County Board of Supervisor's Office, Santa Rosa, CA The Depot, Changing Seasons, Changing Places, Mill Valley, CA Cotati Creek Café, Cotati, CA 2005 Sebastopol Center for the Arts Gallery 2, Here Today..., Sebastopol, CA 2002 Avalon Naturist Resort, Paw Paw, WV Romney Public Library, Romney, WV Lupin Lodge, Los Gatos, CA
Group Exhibitions2007 Waterhouse Gallery, Oil Painters of America Western Regional Exhibition, Santa Barbara, CA Cultural Arts Council of Estes Park, Sixth Annual Plein Air Competition and Show, Estes Park, CO Morro Bay Art Assoc., Central Coast Nat. Fine Art Exhibit, Morro Bay, CA Laguna Plein Air Association,Go Figure Laguna Beach, CA Salute to the Arts, 22nd Annual Visual Arts Competition, Sonoma, CA Epperson Gallery, Valona Plein Air Paintout, Crockett, CA Frank Bette Center for the Arts, "Jewel by the Bay" Plein Air Invitational, Alameda, CA Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz Plein Air Affaire Paintout/Sale, Santa Cruz, CA Aurora Colors Gallery, And I Have Loved Thee Ocean, Petaluma, CA Carmel Arts Festival, Carmel, CA California Art Club, Wild Things, Women's City Club, Pasadena, CA American Society of Aviation Artists, 2007 Int'l Art Exhibition
Baltimore/Washington International (BWI) AirportEmerald Art Center, National Spring Juried Exhibition, Springfield, OR Aurora Colors Gallery, All Things Bright and Beautiful, Petaluma, CA Bank of Marin, Spirit of Color, Petaluma, California Petaluma Museum Association, Petaluma Lifestyles: Then and Now, Petaluma, CA Napa Valley Mustard Festival, Visual Arts Competition, Rutherford, California 2006 Laguna Plein Air Association, Less is More, Laguna Beach, CA Bowers Museum, Orange County Invitational Plein Air Painters Exhibition and Sale, Santa Ana, CA Cultural Arts Council of Estes Park, Fifth Annual Plein Air Competition and Show, Estes Park, CO Sebastopol Center for the Arts, En Plein Air, Sebastopol, CA Salute to the Arts, 21st Annual Visual Arts Competition, Sonoma, CA Frank Bette Center for the Arts, "Jewel by the Bay" Plein Air Invitational, Alameda, CA Fawcett Studio Gallery, Carmel, CA Art Around Town: Petaluma Valley Hospital, Petaluma 2005 Keyes Gallery, Plein Air 2005 National Level Competition, Springfield, MO Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Born of Fire, Sebastopol, CA Hammerfriar Gallery, Figures Show, Healdsburg, CA Cedar Key Art Center, 2nd Annual National Juried Art Exhibit, Gainesville, FL 2004 Allied Artists of America Inc. , 91st Annual International Exhibition, New York, NY Madrona Manor, Miniatures at the Madrona Manor, Healdsburg, CA Impact Artist Gallery, National Exhibition,Buffalo, NY Plaza Arts Gallery, Wild Things Show,Spring Fantasy, and Showcase Artist, Healdsburg, CA Northern California Arts, 49th International Open Exhibition "Bold Expressions," Sacramento, CA Keyes Gallery, Plein Air 2004 National Level Competition, Springfield, MO Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Miniatures, Putting on the Ritz, and Elements, Sebastopol, CA Visual Arts Alliance, 21st Juried Open Exhibition, Houston, TX Lassen County Arts Arts Council, Susanville, CA
Commisions2007 Private Commission, "Glen Ellen House," 8" x 10", oil on board, Glen Ellen, CA Private Commission, "Spring Oak," 16" x 20", oil on canvas, Rohnert Park, CA Orval Ray Fowler, "Wally Gumper Travels Back in Time...," book illustration 2006 Frogsong Cohousing, mural, Cotati, CA Private Commission, "Big Sheep Run," 20" x 40", oil on linen, Kenwood, CA Private Commission, "AJ," 14" x 18", oil on canvas, Santa Rosa, CA Orval Ray Fowler, "Wally Gumper Goes to Ireland," book illustration 1993 JTPA and Lassen County Arts Council, "Old Main Street Susanville," mural, Susanville, CA
Education2004-6 Portrait and Plein Air Workshops (multiple) taught by Craig Nelson, Monterey and Santa Rosa, CA 2005 Plein Air Workshop taught by Frank Gannon, Jenner, CA 2002 B.S. Graphic Design (emphasis in Animation) and minor in Industrial Design, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA 1986 San Francisco Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA
Awards2007 Sonoma County Harvest Fair, three 1st places (oils-professional: Farmscapes, Trees, Miscellaneous), Santa Rosa, CA California Art Club, Wild Things, Special Recognition Award, Pasadena, CA Petaluma Museum Association, Petaluma Lifestyles: Then and Now, 2nd Place 2006 Salute to the Arts, 21st Annual Visual Arts Competition, 2nd Place, Sonoma, CA 2005 Sonoma County Harvest Fair, Best of Medium (acrylics-professional), Santa Rosa, CA 2004 Plaza Arts, Wild Things Show, Honorable Mention, Healdsburg, CA Cedar Key Art Center, 2nd Annual National Juried Art Exhibit, Honorable Mention, Gainesville, FL 1994 Lassen College Purchase Award, Susanville, CA
Exhibition Review/Articles"Exhibit at Pedroncelli Winery," Wine Country this Week, March 2, 2007, p. 60 "Cotati Plein Air Artist Featured," Petaluma Post, February, 2007, p. 19 Mason, Janice, "en Plein Air," Estes Park Trail Gazette, August 18, 2006, p. 4-5 Johnson, Ann, "Local Artist Brings Susanville's History to Life," Lassen County Times, August 3, 1993, p. 18A. Gotschalk, Arlene, "New Exhibit Features Many Artists," Lassen County Times, Arts and Entertainment Section, December 3, 1991, p. 9C.
MembershipsOil Painters of America California Art Club Laguna Plein Air Painter's Association Arts Council of Sonoma County Sebastopol Center for the Arts Petaluma Arts Council
Represented BySebastopol Gallery, Sebastopol, CA
