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To think, observe and feel... in paint...

Artist Statement

My figurative paintings use the human body as a metaphor to speak about our current history. I use the body to represent subjects like pollution, politics, and social issues. The props surrounding the figure are symbolic. Including them creates a narrative element. My goal is to reflect on the time that I live.

When I paint a landscape, I am influenced by composition and color. Sometimes people or animals wander in the scene I am painting and become additional subjects. When I work from a photograph in the studio, I experiment with the application of paint while keeping true to my subject.


Exhibitions and Honors

2011

RED, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA. Group Show.
Curated by George Rivera, Director of the Triton Museum of Art in Santa Clara, CA

 

Celebrate Santa Cruz County , Curated by Joan Blackmer. Santa Cruz County Bank Arts Collaborative group show special tribute to the 100th Anniversary of the Boardwalk's Carousel

2010

Studio Visit Magazine, Juried by Steven Zevitas, Publisher, New American Paintings.
Volume Nine

Los Gatos Art Association Statewide Open Juried Show
Los Gatos, CA. Juror: Katherine Levin-Lau

2009

Artists Look at Human Rights, United Nations Association of Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz, CA. A group exhibit, curated by Lucien Kubo

 

The Art of Peace, Missing Peace Art Space, Dayton, Ohio. Internationally juried competition. Juror: Dr. Rossana Pitelli: Curator, Italian Cultural Institute, London, UK

Subject Matters, Malintzi Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA Solo Exhibit

 

Still Lifes short film by Victoria Johnson featuring six paintings as background props. Filmed at the Los Gatos Museum of Art, Los Gatos, California

 

25th Annual Los Gatos Art Association Open Juried Show, Los Gatos Museum of Art, Los Gatos, CA. Juried by Kenny Mencher, Associate Professor of Art and Art History Ohlone College, Fremont, CA

2008

Visual Politics : Art & The American Experience
October-November. Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA
In conjunction with Art of Democracy
www.artofdemocracy.org/galleries/west/gallery_scal.html
Juror: Peter Selz, Professor Emeritus of Art History at UC Berkeley, founding Executive Director of the Berkeley Art Museum, curator of painting and sculpture MOMA, New York, 1958.

a politic 2008 July-August. Gallery xiv, Boston MA and www.reflect arts.com/apolitic.html, online finalist

2007

Plein Air Affaire. July. The Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA
Juror: Karen Kienzle, Curator de Saisset Museum Santa Clara University, CA

 

Plein Air Artists Respond to the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. July- September
The Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA. Group Exhibit

2006

Landscapes. Niro Mudra Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA. Solo exhibition. July

 

78th Annual International Juried Exhibition. Harrisburg Art Association, Harrisburg, PA
Juried by Catherine Calley-Galitz, Assistant Curator, 19th Century, Modern and Contemporary Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

2005

The Body Politic. Niro Mudra Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA. Solo exhibition. August

 

Outdoor Painters Project. UC Santa Cruz, Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery. UC Santa Cruz. Group Show. January

2004

74th Statewide Exhibit. Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA. Juror: Paul Figueroa. Director Santa Cruz Museum of Art. June

River Muses and Other Bodies of Water. Niro Mudra Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA. Solo exhibition. October

2003

El Rio/ The River River Reflections: Celebrating the San Lorenzo. Museum of Art & History, Santa Cruz, CA. Juried by Phil Linhares, Chief Curator of the Oakland Museum. April-July

2002

American Landscape Exhibit 2002. Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA. Honorable Mention. Juried by Peter Loftus. Landscape artist represented by Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco

2001

Flip - Figurative Painting. Marty Magic Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA. January. Exhibiting Artist

2000

The Color of Mood - Figurative Painting. Many Hands Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA. July 2000. Exhibiting Artist

1998

1998 Juried Exhibition. Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA. Juried by Bolton Colburn, Director of the Laguna Art Museum, Susan M. Anderson, Independent Art Curator. Laguna Beach, CA

Vessels for the Journey 98 Objects for Transportation. Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA. Juried by Mary Milelzcik, Gallery Director 18th Street Arts Complex, Santa Monica, CA

1997

Exemplary Contemporary 1997. UC Santa Cruz, Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery. Juried by Peter Gordon Chief Curator San Jose Museum of Art San Jose, California

 

11th Annual Art Show At The Dog Show. Century II Convention Center, Witchita, KS. Fourth Place in Oils. Juried by Dr. Novelene Ross, Chief Curator, Wichita Art Museum. March

1996-1999

Open Studios of Santa Cruz County Santa Cruz, CA. October

1996

Member Show. Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA. Juried by Richard Gadd, Director Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art

 

The Everyday Object: Transforming the Ordinary. Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA. Juried by Doug McClellan, Professor of Art, University of California, Santa Cruz. June