Meet the Artist
- Artist Statement
- Juried Exhibits and Shows
- Solo Exhibits & Awards
- Live Painting Events
- Affiliations
- Painting Trips
Artist Statement
I am never disappointed after painting for hours in a field or along the side of a mountain because I feel there has always been a single breathless moment when the world seems to stop, light fills the landscape and the sight before me glistens in a purity beyond words. Plein-Air painting offers me connectivity to the universe. To watch the shadows shift and change in mere moments makes me feel a part of this great circle of life. “Mother Nature never disappoints – even in the early morning mists, the approaching wind storm or blinding blizzard-she puts on quite a show.”
I strive to fill my canvas with such moments as to offer the viewer a rest from the mundane. I travel to both exotic places in the world and immediate localities with canvas in hand interpreting each new landscape. Beauty can be found everywhere if we stop to look-especially where we least expect it.
Education and How I Arrived at Where I Am Today
I earned a Bachelors Degree in Art Education in 1975 from Anna Maria College in Paxton Massachusetts and a Masters Certificate in Museum Administration from JFK University in Orinda in 1992. I only recently began painting after a thirty year hiatus from painting because of professional demands on my time. When my friend Michael Graves, a noteworthy New England plein air artist, came for a visit four summers ago he introduced me to this style of painting that I had never before tried.
The fact that a painting could be completed within a few hours, while experiencing some of the most beautiful sights in the world, was appealing to me. I quickly became hooked as this type of art fit in with my busy lifestyle. What he forgot to mentioned was the bees, mice, snow, snakes, high winds, fog and rain that came along with the territory!
I am constantly seeking new sites. This summer I painted for eight days on Cape Cod Massachusetts. You can catch me painting the local scene most weekends- my favorite sites are Rubidoux Nature Center, Fairmount Park, Temecula Wine Country, Mission San Juan Capistrano. Crystal Cove in Laguna Beach.
Juried Exhibits
Annual Juried Show 2010 Temecula Art Association “Land and Sea” Small Works Show Annual Juried Show 2009 Fall 2008 Members Show “The Art and Science of Climate Change”
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“State of the Earth: Green Matters” “State of the Earth:Green Matters” “Art Along the River” “Artscape” |
”Colors of Spring” Invitational/Open Shows
November 2010 Fall Show 2009 Winter Show 2008 RCAA Fall Exhibit 2008 Spring Show 2008 “Painterly Views” “Spreading Natives” “Little Treasures” “Au Naturel” |
“Spring Forth” “Riverside Explorations” “Off the Wall” Giant Orange Art Adventure Riverside Art Alliance Orange Blossom Festival “Off the Wall” “Art Alive”
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Solo Exhibits
February 2009- CONTINUING Oct – Nov 2007 |
April-May 2006 |
Painting Awards
2010 Holiday Official Holiday Ornament November 2010 Honorable Mention Oil June 2009 First Place Oils April 2009 Honorable Mention Oils
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September 2008 First Place Oil August 2008 Dorothy Stillens Plein Air Award |
March 2009 Honorable Mention Plein Air
Live Painting at Public Events
October 2010 October 2009 Riverside Plein Air Artists Paint Out 2009 October 2008 October 2007 |
“Gardens and Art in Harmony” April 2006 Riverside Plein Air Artists Paint Out 2006
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April 2007
Professional Affiliations
I am an Inland Empire resident who is active in many community organizations. I previously was the Executive Director of the KidZone and the Riverside County Philharmonic. I have been the Executive Director of the March Field Air Museum for the last four years.
Riverside Cultural Consortium The Brandon Gallery, Riverside Lyric Opera Fallbrook Art Association Moreno Valley Arts Commission
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Riverside Community Arts Association Plein Air Artists of Riverside TAG Laguna Beach Plein Air Association CORO Foundation |
American Association of Museums
Personal Painting Trips
Juranville, Southern France Cape Cod National Seashore Sedona, AZ Laguna Beach, CA Big Sur, CA Acadia National Park, ME Joshua Tree National Park, CA
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Ensenada, Mexico Mendocino Coast, CA Sedona, AZ Grand Canyon National Park, AZ |
Denali National Park, Alaska